Finance Officer - London, United Kingdom - Sense

Sense

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Sense International has a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our Finance team as our Finance Officer.

This is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week, working flexibly between home and our office in Kings Cross, London.

This role will assist in ensuring the financial good health and appropriate financial management of Sense International.

Working flexibly as a member of the Finance Team to ensure the smooth operation and development of a high quality, efficient and cost-effective support service for Sense International and Sense.

To carry out monthly processes including preparing and importing journals and the running and distribution of monthly reports.

In particular coding the UK cashbook, posting transaction listings from overseas teams that do not maintain their own accounts on SUN, running management accounts, cost centre reports and other reports, and distributing these once approved by the Business Partner.

To maintain relationships with internal customers (principally Programme and Fundraising staff in the UK and Directors of SI teams in the countries where we work) and finance colleagues, including finance colleagues in Sense International teams around the world.

Reviewing cash transfer requests from overseas teams, making comments to the Programme Managers and the Management Accountant and once approved and effected, post journals to reflect the transfers.

To assist the Business Partner with the reporting process for Sense International grants and contracts.

Key skills and experience required:
Accountancy degree or part AAT qualification
Good understanding of double entry bookkeeping, general accounting or financial administration and reconciliations.
Experience building effective working relationships with internal colleagues and external agencies, to meet key objectives.
A demonstrable commitment to enabling an inclusive and diverse workforce to reflect our community.
A full role profile and person specification can be found attached to this advert. About Sense International
Sense International is the only international charity dedicated to supporting people with deafblindness and their families around the world.
We operate in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Nepal, Peru, Romania, Tanzania and Uganda.
Our vision is to ensure that no-one is left behind.

Our work focuses on ensuring that people with deafblindness are able to access education, healthcare and work, so that they can thrive and live life to their full potential.

We are a small charity that has a huge impact because of the way we work.

We work directly with local people and local organisations so that our support is sustainable and has a life changing impact.

Our strategy is focussed on removing barriers so that people with deafblindness are fully included; improving understanding of deafblindness through sharing skills and information; and ensuring the voices of people with deafblindness are heard and their rights are realised.

We receive funding from government, trusts, foundations and individuals.

Working at Sense and Sense International can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment.

In addition we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

To apply

No agency submissions please:

any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.