Finance Officer

4 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom The Active Wellbeing Society Full time

**Salary**:£26,000 - £29,000 per annum DOE

**Location**:Hybrid to include Tyseley, Birmingham and homeworking

**Contract type**:6 month Fixed term contract

**Hours**:36.5 per week working Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm

The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS) is a community benefit society and cooperative working to develop healthy, happy communities living active and connected lives.

Our vision is for a society where people have the autonomy, capacity, resources and skills to become the architects of their own destiny; where our individual wellbeing is recognised as being bound up in our collective responsibility to and dependency on each other; and where all of us feel empowered as agents of social change to make a difference - whether at an individual level or more widely.

An exciting position has arisen for a Finance Officer to work for a community benefit society to provide year-end and on-going support to the finance team for up to six months.

Main duties

This position will offer variation covering many duties within Finance. You will have responsibility for key aspects of financial and management reporting and control to deliver timely and reliable reporting. You will assist the current Assistant Management Accountant, Purchase Ledger Clerk and Payroll Assistant on a daily basis. The post-holder will, on a regular basis, liaise directly with each finance team member and report to the Head of Finance.
- Assist the purchase ledger, including matching invoices with purchase orders and obtaining approvals from relevant managers. This information is then recorded in Accounts IQ. Also onboarding new suppliers in Accounts IQ and verifying bank details.
- Perform credit control checks.
- Assist with the monthly payroll cycle.
- Input month-end journal entries.
- Conduct bank reconciliations.
- Assisting with month-end management accounts and reporting.
- Assist in analysing the Profit and Loss accounts.
- Assist with Balance Sheet reconciliations.
- Support year-end audit.
- Any ad-hoc tasks.
- Provide timely responses to internal and external stakeholders and deal with queries in a timely manner.
- Adhere to the deliverables timetable, and maintaining a strong working relationship with the senior leadership team.

Knowledge, skills and experience
- At least 2 years experience in a similar finance role
- Experience with month and year end experience and procedures
- Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payroll experience
- Experience of managing multiple deadlines with a track record of delivering under pressure
- Good communication skills - written and verbal
- Intermediate to Advanced Excel knowledge
- A knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook and Word in particular) to an intermediate level
- Microsoft Teams
- Degree educated in Finance
- Strong ability to plan ahead and manage multiple priorities effectively
- Ideally you will be AAT qualified.
- Studying towards a professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), but this is not essential.

Staff benefits

We offer our team members a comprehensive staff benefits offering to include:

- Annual Leave - 25 days FTE (increasing to 29 days with service) plus 5 wellbeing days.
- Nest Pension - 8% employer contribution - 3% employee contribution.
- Heath Cash Plan - giving you discounts on everyday healthcare such as dental, optical, physio, prescriptions & more.
- Employee Assistance Programme (counselling and DRs on call 24hrs a day).
- Life Assurance - x4 your salary paid to beneficiary.
- Flexible working.
- Fantastic volunteering opportunities within The Active Wellbeing Society every month.

Application details

Please submit a Cover Letter and CV addressing the experience you have had relevant to the 'Main Duties' and the 'Knowledge & Skills' sections of the advert, but as a minimum please address how you meet the the following criteria which will be weighted highly in the first sift of shortlisting:

- AAT Qualified (Desirable)
- Studying towards a professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) (Desirable)
- At least 2 years experience in a similar finance role (Essential)
- Experience with month and year end experience and procedures (Essential)
- Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payroll experience (Essential)

**Closing date: Wednesday 27th March2024 at midnight**

**Interview date: week commencing 8th April 2024**

Successful applicants will be required to be DBS checked prior to starting.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months

**Salary**: £26,000.00-£29,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Paid volunteer time
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person


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