Senior Finance Officer

mindinbradford; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established charity in Bradford is seeking a dedicated finance professional to support its mission of promoting mental wellbeing. This role involves managing essential financial operations, including budgeting, payroll, and accounting processes. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in finance, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to work flexibly within a supportive team environment. This position offers a chance to contribute to meaningful work that impacts the community while enjoying generous benefits and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Simply Health Cash Plan

Employee Assistance Service

Generous pension scheme

Discount schemes

Personal development opportunities

Enhanced sick pay

Qualifications

• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Accounting qualification from a recognised body.

Responsibilities

• Provide essential support to the Finance function.
• Oversee day-to-day financial operations and payroll processes.
• Develop and maintain effective financial processes and systems.

Skills

Organised and methodical

Attention to detail

Time management

Good IT Skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

Accounting qualification

Ongoing professional development

Tools

QuickBooks

Sage

Microsoft Office

Job description

Salary scale: £26,453 to £29,796 FTE salary, pro rata of £21,450 - £24,160

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Up to 30 hours per week – to be worked flexibly Mon-Fri

Location: Bradford, BD1 4QU (some hybrid working available)

Probationary period: Six months

Closing date: 9am on Monday 19 th May 2025

Interview date: Tuesday 27th May 2025

About Us

Bradford District and Craven Mind is a thriving, independent mental health charity with a clear purpose to promote positive mental wellbeing and empower and help people experiencing issues with their mental health to manage and work towards recovery and fulfilment.

We do this through:

Building community and individual resilience for better mental wellbeing

• Providing early intervention advice and support
• Supporting people in crisis
• Empowering and helping people to recover and sustain improved wellbeing
• 25 days annual leave per year, rising to 28 days with length of service plus bank holidays
• Up to two additional leave days to use each year to support your wellbeing.
• Simply Health Cash Plan to claim back on personal health costs including dental, optical, prescriptions, physiotherapy and more.
• Employee Assistance Service including 24/7 confidential mental health support and access to structured therapy sessions.
• Generous pension scheme and employer contribution to help you plan for a secure future.
• Discount schemes including Company Shop and Blue Light Card.
• Excellent personal development opportunities including access to Clinical Supervision.
• Enhanced sick pay after your six-month probation.
• Accredited employer with Mindful Employer, Disability Confident and Real Living Wage.

Role Purpose:

You are responsible for providing essential support to the Finance function.Leading and delivering operational day-to-day finance functions, you offer accurate and timely financial information to meet business needs.

Role Outcomes

• Supporting the development and review of budgets, management accounts and year-end accounting requirements, to ensure the smooth operation of the finance department.
• Completing the weekly and monthly financial operations within the organisation, such as bank reconciliations, payment runs and payroll, maintaining records through all relevant platforms.
• Overseeing and assisting where necessary the effective completion of day-to-day financial operations within the organisation, such as maintaining the purchase and sales ledger, matching bank payments and receipts to purchase and sales invoices, reconciling supplier statements, managing petty cash.
• Overseeing the payroll process; including liaising with a third party provider and providing timely information and support for queries.
• Processing salary and overtime details and dealing with any pay queries.
• Processing monthly journals, including payroll, prepayments and accruals.
• Reviewing the monthly balance sheet and report on any discrepancies.
• Developing and maintaining effective financial processes and systems, utilising and identifying available technological advances and accounting software.
• Consistently working in alignment with our aims, objectives,policies, core values and standards set out in our Employee handbook.
• Fully participating in all relevant training to develop and maintain your performance in the role.
• Demonstrating an ongoing commitment to our values: Caring Always, Working Together, Supporting Everyone, Enabling All and Continually Improving.
• Performing other duties as reasonably required within the role.

Qualifications

• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Accounting qualification (or studying towards) from a recognised accountancy body

Experience

• A financial background with good working knowledge of accounting
• Detailed operation of an accounting package e.g. QuickBooks or Sage
• Proven experience working in a similar role in any organisation
• Knowledge of charity accounting; restricted and unrestricted reserves

Skills

• Organised and methodical with an excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent time and workload management with the ability to work to tight deadlines
• Good IT Skills with emphasis on financial systems, including Microsoft Office with strong skills in Excel
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to use own initiative
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Attitude and Personal Attributes

• Confidential and professional nature
• Positive attitude towards those with mental health difficulties and able to respect and value people unconditionally
• Ability to work effectively and make good use of time and resources
• A positive and flexible attitude to duties
• Patient, resilient and able to cope under pressure

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