Senior Finance Officer

We are passionate about supporting unpaid carers, the people who assist family members or friends with personal care, medical or healthcare, daily tasks or to stay safe.

With around 145 colleagues and a £3m+ turnover, we are one of the largest charities in Wales. As a collective, we change unpaid carers lives by delivering a wide range of services, including respite (giving carers a break); care in the home; and information, advice and support services across South Wales - an area which accounts for nearly 50% of the total number of unpaid carers in Wales.

Our key goals are that young and adult unpaid carers are able to help and get help for someone with care and/or support needs in a way that maximises that person’s independence and dignity; that carers look after their own physical and emotional wellbeing; can manage financially and have the time and energy to enjoy their life and achieve things that are important to that.

In the face of ever-increasing demands and reducing resources, we want to think differently, work smartly and deliver collaboratively.

**Purpose of Role**

To support in providing monthly reports to the charity and its stakeholders.

To perform accounting duties, including the daily processing of financial transactions, the performance of periodic reconciliations including bank accounts and control accounts. The preparation of financial reports to trial balance stage. Assistance in the preparation of monthly reports and analysis as required. The provision of occasional support and supervision for the Finance & Payroll Officer.

**Key Responsibilities and Duties**
- Maintain accurate customer and supplier records and invoicing.
- Processing of daily financial transactions
- Check remittances against money received from customers and ensure bank transactions allocated against correct customer invoices
- Entering financial data into spreadsheets or other software.
- Bank account reconciliations.
- Reconciliation of funds balances and movements
- To support the Head of Finance and Finance & Payroll Officer Assistant with the review and/or preparation of payroll
- Prepare accounts to trial balance, reconciling control accounts monthly. Produce financial reports as required.
- Checking for data entry errors or irregularities.
- Inputting of prepaid card transactions into accounting software and reconciliation of account.
- Responding to queries in a timely and polite manner
- Review debtors list, responsible for credit control
- Ensure the organisations financial policies are adhered to and procedures are understood and communicated effectively to staff.
- Assist and provide support with preparation of annual budgets and monitoring.
- Participate, assist and provide support with the annual audit process.
- Assisting the finance team with various tasks when required

**Education**

AAT Level 4 - E

ACCA Part-Qualified - D

**Experience & Knowledge**

Experience in accounting - including demonstrable book-keeping and financial reporting experience - E

Working knowledge of VAT - E

Ability to use accounting software, e.g., Xero Accounting - E

Working knowledge of payroll - E

Working knowledge of UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (UK GAAP) - D

Prior experience of Charities’ Statement of Recommended Practice (Charity SORP) - D

**Skills & Abilities**

High levels of computer literacy with proficiency in MS Excel - E

Proven analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills in a financial field - E

Experienced in working under pressure with limited supervision and the ability to work within tight deadlines. -E

Experience of working in the charity sector - D

Experience of working with integrity and discretion with confidential information - E

Excellent written and verbal communication in English - E

Welsh speaking - D

**The Care Collective Values**

**Caring **We are caring, kind, and thoughtful. We care about unpaid carers, and we care about the family members and friends that they support.

**Passionate**: People work for a charity because they want to make a difference, and our passion for helping others runs through our core. We are also passionate about contributing to the communities we operate in, and reducing the environmental impact of our services.

**Ambitious**: Our ambition is to help thousands more carers each year, and to make a huge difference to their lives. We have an ambition to keep getting better at everything we do. To be one of the best charities in Wales when it comes to our back-office functions, innovation in service delivery, and being thought leaders.

**Inclusive**: Improving inclusion and diversity within our organisation and in the representation of people who use our services is a key aim. Health inequalities are more prevalent in certain groups, meaning they can be more likely to provide care and support to a family member or friend. Despite this, every unpaid carer should feel that we understand them, want to help them, irrespective of