Finance Assistant

Angelou Centre; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Living Streets is seeking a Finance Assistant to join the finance team in London on a temporary basis (3-6 months). The role supports purchase and sales ledgers, supplier payments, staff expenses, and month-end processes, with hybrid working and a 35-hour week.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will help with AP/AR, bank reconciliations, credit control and other transactional tasks while maintaining high levels of accuracy and customer service for internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Finance Assistant or similar transactional finance role.
• Good Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable experience.
• Experience processing BACS payments.
• Credit control experience.
• Bank reconciliation experience.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Experience using finance systems.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Maintain purchase and sales ledgers.
• Process supplier payments and staff expenses.
• Support Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable activities.
• Undertake weekly bank reconciliations.
• Manage credit control activities and chase overdue payments.
• Reconcile debtor and creditor balances.
• Process daily allocations and month-end tasks.
• Manage shared finance inbox and respond to queries.
• Raise journals and assist with month-end processes.
• Support annual audit and budgeting activities.

Skills

Finance experience

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

BACS payments

Credit control

Bank reconciliation

Attention to detail

Communication

Organisation

Finance systems

Education

Accountancy qualification (AAT/ACCA/ACA/CIMA) - studying

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables)

Job description

Finance Assistant

• Duration: Temporary (3-6 months)
• Salary: £16.15-£17.82 per hour (equivalent to £29,387-£32,433 FTE)
• Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday
• Location: London / Hybrid working
• Office Attendance: Minimum 2 days per week (Wednesday is the core office day, with Thursday typically the second office day)
• Interview in-person: Wednesday 23 September
• Start Date: ASAP

Charity People is delighted to be partnering with Living Streets to recruit a Finance Assistant.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading charities dedicated to creating safer, healthier and more inclusive communities through walking. You’ll join a supportive finance team during a period of growth, helping to maintain smooth financial operations across both the charity and its trading activities.

About Living Streets

Living Streets is the UK charity for everyday walking. Through campaigns, education programmes and partnerships with schools and local authorities, they work to create streets where people can walk safely, confidently and enjoyably. The organisation’s trading arm supports this work through the sale of educational resources, awards and merchandise to schools and communities across the UK.

About the Role

Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will provide essential support across the finance function, ensuring accurate and efficient processing of financial transactions and maintaining excellent internal and external customer service standards.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintaining purchase and sales ledgers
• Processing supplier payments and staff expenses
• Supporting Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable activities
• Undertaking weekly bank reconciliations
• Managing credit control activities and chasing overdue payments
• Reconciling debtor and creditor balances
• Processing daily allocations and month-end tasks
• Managing the shared finance inbox and responding to queries
• Raising journals and assisting with month-end processes
• Supporting annual audit and budgeting activities

About You

We’re keen to hear from candidates who can demonstrate:

• Experience in a Finance Assistant or similar transactional finance role
• Strong Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable experience
• Experience processing BACS payments
• Credit control experience
• Bank reconciliation experience
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Experience using finance systems
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• A proactive and collaborative approach to work

Desirable Experience

• Experience working within the charity or not-for-profit sector
• Experience using Microsoft Business Central
• Intermediate Excel skills, including working with spreadsheets and pivot tables
• Experience working with high-volume transactions
• Studying towards an accountancy qualification such as AAT, ACCA, ACA or CIMA

Hiring process

This is an urgent requirement and applications will be reviewed as they are received.

One-stage interview process in-person on 23rd September.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to support you through the recruitment process.

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.