Senior Finance Officer

Senior Finance Officer

International Charity

Temporary, 3 months, possibly leading to longer term

PAYE: £20.51 + £2.48 holiday pay per hour (£40K FTE)

Hybrid, 2 days in London office, 2 remote working

Deadline for applications: 13th January 10am

Interviews: 15th or 16th January

Charity People are excited to be recruiting a General Ledger Data Officer for an international charity. This role provides support for the direction of financial accounting processes related to accurate and timely recording and reporting of financial information and analysis. This role supports the Head of Financial Accounts with the planning of the statutory audit, the implementation of automation within the Financial Accounting function and accountancy software and reviewing and improving the processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the preparation of reconciliations for balance sheet accounts, ensuring timely follow-up actions to clear and resolve historical balances as part of the preparation for the consolidated statutory accounts for the charity.
• Focus on process improvement for the processing of credit card expenses.
• Works with the Head of Financial Accounts for audit planning activities.
• Develops monthly financial reports, including trial balance and profit and loss statements.
• Conducts intercompany analysis and reconciliation.
• Performs accruals and prepayments analysis and reconciliation.
• Work with the Head of Financial Accounts in developing and implementing process improvements to enhance efficiency within the Finance function. This includes initiatives such as the credit card expenditure scheme.
• Work with the Head of Financial Accounts towards the accounting software migration, leading on areas such as historical balances, data cleansing and quality and highlighting areas of risk.

Essential:

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyse financial data and provide insights
• Strong skills in reconciling accounts and identifying discrepancies.
• Excellent understanding of financial management and accounting principles, particularly in relation to not-for profit finance.
• Proficiency with accounting software and financial management systems.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in financial reporting with the ability to plan and prioritise effectively and meet deadlines
• An ability to work in an individual and collaborative way in a creative, fast moving and entrepreneurial environment
• An ability to deal with confidential information sensitively and appropriately

Desirable:

• Experience managing balance sheets, prepayments, accruals, and invoice posting.
• Experience in purchase ledger management and supplier data management.

You will be self-motivated team player, reliable, honest, show initiative and very approachable. It's a small Financial Accounting team, therefore, someone who can build relationship and work well with the team is key.

The charity only works a 4-day week, but the pay is based on a full-time equivalent salary of 5 days. So, you would be working 4 days per week (30 hours). If you meet the criteria for the role and you are available to start a new role in January please do reach out with your interest and an up-to-date CV without delay, as there is a quick turnaround for this position.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.