Finance Assistant

Living Streets; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Living Streets, the UK's charity for everyday walking, is hiring a Finance Assistant in London on a 35-hour hybrid-week basis. You will support the finance function with day-to-day transactional tasks, supplier and customer processing, and month-end activities, with involvement in audits and budgeting.

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the role emphasises accuracy, strong communication, and collaboration within a growing team. Immediate start available.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Finance Assistant or similar transactional finance role.
• Strong Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable experience.
• Experience processing BACS payments.
• Credit control experience.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Experience using finance systems (e.g., Microsoft Business Central).
• Studying towards an accountancy qualification such as AAT, ACCA, ACA or CIMA.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Finance assistant experience

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

BACS payments

Credit control

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Microsoft Business Central

Education

AAT / ACCA / ACA / CIMA in progress

Tools

Microsoft Business Central

Excel (Pivot tables)

Job description

• 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)
• 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
• 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
• 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.

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.