9 month contract Finance Officer

TN United Kingdom; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established charity in Bristol is seeking a dedicated Finance Officer for a 9-month contract. This role involves managing financial procedures, ensuring effective financial controls, and providing excellent customer service to stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have experience in bookkeeping and a desire to contribute to a charitable cause. With flexible working options and a friendly team environment, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact while furthering your finance career.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Friendly team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in bookkeeping and transactional finance is essential.
• Self-motivated with a desire to support charitable causes.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial procedures and processes to trial balance.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations and VAT returns.
• Support the fundraising team with financial reports.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Cash Management

Communication Skills

Financial Analysis

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9 month contract Finance Officer, Bristol

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Location:

Bristol, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Finance

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

07d119cacef8

Job Views:

6

Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

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Bristol based charity

Your new role The main purpose of the role is to carry out the financial procedures and processes of the charity to trial balance to ensure that the organisation manages its finances effectively, implementing strong financial controls and providing good customer service to internal and external stakeholders. You will be comfortable working both independently and collaboratively across a diverse international team. Key Tasks and Responsibilities

1. Entering all purchase and sales ledger invoices and reconciling purchase ledger
2. Cash management and planning, preparing payment runs and regular credit control
3. Allocation of income and expenditure to appropriate cost centers and analysis codes
4. Monthly balance sheet reconciliations including bank reconciliations, maintaining the fixed asset register, depreciation, prepayments and accruals schedules
5. Preparing data and analysis as required for the annual audit and dealing with auditor queries
6. Supporting the fundraising team by downloading and reconciling reports against specialist fundraising software
7. Supporting the team by allocating customer payments against sales invoices
8. Checking coding of all Purchase Orders, invoices, and credit card returns
9. Reviewing and processing expense claims whilst ensuring the expenses policy is being followed
10. Maintaining the finance email inbox
11. Preparing and submitting VAT returns
12. Preparation and import of inter-group management charge journals
13. Helping with office management tasks as required

What you'll need to succeed

• Desire to support a charity and able to start asap
• Experience of bookkeeping/transactional finance
• Self motivated
• Good communication skills

What you'll get in return

• Flexible working options available (2 days in office a week)
• Friendly team to work with