This role can be worked entirely remotely or hybrid from Highcliffe House,York.
In this role you'll play a key part in supporting the Finance team to make sure all of our financial information and processes runs smoothly and are up to date.
You'll be responsible for liaising with our service delivery staff, performing tasks such as processing invoices and other financial expenditure documents, inputting and updating financial transactions within Quickbooks, and processing all of our fundraising and other income.
A key part of your role will be ensuring that transactions are recorded accurately in liaison with our services, so you will build good relationships with all the services we provide.
You will ideally have an accounting qualification at level 3 (e.g. AAT/ACCA) or equivalent education or be qualified by experience. You will have a key eye for detail, and be able to independently manage multiple streams of work.
Main duties
- Recording and processing Accounts Payable and Receivable
- Processing any monies received
- Reconciling and recording the petty cash system
- Enabling and assisting the Head of Finance with maintaining accurate financial information
- Working within York Mind values
Essential Qualifications
AAT level 3 OR 3 years’ experience in similar function OR degree in numerate or business-related subject OR equivalent combination of education and experience
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Numerate and able to work with numbers with attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
- Experience of working in a finance/ accounting environment requiring accuracy and attention to detail
- Experience as a competent, frequent user of MS Excel for finance purposes
- Experience of ability to manage your own workload, working closely with colleagues
- Demonstrates problem-solving skills
Practical Skills
- Experience in using software packages to an intermediate level: MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Quickbooks (or similar accounting software or finance system)
- Able/willing to learn to use a range of video conferencing platforms
- Demonstrates ability to juggle a busy workload with competing priorities
Values and Attitudes
- A commitment to the York Mind values
- A commitment to work with the widest range of communities possible to make sure our organisation is representative and inclusive
- Self-awareness of own competencies, practical needs and personal resilience, and willing to seek help with these where necessary
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
These newly created roles will be working closely with business system owners, technical teams, and stakeholders across our organisation to define the product vision, lead backlog management, and ensure that the product families evolve in line with organisational strategy, user needs, compliance standards and operational requirements.
This role acts as the voice of the business within product squads, ensuring enhancements and configurations to COTS/SaaS platforms are user-centred, scalable, secure, and aligned with RBLs wider mission.
Come and be part of the leading Armed Forces charity, making a difference to the lives of those who have served to keep us safe and protect our way of life.
Reporting to the Product Management Team Leader, key responsibilities will include:
- Define, refine and continuously communicate the vision and roadmap for assigned COTS/SaaS product families, ensuring alignment to organisational strategies
- Translate strategy and business needs into clear product direction that improves efficiency, adoption, user experience and organisational outcomes
- Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring items are clear, prioritised and deliverable
- Build strong relationships across functional areas (e.g., Fundraising, Welfare, Membership, Operations, Digital, Data, Technology)
- Ensure COTS/SaaS features and configurations are clearly defined, documented and understood across delivery teams
- Maintain awareness of operational risks, system dependencies, data protection requirements, accessibility standards and security controls
You will have demonstrable experience as a Product Owner, or similar, in digital, technology or product led environments. You will have hands on experience of a leadership role in Agile teams, a strong understanding of product management practices and experience working with COTS/SaaS applications including configuration, lifecycle management and vendor engagement.
You will be contracted to your home address, and you will perform most of your work remotely there, with occasional travel (incl. for monthly team meetings).
Employee benefits include –
- 28 day’s paid holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with optional annual leave purchase scheme of up to 5 working days
- Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Generous pension contributions, with Employer contributions ranging from 6% to 10%
- Range of flexible working options may be available, depending on your role
- Employee Assistance Programme providing confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
- Range of courses delivered by learning specialists to support your development goals and objectives
- Opportunities to volunteer
- Travel loans, Cycle to Work, and more!
For more detailed information about the role, please see the Vacancy Information Pack attached to our direct advert. Our teams take a personalised approach to shortlisting, which is carried out without the use of AI and is based on the evidence provided in your application against the essential and desirable criteria in the Person Specification.
RBL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, reflecting the diversity of the armed forces community and of wider society. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and personal characteristics.
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interview schemes for candidates who declare an Armed Forces connection and/or a disability. However, candidates are only eligible for this scheme if their application clearly demonstrates that they meet all of the essential criteria listed in the Person Specification for the role.
We may close this vacancy early if we believe we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the roles. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.