Assistant Financial Accountant - Peterborough, United Kingdom - Royal National Institute of Blind People

Royal National Institute of Blind People

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Peterborough, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

RNIB is looking for a n Assistant Financial Accountant

This role will assist in the preparation of annual accounts for RNIB Group, providing transactional support to enable stakeholder engagement.

You will also manage and assist in the monthly reconciliation, preparation, and monitoring process and in the preparation of underlying Financial Accounting data for the RNIB Group.

What you'll be doing
Assist with audit preparation

Reconciling monthly balance sheets and control accounts

Leading on month end processes such as prepayments, accruals and journals.

Refreshing and uploading budget and forecast templates

Overall you will be supporting the Financial Accounting Manager as required.

What you'll need to succeed in this role

Previous experience in similar type of role in an accounting environment to include financial accounting procedures and financial practices for both income and expenditure transactions.

Strong Organisational skills.

Strong IT skills (in particular excel)

Ability to work to deadlines

Excellent communication skills

In return
We offer a competitive salary, a stimulating and supportive working environment and a benefits package including:

26 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays
pro rata), which increase with service
Excellent pension schemes

RNIB Rewards

Our employee discounts platform gives you access to offers at over 800 instore and online retailers
Inhouse training and development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Each new member of staff will be given a laptop to make working flexibly easy

We're the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and we're here for everyone affected by sight loss.

Working for us means working for one of the UK's biggest charities, supporting almost two million people living with sight loss in the UK.

RNIB is leading the creation of a world where there are no barriers for people with sight loss.

One of our key priorities is to ask people to see sight loss differently, reversing inaccurate perceptions and changing public behaviours so everyone expectsequal participation from people with sight loss and the creation of a fully accessible society.