Finance Officer - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Midland Mencap
Description
Job Description and Person SpecificationJob Title:
Finance Officer
Salary:
circa £25,000 per annum
Employment Status: 37 Hours Per Week - Permanent
Responsible To:
Financial Accountant
Line Management:
None
Location:
Birmingham
CRITERIA EVIDENCE
Experience Essential
- At least 2 years' experience of working in a finance office in a similar role.
- Experience of financial systems and processes.
- Experience of using Sage 50 or similar SME finance packages
- Good spreadsheet skills. Interview.
Desirable
- Experience of processing payroll
- Previously worked in a Charity, SME or NFP
Skills, Abilities
& Attributes
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of Excel and Word
- Ability to manage time, prioritise workload and work unsupervised Application
- Have strong numeracy skills and attention to detail Form and
- Demonstrate a good level of written and spoken English Interview.
- A willingness to become involved in all functions of the finance office.
- Good interpersonal skills and team player.
- Demonstrate an understanding of confidentiality & GDPR.
Training & Essential
Qualifications *AAT part qualified and/or studying for Accounting qualification
Interview and
Desirable Application*- Graduate Form
Job Description and Person Specification
Midland Mencap, a highly respected local charity with a long-established reputation for serving the needs of everyone with experiences of learning disability urgently needs a
Finance Officer to join the fast pace and continually improving Finance Team.
The Finance Officer will perform the day to day transactional duties of the organisation including purchase ledger, sales ledger and bank reconciliations.
This is an important role within the finance team and will report to the Financial Accountant.
A quick learner who wants to make their stamp on the finance team
Have at least 2 years' experience in a similar role in a small finance team.
Proactive and inquisitive. Wants to develop.
Personable, friendly and customer focused.
Able to demonstrate excellent attention to detail, a high level of numeracy and problem-solving skills.
Job description
As Finance Officer you will:
- Liase with operational managers to produce monthly salaries and wages files for payroll provider in conjunction with Financial Accountant.
- Deal with and resolve payroll queries urgently.
- Responsible for making monthly Court payments.
- Process supplier invoices and statements, ensure they are correctly authorised and make payment when due.
- Raise invoices to citizens, commissioners and clients on a regular and adhoc basis.
- Keep the accounting system up to date by posting all entries accurately as they occur.
- Key contact and finance officer for after school club payments and invoicing procedure.
- Reconcile bank accounts weekly. Record, bank and allocate payments received.
- Manage debtors to ensure payments are received on time. Resolve queries/ perform credit control by liaising with clients, citizens and other staff as necessary.
- Manage the petty cash tin and Equals card payments and process transactions thereof.
- Respond to queries in a timely manner.
- Oversee and manage accounts inbox queries.
- Assist with the annual audit process.
- Perform administrative and clerical tasks as required.
- Carry out all other reasonable duties as requested by Head of Finance or senior management team.
Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
Salary:
£25,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Accounting: 2 years (required)
Work Location:
One location
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