Job Details

Sector:Accountancy

Region : Greater London

Location: London

Salary: £30,000 - £34,000 per annum

Job Ref.: 48979889

My client based within the charity sector are currently recruiting for a Finance Officer to join their team and support the finance function.

Reporting directly into the Finance Manager the role will include:

- Sales ledger - raising and consolidating invoices

- Purchase ledger - obtaining authorisations, coding invoices and posting to the software

- Compiling payment rungs and setting up payments

- Setting up pre payments and accruals

- Processing company credit card and staff expenses

- Maintaining the fixed asset register

- Preparing and posting month end journals

- Reconciling balance sheet accounts

- Assisting with year end audit queries

- Preparing monthly cost centre level reports

- Preparing VAT returns

- Assisting with year end

- Cashbook and banking - reconciling bank accounts and downloading bank statements

- Setting up monthly payroll and supplier payment runs

- Ad hoc banking

- Monitoring accounts emails

- Checking mail, scanning and distribute

- Order and control stationery and sundries

- Being first point of contact for other teams on finance issues

- Assisting and supporting the Finance Manager as necessary

Key skills:

- Strong orgnisational skills and attention to detail

- Good communication and a team player

- Able to work on own initiative

Essential skills:

- AAT Member or equivalent

- GCSES in Maths and English

- Very strong MS Excel skills.

- Experience of finance in an SME

- Extensive use of either Sage/Zero/Quickbooks