Finance Officer

NFP People Limited; Kidlington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A finance support organization in Kidlington seeks an experienced accountant or trainee accountant to assist the Finance Manager. This position involves managing day-to-day finance functions, including bank reconciliations, VAT, forecasting, and reporting. The ideal candidate will have strong numerical proficiency and communication skills, embracing the challenges of a varied role. There are numerous opportunities for skill enhancement and career development in a supportive finance team.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous employer pension contribution of 12.5%

25 days holiday, increasing to 30

Flexible working patterns

Access to wellbeing support

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Electric car and cycle-to-work schemes

Free parking

Qualifications

• Proven experience in producing timely, high-quality financial information.
• Strong ability to manage various functions in finance.
• Flexibility in working style and willingness to embrace challenges.

Responsibilities

• Support the Finance Manager in providing efficient finance service.
• Manage day-to-day finance functions including bank reconciliations.
• Assist in various areas of the finance function.

Skills

Numerical proficiency

Confident communication skills

Organisational and monitoring abilities

Education

Relevant accounting qualifications or experience

Job description

The Role

In this role, you will support the Finance Manager in providing a proactive, efficient, and highly effective finance service across the Diocesan Board of Finance and Trust custodian company, as well as supporting the larger finance team who look after the Board of Education.

The role will be diverse, starting with managing the day-to-day functions but also assisting in all areas of the finance function, including bank reconciliations, VAT, forecasting and reporting.

You will play a key role within a Finance department totalling 9 staff, with input into the future running and design of how the department continues to move forward and grow.

About You

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated accountant or trainee accountant (or a financially astute individual with relevant experience) to join the friendly team in the Finance function. You will embrace the challenge that such a varied role brings.

With proven experience in producing timely, high-quality and accurate financial information, your "can-do" approach to work will inspire you to deliver excellent, meaningful financial reports that will have high impact for stakeholders. You will be flexible in your working style, have strong numerical proficiency, confident communication skills, and excellent organisational and monitoring abilities. In return, there will be many opportunities for you to enhance your skill set, gain new experiences, and develop your career pathway within this important function.

You do not need to be a practising Christian or have a faith to work with us - around 50% of our staff are not practising Christians but are comfortable with the Christian ethos that underpins our work. However, all our staff do have a desire to make a difference.

Benefits and Rewards

ODBF continues to offer a range of rewards and benefits to its staff, including:

• Competitive salary
• Generous employer pension contribution of 12.5% into the auto-enrolment pension scheme, which includes a death-in-service benefit (5% employee contribution)
• Re-accreditation as a Living Wage employer
• Annual holiday entitlement starting at 25 days, excluding public holidays, rising each year by one day to a maximum of 30 days, pro-rata for part-time employees
• In addition to the statutory UK public holidays, the Diocese offers three privilege days to all employees, namely Maundy Thursday, Ascension Day, and Christmas Eve (or the closest working day, where this falls on a weekend)
• Flexible working patterns with the ability to do some work from home
• Sabbatical leave, after a qualifying period of service
• Access to wellbeing support via Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced family-friendly policies and a generous occupational sick pay provision
• Free parking and subsidised on-site café
• Electric car and cycle-to-work salary sacrifice schemes
• EV charging points on site
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme with Octopus Electric Dreams
• Cycle to Work scheme with Green Commute Initiative
• Contributions towards eye examinations and prescriptive lenses
• Access to low-interest rate financial services from Churches Mutual Credit Union
• An attractive modern working environment

The successful candidate must have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom.

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity before submitting your application, please feel free to contact the Director of Finance to discuss the role in further detail. Contact details are available once you start the process.

We want the organisations commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion for all to be reflected in the composition of staff. We are particularly keen to receive applications from candidates from communities currently underrepresented in the diocese.

You may have experience in other areas such as Finance, Finance Officer, Finance Assistant, Finance Administrator, Finance and Operations Officer, Finance and Operations Assistant, Accountant, Junior Accountant.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.