Financial Assistant

JR United Kingdom; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading educational charity in Sheffield is seeking a part-time Finance Assistant. The role involves managing accounts payable and receivable, ensuring accurate financial records, and collaborating with the finance team. Ideal candidates will have relevant qualifications and experience in finance, along with strong communication skills. Join a supportive team committed to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• 1+ years in accounts receivable, credit control, or general finance.
• Level 2 in Literacy and Numeracy required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accounts payable and receivable functions.
• Raise sales invoices and maintain customer account details.
• Assist with the credit control function.

Skills

Communication

Attention to Detail

IT Skills

Education

Level 3 Education (2 A Levels)

Level 2 Qualification in Mathematics

Level 2 or higher AAT

Job description

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Financial Assistant, sheffield, south yorkshire

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Client:

NOCN Group

Location:

sheffield, south yorkshire, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

12.05.2025

Expiry Date:

26.06.2025

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Job Description:

Please note this role is part-time (21 hours per week) and based in Sheffield.

Why NOCN Group?

NOCN Group is an educational charity whose core aims are to help learners reach their potential and organisations thrive. The group includes business units specialising in regulated UK and international qualifications, End Point Assessment, assured short courses, SMART job cards, assessment services, consultancy, and research.

A career at NOCN Group offers you the chance to be part of a fast-growing, international educational not-for-profit. Plus, there’s lots of other great benefits which can be viewed on our website at: https://www.nocn.org.uk/about/careers/why-join-nocn-group/benefits/

NOCN Group has been named amongst the Best Medium-sized Organisations in the UK as one of Sunday Times’ Best Places to Work 2024 list.

What will you be doing?

As a Finance Assistant, your duties and responsibilities will be (but not limited to):

• To work in a team of Finance Assistants and Officers delivering NOCN Group’s accounts payable and accounts receivable functions for the Group.
• Raise and issue sales invoices, credit notes and statements to customers, promptly and accurately.
• Maintain accurate up to date customer account details.
• Assist with the credit control function of the Group.
• Process purchase invoices promptly and accurately, ensuring that Sage is in line with the data processed on Concur.
• Manage the mailboxes of the finance department ensuring that emails are processed quickly and accurately to meet the service level standards.
• Work with other members of the Group Finance team with projects and tasks when required Collaborate and support the rest of the team to achieve a reliable and professional financial service to NOCN.

For more information regarding the duties of this role, please see the job description linked at the bottom of the page.

About you...

The successful candidate will need to meet the following 'must have' criteria:

• Level 2 in Literacy and Numeracy.
• Educated to Level 3 (e.g. at least 2 A Levels).
• Level 2 Qualification in Mathematics (e.g. at least Grade C in GCSE Maths).
• Level 2 or higher AAT or other finance/accounting qualification (or willing to work towards).
• 1+ years’ working in an accounts receivable, credit control, accounts payable or general finance function in a commercial environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including good grammar, punctuation and spelling.
• Good general IT skills including the ability to proficiently use the Microsoft Office suite.
• Precise and exact attention to detail.

How to Apply?

As a proud member of both Disability Confident and Inclusive Employers standard, we celebrate and recognise the benefits of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. As such, we welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and should you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate.

If this sounds like the job for you, please send your completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, CV and a covering letter, explaining why you are the best fit for the role, to: [emailprotected]

Please specify the role that you are applying for in the subject header of the email.

The full Job Description/Person Specification and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form can be downloaded from our website: https://www.nocn.org.uk/about/careers/nocn-group-vacancies/finance-assistant-part-time/