Finance Officer - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Executemps Recruitment Ltd

Executemps Recruitment Ltd

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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Description

Post:
Finance Officer

Responsible to:
Commercial Accountant

Responsibilities:

Assist the Commercial Accountant to ensure the charity's accounting records are maintained in an orderly and uptodate manner with a view to providing timely information and reports.
Assist the Commercial Accountant with the processing and review where applicable of financial transactions ensuring prompt and accurate entries to financial systems. Examples of financial transactions may include setting up projects on Sage from CP forms, reviewing coding and postings of sales and purchase invoices, preparing journals to correct entries, transferring costs between projects, the processing of sales receipts and payments to suppliers and paying staff for expenses.
Assist the Commercial Accountant to ensure compliance with all statutory requirements relating to corporation tax, gift aid and other taxation matters including PAYE, NI and VAT.
Assist the Directorate Managers with ensuring timely preparation of the monthly management accounts and associated reports together with the reconciliation of key control accounts, and other ad hoc management reports, as well as the generation of the annual financial statements together with any statutory returns.
Assist the Finance Team in providing financial information to staff and managers and help with interpretation, understanding and use of such information.
Provide support to the Finance function within Support Services by identifying, proposing, and developing improvement to the financial systems, processes and controls and assist in the timely implementation and maintenance of agreed initiatives.
Assist the Directorate Managers to observe and identify training and development requirements within the Finance Team.
Provide cover for other finance staff at times of holiday and absence or for any other reason.
General financial administrative tasks.
Other duties and responsibilities as may be agreed from timetotime.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Criteria:

Minimum qualification of AAT Level 3 (Association of Account Technicians).
Knowledge and experience of Sage 200 accounts, Sage Payroll 50, and Excel spreadsheets.
Prior knowledge and experience of VAT, PAYE, NI and Employee Pension information and returns.
The ability to work effectively as a member of a team or by oneself and using own initiative in prioritising workload.
The ability to work to strict deadlines throughout the monthly and annual accounting calendar whilst also ensuring that Funder and legislative requirements are met together with assisting colleagues to meet the set deadlines.
Ability to develop and maintain financial information systems and procedures with appropriate controls.
Ability to communicate financial information in formats appropriate to various audiences including nonfinance colleagues.
Good oral and written communication skills.
Commitment to continuing professional development.
Commitment to the aims and objectives.
Commitment to equal opportunities in both employment and service delivery.

Desirable Criteria: