A leading literacy charity is looking for a Finance Assistant to join its small, closeknit team. The charity empowers children, young people and adults from disadvantaged communities with the literacy skills they need to succeed. You will need to work from the office in Vauxhall at least one day per week, but can work from home the remainder of the week. Salary £25,000 - £28,000 per annum.
This is a permanent, full time role (35 hours per week). You will report to the Head of Finance and work closely with the other members in the Finance Team.
The post holder's main duties and responsibilities are:
- Undertake month-end bank reconciliations, monitor balances and make transfers when required
- Process bank transactions including depositing cheques
- Check bank receipts daily, matching to income expected and liaising with other departments as necessary to ensure they're coded correctly
- Take card payments over the phone, and work with the other finance team members to process cheques and cash
- Import sales invoices from our CRM system (Salesforce) into accounting system (Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central), and carry out reconciliations of income
- Chase outstanding debts and manage aged debtors, including working with the Head of Finance and department leads as necessary
- Process and input staff expenses
- Process and input purchase invoices, ensuring they're authorised and coded correctly
- Liaise with suppliers and be first point of contact for accounts payable queries
- Check and reconcile bank payments daily and liaise with other team members and other departments on managing payments
- Process payments to HMRC, and other ad hoc payments as required
- Prepare Gift Aid claims and submit to HMRC
- Support the audit process as required
Candidates applying for this role must have the following skills and experience;
- Experience carrying out basic financial processes
- Working with finance software packages
- Ability to work independently and problem solve
- Excellent attention to detail
- Experience working in voluntary sector, sales and purchase ledger, or processing Gift Aid claims would be an advantage.
If you have the experience required, please apply with a copy of your CV.
Role closes on 29th April, 2024
My client will be interviewing on 2nd May, 2024
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SENIOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY WORKER
LOCATION: ENACT, 52 ISLAND CENTRE WAY, ENFIELD, EN3 6GS
HOURS: FULL TIME (40HRS PER WEEK)
RESPONSIBLE TO: YOUTH AND COMMUNITY TEAM LEAD
SALARY: £32,543 PER ANNUM
Are you a passionate about youth work? Looking to use your skills and experience to inspire young people through projects based on the needs identified in Enfield? Are you motivated to create opportunities that include young people’s voices?
Enact have a vacancy for a Senior Youth and Community Worker to lead our open-access community youth provision. We are looking for an experienced youth practitioner to manage our youth team and work within the enact team to develop a range of engaging activities and training opportunities for young people with particular focus on those aged 10 to 19 in the Enfield community.
The Senior Youth and Community Worker needs to be a passionate, enthusiastic and professional. They will lead the youth team to create community-based opportunities for the whole family, in accordance with the ethos and values of Oasis. The Senior Youth worker will also support the enact team to develop and be involved in community cohesion projects involving children, families and youth.
To apply, email your CV including a Supporting Statement. For further details on how to apply please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs website. Your Supporting Statement should be no more than two A4 pages and must address the following question:
“Please expand on your CV to tell us about relevant skills, experience and qualifications you have, that relate to the job description and person specification.”
The closing date for applications will be Monday 6th May 2024. If successful you will be invited to formal and practical interviews. You must be able to attend both interviews in one week, they will be held between 3pm-9pm and can last up to 1.5 hours. Please select one of the following to attend, please include this into your application:
· Wednesday 15th and Friday 17th May
· Wednesday 22nd and Friday 24th May
We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. If you require any assistance to overcome potential barriers, please let us know.
Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
The successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK. Oasis cannot assist with sponsorship or visas.
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1163889
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