Finance Assistant (Sales Ledger)

We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting 2,500 people through our friendly, supportive, creative and diverse teams.

This is a small team so you have the opportunity to be involved in systems and development projects, should you wish, and you will always know that you are helping support people with learning difficulties to live their best possible life.

The Finance Assistant will support the team by ensuring that the sales transactions are completely and accurately recorded, and that queries are resolved quickly.

Sales Ledger / Credit Control Duties:

- Daily allocation of receipts from multiple funding streams to customer accounts
- Supporting treasury team with daily coding of receipts
- Reconciliation of cash receipt and refund control accounts
- Support Credit Controller in identifying under/over payments and raising queries with appropriate party
- Manage receipt queries with local authorities
- Liaise with Contracts team for invoicing issues
- Liaise with Local Service teams for manual invoicing and receipt issues
- Reconciliation of customer accounts to assist timely Credit Control
- Support Sales Ledger Manager with month end tasks

You will be proficient user of Microsoft Office suite and a working knowledge of accruals would be helpful but not essential

Salary: £19,000 to £20,000 pa (dependent on experience)

Job Type: Permanent Full time, 37.5 hours

Location: Emersons Green, Bristol

What we Offer

Access to the Hft Plus benefits package, which includes a great number of discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out; but also, an Employee Assistance Programme, with telephone and face-to-face support options. Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status. Annual staff award scheme – The Fusion Awards, and peer recognition through our GEM awards programme. 20 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays). A contributory pension scheme & life assurance

Closing date: 30th June 2020

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience of the following: Finance Assistant, Accounts Assistant, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable Assistant, Accounting Assistant, Accounts Officer, Finance, Finance Officer, Finance Administrator, Accounts Administrator, Bookkeeper, Invoicing, Reconciliation, Purchase Ledger, etc

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St John Ambulance Cymru (SJAC) has supported people and communities across Wales since 1880. We existed before the National Health Service and provided the earliest ‘medical’ support to those who were sick or injured.

Now, in 2020, SJAC continues to perform a major role in strengthening community resilience, ensuring people are trained in first aid and able to fulfil key front-line roles to support our vulnerable people, in addition to offering the opportunity for people from all backgrounds to develop their personal skills and confidence to support our charitable and commercial services whilst assisting their own career development. As a Charity, we partner with the Welsh NHS Health Boards and the Ambulance Services NHS Trust, providing Non-emergency Patient Transport Services (NEPTS) in addition to a falls service as well as maintaining our reputation as being the leading organisation to deliver first aid training to both commercial businesses and local-based communities including school throughout Wales.

We also provide additional support to the people of Wales through:

• Medical duties at events
• Community based divisions
• Falls Assistant programme
• Caring Caller programme
• Community First Responders (CFR)

Since March 2020, SJAC has worked in an even closer partnership with WAST and NHS than ever, as we have increased capacity and developed new innovative ways of working in order to assist and relieve the overwhelming pressure brought by COVID-19.

We have helped by providing an average of 30 additional ambulance crews per week, 3707 volunteer ambulance hours throughout April and May and 873 volunteer hours at the Dragon’s Heart Field Hospital. We are now also providing volunteer support to Pharmacy Deliveries throughout Wales.

St John Ambulance Cymru is currently undergo an extensive and exciting programme of modernisation, forward thinking, encompassing a review of its existing service, financial and workforce model, developing a rejuvenated culture aligned to our core vision and values to improve the volunteer experience and our offer to the people of Wales.

Your new role

Reporting to the Chief Executive, the Director of Finance and Corporate Services is a strategic and visible senior leadership role.

You will be technically and intellectually strong and have excellent vision and leadership skills to drive continuous improvement, providing high quality financial information and advice to enable the Senior Management Team to meet its operational and strategic challenges. You will provide strategic financial leadership to St John Ambulance Cymru (SJAC) through the development and implementation of financial plans to ensure that the business remains financially sustainable.

Within this, you will develop and lead the overall annual and long term strategic financial planning process across the organisation, including delivery and presentation of the financial part of the annual plan. You will lead the development of internal audit systems/processes and St John Ambulance Cymru’s strategic approach to finance and resourcing, including annual and long-term budget setting, performance analysis, capital expenditure/investment, risk management, project evaluation and decision making.

Additionally, the position will oversee responsibility for the provision of IT services equipped to support the overarching modernisation agenda, requiring development and implementation of a sponsored IM&T strategy which clearly outlines SJAC’s IT platforms and systems to meet our ambitions. This role will further require the post holder to develop and oversee the delivery of a property strategy to ensure robust management of the Charity’s assets and facilities management, aside from developing and implementing an effective procurement strategy to provide service improvements and cost reduction. This is envisaged to be a broad financial role that encompasses not only financial and treasury management but will also provide strategic leadership for the development of a modern corporate services function.

What you’ll need to succeed

To be considered for this role you will be a senior finance professional (i.e. Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA), educated to Masters Level with a proven track record of positive financial leadership. You will be able to evidence being an effective leader with exceptional people management and first class communication skills, with a passion for delivering excellent customer service, working collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels. Commercially astute, you will have the ability to influence at Senior Management Level and at Board level.

Experience in financial management within the charitable sector is a distinct advantage.

For full details of the role including the required personnel specification please download the attached job description and application form.

To apply, please email your CV along with a statement of suitability (no longer than 2 pages) and your completed application form

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 8th July 2020.

A small international NGO with headquarters in London, is seeking a part-time Finance Manager for a permanent role. The role will be for 3 days per week (22.5 hours per week) with the possibility to increase to a full-time role in the future.

The organisation both gives and receives grants, and is focused on the protection and freedoms of the media and lawyers in developing countries.

The role will report to the Finance Director, and will manage one Finance Officer. It will involve a mixture of day-to day operational finance, and managing donor funds (from the UK, EU and US). Applicants with experience in an international NGO with strong understanding of donors and grants will be best suited to this position.

Typical duties:

-Manage day-to-day financial operations including accounts payable, accounts receivable/grants claims, bank reconciliations, general accounting functions (including petty cash)

-Monthly reconciliation of balance sheet/control accounts

-Financial evaluation of grant applications and evaluation of financial reports from grantees, including on-site support/evaluation visits

-Support the Finance and Operations Director to improve economy and efficiency across the organisation and ensure a robust internal control environment, including through identification/development, implementation and enhancement of relevant systems and processes

-Support the Finance and Operations Director with the preparation of annual budgets and quarterly financial forecasts, management reports, donor reports and statutory annual accounts.

-Basic HR duties, including managing payroll

-Office and premises management duties including overseeing IT support (with the Finance Director)

Requirements:

-Fully or part-qualified ACCA, CIMA or equivalent experience

-Experience working in an NGO

-Demonstrable experience of charity accounting and donor funding management

-Experience managing staff

-The right to work in the UK is required for this role

-An interest in human rights, media and legal issues would be an advantage

Closing date: 5pm Weds 24th June

Please send your CV for immediate consideration

The Financial Controller role reports into the Head of Financial accounting and effectively acts as the deputy in the preparation of the organisations statutory accounts. This is a great role for someone that has recently qualified and is looking for a broad technical position.

Client Details

Our client is a one of the fastest growing homeless charities in the UK and is actively tackling the issues of homelessness. With ambitious expansion plans this is a fantastic time to join as it seeks to grow over the coming years.

Description

The Financial Controller position will involve the following responsibilities:

• Line manage 1 finance assistant providing support, training and development opportunities.
• Responsible for all the financial accounting activities and financial control monitoring
• Maintain and develop accounts payable and receivable services.
• Produce cash flow reports and forecasts.
• Manage all restricted funding and ensure all funds are agreed and utilised in line with business aims.
• Manage payroll accounts
• Maintain compliance with HRMC gift aid requirements and prepare VAT returns for the organisation.
• Produce and review annual reports and month-end balance sheet reconciliations.
• Liaise with external advisors on tax efficiencies

Profile

Essential:

• Newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Exposure to the preparation of statutory accounts and ideally hands on experience of preparing them yourself.
• Excellent analytical skills to review data effectively.
• Experience of developing complex spreadsheet models for record keeping and reporting financial information with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills across a range of audiences.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and experience of managing VAT, Gift Aid, and tax matters.
• Experience of working within the property/housing sector.
• Technical understanding of Housing SORP.

Job Offer

£45,000-48,000 + Excellent benefits, working from home options and

Greenwich Hospital is a unique 325 year old Crown Charity. On a cold October day in 1694, William III and Mary II signed a royal charter establishing a Crown charity for the benefit of naval seamen and their families. Things have changed a lot since then, but Greenwich Hospital remains a vital provider of funds in supporting naval sea men and women in the UK. 

Greenwich Hospital is no longer a hospital, nor is it based in Greenwich.  What it is is an organisation with an extensive asset portfolio that it manages to generate funds to provide necessary charitable support to a range of worthwhile causes in the navy sector.  We hold property investments in Greenwich town centre, including the lively Greenwich Market, as well as agricultural and residential holdings in Suffolk and Northumberland, and a significant financial investment fund.

And with that deep heritage, and an eye to the future, we are looking for a proactive Financial Accountant with robust technical skills to join during an exciting period of change and provide high quality support to a newly structured finance team.

Reporting into the Financial Controller, your responsibilities include:

• Being responsible for the preparation of Head Office accounts;
• Managing accounts payable, accounts receivable and reconciliation of Head Office balance sheet accounts;
• Supporting the Financial Controller in preparation of VAT returns, cash flows and year end accounts;
• Driving development of GH financial systems and continuously implementing new process improvements.

The successful candidate is likely to be fully qualified and to come from an audit, charity or commercial background. We are looking for a friendly and open individual, with excellent organisational and communication skills. Suitable candidates will have exceptional attention to detail but will also be capable of stepping back and assessing the bigger picture. This would be a fantastic opportunity for a newly qualified professional looking to make the first move out of practice. Exceptional part qualified finance professionals will also be considered.

Recruitment Timetable:

Application deadline: Monday 6th July

Shortlisting: beginning of w/c 13th July

First stage interviews: Thursday 16th July / Friday 17th July

Group and Final interviews: w/c 20th July

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to via the link by Monday 6th July. For an informal discussion regarding the roles, please don't hesitate to contact Bryony Feeney via the Allen Lane agency website.