Accounts Officer Finance · Fair Finance Head Office · Hybrid Remote
1 week ago
Accounts Assistant
Based in our Dalston office with flexibility to WFH
Reporting to: Head of Finance
Contract: Permanent, full-time
About Fair Finance
Fair Finance is a social business with ambitious plans to revolutionise financial services to give everyone a fair chance. Our vision is to scale our alternative to the high-cost lending market and help reduce financial exclusion across the UK.
Over the last eighteen years Fair Finance has helped over a hundred thousand people escape the clutches of high-cost money lenders, start businesses or avoid eviction. Our work has helped influence Government policy and legislation, as well as demonstrate how purpose and profit can work together to change the financial system for the better.
We are looking for an individual with at least 3 years of experience working in a Financial Function (or 2 years in a similar role) to join our Finance Team as an Accounts Officer. Reporting to the Head of Finance, the Accounts Officer, together with the Finance Team, will deliver all management and statutory accounting, investor and bank reporting and other management information.
The successful candidate will contribute to the team that oversees the annual audit and reporting to all stakeholders. They will undertake all day-to-day management of all financial process and controls, and reviews the work of the finance administrator.
The role will be a mix of hands-on work and providing strategic input and ideas to support the development of a high-performing finance function and team.
You will be a part qualified finance professional with ambitions of working towards full qualification. You will have a minimum of 3 years of experience in a financial role (or 2 years in a similar role), this experience will have developed your data manipulation and analytical skills.
You will use your strong written and verbal communication skills to help negotiate the challenges of working in a busy environment as part of a high-performance team.
You will have experience maintaining and utilising accounting software (e.g. Sage of Xero). Operational & Transactional Finance – with the support of an administrator, look after all financial processing including banking, bank reconciliations, managing payments and preparing payroll information.
Bank reconciliations; conducting regular supplier reconciliations to ensure that invoicing and payments are up to date.
Preparing payroll information; ensuring data is provided to our external provider in a timely manner and with sufficient detail.
Preparation of accounts; produce finance reports from Sage, liaise with managers and other staff to resolve queries, prepare supporting material to prepare for our annual audit.
Financial Control – with the support of an administrator and finance team peers, help with aspects of the finance function ensuring that a robust control environment is maintained and documented.
~ Own responsibility for the administration for all book-keeping tasks and the provision for accurate timely financial information from utilising the Sage accounting system.
Perform and review, with the assistance of the Finance Administrator, month-end reporting requirements including reconciliations, posting of journals, payments etc.
Assist with the timely delivery of year-end financial reporting and audit.
Be conscious of financial operations and controls (e.g. transactions, payments processing, and reconciliations) across the business, and make recommendations for best practice.
Help with information requests from external auditors, payroll providers and tax accountants.
Support non-finance people within the business with finance requests around expenses, payments and other ad-hoc finance queries.
Financial performance and management information – support Senior Finance Officer to:
Provide the Board, Finance Committee and other members of the senior leadership team with business performance MI. Deliver MI by WD 6 each month, consisting of management accounts (IS, BS, CFS).
Support development and maintenance of budget information and performance reporting.
Help with the preparation of monthly, quarterly and yearly reporting required for compliance, investor and covenant reporting.
Help report and monitor financial targets across the business in line with the overall strategic plan.
Support the annual budgeting and regular financial forecasting process as required by the Head of Finance and Senior Accounting Officer.
~ The role will suit a candidate who has started studying towards an accounting qualification and is keen to pursue further study within an accounting-based role.
At least 3 years of experience working in a Finance Function or 2 years in a similar role.
Your training and ongoing development will be fully supported by our small but very experienced finance team and we would support training costs towards your full professional qualification, after a period of service.
Experience with Excel and comfortable with formulas and data manipulation.
Experience of maintaining and utilising accounting software, eg Sage or Xero.
Why work for Fair Finance?
Fair Finance is a social business with ambitious plans.
Over the last eighteen years Fair Finance has helped over a hundred thousand people escape the clutches of high-cost money lenders, start businesses or avoid eviction.
Our work has helped influence Government policy and legislation.
We have demonstrated how purpose and profit can work together to change the financial system for the better.
We believe in employing, growing and building around exceptional people who share our values.
Our Head Office is in a shared workspace in Dalston, housing more than 300 creative businesses, social enterprises and charities.
Hybrid working and work practice flexibility is offered.
Annual holiday entitlement of 23 days in addition to UK public holidays.
~ An additional paid day off for your birthday.
~ Staff receive an additional 'WFH budget' to allow even greater location flexibility.
~ Private Health Insurance.
~ Perkbox access for a wide range of discounts.
~ Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
~ 3% matching contribution towards a stakeholder pension.
The first interviews will be completed by Teams or phone call from the Thursday20th June.Thesecond/final interview to be in personat our Dalston Office subsequently.
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