Assistant Financial Accountant
West Midlands | Hybrid working | Competitive salary and excellent benefits
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Assistant Financial Accountants to join a well-established public sector organisation, supporting the delivery of high-quality financial reporting, technical accounting and statutory returns. Sitting within a corporate finance team, these roles offer the chance to play a key part in the production of the statement of accounts and audit process, with opportunities to specialise in either VAT or capital accounting.
Working as part of a collaborative and forward-thinking finance function, you will gain exposure to a wide range of technical accounting areas while contributing to continuous improvement and strong financial governance.
What you’ll do
- Support the delivery of the annual statement of accounts, ensuring accuracy and compliance with statutory deadlines
- Lead on technical and capital accounting entries, applying relevant regulations and best practice
- Partner with stakeholders across the organisation to provide clear financial advice and insight
- Act as a key contact for internal and external audit, resolving queries efficiently
- Take ownership of balance sheet reconciliations, maintaining strong financial controls
- Develop financial models and support statutory returns, including VAT submissions
- Support and mentor junior team members within the finance function
- For the VAT-focused role, prepare and review VAT returns, ensuring accuracy and identifying discrepancies
- For the capital-focused role, maintain the fixed asset register, ensuring accurate classification and depreciation
What you’ll need
- AAT Level 4 or part-qualified with a recognised accounting body
- Experience working within a finance environment, ideally within the public sector
- Strong technical accounting knowledge with the ability to apply this in practice
- Experience using financial systems such as Oracle and advanced Excel skills
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to present financial information to non-finance stakeholders
- Exposure to VAT and or capital accounting would be advantageous
You will benefit from a flexible hybrid working pattern, generous annual leave entitlement, and the opportunity to develop specialist technical expertise within a supportive and progressive finance team.
About the company
This organisation is a large and diverse public sector body based in the West Midlands, serving a broad and vibrant community. With excellent transport links and a strong focus on community impact, it offers a rewarding environment where finance plays a key role in supporting essential services and long-term strategic objectives.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, to avoid disappointment apply today!
Thank you!
Are you passionate about the Samaritans’ mission and eager for a new challenge?
We’re looking for a part-time Executive Assistant (20 hours per week) to support our Executive Leaders and help Samaritans continue to be there for people when it matters most.
As an Executive Assistant, you’ll be highly organised and a great communicator. You’ll be responsible for providing highly efficient and effective support across all administrative and organisational activities. Working in a responsive team you will be one of the first points of contact for the Executive Leadership Team and will assist with administration and organisation of diaries for meetings and travel arrangements, preparing briefs and drafting a range of communications. You’ll attend key meetings in a supporting role and ensure efficiency and timely support to the Leadership team.
You’ll also assist with front-line reception administration services in the Ewell (Surrey) Office as required.
Contract terms:
£32,000 - £34,000 per annum, plus benefits (£18,285 - £19,428 pro-rata for 20 hours)
Permanent
Part-time, 20 hours per week
Predominately office Based in Ewell (Surrey), with occasional opportunity to work from home
Some occasional out of hours and weekend attendance at events/meetings.
We are passionate about flexible working. Talk to us about your preferences.
What you'll do:
- Manage the diaries of our Executive Leadership Team, prioritising demands where required
- Coordinate travel, accommodation and other logistical arrangements
- Prepare, check and administer paperwork for meetings, ensuring deadlines are communicated and met
- Provide coordination support to our Senior Leadership Team for key meetings and activities
- Draft correspondence for the Executive Directors and monitor responses
- Coordinate the preparation and dissemination of reports and documentation
- Liaise with key stakeholders on behalf of the Executive Leadership Team, building and maintaining positive relationships
- Provide reception cover when required
What you’ll bring:
- Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Knowledge of general office administrational functions
- Excellent organisation skills with proven ability to prioritise competing deadlines and demands
- Ability to produce clear documentation
- Strong attention to detail
- Experience of working with sensitive and confidential information
- Ability to maintain a professional approach, even when working under pressure
- Experience of working within the charity sector, and project support or project management is desirable.
See full Job Description and Person Specification
Why Samaritans?
At Samaritans, you’ll be part of a people-first organisation deeply committed to inclusion, compassion and learning. You’ll contribute to a team where your voice matters, your expertise makes a difference, and your work helps save lives.
We welcome applications from individuals with lived experience and encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. We are committed to creating an environment where all our people feel seen, heard and supported.
You’ll join a values-led organisation with a powerful mission and a collaborative culture. We offer flexible hybrid working, excellent benefits, and the chance to make a tangible difference in suicide prevention across the UK and Ireland.
For further information about Samaritans, including our charity structure, values, employee benefits, and application process, please read our recruitment brochure available here. You can also visit our careers website to access this.
We recognise the enormous benefits and the social justice imperatives of ensuring diversity at every level of our organisation. Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. To ensure Samaritans is representative of those we support and who support us, we particularly welcome applications from disabled, racialised minority and LGBTQ+ candidates, as these people are under-represented at Samaritans.
Apply now
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply. You will be asked to one application question and to upload your CV and cover letter.
Applications close: 09:00am on Monday 13th April 2026
Interviews will be held at our office in Ewell (Surrey) w/c 20th April
At Samaritans, human connection is at the heart of everything we do.
We do not use AI at any stage during the selection process. Your application will always be carefully reviewed by the recruiting manager or a member of the Talent Attraction Team.
We kindly ask that you avoid using AI tools to generate your application or interview answers. We want to hear your own ideas, insights, and writing style so your unique strengths can shine through.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
We prevent suicide through the power of human connection. Connecting people in crisis with trained volunteers who will always listen.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
We’re looking for an interim Social Media Officer to lead on engagement with our online communities. This is an exciting 12 month opportunity to shape the social media presence for Samaritans across a range of channels and join a high performing team.
In this role you’ll monitor and respond to a wide range of enquiries over our social media platforms. You will be responding to those who have used our services or are struggling with their mental health, so the ability to communicate with sensitivity and empathy is key.
You'll help colleagues across the organisation feel confident in how they use social media and play a vital role in ensuring our content and conversations reflect our brand and tone of voice. You will develop and maintain social media guidelines and standard response templates, as well as providing training and support when needed.
You’ll also take the lead with our moderation agency to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our audiences, through quality checking and continuous improvement.
If you’re an experienced Social Media Officer, who is passionate about meaningful online engagement, then we’d love to hear from you.
Contract terms:
£31,000 - £33,000 Salary per annum, plus benefits and £1000 on call allowance
12 month fixed term contract (maternity cover)
Full time (35 hours)
We are passionate about flexible working, talk to us about your preferences
Linked to our Ewell (Surrey) office
In-person working: Meeting in person and working collaboratively are things we value. We work in person around 2 days or more per month
What you'll do:
- Monitor Samaritan’s social media channels, ensuring content is appropriate for audiences
- Develop, maintain and update standard response templates and moderation guidelines
- Provide timely, appropriate responses to a wide range of people engaging with Samaritans over social media
- Develop social Q&As for key campaigns, policy positions and news events in collaboration with other teams
- Provide advice, support, and training to branches and volunteers managing their own communities via social media
- Work closely with our moderation agency, ensuring adequate out of hours coverage and quality check responses
- Analyse audience engagement and feedback to identify trends and areas for improvement
What you’ll bring:
- Experience of working on social media for a cause, campaign or high-profile brand, or in communications or marketing
- Great digital copywriting skills
- Strong understanding of digital marketing channels and techniques
- Experience in responding to a varied range of enquiries via social media
- Creative approach to creating and publishing digital content
- Ability to communicate sensitively, particularly around issues involving mental health and suicide
- Awareness of campaigns, news and trends within the charity sector and social media
- Ability to build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Familiarity with Sprout Social (desirable)
- Experience working with volunteers or within the charity sector (desirable)
See full Job Description and Person Specification
Why Samaritans?
At Samaritans, you’ll be part of a people-first organisation deeply committed to inclusion, compassion and learning. You’ll contribute to a team where your voice matters, your expertise makes a difference, and your work helps save lives.
We welcome applications from individuals with lived experience and encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply.We are committed to creating an environment where all our people feel seen, heard and supported.
You’ll join a values-led organisation with a powerful mission and a collaborative culture. We offer flexible hybrid working, excellent benefits, and the chance to make a tangible difference in suicide prevention across the UK and Ireland.
For further information about Samaritans, including our charity structure, values, employee benefits, and application process, please read our recruitment brochure available here. You can also visit our careers website to access this.
We recognise the enormous benefits and the social justice imperatives of ensuring diversity at every level of our organisation. Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. To ensure Samaritans is representative of those we support and who support us, we particularly welcome applications from disabled, racialised minority and LGBTQ+ candidates, as these people are under-represented at Samaritans.
Apply now
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply. You will be asked to some answer short application questions and to upload your CV.
Applications close: 09:00am on Monday 13th April 2026
Interviews: w/c 20th April
At Samaritans, human connection is at the heart of everything we do.
We do not use AI at any stage during the selection process. Your application will always be carefully reviewed by the recruiting manager or a member of the Talent Attraction Team.
We kindly ask that you avoid using AI tools to generate your application or interview answers. We want to hear your own ideas, insights, and writing style so your unique strengths can shine through.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
We prevent suicide through the power of human connection. Connecting people in crisis with trained volunteers who will always listen.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.