Finance Administrator

NDNA; Huddersfield; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday (rising to 30)

8 bank holidays

Personal Pension Scheme

Healthcare Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Staff Awards Scheme

Company Sick Pay Scheme

Flexible working patterns

Job summary

NDNA in Huddersfield is seeking a proactive Finance Administrator for a full-time, hybrid role. You will handle financial transactions, support VAT processes and assist in monthly reporting.

Responsibilities include credit control, debtors analysis, processing BACS payments, payroll uploads and monthly reconciliations. The ideal candidate has solid experience in finance systems and data extraction.

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths and English minimum grade C.
• Experience in all transactional aspects of a Finance Department.
• Experience with finance systems and accounting processes.
• Experience in extracting and analysing data.
• Experience dealing with internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Process all financial transactions accurately.
• Maintain effective credit control.
• Produce monthly debtors analysis and manage invoicing communications.
• Manage subscription direct debit mandates.
• Match invoices to purchase orders and check VAT.
• Execute twice-monthly BACS payments and ad hoc payments.
• Respond to customer and supplier queries.
• Upload payroll BACS file and HMRC payments.
• Prepare reconciled monthly network statements.
• Reconcile project expenses weekly and monitor against budget.
• Create and modify internal reports for budget holders.

Skills

Finance administration

Data analysis

Customer service

GCSE Maths & English

Education

GCSE Maths and English (Grade C)

Job description

Finance Administrator

We are looking for an experience Finance Administrator to join the team in this full-time, hybrid working role.

Position: Finance Administrator

Location: Huddersfield/Hybrid (minimum of 2 days per week in the office)

Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week

Salary: £26,000 - £28,000

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 13th November 2026

Benefits: Include 26 days paid holiday (rising to 30 days with service increments) plus 8 bank holidays, Personal Pension Scheme, Healthcare Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, Staff Awards Scheme, Company Sick Pay Scheme, Flexible working patterns

The Role

You will be responsible for the entry of all financial transactions, verifying the accuracy of financial records, assisting in report generation and recommending policies for improving financial procedures.

Main duties include:

• Processing of all financial transactions
• Effective credit control
• Production of monthly analysis of debtors, recording all communications regarding outstanding invoices.
• Maintenance of subscription direct debit mandates.
• Matching incoming invoices with purchase orders, checking accuracy of coding in line with budgets, and ensuring correct VAT treatment (including reverse charge).
• Processing the twice monthly BACS payment runs as well as ad hoc payments
• Dealing with all customer and supplier queries
• Uploading monthly payroll bacs file to bank and responsibility for HMRC payment.
• Monthly production of reconciled Network statements.
• Weekly reconcile of project expenses to card statement and monitoring against budget.
• Perform monthly reconciliations as required by the Finance Manager.
• Creating and modifying internal reports for budget holders from the finance system.

About You

We are looking for someone with:

• Good general education (GCSE Maths and English Grade C )
• Experience in all transactional aspects of a Finance Department
• Experience of finance systems
• Experience in extracting and analysing data
• Experience of dealing with internal and external customers

About the Organisation

The organisation is a national charity and membership association specifically for nurseries working in partnership with nurseries, local authorities, national government and a range of partners to develop an environment in which early learning and care can flourish.

The organisation is committed to a policy of equal opportunities and is actively opposed to discrimination in society.

You may have experience in areas such as Finance, Finance Admin, Finance Administrator, Administrator, Finance Assistant, Finance Officer.