Finance Assistant

7 days ago


Newton Abbot, Devon, United Kingdom Shared Lives South West Full time
Kingsteignton, Devon

About us

We're Shared Lives South West. We're an award-winning charity that delivers long-term and short break care and support services throughout Devon, Cornwall and Somerset.


We recruit, train and support carers who offer accommodation in their own home to people with care and support needs.

This enables them to share in family life, develop skills and maintain their independence.

We are rated 'Outstanding' by The Care Quality Commission and take pride in providing top quality care and support.


Having been established for more than 15 years, we have a wealth of experience and expertise when it comes to supporting adults with care and support needs and enabling our carers to provide support within their own homes.


We are now looking for a Finance Assistant to join our team on a permanent, part-time basis, working hours per week.

The Benefits

  • Salary of £23,302 per annum FTE
  • 25 days' paid leave per year in addition to Bank Holidays pro rata (rising to 27 after two years)
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Flexible working options
  • A supportive approach to family commitments including paid dependency leave
  • A proactive approach to wellbeing including wellbeing hour, support with medical appointments and generous sick leave
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • 24hour employee support line
  • Death in Service insurance
  • Personal accident and travel insurance cover


This is an amazing opportunity for a customer focused individual with experience in a similar office-based finance role to join our outstanding organisation.


You'll have the chance to utilise your experience in a role where you'll be ensuring we can continue making a valuable difference to the lives of the people we support, every day.


In return, we'll provide a great rewards package including benefits and perks that will mean you can focus on your career journey and other priorities, safe in the knowledge that we've got everything else covered.


So, if you want to join a community of determined, caring employees, who have the needs of others at the heart of their priorities, we want to hear from you.

The Role

As a Finance Assistant, you will support the effective delivery of our financial processes.


Managing administrative aspects for our short break and respite services, you will take bookings, process Carer payments, raise purchase invoices and credit notes, maintain records and provide input on the future development of the services.


You will also process weekly payment runs, daily bank reconciliations and transactions as well as incoming invoices, outgoing payments and staff expenses.

About You

To be considered as a Finance Assistant, you will need:

  • Experience working in a similar office-based finance role
  • Experience developing relationships as part of an effective customer service process
  • Sound financial knowledge
  • Proficiency in IT, including Excel, Outlook and Word
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • At a minimum, GCSEs or equivalent at level 4 / Grade C or above in Maths and English
The closing date for this role is 11th April 2023.


Other organisations may call this role Bookkeeper, Accounts Assistant, Finance Co-ordinator, Finance Administrator, Accountancy Assistant, Ledger Clark, Purchase Ledger Clerk, Sales Ledger Clerk, Accounts Technician, Charity Finance Assistant, Finance Clerk, or Accounts Clerk.


Webrecruit and Shared Lives South West are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment.

Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.


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