Finance and Quality Administrator

Barnardo's; Essex; Hybrid; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization is looking for a Finance and Quality Administrator to support financial and quality-related processes. This hybrid position based in Essex involves administrative duties such as processing invoices, monitoring budgets, and maintaining compliance documentation. Ideal candidates should possess prior experience in administration within the charity or healthcare sector, strong analytical and organizational skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office. The role requires a valid driving licence and a commitment to accuracy and independence.

Qualifications

• Proven administrative experience in charity or healthcare sector.
• Experience supporting financial administration including processing invoices.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret data and produce reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide process and administrative support for financial functions.
• Record and process expenditure invoices and purchase order requests.
• Monitor income and expenditure against budget.
• Support health & safety processes and audits.

Skills

Administrative experience

Financial administration

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Job description

Finance and Quality Administrator – Essex (Hybrid)

Permanent | 36.25 hours per week | Salary: £25,401 per annum.

APPLICANTS MUST RESIDE IN ESSEX, HOLD A VALID DRIVING LICENCE, AND HAVE A CAR FOR WEEKLY TRAVEL ACROSS THE COUNTY. PLEASE NOTE THAT PREVIOUS APPLICANTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AND SHOULD NOT REAPPLY.

Barnardo's is offering an exciting opportunity to join the Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Services (ECFWS) as a Finance and Quality Administrator. We're looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented individual to provide efficient support across financial and quality-related administrative processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide process and administrative support for financial functions within the service
• Record and process expenditure invoices and purchase order requests.
• Monitor income and expenditure against budget.
• Purchase items/services and ensure accurate logging of transactions and receipts.
• Working with service managers to prepare end-of-year budgets and financial reporting.
• Administration of grant applications and community development funds.
• Maintaining, updating and compliance tracking for quality-related documentation including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Smart Sheets.
• Supporting health & safety processes and audits.
• Processing and administration of DBS checks.

What we are looking for

• Proven administrative experience, ideally within the charity or healthcare sector.
• Experience supporting financial administration; including processing invoices, and recording income and expenditure.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and produce clear reports.
• Excellent organisational and record-keeping skills with a focus on accuracy.
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Before applying, please refer to the ESSENTIAL CRITERIA ON THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHEET to support your application.

If this sounds like the right fit for you, we'd love to hear from you! Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.