Finance Officer

We are a small organisation with big ambitions for National growth and are seeking a finance officer to support the CEO with bookkeeping, fundraising and financial management. We require 12 hours a week but are totally flexible about when you work.

For 20 years Mankind UK has offered therapeutic services to support men 18+ in Sussex who have experienced sexual assault or abuse. We have 13 staff, a turnover of £500k and offer both face to face and digital services. 

This role will suit you if you are - ambitious, meticulous and self sufficient, and are passionate about supporting mental health.

The Learned Society of Wales (LSW) is Wales’s national academy for arts and sciences. We have over 600 Fellows, who are experts from across all academic fields and beyond. We use their collective knowledge to promote research, inspire learning, and provide independent policy advice.

We are seeking an experienced, meticulous and digitally-savvy Finance Officer to join our small, dynamic and friendly team.

The Finance Officer is responsible for all aspects of the financial management of the Society. You will be responsible for the effective management of LSW’s finances and financial records and for ensuring that we are compliant with all relevant accounting standards. You will be responsible for producing our accounts and for providing financial information and advice to the CEO, Treasurer and the rest of the team. You will enjoy operating independently with high levels of autonomy and engaging effectively with external partners, Fellows and suppliers, and you will take pride in making things run smoothly for the rest of the team. Our current Finance Officer is retiring in Summer 2022 so we are looking to appoint someone as soon as possible. For candidates with up to one month’s notice period there will be a short handover period with the existing Finance Officer.

The Society has recently sharpened our focus on equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to ensure that the Society benefits from the widest range of talents and perspectives, and we’re building this in to all our work.

We want to be a diverse Society and to reflect a diverse society. We are committed to making the Society welcoming and inclusive and encourage applications from under-represented groups.

Key Duties:

• Manage the Society’s financial administration – raising and processing invoices and payments, purchase orders, processing expenses claims, preparing regular financial reports and monitoring budgets.
• Manage the recording of all financial transactions on XERO, and monitor all bank accounts and third party on-line service providers reports.
• Liaise with LSW’s Accountant and provide all information required for the preparation of the Annual  Accounts.  Manage relationship with Independent Examiner and provide all information as needed.
• Prepare and present quarterly management reports to Finance Committee, and other reports and analysis for the CEO and Treasurer as required.
• Prepare and monitor specific project budgets, and liaise with funding partners on joint initiatives. 
• Implement and further develop financial management systems and online processes to ensure compliance with accounting standards/concepts and best practice.
• Implement and oversee robust anti-fraud measures.
• Liaise with our external payroll provider (University of Wales Trinity Saint David HR) on all aspects of staff salary, benefits and deductions.

Direct email applications ONLY - If you wish to be considered for this position, all documentation should be sent via EMAIL to jobs @ hatchenterprise . org

Please email us your CV and a cover letter of no more than 1000 words explaining

• What excites you about Hatch as an organisation and about this role in particular?
• How do you manage a busy workload with multiple tasks and projects to ensure that work is delivered on time and with a high level of accuracy?
• What would you do in this role that would really make an impact?
• Where did you first hear about this opportunity?

Send these via email with “Finance Officer Application – Your Name” as the subject line by 12th June 2022.

If you have any questions or need any help with your application, please drop us a line (recruiters will be politely turned away).

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• Salary:  £24, 950 – £26,975 with scope for salary progression
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Hours: Full Time (typically 09.30-17.30 but with flexibility)
• Location: Elephant & Castle / Remote
• Responsible To: Finance Manager
• Application Deadline: 12th June 2022
• Interview Dates: 1st Interviews w/c 13th June, 2nd Interviews w/c 27th June

Role Purpose

Do you love keeping things organised and running smoothly? Do you have an eye for detail, a commitment to process and a love of spreadsheets? Are you happy working independently as part of a small team to support a smooth running finance function, establishing and managing systems and processes that work for you and others? Then you could be the Finance Officer we are looking for!

Hatch is on the cusp of a growth spurt; there are busy and exciting times ahead with ambitious goals and big projects in the pipeline to double our income, our team and the number of founders we support.

The Finance function within Hatch is critical to the ongoing success and day to day operation of all our services and activities as we grow. The Finance Officer will follow the established finance framework of processes and procedures to ensure the finance function runs smoothly and effectively.

This new role will be central to ensuring that we stay on top of paying salaries, expenses and invoices to a growing number of colleagues and suppliers, processing payments from a growing numbers of founders and customers and keeping accurate and up to date records in our cashflow forecast and accounting software. You will work with colleagues at all levels within the organisation, to ensure they are supported and advised with finance queries.

You will be excited by the challenge of providing efficient and effective support to the Finance Manager as part of a small finance team, taking on the majority of our regular financial processing and freeing her to work on Hatch’s strategic growth and investment planning for the future.

Responsibilities 

Invoicing and Payments

• Managing incoming invoices, and staff expense receipts and ensuring their timely payment
• Issuing invoices to Hatch customers and entrepreneurs, and ensuring they are paid fully, on time and chased in the event of delayed or non-payment

Bookkeeping

• Weekly reconciliation of the Hatch bank and paypal feed in Quickbooks
• Ensuring all receipts are attached to the bills and payments
• Ensuring grant/donation contracts are attached to the income.
• Managing Gift Aid and liaising with the fundraising team to ensure maximum claims through the completed forms on a yearly basis.

Payroll and pensions

• Obtaining new starter payroll information from new joiners and saving them on Hatch’s system.
• Providing general pension and enrolment information for new joiners

Governance

• Organising funder’s grant/donation documentation as required prior to Audit
• Supporting the Finance Manager with the audit and year-end process
• Organising Finance Committee meeting dates, collating and sending agendas and papers, and attending and taking minutes

Finance team administration

• Work with the Finance Manager to ensure that financial processes are as efficient, and effective as possible
• Managing the finance and accounts email inboxes
• Responding promptly and accurately to internal and external finance queries
• Processing the finance teams incoming post and saving securely on Hatch’s system

Additional Responsibilities

• Ensuring full compliance with finance policies and procedures across the organisation
• Supporting the Finance Manager to deliver the finance induction for new joiners
• Undertake other duties consistent with the post and, where necessary, to assist with other areas of work as required

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of administration in a finance department, if this is in a charity that’s a bonus
• Experience of using accounting software (Quickbooks – Desirable)
• Basic experience of day to day bookkeeping
• Experience and knowledge of Gift Aid (Desirable)

Skills

• Administrative and numerical skills
• Written and verbal communication skills with ability to liaise with different teams effectively
• Spreadsheet skills
• Good time and task management skills, including ability to prioritise and plan work to meet deadlines.
• An excellent eye for detail

Attitudes

• Solutions oriented – you can spot when something could be done better, faster, or more smoothly and won’t hesitate to change things to make your job and others’ easier
• Flexible and proactive – you are willing to get stuck into any task, however large or small
• Self- motivated – you are comfortable working independently and as a part of a team
• People oriented – you thrive in a team environment, build positive relationships and understand that this is how the work gets done
• It’s important that you have an interest in start-ups or not-for-profits. That’s what we do here at Hatch and we want you to share our passion for it!

Benefits

We care about our people and giving them the things they need to succeed.

We have always been supportive of flexible working, which has become even more important recently. We have an office in Elephant & Castle, which is available for anyone to work from as much or as little as they’d like. For those working at home, we’ll provide you with a laptop to get you set up. In the post-COVID world we’re experimenting with full flexibility to work from home or in the office as it suits you, but hope the whole team will be able to come together periodically.

• Flexible working – work from home or in the office and at the times that work best for you
• 38 fully flexible holiday days (including the 9 UK bank holidays)
• 3% employer pension contribution
• £750 annual budget for learning and development or wellbeing activities
• Paid time off for dedicated learning and development opportunities
• 4 days per year paid time off to volunteer

Equal Opportunities

We believe everyone has potential. We are committed to increasing diversity among business owners, and we want to do the same for our team. If you’ve read this far, and you like the sound of the job, but you’re worried you don’t quite fit the requirements, we’d love it if you went ahead and applied.

We want to ensure that our team represents a wider cross-section of society than a typical start-up, and we know that means we have to make an effort to understand and accommodate different people’s needs. If you would require any reasonable adjustments to be made to support you to apply, interview or join the Hatch team please contact us.

Please note we are only able to accept applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated Finance Officer to join our team based in London. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £31,014 - £32,674 (Scale Point Range 22-24).

About the Finance Officer role:

As our Finance Officer, you will support the Finance Manager in all financial operations within The Passage. To maintain sales ledger, to reconcile bank and cash accounts, payroll and pension accounts. You will also support the accounting function of the subsidiary companies.

Assisting the Finance Manager you will review and analyse financial reports such as monthly management accounts and to meet with budget holders to discuss the variances. To help the Finance Manager with the accounts preparation for the external audit and provide cover for the Finance Assistant.

Key responsibilities of our Finance Officer will include:

• Reviewing information on residency from residential projects and post charges for rents and services charges to individual debtor accounts
• Reviewing receipts from housing benefit and residents and post them to the sales ledger
• Reconciling the YORDEX prepayment account to make sure all the expenses are recorded correctly and approved by line managers
• Preparing month end reconciliations for bank and petty cash accounts to bank statements and to cash counted.
• Managing payroll records and payroll processing as and when required particularly in relation to sickness and absence records, payroll, pension arrangements, payments for benefits in kind, etc.
• Preparing payroll for the Finance Manager’s review and approval.
• Drawing up initial month end accounts report
• Producing commentary on variances for review by the Finance Manager
• Keeping detailed record of work carried out.  Ensure that there is an easy route for the Finance Manager to check work carried out in each area. Complete control sheet for jobs completed.

Our ideal Finance Officer will have the following experience and knowledge which will need to be demonstrated on the application form:

Experience

• Experience within a Finance function of at least two of the principal areas of the job description 
• Use of Microsoft Office programs Word and Excel
• Experience of working on a computerised finance system
• Previous use of QuickBooks

Knowledge

• Good understanding of the principles of double entry bookkeeping.
• Understanding of the principles of reconciling accounting balances to supporting information, such as bank statements, cash counts, debtors’ listings, etc.
• Knowledge or formal training in bookkeeping and finance work, for example, qualification or part qualification as an accounting technician would be desirable.

Closing date: 6th June 2022
Interview date: 14th June 2022

Please note for this role a CV will not be accepted.

If you would like to join us in the role of Finance Officer, please click ‘apply’ now – we would love to hear from you!

An opportunity to be part of a friendly ambitious team providing a full finance service for a growing national charity.

We work between work and the office in Norwich giving the best of both world. At Beat we value peoples opinions and inputs and we are always looking at ways we can improve.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Officer to join our team based in Gilwell Park, Chingford. We will offer you a competitive salary of £27,396 per annum.

We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. We give over 400,000 4-25 year olds the skills they need for school, college, university, the job interview: the skills they need for life.

Right across the UK, we’re helping young people gain skills for life and find their place in the world. We help them speak up, play their part and shine bright. Scouts is the place to be yourself and find yourself.

These are young people who are not afraid to stand up for what they believe in, to do the right thing and think of others before themselves.

At a time when communities sometimes feel divided, Scouts brings people together. We’re building stronger communities and contributing to a stronger society. All this is made possible by the generosity of our adult volunteers. Now is a challenging time for us all, but Scouts has never been more important giving young people purpose, hope and a place to belong. With the launch of Squirrels for 4-6 year olds, and opening more units in even more areas of deprivation we’re making more of a difference than ever.

The Finance Officer Role:

You will be responsible for the recording, reviewing, and reconciliation, processing of all transactional data for the finance team, including processing of supplier invoices, payment requests, expense claims, other payments, sales invoices and receipts. To contribute to the work of the finance team across all disciplines as required.

Key responsibilities as our Finance Officer:

- Assist the Transaction Manager in the provision of an excellent customer service for all financial transactions activity
- Preparation of balance sheets reconciliations, including bank reconciliations and assist in preparation of income statements, expense reports
- Track investments and maintain relevant cash reserves under the direction of the Transactions team manager
- Identify and resolve invoicing issues, accounting discrepancies and other financial related issues
- Daily cash and cheques including membership subs
- Where purchase orders have been raised and authorised, ensure that their details are consistent with invoices prior to payment
- Scan and ensure relevant accounting records, including linking invoices to the computerised purchase order system
- Generate BACS payment files from the accounting system for payment of invoices, processing invoice requests float and petty cash requests, foreign currency payments and expense claims
-Supplier and customer queries
- Perform weekly bank reconciliations, customer ledger and P&L reconciliations, as well petty cash and float reconciliations with the accounting system balances

What we are looking for in our Finance Officer:

- Qualified accountant
- Educated to a good standard of literacy and written communication
- In depth Knowledge and understanding of computerised accounting and reporting systems
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Methodical and systematic approach to work
- Excellent IT skills, focussed on providing clearly written material for distribution to various internal stakeholders
- Good understanding of double entry bookkeeping along with higher level AAT qualification

What we can offer you as our Finance Officer:

- 25 days holiday and going up to 28 days after 2 years’ service and 32 days after 5 years’ service
- Additional holidays between Christmas & New Year
- Life Assurance
- Simply Health Scheme
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Free car parking

We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer…

- Up to four personal days paid leave a year
- Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Childcare Vouchers
- Flexible working hours
- Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits
- Study and volunteer leave

Closing date: Sunday 22nd May 11:59pm

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team! Click ‘Apply’ now!
The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds
Strictly no agencies

Do you love keeping things organised and running smoothly? Do you have an eye for detail and a love of finance? Are you happy working independently as part of a small team to support a smooth-running finance function, managing systems and processes that work for you and others? Then you could be the Finance & Resources Officer we are looking for!

In this role, you will be responsible for: 

• Accurately recording donation details into our fundraising database. 

• Accurately processing transactions into the finance systems, for both income and expenditure. 

• Manging the administration of our online expenses system. 

• Financial administration and assisting the Finance Manager in report preparation. 

• Dealing with enquiries from potential donors, funders and individuals interested in supporting the charity and financial queries.

• Office administration. 

One of four National Academies

Your new organisation
A large organisation, one of four UK National Academies, researching to achieve benefits for the society.

Your new role

• Maintain the accounting records (purchase, sales and nominal ledgers) of accounts on finance system and assist with the reconciliation of control accounts and production of the monthly trial balance.
• Prepare monthly standard journals (accruals and prepayments) to produce the trial balance and work with the Finance Manager to provide other period end journals as required.
• Maintain purchase ledgers by inputting purchase invoices and expense claims and processing BACS and cheque
• Prepare sales invoices
• Monitor receipts against invoices and assist with credit control to minimise the amounts owed by debtors
• Post bank receipts and payments onto finance system, preparing bank reconciliations in finance system
• Assist the Finance Manager with the preparation of monthly budget holder reports and help with queries about variances.

What you'll need to succeed

• Part qualified or qualified by experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

What you'll get in return
Hybrid working
26 days per annum; plus Christmas closure dates, and bank holidays
Enhance maternity and paternity leave

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Finance Officer (Part time 28 hours, London) 

Band 7 Organisational support – Admin £20,910 to 27,183 

Thank you for taking the time to find out more about our vacancy for the Finance Officer at Respond. It’s an exciting time to join us, we have grown quickly from a small charity to a medium sized one in recent years and are currently in the first year of our three year strategy which started in April 2022.  We are looking for a team player who can help us continue to improve and develop our systems, processes.

The role involves carrying out a range of practical and technical financial administrative support, including accounts payable and receivable administration, budget management, expenses, invoicing and database management. You will also take ownership of reconciling, investigating, and resolving any discrepancies in areas of work assigned and provide support to the Finance Manager on other areas where required. 

An important part of our work at Respond is working in a trauma informed way. What this means for us is that we hold in mind the impact of trauma at all levels of the organisation and all take part in reflective practice or team dynamics.

We are keen to encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates who are both interested in leading operations, as well as supporting people with learning disabilities and autistic people who have experience trauma.

We are committed to the furthering of human rights, equality, and positive social change through our therapeutic and advocacy work, and are committed to anti-racism and other forms of anti-discriminatory practice. We recognise that we need to continually keep this as a focus in our work and as an integral part of our organisational strategy.

We celebrate diversity as an employer and as a provider of services to people who often experience multiple discriminations because of (but not limited to) being autistic or having a learning disability and experiences of trauma. 

If you’d like to find out more about this role, please read through the job description and our person specification. When you apply please make sure that you address the points in the person specification in your statement.

If you’ve got any other questions please direct them by email to Victoria Kuyela Finance Director

Deadline for applications – Sunday 29th May Midnight by email

Interviews 

First stage online Wednesday 1st June.

Second stage in person in London Tuesday June 7th June.

Finance Officer: up to 32K | 6 Month FTC | Hybrid Working | London

For a global NGO focusing on human rights, we are recruiting a Finance Officer to cover maternity. The Finance Officer will work with UK and global staff on finance matters, compliance, controls, and processes. This role will lead on AP, staff expenses, monthly balance sheet reconciliations, bank and treasury management, multi-currency transactions and help with schedules for year-end. This role is permanent and is very much a supplier and customer facing role, so we are looking for someone engaging with first-class customer service and communication skills.

Main Duties:

• Management of Accounts Payable including weekly payment runs and checking monthly expense returns for overseas staff
• Main point of contact for all AP queries
• Ensure strong controls exist and assist on processes and systems improvements
• Ensure all transactions are processes in MS Business Central
• Reconcile all bank and credit card accounts
• Prepare UK Payroll Journal and assist in all balance sheet reconciliations
• Assist with all month-end and year-end processes, and updating management accounts templates

Person Specification:

• Experience managing Accounts Payable for an international organisation
• Experience working with multiple currencies
• Bank reconciliations
• Balance sheet reconciliations and using control accounts
• Ideally experience of working in the international NGO/ Charity sector
• Experience of restricted funding
• Experience of MS Business Central

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

We are looking for a detail focused, organised, approachable Finance Officer to join our finance team. This role would suit someone with experience in a charity finance and administration team. You will have good organisation skills, attention to detail, accuracy, an ability to assess and deliver information in a timely manner and be able to work to deadlines. An accountancy qualification is preferred but not required.

LRMN is a thriving organisation and one of the most established refugee and migrants’ organisations providing services in London but focusing on south and southeast London boroughs. Our services include provision of specialist legal advice and information on immigration, housing and welfare, therapeutic and practical support to women who survived gender-based violence, helping our service users access employment, training and volunteering opportunities, prevention of mental health problems, and helping our clients integrate and engage in their community.

Your main responsibility will be to maintain the organisation’s financial records using QuickBooks, ensuring that all transactions are accurately and fully recorded.

The role’s responsibilities and functions may be adjusted slightly for the right candidate and organisational needs changing over time.

LRMN is an equal opportunity employer and committed to safeguarding and fulfilling its duty of care to people working and volunteering in the organisation and to those we come into contact with. The successful candidate will be required to complete a basic DBS check.

We are currently working in a hybrid model. You would be expected to work one to two days from our office in Deptford.

To apply, please find the job description, person specification and link to the application form on our website.

Deadline: 9am Monday 13th June 2022

Interviews: Week beginning 20th June 2022

Calling all Finance Officers!
Are you a Finance Officer with NAV/Business Central experience, looking for your next opportunity?
If so, please read on...
I am excited to be working with an amazing donation distribution organisation in search of an immediately available Finance Officer. The charity is facing an extremely busy period and requires an extra hand for the next 3 months. Flexible re part-time or full-time, hybrid or fully remote!

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Purchase ledger
Process supplier invoices and credit notes
Set up weekly supplier payment and allocate payments made to suppliers
Reconcile supplier accounts with statements
Manage direct debit payments to suppliers
Sales ledger
Allocate cash receipts to the customer account
Ensure all queries from the Partnership team are resolved in a timely manner
Daily bank reconciliation
Process staff expenses (personal expenses)
Process staff expense charged to company credit cards

Essential skills & experience:
NAV/Business Central

If you have the above skills and experience and are immediately available, please apply online today, I would love to have a conversation with you!

Hours: 15 hrs per week. We can be flexible about days and times.

Would you like to be part of a Charity that helps local people with the issues they face?

Citizens Advice Oxfordshire South and Vale (OSAV) is a local charity that provides the Citizens Advice service from 4 main locations in South Oxfordshire and Vale of the White Horse (Abingdon, Didcot, Henley, and Thame). Our 110 skilled volunteers are supported by 10 FTE staff.

We are looking for an experienced qualified or part qualified Accounting Technician to be based at our main office in Abingdon, Oxfordshire but with the flexibility to work from home.

This post requires the successful applicant to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check prior to employment. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from the process. All cases are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed.

Closing Date: Wednesday 15th June 2022.

Interviews: W/C 20th June 2022

A well-respected charity is looking for a Finance Officer for six months to cover maternity.

Your new company:
My client is a well-respected charity with a long history of helping people across the UK.

Your new role:
My new role is a Finance Officer. The role is an interim contract for six months. Duties will include:

• Post daily bank receipts onto finance system, including into the fundraising database
• Manage income collection, banking and recording for all events
• Follow the guidance on cash handling procedures
• Process batch & maintain all donations
• Ensure that all payments and receipts are posted on the finance system in a timely manner
• Reconcile all bank accounts on a timely basis
• Reallocate online giving to the appropriate income stream in liaison with the Data team
• Deal with grants
• Process expenses

What you'll need to succeed:
In order to succeed you will need previous finance experience, preferably within a charity. If you were studying for AAT, ACCA or CIMA this would also be an advantage. Strong systems skills are also essential.

What you'll get in return:
In return, you will have the opportunity to work within a well-respected and secure charity within an experienced team. The role is interim, but there may be the opportunity for the contract to be extended.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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