Senior Finance Officer

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited; Southend-on-Sea; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working

One in-office day per week

Pension scheme

Life assurance

26 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Job summary

Hyra, a leading Essex charity, seeks an experienced Finance Assistant / Assistant Accountant to join as Senior Finance Officer at their Southend head office. The role offers significant home / hybrid working options and reports to the Head of Finance within a supportive team.

Key duties include purchase invoices, reconciliations, weekly BACS, cashflow forecasting, journal entries, and producing insightful reports for non-finance stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Strong transactional accounting and bookkeeping experience.
• Good systems and IT skills, including Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups).
• Experience in a small to medium size finance team and strong teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Processing and coding purchase invoices
• Statement reconciliations
• Assisting with processing weekly BACS payment runs
• Daily and monthly bank reconciliations
• Support with income administration, including banking cash and cheques
• Service charge query resolution
• Support with weekly cashflow forecasting
• Monitoring supplier contracts and tendering process
• Producing and entering journals
• Preparation of insightful reports for non-finance stakeholders
• Assisting with audit queries
• Overseeing and supporting 2 x Accounts Assistants

Skills

Excel

Job description

Your new company

A leading Essex charity, my client is seeking an experienced Finance Assistant / Assistant Accountant to join them in the role of Senior Finance Officer at their head office in Southend. My client offers significant home / hybrid working options.

Your new role

Reporting to the Head of Finance and working as part of a professional, friendly and supportive team, key duties will include:

• Processing and coding purchase invoices
• Statement reconciliations
• Assisting with processing weekly BACS payment runs
• Daily and monthly bank reconciliations
• Support with income administration, including banking cash and cheques
• Service charge query resolution
• Support with weekly cashflow forecasting
• Monitoring supplier contracts and tendering process
• Producing and entering journals
• Preparation of insightful reports for non-finance stakeholders
• Assisting with audit queries
• Overseeing and supporting 2 x Accounts Assistants

What you'll need to succeed

The successful candidate will have strong transactional accounting and bookkeeping experience, combined with confident systems and IT skills including Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups). Experience of working in a small to medium size finance team and a strong team work ethic will be key.

What you'll get in return

• Flexible and hybrid working - Circa 1-day a week in office
• Starting salary circa £33500 - £35000
• 26 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance