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Finance Assistant - Leeds, United Kingdom - St George's Crypt

St George's Crypt

Verified Company

Leeds, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About the Charity:

St.

George's Crypt is Christian Charity in the city of Leeds providing shelter and support and working with the homeless, the vulnerable and those living with addiction.

Our aim is to provide a safe environment with physical, emotional and religious support for those who suffered abuse, suffer from addiction or who are homeless.

About Our Employees:

The twin objectives of St George's Crypt are to pursue the promotion of Christian evangelism and relieve hardship among disadvantaged people.

Therefore, it is key for the employees of the Crypt to be pursuing this throughout the whole of their job role and in their personal life.

This will usually be evidenced by current involvement in the life of a Christian community.

As an expression of their faith and commitment, it is hoped that all our employees are willing to be involved in the activities of the churches and organisations that support our work.

Safeguarding Responsibilities:

Ø Enforcing the company's safeguarding policy.

Ø Being alert to and recognising welfare issues, being sure to challenge poor practice.

Ø Sharing appropriate information with relevant people.

Ø Continually working with the families of residents and service users, sharing information and contributing to plans if a concern is investigated.

Ø Ensuring that all staff having contact with children, vulnerable adults and/or their families have received appropriate training on safeguarding issues.

Ø To Understand and implement working practices set by the Safeguarding Adults and Children Board.

Ø To understand and implement working standards set by the domestic violence and abuse quality mark documentation.

Charity Wide Responsibilities:

Ø Participate in the daily prayer life of the Charity.

Ø Recognising the holistic needs of all service users and in accordance with the Trust Deed and affirm the spiritual needs of clients in their situations and either respond directly or refer as appropriate.

Ø As an expression of their Christian faith and commitment, it is hoped that all our employees are willing to be involved in the activities of the churches and organizations that support the work.

Ø Due to the nature of the role and the workplace, the post holder must be over 18 years of age.

Ø Attend training courses and conferences in order to maintain personal development as agreed with Line Manager.

The tasks and responsibilities listed above are not exhaustive and maybe amended according to the needs of the Charity.

Employees are expected to work flexibly in responding to external and internal initiatives to support the needs of the Charity.

Job Purpose:

To assist in preparing monthly management accounts and annual account completion.

The role requires interaction with non-financial colleagues to review and discuss monthly financial performance and assist in making recommendations to ensure the departmental objectives are being met.

The role will require challenging current processes and making recommendations to improve visibility, reliability and bring greater clarity on revenue and cost drivers and their efficient utilisation.

Key Job Role Responsibilities and Main Tasks:
Ø Assist and take ownership of monthly preparation of management accounts, with journal input and commentary preparation

Ø Assist in budget and forecasting, with interaction with departmental heads to ensure submissions are suitably challenged

Ø Hold monthly meetings with non-financial departmental heads to talk through performance and make recommendations where appropriate

Ø Assistance with VAT, Gift Aid and audits

Ø Help in transition from Sage 50 to new accounting software

Ø Assist with inputting of invoices and setting up payment run entries on to sage as required

Ø Bank reconciliations in a timely fashion

Ø Undertake company payroll, alternating with current finance team member

Person Specification:

Essential Charity Wide:

DBS Cleared
Safeguarding training
Flexible attitude towards working arrangements
Professional attitude and approach

Essential Job Role Specific:

Minimum 2 years' experience of working within an accounts department.
Experience of independently presenting accounting performance to nonfinancial colleagues
Have undertaken Government submissions (ie, VAT, GIFT Aid)
Involved in annual audit
Budget and forecasting experience

Desirable: