Finance Officer

Royal College of Nursing; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

London weighting

Hybrid/flexible working

Annual leave up to 32 days + holidays

Job summary

Royal College of Nursing in London is seeking a Finance Officer (Accounts Payable and Receivable) to support a busy AP/AR team. The role is 35 hours per week on a permanent contract with salary 31,767–35,757 GBP plus London weighting.

A hybrid working model allows up to 60% remote work and 40% on-site in London. The successful candidate will manage AP/AR processes, provide excellent customer service to stakeholders, and contribute to finance process improvements.

Qualifications

• Strong practical knowledge of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
• You’ll be efficient, accurate and demonstrate a real customer focus with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Handle Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Credit control within the AP/AR team.
• Support accurate financial processing and resolve queries efficiently.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of finance processes.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Credit control

Customer service

Job description

Finance Officer (Accounts Payable and Receivable)

RCN UK HQ- London 35 hours, Permanent contract

Salary £31,767 to £35,757* plus London weighting allowance £5,424.00 per annum

The role

As a Finance Officer you’ll use your positive attitude, your sound accounting and your ability to deliver excellent customer service to both internal and external stakeholders.

This is a varied role full of possibilities as you could get involved in anything from Accounts Payable to Accounts Receivable and Credit control. You will work collaboratively within the AP/AR team and provide cover to support the workload. You will support accurate financial processing, help resolve queries efficiently, and contribute to the continuous improvement of finance processes so it's a great way to broaden your experience, build your knowledge of our work and develop your potential.

The person

As well as exceptional customer service, you’ll need a strong practical knowledge of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.

You'll be efficient, accurate and demonstrate a real customer focus in all you do, with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.

To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible.

What we offer you

You will be a key member of the Accounts Payable and Account Receivable team and we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages.

*We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary.

We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Our hybrid working model allows for up to 60% of your working time to be carried out from home. At least 40% of your working time will be spent working in person.

Our selection process

We want your experience applying for a job with us to be the best it can be. We may hold our interviews and assessments in person or by video call. If you foresee any problems, please let us know.

Equal opportunities for everyone

Equity, diversity and inclusion are a priority for us, and we aim to foster an inclusive environment so our people can bring their authentic selves to work. This is integral to our mission to enable you to support our members and ensure their voice is heard by all UK governments to get the best outcomes for them and their patients.

As proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities.

Contact details

For more information or for an informal discussion about the role please contact Lissete Hawkins, AP/AR Supervisor on 0207 841 3337.

For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact [e-mail]

Opening date: 27 August 2026

Closing date: 11.59pm on13 September 2026

Selection dates: w/c 21 September 2026