Finance Officer

Women's Aid Federation of England; West of England; Remote; GBP 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave: 25 days + 2 company days

UK Bank Holidays: 8 days + extra days

Pension: 7% employer contribution

Flexible remote working / TOIL

Job summary

Women’s Aid Federation of England is seeking a Finance Officer to support operational and statutory accounts, ensuring reconciliations and smooth financial administration across the organisation.

The role covers credit control, monthly statements, supplier set-up and year-end processes, working within a remote-first UK team with a focus on accuracy and timeliness.

Qualifications

• AAT level 3 or above or equivalent.
• Knowledge of revenue recognition principles.
• Understanding of accruals and prepayments for purchases.
• Understanding of management and statutory reporting requirements.
• Proven experience as a Finance Officer in a finance department.
• Strong technical accounting experience.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Computer literacy with Microsoft 365 incl. Excel.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• High numeracy and accuracy.
• Ability to build and maintain professional relationships.

Responsibilities

• Support the Finance team in maintaining adequate financial controls and monitoring finances.
• Support the Finance team in maintaining effective financial systems.
• Carry out credit control and timely collection of debts.
• Send monthly statements and update departments as needed.
• Manage sales income deferrals and year-end reconciliations.
• Perform month-end and year-end reconciliations of finance systems and CRM.
• Maintain CRM finance coding structure and defaults.
• Deal with queries from customers, suppliers and staff.
• Identify system/process improvements and implement solutions.
• Investigate balances/transactions as needed.

Skills

Revenue recognition

Accruals & prepayments

Management reporting

Statutory reporting

Numeracy

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Time pressure handling

Relationship building

Excel

Microsoft 365

Education

AAT Level 3 or above

Tools

Microsoft 365

Excel

Job description

• Location: Remote
• Salary: £29,450 (Grade 3) per year (plus Inner London Weighting of £3,483.94, if eligible)
• Length of contract: Permanent
• Hours per week: 37
• Closing date: We reserve the right to adapt the advert at any time per organisational circumstances and to close this vacancy early for the role.

Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis.

Who are Women’s Aid?

Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. We are a federation of just under 180 organisations which provide over 300 local lifesaving services to women and children across England. For 50 years we have campaigned on behalf of our members and survivors to shape policy and practice, and to raise awareness of domestic abuse.

Our support services, which include the Survivors’ Forum, the No Woman Turned Away Project, the Survivor’s Handbook, Love Respect (our dedicated website for young people), the national Women’s Aid Directory and our advocacy projects, help thousands of women and children every year.

Purpose of the Finance Officer role:

The Finance Officer will aid in preparation of operational and statutory accounts and play a supportive role in the Finance Team. Responsible for ensuring the sub ledgers are reconciled and submitted into the overall reporting in a timely and accurate manner. Aiding in the smooth running of Women’s Aid’s financial administration and information systems including liaising with Women’s Aid’s members, customers and suppliers, in accordance with the organisation’s agreed financial procedures, control systems, other relevant policies and statutory requirements.

Key duties and responsibilities of the Finance Officer:

• Support the Finance team in maintaining adequate financial controls and monitoring Women’s Aid’s finances
• Support the Finance team in maintaining effective and appropriate financial systems to deliver Women’s Aid’s activities
• Carry out credit control by timely and effective collection of all debts and customer payments
• Send out monthly statements, chasing letters and updating departments, where necessary
• Manage the sales income deferrals and releases each month and year end deferral balance reconciliations.
• Perform month end and year end reconciliation of our finance systems & CRM records.
• Maintain source and destination code register in CRM and set up defaults to reflect finance coding structure.
• Deal with queries from customer, suppliers, Women’s Aid staff and the others in relation to day-to-day transactions
• Responsible for setting up new suppliers in the accounts system
• Process supplier payments and staff expense claimsAssist in maintaining the fixed asset register
• Identify systems and process improvements and work in a solution focussed manner to solve any issues
• Investigation into balances/transactions as needed

What we are looking for in our Finance Officer:

• AAT level 3 or above, or equivalent
• Knowledge of revenue recognition principles
• Understanding of principles of Accruals and prepayments relating to purchases
• Understanding of the requirements of both Management and Statutory reporting
• Proven experience as a Finance Officer within a finance department
• Strong technical accounting experience
• Excellent attention to detail
• Computer literacy with good knowledge of Microsoft 365 especially Excel
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• High level of numeracy and accuracy
• Ability to build and maintain professional relationships with all levels of an organisation

Benefits of joining us as our Finance Officer include:

• Generous Annual Leave: 25 days + 2 Company Holidays + 8 UK Bank Holidays, with an extra 1 day per year after 1 year of service, up to a maximum of 5 additional days.
• Valuable Pension Benefits: a generous 7% employer contribution.
• Flexible Working: remote working, a generous TOIL scheme, and family-friendly policies

NB:

• Women only need apply under schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010
• All posts, including remote posts, must be based in the UK.
• Women’s Aid is committed to quality, equality, and valuing diversity. Applications are particularly welcome from Black and minoritised women. Please see the Reasonable Adjustments Statement on Job Description.
• Please read our Single Sex Statement on the Women’s Aid Website
• Please note that applications will be reviewed, and interviews arranged, on a rolling basis, so for the bestchance of success, please apply ASAP.