Finance Assistant - Salford, United Kingdom - Church Action on Poverty

Description

Job description

Join a small, committed team working to build dignity, agency and power to end poverty in the UK. The finance assistants' key responsibilities will be

• Maintaining financial systems through accurate record keeping.
• Providing financial support operationally to the wider staff team nationally.
• Supporting the Finance Manager to implement financial systems and processes.

Other areas of responsibility:

Building Dignity, Agency and Power to End Poverty

• Actively build relationships with colleagues, partners and individuals to strengthen networks across our projects and activities.
• Encourage opportunities for individuals experiencing in poverty to speak truth to power and take part in community activism with the organisation and partners.
• Support the aims of the movement, organisations and partners through contributing to campaigning and community organising (e.g. Challenge Poverty Week).

Financial Administration

• Assist with efficient and accurate bookkeeping and records management of financial accounts including regular reconciliation activity according to standard processes.
• Raise, receive, process, code and upload invoices to/from suppliers and funders using finance management software (Quickbooks and Salesforce).
• Reconcile monthly bank statements, credit card and prepaid cards
• Record grants, donations and other income from supporters, members, churches etc and maintain up to date donor records on the financial management system (Quickbooks and Salesforce).
• Liaise with and responding to inquiries from colleagues, suppliers and programme partners.
• Assist with the preparation of monthly fundraising progress reports, quarterly management accounts, Gift Aid claims and annual financial examination.

Programme Support

• Administer, track and record petty cash and staff expenses related to programme activities.
• Support in regular reconciling and reporting of donor income and programme expenditure, answering queries and providing up to date information to the wider staff team.
• Assist the Finance Manager in creating financial reports to enable tracking and monitoring of spend and in reporting to grant funders

Compliance

• Ensure your work is carried out to the required quality standards and adhering to internal financial management procedures.
• Provide documentation to facilitate programme operations, including grant documents and funder reports.
• Support the Finance Manager in ensuring the charity is compliant with contractual and legal obligations.