Finance Officer

Certitude Support; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension enrolment

24-hour Employee Assistance

Eye care voucher

Salary sacrifice schemes

Job summary

Certitude is seeking a Finance Officer in Balham, offering a hybrid role with home and office work. This permanent, full-time position sits in the Finance department and supports transaction processing across the business.

You will monitor purchase ledgers, process invoices and payment requests, log invoices in the finance system, chase approvals, resolve discrepancies, and prepare bi-monthly supplier payments.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of working in a Finance transaction processing function.
• Experience of using finance software efficiently and effectively.
• Good level of education, especially in Maths and English.
• Good level of IT skills and proficiency in MS Excel and Word.
• Ability to organise, prioritise workload, effective time management, being proactive with a positive, patient approach to work.
• Ability to work under pressure, deal with tight deadlines and demonstrate flexibility as required to perform the role effectively.

Responsibilities

• Monitor purchase ledger inboxes, process invoices and payment requests accurately, and ensure timely ledger entry.
• Log invoices in the finance system, route them to the correct budget holders, and follow up on outstanding approvals.
• Investigate and resolve rejected invoices, aged creditor balances, supplier statement discrepancies, and payment-related queries.
• Prepare bi-monthly payment runs and distribute supplier remittances after payments are processed.

Job description

Finance Officer

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours

Job Type: Permanent – Full-time

Department: Finance

Location: Balham / Hybrid - working from home and the office

Benefits

• A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
• 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays & enrolment onto a pension scheme
• 24-hour Employee Assistance
• Paid Enhanced DBS
• Eye care voucher
• Salary sacrifice schemes available: Travel to work loan, Cycle to work Scheme, Gym Membership & Tech Purchase

About the role

The role of Finance Officer is responsible for various aspects of transaction processing and reconciliations. The predominant duties will be Purchase Ledger processing and control, but the role will also be expected to support processing in other areas as and when required.

Duties

• Monitor purchase ledger inboxes, process invoices and payment requests accurately, and ensure timely ledger entry.
• Log invoices in the finance system, route them to the correct budget holders, and follow up on outstanding approvals.
• Investigate and resolve rejected invoices, aged creditor balances, supplier statement discrepancies, and payment-related queries.
• Prepare bi-monthly payment runs and distribute supplier remittances after payments are processed.

About you

• Demonstrable experience of working in a Finance transaction processing function.
• Experience of using finance software efficiently and effectively.
• Good level of education, especially in Maths and English.
• Good level of IT skills and proficiency in MS Excel and Word.
• Ability to organise, prioritise workload, effective time management, being proactive with a positive, patient approach to work.
• Ability to work under pressure, deal with tight deadlines and demonstrate flexibility as required to perform the role effectively.

About the Organisation

We have a passion for life and make it our mission to support people in living the life they desire, whatever that may be. We care about the people we support and the work we do, and we would love for you to join us at Certitude.

Read more about us on our website and visit our work for us page. You can also learn about us through our Values and Behaviours.

All our posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure as well as a full employment history and employment references.

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and the support provided and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We reserve the right to close vacancies before the date stated when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist.