Finance and Corporate Support Assistant - Brecon, United Kingdom - Brecon Beacons National Park Authority

Brecon Beacons National Park Authority

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Brecon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Finance and Corporate Support Assistant

Location:
National Park Authority's Headquarters

Salary:
£21,575 - £22,369 per annum

Hours:37 hours per week (Part time hours considered)

The Role

To assist the Principal Accountant in providing an efficient and effective finance function in accordance with financial regulations, and the Authority's Standing Orders.
To help to ensure that the records maintained by the Finance Section are accurate and up to date.
To provide a wide range of administrative support across the organisation as needed.

Main Duties

To receipt cash and cheque income and portal receipts.
To bank cash and cheque income received, completing banking slips and cash desk entries, and matching to debtor invoices as required.
To process occasional card payments using a handheld PQ machine and reconcile the total taken each month.
To enter creditor invoices onto the financial ledger for prompt payment, progresschasing to ensure purchase orders are in place and goods/services receipted by the responsible member of staff.
To monitor supplier statements and respond to supplier queries, checking overdue balances against the ledger.
To assist colleagues by querying missing purchase orders and interrogating the finance system to investigate late payments and delays in the goods receipting /invoice authorisation process.
Deleting and amending purchase orders at the request of authorised staff.
To be able to deal correctly with all incoming and outgoing post and logged onto the appropriate databases, complying with financial and organisational procedures.
To be able to operate the phone system efficiently, including the updating and circulation of the staff extension list.
To provide cover as needed for the operation of the webcasting equipment during the live filming of meetings.
To provide administrative support (appropriate to the grade) as needed in other parts of the organisation, in agreement with the Democratic Services Manager, and directed by the Senior Receptionist.
Any other duty, appropriate to the grade and nature of the post, as required by the Principal Accountant or Chief Executive.

Skills & Qualifications

Essential Criteria

Numerate and able to understand basic accounting principles and business practice
Experience of financial administration including cash handling and payment processing
Able to manage and prioritise workload to ensure tasks are completed to daily and weekly deadlines
Excellent communication skills
Ability to work under pressure
At least one year's experience in a general administrative role
Willingness to help other teams as needed
Able to accurately enter financial data onto a computer system and resolve minor technical problems confidently
Able to use Microsoft Office software, particularly excel, explorer outlook and file management to a basic standard
The ability to work flexibly as part of a small team
Welsh Language Level 0

Desirable Criteria

Public sector financial administration experience
Holding or working towards a recognised finance or business administration

- qualification

Welsh Language Level 1

Company Benefits

Annual leave entitlement 23 days per annum plus 8 public holidays and 2 extra statutory days, pro rata. Leave entitlement rises annually to 26 days per annum after 5 years' service. If you transfer from the service of an outside Authority to the National Park Authority, you are able to bring with you your accrued leave entitlement (accrued due to length of service) up to a maximum of 25 days.
The pension scheme in place is a standard Local Government one; the employee contributes 5.5% (up to £16,500) which rises to 5.8% (£16,501) of their contractual hours worked and the employer currently contributes 20.9 %.

Note on Welsh Language Requirement

Please note:

If you do not meet the Welsh language Requirements specified, then the Authority offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these requirements during your employment with us.

To Apply

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary:
£21,575.00-£22,369.00 per year

Work Location:
In person

Reference ID: 363144