Assistant Management Accountant Jobs in Cardiff
This position will be based from our Cardiff Office (agile working agreement in place). We are looking for a Finance Assistant with an aptitude for numeracy to support the Finance Manager and Senior Finance Assistant. The successful candidate to this role will have some experience in Finance or a keen interest in launching their career in Finance. They should have great communication skills and be ready and willing to learn. What's on offer for the candidate is an immediately available, ongoing permanent contract. This is the perfect role for someone at the beginning of their Finance career to learn and develop within a busy and exciting role.
Main Purpose of Job
To assist the Finance Manager and Senior Finance Assistant
Main Duties
- To assist in the day to day running of the organisation’s Sales, Purchase and Nominal Ledger using Sage bookkeeping system.
- Assist in the maintenance of information of the Finances of the Organisation.
- Input information to track grants and funding using Access databases.
- Use computer programmes including Sage, MS Word, Excel and Access.
- To administer timesheets, expenses and annual leave applications.
- Use a range of skills to communicate efficiently and effectively to support staff within the organisation.
Key Dimensions & Challenges
- Working to deadlines and managing competing demands
- To maintain good financial procedures with a high level of accuracy
- Working with staff based over three regional offices and some who are working from home
Core Skills & Experience
Essential
- An aptitude for numeracy
- A willingness to learn and progress to a Level 3 AAT or equivalent
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word and a knowledge of spreadsheet applications
- Good data entry skills and attention to detail
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to work alone and as part of a team
- A commitment to excellence, quality and equality of opportunity
- Good interpersonal and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise own work.
- A professional telephone manner, good written and verbal communication skills and a flexible attitude that can adapt to the varying requirements of a dynamic and busy office. Discretion and confidentiality in handling personal details is also essential.
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions
- Willingness to undertake a variety of different tasks.
Desirable
- Knowledge of database applications
- Good problem-solving skills
- Welsh speaker or willingness to learn
- A willingness to undertake further training as required
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Flexible schedule
- Sick pay
- Wellness programmes
- Work from home
Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, identity checks and DBS checks (if eligible) at the appropriate level.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Finance Assistant
Location: London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Manchester, or remote within the UK
Working Pattern: 35 Hours per week, flexible working is supported as much as possible and requests for non-standard or condensed hours will be considered.
Hourly pay: £12.09 per hour plus £1.46 per hour holiday pay up to £13.19 per hour plus £1.59 per hour holiday pay (equivalent to £22,000-£24,000 FTE)
Contract Type: 5-6 Months Temporary Assignment (paid weekly via timesheet set up)
Charity People are delighted to be partnering with Elrha which is a global organisation that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation. They are an established actor in the humanitarian community, working in partnership with humanitarian organisations, researchers, innovators, and the private sector to tackle some of the most difficult challenges facing people all over the world.
A Finance Assistant opportunity has come up to join their Grants Operations and Finance (GOF) team. They focus on managing financial planning, reporting and grant operations.
About the role
You will be working closely with the Management Accountant and all other team members to coordinate and complete a range of finance and administration tasks to support accurate and timely financial reporting, ensuring disbursements are made to Elrha grantees and service providers when due, and that transactional information for inclusion within donor funding reports are accurate. You will also act as a focal point, working in close collaboration with SCUK colleagues, to ensure that the details relating to all grantee and suppliers of goods and services are correctly recorded in the finance system in a timely fashion.
Key Responsibilities
* Closely collaborate with the Grant Operations and Finance (GOF) team members to ensure payments for Elrha grantees (both existing and new) are disbursed when due.
* Ensure that all Elrha supplier invoices are processed in a timely manner.
* Work closely with the management accountant to ensure that all costs are correctly codes and allocated to the appropriate cost centre and donor
* Ensure that all new suppliers of goods and services are correctly set up in the accounting system.
* Collect and input purchase order requisition requests into the accounting system
* Ensure that requisitions are approved by the authorising signature on receipt on invoice.
* Support change requests to purchase orders.
About you
You will have:
* Previous experience in tasks associated with financial administration including the monitoring financial expenditure reports and undertaking basic financial processing.
* Experience of basic finance and accounting principles and processes with a high level of numeracy
* Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
* Experience of working within an NGO / charitable organisation
You will be:
* Resourceful, proactive, flexible and with the ability to work in a constantly changing environment.
* High degree of computer literacy, including knowledge and experience in the use of Microsoft packages, including SharePoint.
* Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills including the ability to plan, prioritise and ensure implementation of work to required standards and tight deadlines, often under pressure.
* Willingness to adopt hybrid working practices including attending offices in Cardiff and/or London on occasion and as required.
Desirable:
* AAT Level 4 Diploma in Professional Accounting.
* Experience in IATI data publication and Agresso finance system.
* Knowledge of humanitarian/development sector and donor requirements.
* Experience in stakeholder management and policy implementation.
How to Apply
If you're passionate about making a difference in the humanitarian field and meet the qualifications and experience outlined above, we'd love to hear from you. Please note we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so please apply as soon as possible.
Closing Date: Monday 22nd April at 9am
Timed task: Thursday 25th April / Friday 26th April
Interview: Friday 26th April
Start: Wednesday 1st May
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