Accounts Payable Officer

Altum Consulting; Greater London; Remote; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Altum Consulting is helping a fast-growing international NGO to strengthen its internal finance capability. The Finance Officer will work remotely, handling day-to-day finance activity, recording payments, and supporting two-year growth while moving from outsourced transactions in-house.

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract with strong potential to become permanent. The role requires attention to detail, ability to work across teams and time zones, and experience with accounting software such

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance administration, accounts assistant or bookkeeping role.
• Ability to process payments and maintain accurate records.
• Strong attention to detail and deadlines.
• Experience with accounting software (QuickBooks, Xero or similar) and spreadsheets.
• Ability to work independently in a fully remote environment.
• Experience in a charity/NGO donor-funded environment is beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, process and record payments, including supplier invoices, partner payments, grants and staff expenses.
• Ensure all transactions are authorised and supported by clear documentation and audit trails.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records across multiple programmes, donors and currencies.
• Act as a point of contact for payment and finance queries from partners and internal teams.
• Support month-end and year-end processes, including preparing schedules and reconciliations.
• Assist with audit preparation and respond to information requests.
• Follow and help document finance processes to improve consistency, control and resilience.
• Support the gradual transition of bookkeeping work from outsourced providers to in-house.

Skills

Finance experience

Payment processing

Record keeping

Attention to detail

Remote work

Donor-funded NGO experience

Tools

QuickBooks

Xero

Spreadsheets

Job description

We're supporting a fast-growing international NGO working to save the lives of children by tackling a preventable cause of childhood death. Following a period of significant growth and multi-year philanthropic funding, the organisation is now strengthening its internal finance capability to support delivery across 40+ countries, with further expansion planned.

This is an opportunity for an experienced Finance Officer to work remotely and play a key role in building reliable, well-controlled finance operations during a critical phase of growth. The role sits at the heart of day-to-day finance activity and will be central to the organisation's transition away from outsourced transactional finance. The role is an initial 12-month FTC with plans for it to become permanent.

Key responsibilities:

• Prepare, process and record payments, including supplier invoices, partner payments, grants and staff expenses
• Ensure all transactions are appropriately authorised and supported by clear documentation and audit trails
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records across multiple programmes, donors and currencies
• Act as a point of contact for payment and finance queries from partners and internal teams
• Support month-end and year-end processes, including preparing schedules and reconciliations
• Assist with audit preparation and respond to information requests
• Follow and help document finance processes to improve consistency, control and resilience
• Support the gradual transition of bookkeeping work from outsourced providers to in-house

About you:

• Experience in a finance administration, accounts assistant or bookkeeping role
• Confident processing payments and maintaining accurate financial records
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to controls and deadlines
• Comfortable using accounting software (e.g. QuickBooks, Xero or similar) and spreadsheets
• Able to work independently in a fully remote environment, collaborating across teams and time zones
• Experience in a charity, NGO or donor-funded environment is beneficial but not essential

As above this role is an initial full-time, 12 month contract, with strong potential to become permanent as the finance function continues to mature.