Finance Officer United Kingdom
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Officer to join our amazing team.
Location: Gilwell Park, Chingford, London (with remote working)
Salary: £28,678 Band D Level 3, inclusive outer London weighting
Term: Permanent
Working Hours: 35 hours per week
We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. Right across the UK, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world. We help them speak up, play their part and shine bright.
About the Finance Officer Role:
As our Finance Officer you will be responsible for the recording, reviewing, and reconciliation, processing of all transactional data for the finance team, including processing of supplier invoices, payment requests, expense claims, other payments, sales invoices and receipts. In addition, you contribute to the work of the finance team across all disciplines as required.
What we are looking for in our Finance Officer:
- A Good understanding of double entry bookkeeping along with higher level AAT qualification
- Driven process improvement in previous roles
- Educated to a good standard of literacy and written communicatio
- The ability to analyse and work with complicated data
- In depth Knowledge and understanding of computerised accounting and reporting systems
- Strong numerical skills
- Excellent IT skills, focussed on providing clearly written material for distribution to various internal stakeholders
- Intermediate to advance Excel
Key responsibilities as our Finance Officer:
- Assisting the Transaction Manager in the provision of an excellent customer service for all financial transactions activity
- Ensuring account receivables and payables activities are performed accurately and timely including procurement duties as required
- Ensuring that financial transactions are properly updated and recorded
- Being responsible for the accurate and effective recording and processing of authorised purchase orders, invoices, expense claims, direct debit payments, credit card statements and float and petty cash requests and income (bank receipts and credits) on computerised accounting system
- Preparation of balance sheets reconciliations, including bank reconciliations and assist in preparation of income statements, expense reports
- Managing cash controls as well as maintain book keeping
- Ensuring maintenance of the general and subsidiary ledgers
- Tracking investments and maintaining relevant cash reserves under the direction of the Transactions team manager
As our Finance Officer in return, we offer you:
- Work in a way that suits you, your role and your department
- Be proud to say you’re part of a team with Investors in People (Gold)
- Plenty of opportunity for learning and development
- 28 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays rising to 32 days after two years
- Four extra days to look after your family when they need you
- Three extra days over Christmas
We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer…
- Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Flexible working hours
- Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits
- Study and volunteer leave
Closing date for applications: 11:59pm Sunday 2nd July 2023
Interviews will be held w/c 11th July 2023
The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.
Strictly no agencies.
