Duties:
- Undertaking book-keeping tasks up to trial balance stage.
- Maintaining the charity's manual and computerised accounting records in an orderly manner and providing information within the normal monthly accounting periods.
- Communication with internal and external parties to gain timely accurate information.
- Dealing with all finance-related documentation, including payroll, PAYE, VAT, and other statutory returns.
- Issuing and coding sales invoices and undertaking debt chasing activity.
- Processing and matching purchase invoices to purchase orders, checking and processing staff expense claims and dealing with petty cash claims.
- Preparing weekly creditor payment runs.
- Processing the monthly payroll.
- General financial administrative tasks as required.
- Other responsibilities as may be agreed from time-to-time.
Person Specification
Essential Requirements:
- Experience of working in a small, busy finance team and possessing effective organisational and financial administrative skills.
- Experience of raising and coding sales invoices and chasing payment of those invoices as appropriate.
- Experience of processing and matching purchase invoices to purchase orders.
- Experience of supporting staff who are at a senior level in an organisation.
- IT literate with the ability to use a range of financial management and Microsoft products including Word and Excel.
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent, including English and Maths.
- Ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Able to maintain confidentiality.
- Ability to effectively prioritise own workload and support other team members, as necessary.
- Able to meet deadlines in a pressured environment.
- Able to work under own initiative and as part of a wider team.
- Commitment to the aims and company objectives.
Desirable Requirements:
- An accounting technician level qualification or part qualified working towards an
- accountancy qualification.
- Experience of Sage accounting software.
- Knowledge and skills in database and project accounting packages.
- Understand the financial support needs of a complex organisation.