Finance Clerk

**Department**:Core

**Job Title**:Finance Clerk

**Salary**:£24,000 - £28,000 (.6 equivalent) FTE

**Contract type**:Part time (3 days a week)

**Hours**:22.5 hours per week (.6 contract)

**Responsible to**:CEO

**Location**:Club Doncaster Foundation, Eco-Power Stadium, Stadium Way, DN4 5JW

**Regular working hours**:Foundation office hours are Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.30pm.

**Purpose of the post**:
To support the delivery of financial processing and services across the foundation, ensuring that the organisation m anages financial reporting and cashflow effectively and in line with best practice.

**Key Duties and Responsibilities**:

- To support the delivery of financial processing for the charity.
- To produce budget forecasts and expenditure reports for each department.
- Processing of all purchase and sales invoices, along with funder payment processing.
- Liaise with our payroll team for monthly wages and expense payments.
- Prepare prepayments and accruals.
- Maintain fixed asset register.
- Perform timely bank and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Deal with enquiries and general day-to-day liaison with customers, colleagues, and partners.
- Ensure all policies and procedures are adhered to.
- Active participation on continuing professional development and the appraisal process.
- To undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required, and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.
- To maintain the quality-of-service provision, regularly evaluating work and seeking to make improvements.
- Present a professional image when dealing with both internal and external contacts and partners, always acting in a professional manner.
- To be aware and comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act.
- To carry out responsibilities with due regard to Equal Opportunities.
- To cover as and when required at other departments within the Club Doncaster Group.
- To undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required, and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.
- Any other duties commensurate with the grade and falling within the scope of the post, as requested by the Chief Executive.

**Club Doncaster Foundation - Staff competencies**:
**Our Values**
- We are professional in all we do
- We manage our business with respect and integrity
- Pride, passion and performance
- Open, honest brave
- Consistent innovation in all we do
- Energy, enthusiasm, humility
- Commercial in all we do
- Win-win relationships

**Putting our clients first**
- Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the services across Club Doncaster and how these relate to and are affected by the needs and objectives of the organisation
- Knows who the clients are, understands our clients’ needs and works hard to ensure that these are met
- Develops positive relationships with clients, handling dissatisfied or awkward clients effectively
- View the resolution of clients’ problems as an opportunity to retain and secure future business
- Ensures all clients are dealt with in a proficient and friendly manner, with respect and integrity always

**Getting things done**
- Performs all assigned tasks and procedures efficiently and in a timely manner
- Takes personal responsibility for own actions and decisions and displays a sense of energy and commitment to achieve results that stimulate others to succeed
- Works hard to reach or exceed personal targets and section goals and can take responsibility for several different tasks at a time
- Accepts responsibility for problems that occur and retains ownership until they are resolved, either personally or by someone else
- Manages own time and resource effectively, with appropriate planning and prioritising in advance to improve efficiency
- Uses initiative to act without constantly referring to others and perseveres with repetitive and mundane tasks

**Flexibility**
- Accepts doing things differently to improve efficiency and reacts positively to changing objectives, priorities and workloads
- Willingly takes on extra responsibility and, where necessary, will work additional or irregular hours to meet the needs of the organisation
- Put forward suggestions and ideas about new and better ways of doing things
- Learns rapidly, adjusting to new situations as they occur
- Demonstrates a commitment to deliver a high-quality service at all times

**Communication skills**
- Communicates effectively and confidently in individual and group situations, contributing and asking questions where appropriate
- Listen to and respects other people’s views and opinions
- Any written work required by the role is clear, accurate and to the point
- Presents facts and ideas in a concise and persuasive manner
- Ensures all written correspondence is fluent and structured, using appropriate style and language
- Uses the correct communication technique to suit the situation

**Managing Self