[Hiring] Finance Officer @Women's Aid

Role Description

The Finance Officer will aid in preparation of operational and statutory accounts and play a supportive role in the Finance Team. Responsible for ensuring the sub ledgers are reconciled and submitted into the overall reporting in a timely and accurate manner. Aiding in the smooth running of Women’s Aid’s financial administration and information systems including liaising with Women’s Aid’s members, customers and suppliers, in accordance with the organisation’s agreed financial procedures, control systems, other relevant policies and statutory requirements.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the Finance team in maintaining adequate financial controls and monitoring Women’s Aid’s finances.
• Support the Finance team in maintaining effective and appropriate financial systems to deliver Women’s Aid’s activities.
• Carry out credit control by timely and effective collection of all debts and customer payments.
• Send out monthly statements, chasing letters and updating departments, where necessary.
• Manage the sales income deferrals and releases each month and year end deferral balance reconciliations.
• Perform month end and year end reconciliation of our finance systems & CRM records.
• Maintain source and destination code register in CRM and set up defaults to reflect finance coding structure.
• Deal with queries from customers, suppliers, Women’s Aid staff and others in relation to day-to-day transactions.
• Responsible for setting up new suppliers in the accounts system.
• Process supplier payments and staff expense claims.
• Assist in maintaining the fixed asset register.
• Identify systems and process improvements and work in a solution-focused manner to solve any issues.
• Investigation into balances/transactions as needed.

Qualifications

• AAT level 3 or above, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of revenue recognition principles.
• Understanding of principles of Accruals and prepayments relating to purchases.
• Understanding of the requirements of both Management and Statutory reporting.
• Proven experience as a Finance Officer within a finance department.
• Strong technical accounting experience.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Computer literacy with good knowledge of Microsoft 365 especially Excel.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• High level of numeracy and accuracy.
• Ability to build and maintain professional relationships with all levels of an organisation.

Benefits

• Generous Annual Leave: 25 days + 2 Company Holidays + 8 UK Bank Holidays, with an extra 1 day per year after 1 year of service, up to a maximum of 5 additional days.
• Valuable Pension Benefits: a generous 7% employer contribution.
• Flexible Working: remote working, a generous TOIL scheme, and family-friendly policies.