Finance Assistant

CharityJob; Fleet; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The Charity in Fleet, England is seeking a Finance Assistant to support a busy accounts team with cash handling, bank reconciliations and data input.

You will work across the accounts function, ideally with 12+ months in finance and may be studying for AAT; strong Excel, numeracy and meticulous organisation are essential as deadlines approach.

This role offers a collaborative environment where you contribute to accurate financial reporting for Trustees and Senior Leaders.

Qualifications

• 12+ months experience in finance or accounts is preferred.
• Active study or attainment of AAT is encouraged.
• Strong numeracy and attention to detail with accurate data entry.

Responsibilities

• Raising Sales invoices and processing payments.
• Reconciling bank statements and posting transactions.
• Processing supplier invoices and staff/volunteer expenses.
• Handling income processing for regular banking.
• Monitoring the Finance inbox and responding to queries.
• Assisting in month-end close and reconciliations.
• Recording income on Salesforce CRM and charity finance system.
• Posting transactions onto the charity’s finance system.

Skills

Numeracy skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Administrative skills

Education

AAT (or studying)

Tools

Excel

Job description

Whilst being valued for your vital contribution within the Finance team, you’ll enjoy a variety of responsibilities across the finance function, including cash handling, bank reconciliation, and data inputting.

By collaborating with all the friendly teams in The Charity, you will help us achieve our objectives by processing and reconciling financial data to ensure we meet our legal and financial obligations. The Finance team ensures the delivery of management data to inform constructive future planning and decision making by our Trustees and Senior Leadership Team.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

You will enjoy working with facts and figures within a busy accounts department where you will have exposure to all areas of the accounts function. You’ll ideally have 12+ months experience of working in finance and you may have or be studying for AAT/early stage in which case you will be actively encouraged to learn and contribute, alongside your studies.

Your professional yet personable approach and your ability to demonstrate strong analytical and numeracy skills with consistency and accuracy will enable you to shine. With excellent administrative and organisational ability and a strong attention to detail, you’ll also be comfortable juggling a range of competing priorities whilst working to tight deadlines.

Strong Excel skills will aid you in this role.

Whilst Charity Sector experience is beneficial, it is not required.

You will enjoy working with facts and figures within a busy accounts department where you will have exposure to all areas of the accounts function. You’ll ideally have 12+ months experience of working in finance and you may have or be studying for AAT/early stage in which case you will be actively encouraged to learn and contribute, alongside your studies.

Your professional yet personable approach and your ability to demonstrate strong analytical and numeracy skills with consistency and accuracy will enable you to shine. With excellent administrative and organisational ability and a strong attention to detail, you’ll also be comfortable juggling a range of competing priorities whilst working to tight deadlines.

Strong Excel skills will aid you in this role.

Whilst Charity Sector experience is beneficial, it is not required.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Raising Sales invoices
• Reconciling the bank statement
• Posting transactions on The Charity finance system
• Accurate and timely processing of purchase invoices and supplierpayments
• Accurate and timely processing of all staff and volunteer expense claims
• Processing income for regular banking
• Actively monitoring and responding to the Finance inbox regarding finance queries from across The Charity.
• Assisting in the month end close process and reconciliations
• Monitoring the early indicator report, ensuring that all income is recorded correctly on the Salesforce CRM
• Posting transactions onto The Charity’s finance system