Income Entry Assistant

Canterbury Diocese limited; Canterbury; Hybride; GBP 25 000 - 31 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

11% employer pensions contribution

Generous life insurance

24 days annual leave + Christmas & BH

Birthday Leave

Wellbeing day

Volunteer leave

Central Canterbury location

Résumé du poste

Canterbury Diocese limited is seeking an Income Entry Assistant to join the Finance & Giving Team in Canterbury. You will accurately process and allocate income, post daily receipts, and produce monthly reports to maintain audit-ready records supporting parishes, clergy, and the Social Justice Network.

You should have finance experience, a solid grasp of debits/credits, and be proficient with Excel and Microsoft Access.

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance department.
• Solid understanding of debits, credits and basic accounting principles.
• Confident using Excel and databases such as Microsoft Access.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and external stakeholders.
• Highly organised and proactive.

Responsabilités

• Post daily bank receipts and allocate income transactions.
• Produce monthly financial reports and support credit control.
• Manage fee collection from parishes and debtor reconciliation.

Connaissances

Excel

Microsoft Access

Financial reporting

Communication

Description du poste

Salary:£28,069 pa with excellent benefits

Hours:35-hour week

Fixed-term contract for 12 months

Are you detail-focused, proactive, confident with numbers and passionate about keeping financial systems running smoothly? The Diocese of Canterbury is seeking an Income Entry Assistant to join our Finance & Giving Team and play a crucial role in maintaining accurate financial records that support our parishes, clergy and the Social Justice Network, our key charitable subsidiary.

As our Income Entry Assistant, you will be responsible for accurately processing and allocating all income transactions, ensuring our financial records are complete, compliant and audit-ready. You’ll post daily bank receipts, manage fee collection from parishes, produce monthly reports and support credit control and debtor reconciliation.

This is a varied and rewarding position where no two days are the same, and you’ll be part of a supportive team committed to high standards and collaborative working.

We’re seeking a detail-oriented finance professional with experience in a finance department and a solid understanding of debits, credits and basic accounting principles. You should be confident using Excel and databases such as Microsoft Access and be able to communicate effectively with colleagues, senior staff and external stakeholders.

Highly organised and proactive, you’ll be comfortable working both independently and as part of a team, resolving discrepancies accurately and managing multiple priorities.

Being sympathetic to and supportive of the mission, aims and objectives of the Diocese of Canterbury, including our churches, parishes and church schools would be desirable.

Canterbury Diocese is the oldest in England and spans a diverse region from Maidstone to Thanet and the Isle of Sheppey to Romney Marsh. With coastal towns, rural communities and urban areas side by side, it offers a rich and challenging mission context.

Our vision is Changed Lives, Changing Lives: a community transformed by encountering Christ and committed to transforming and blessing the families and communities we serve.

All appointments are subject to acceptable pre-appointment checks inclusive of Right to Work in the United Kingdom, References and relevant background checks applicable to the role.
Closing Date:Monday 9 November
Interview Date:Wednesday 25 November

• Fixed term contract for 12 months
• 35-hour week
• 11% employer pensions contribution
• Generous life insurance.
• 24 days annual leave + Christmas closure and Bank Holidays
• Birthday Leave
• 1 Wellbeing day per annum.
• 21 hours of volunteering leave
• Central Canterbury location