Finance Assistant - Heart of Bucks

Buckinghamshire Council; Aylesbury; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Heart of Bucks is seeking a Finance Assistant to support day-to-day finance functions within our charity environment. You will handle accounts payable/receivable, gift aid processing, and maintain confidential financial records under the Head of Finance.

Part-time role (15 hours per week) with some hybrid working; permanent contract. Experience with bookkeeping, financial controls, and Sage 50 is helpful, and you will be supported to learn and grow within the team.

Qualifications

• Prior bookkeeping experience and understanding of financial controls and data protection.
• Ability to process financial information accurately and maintain records.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day finance functions for the charity.
• Process accounts payable and accounts receivable, handle gift aid.
• Maintain confidential financial records and respond to routine queries.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Financial controls

Data protection

Communication

Administration

Organisation

Tools

Sage 50

Job description

Help us to make a difference in Buckinghamshire!

Heart of Bucks are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Finance Assistant to support the day-to-day finance functions of our charity. Reporting to the Head of Finance, this role’s purpose is to provide accurate, timely and confidential finance administration and bookkeeping support, helping ensure financial processes, records and reporting are well-managed.

The post is 15 hours per week, with some hybrid working available.

Contract: Permanent

Interviews: We expect to hold interviews in the week commencing 9 th November 2026 at our office in central Aylesbury where you would be based.

About us

We are Heart of Bucks, the Community Foundation for Buckinghamshire. Heart of Bucks is a registered charity working with some amazing donors to provide a broad range of funding to other charities and not for profit organisations across Bucks. Our programmes range from those helping to address health inequalities or community safety, through poverty and inclusion projects, sports and leisure, to education, arts and culture programmes, and everything in-between.

This role will support the day-to-day finance functions of our charity, looking after the company bank accounts, being responsible for the accounts payable and accounts receivable duties, gift aid processing and acting as the first point of contact for any routine finance queries.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for a full list of role responsibilities.

About you

To be effective in this role, you’ll have prior bookkeeping experience and understanding of financial controls, confidentiality and data protection. You’ll need to be able to process financial information accurately and maintain records in line with organisational. Your great communication skills will be required to engage with the broad range of stakeholders and suppliers we work with. Strong administrative and organisational skills will be required to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

Experience of Sage 50 would be really helpful in this role, but please don't be put off applying if you don't have all the skills we need, so long as you are willing and able to learn as you go.

There is a full person specification in our Job Description.

Other information

Heart of Bucks is a Disability Confident Employer, committed to equality of opportunity and celebration of diversity. We are signatories to the Mindful Employer Charter and are a Living Wage Employer. We take great care to ensure that our actions as an employer reflect our ethos of inclusion. We actively promote equality of opportunity and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates. We select all candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.