Finance Officer - Sight for Wight

Sight for Wight (Isle of Wight Society for the Blind); Newport; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A local charity is seeking a Finance Officer to manage all aspects of accounting and ensure compliance. Responsibilities include processing transactions, analyzing financial reports, and managing budgets. Candidates should have solid accounting experience and excellent analytical skills. The role offers the opportunity to engage with a dedicated team, ensuring that member needs are met while maintaining financial integrity. Applications should be sent via email with references.

Qualifications

• Proven solid accounting experience managing accounting functions.
• Ability to produce and analyze quarterly reports.
• Knowledge of compliance within governance and legal infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Process all accounting transactions including purchase and sales.
• Produce quarterly reports on income, expenditure, balance, and budget performance.
• Prepare and manage cash flow and investment performance.
• Embed and develop robust financial procedures.

Skills

Accounting experience

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Job description

Job Description

Sight for Wight, the Island’s oldest charity, supports people living with and affected by Sight Loss. We are looking to appoint a Finance Officer to manage all aspects of our accounts and Charity compliance.

Thank you for your interest in the role, the Isle of Wight Society for the Blindis the oldest workingcharityontheIsleofWight,celebrating160 years this year. We have two distinct brand here at the Charity Sight for Wight which offers lifelong support to anyone living with Sight Loss and WightSense which offer rehabilitation services and support to people living here on the Island with Sight and or Hearing lossonbehalfoftheIsleofWight Council.

In 2020 we decided to totally review the work of Sight for Wight. We reached out to our members and really questioned them on what they needed from us. Asa resultofallthiswork,theBoard of TrusteesandStaffhave developedthe2020Strategy, asummaryof which is below. We have now mapped out Island wide provision for Visually impaired people, in line with the needs of our members and identified gaps which we are working towards filling along with the partner organisations that we work with across the Island.

The Finance Officer role will need someone with proven solid accounting experience who can work both alone managing the accounting function in its entirety (payroll is external) and with myself to continue to keep tight control of every penny spent. Managingcostsonfundraisingeventsandnewprojectsareveryimportant partsoftheworkwhichwillrequireworking asateam with other staff members.

• TheprimaryfocusesoftheFinance Officerfor both the main Charity and the trading company are:
• Processallaccountingtransactionincludingpurchase,salesandnominalledger.
• Produce and Analyze Quarterly reports including Income and Expenditure, Balance and Budget performance.
• Ensurealltransactionarerecordedagainstprojectcodesandgrantfundingrequirements
• Prepare and manager the cash flow and collate information on investment performance
• Prepareannualbudgetandreportonandmanagevariances
• Embedexistinganddeveloprobustfinancialprocedures
• Produce year end accounts for submission to Independent examiners
• Compliance work to ensure the Charity works within its own governance and wider legal infrastructure.

Further you will need to:

• Maintain an excellent level accuracy, timekeeping, personal presentation and professional standards.
• Engage with the office team as a whole, putting the needs of members at the forefront at all times

Please apply by sending us your completed application form and CV that will set out how you feel you will meet the requirements of this role. Please ensure that:

• there are no unexplained gaps in your employment history.
• you supply two references including current or past employers.

Any referee for self-employments must know the quality of your professional work.

Applications should be sent via email to [e-mail]

Goodluckwithyourapplication.

J.D Viette -CEOSightforWight