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Job description

JOB PURPOSE:

To support the accuracy and integrity of financial data by maintaining reliable donation records and assisting with financial reporting. The Volunteer Finance Data Associate ensures all financial information entered into the accounting system is complete, consistent, and correctly recorded, enabling accurate reporting and effective financial oversight across the CIC.

About the Role

The Volunteer Finance Data Associate focuses on data accuracy, donation records, and financial reporting support. The role ensures that all financial information entering the accounting system is complete, consistent, and reliable, supporting high-quality reporting and sound financial oversight across the CIC.

Experience Qualification and Requirements

Essential Technical Competencies

  • Completed a qualification in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or a related discipline OR equivalent practical experience.
  • Comfortable working with numbers, spreadsheets, and structured financial data.
  • Basic understanding of accounting or finance systems and how financial data flows between them.
  • Familiarity with accounting software or a strong willingness and ability to learn new systems quickly.
  • High attention to detail with strong logical and analytical thinking skills.
  • Process-driven approach with the ability to follow data standards consistently.
  • Strong sense of ethics, confidentiality, and responsibility when handling financial and donor information.

Desirable Competencies

  • Experience supporting finance or data processes within non-profit, CIC, or purpose-led organisations.
  • Exposure to donation tracking, income reporting, or reconciliation activities.
  • Experience working with shared digital systems or multi-stakeholder data environments.
  • Familiarity with internal reporting, summaries, or basic dashboards.

Qualifications

  • Formal qualifications: Not strictly required.
  • Education background: Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or related fields desirable.
  • Professional experience: Equivalent voluntary or practical experience accepted and valued.
  • Data protection or finance governance training: Required once in post (training can be provided).

Main Responsibilities/ Key Duties

  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date donation and financial data across finance and reporting systems.
  • Support regular data checks between payment platforms, CRM systems, and accounting software to ensure consistency.
  • Assist with generating basic donation, income, and trend reports for internal use.
  • Identify missing data, inconsistencies, duplicate entries, or anomalies and report them clearly to the Lead Financial Accountant.
  • Support the preparation of internal finance dashboards, summaries, and structured data outputs.
  • Maintain organised and well-structured digital records in line with CIC data governance and documentation standards.
  • Follow established processes for data entry, validation, and version control.
  • Work under the guidance of the Lead Financial Accountant to improve data quality and reporting accuracy.
  • Handle all financial data with confidentiality, care, and ethical responsibility.

You must:

  • Be aligned with the CIC’s mission, values, and ethical, anti-capitalist stance.
  • Be willing to commit at a founding level during the unpaid build phase of the organisation.
  • Be comfortable working with evolving or incomplete financial and data systems and helping to build structure, clarity, and reliable processes.
  • Be able to work responsibly with sensitive financial, donor, and operational data.
  • Be comfortable collaborating across multiple teams, including Finance, Operations, Fundraising, and Leadership.
  • Be able to follow defined guidance, policies, and data controls while applying sound judgement where systems are still developing.

You should bring experience in some of the following:

  • Supporting finance, accounting, or data processes within small organisations or teams.
  • Donation tracking, income data management, or financial record maintenance.
  • Working with accounting software, spreadsheets, or structured digital finance systems.
  • Data checking, reconciliation support, or preparation of basic internal reports and summaries.
  • Maintaining accurate, well-structured records in low-resource or volunteer-led environments.
  • Working with limited budgets in non-profit, CIC, or purpose-led settings.

Formal qualifications are not strictly required, but relevant education is desirable.
Essential equivalent practical or voluntary experience is mandatory.

Next Steps

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to:

  • A values-led conversation focused on ethics, accountability, and mission alignment.
  • A practical discussion on financial data accuracy, data flows between systems, and working within evolving operational structures.

If you believe that reliable financial data is foundational to safeguarding, trust, and informed decision-making, this role is for you.

A Final Word

Transparency is power and responsibility.

If you know that:

  • Financial integrity builds public trust
  • Data accuracy protects communities and donors
  • Accountability matters more than scale

Then your contribution here will matter.

Posted by
Tell my Truth and Shame the Devil View profile Organisation type Registered Charity
Posted on: 20 January 2026
Closing date: 10 February 2026 at 20:23
Tags: Finance, Accounting, Accounts Payable

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