Finance Assistant

**About You**:
**Do you want a career with good prospects?**

**Do you enjoy juggling different tasks and different priorities?**

**Do you want to provide good customer service and make a difference?**

**If so, read on...**

We are looking for someone who is organised, comfortable with numbers and above all keen to learn. You should have good communication skills - both written and verbal - and enjoy working closely with others as part of a busy team.

To be successful, you’ll have excellent attention to detail and a good understanding of Microsoft Office systems. As we deal with a large amount of sensitive data and information, confidentiality is really important to our team, so it’s important you understand how to handle sensitive information with care. Having an organised and logical approach to work is essential, as these are the qualities that enable us deliver on our objective of providing the best possible service to all our internal customers.

You will have achieved GCSEs at Grade 4 and above in English and Maths.

**About The Role**:
As a Finance Assistant at the Coal Authority, you will be part of the Finance team that provides a professional service to all departments. The Finance team plays an important role supporting the organisation to spend wisely and deliver value of money.

This is a varied role which will give you plenty of opportunity to learn about working in a team and will develop your skills and knowledge. This role supports a number of different activities across the busy finance team and will include processing supplier invoices, expense claims, the Corporate Credit Card (GPC), sales invoicing, and supporting payroll. You will also have the opportunity to get involved in a range of ad hoc tasks and projects.

**To find out more about the role, take a look at the job description.**

**Role location**: Hybrid working (on average 2 days working out of our Mansfield office)

**Schedule**:
Application closing date: 6th October

Sifting date: w/c 7th October

Interviews: w/c 14th October

(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)

**Supporting Statement**:
This is your opportunity to tell us why you think you are suitable for this vacancy; what skills and experience you can bring and why the role appeals to you.

**Security**:
**About The Coal Authority**:
**Our benefits**:
- A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.- Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.- Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.- Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.- Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.-
- Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.- Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.- Unlock exclusive employee discounts- Ensure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.- Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.

**Working with us**:
We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours. Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.

With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.

**Who we are**:
Here at the Coal Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.

We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.

We are excited about what our future holds. Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK. By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.

We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values. We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.

**Equality, Diversity and Inclusion**:
As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.