Finance Officer

The National Autistic Society; Kingston near Lewes; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK charity for autistic people is seeking a Finance Officer to manage outgoing financial transactions efficiently. Responsibilities include processing invoices, preparing journals, and maintaining compliance with financial regulations. This full-time role offers a salary range of £24,460.80 to £27,117.88 and benefits such as a pension scheme and annual leave. The position is home-based.

Benefits

Auto-enrolled Pension Scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Healthcare Cash Plan

Life Assurance at 2 x base salary

Qualifications

• Experience in managing financial transactions.
• Ability to process high volumes of invoices accurately.
• Familiarity with financial regulations and policies.

Responsibilities

• Manage outgoing financial transactions.
• Process invoices and expense claims.
• Prepare and post journals.

Skills

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Ability to work to deadlines

Job description

The National Autistic Society is the UK’s leading charity for autistic people. Since 1962, we’ve been transforming lives, changing attitudes and helping to create a society that works for autistic adults and children. We transform lives by providing support, guidance and practical advice for the 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK, as well as their three million family members and carers.

Visit our website to find out more about who we are and what we do: https://www.autism.org.uk/

Who we are looking for:

We are seeking a motivated, detail-oriented Finance Officer to join our dynamic payments team. You will play a crucial role in managing the company's outgoing financial transactions, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in our payables process.

This role involves processing high volumes of invoices to tight deadlines, processing expense claims, preparing and posting journals, managing vendor relationships, and maintaining financial records in compliance with company policies and financial regulations.

If you have a passion for finance and a positive, ‘can do’ attitude, we would love you to apply.

This is for a full-time role, 35 hours per week. The salary is between £24,460.80 and £27,117.88 per annum.

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Where you will work:

Home based

What we can offer you:

• Auto-enrolled Pension Scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Excellent induction, training and development programme including training about autism and opportunities to attend our conferences
• Online staff discount scheme for a range of benefits such as cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan & shopping discounts for places such as Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Halfords, Nike, Apple and loads more!
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Life Assurance at 2 x base salary
• A portfolio of fantastic new salary sacrifices benefits and other flexible benefits private health, dental insurance, car salary sacrifice scheme, activity pass, holiday trading, enhanced pension & salary deduct loans (eligibility criteria may apply)
• Access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme & counselling programme
• Free access to the Headspace App – a global leader in mindfulness and you can enrol up to three friends or family for free!
• Eligibility for a Blue Light Card

About our application process:

When providing a supporting statement, please refer to the job description and person specification and include any information that shows your suitability for the role.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

For some roles, successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks which will include additional references and criminal background checks.

Applications for this job are sought from anyone who is suitably qualified and experienced for the role but particularly welcome from those with a diagnosis of autism.

The National Autistic Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks.

We are an equal opportunities employer