Finance Officer - Newquay, United Kingdom - Happy Days Nurseries

Happy Days Nurseries

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Newquay, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Newquay, UK

Posted 2 hours ago

- £26,000.00 GBP

Happy Days is looking to recruit a fixed term (12 months) Finance Officer to work within our busy Finance Team based in Summercourt, Cornwall - situated centrally between Newquay, Truro & St Austell, which allows for hybrid working.

You will be required to ensure the smooth running of the day-to-day sales ledger, bank & cash and Early Years funding activities so that processing deadlines in the monthly accounting timetable are met.

Responsibilities will include:

Confirm sales invoices from the Nursery Management System (NMS) are correct by liaising with nursery managers
Raise sale invoices using the NMS, with associated reports
Import sales invoice and cash receipt data from the NMS into Sage and reconcile balances
Administrate direct debits
Prepare and deliver training to nursery managers and finance colleagues
Monitor trade debtors and implement credit control procedures for bad and doubtful debts
Post bank transactions to sage daily and complete reconciliations

As well as the main duties outlined there will be additional tasks to fulfill this role.

Skills & Experience required:

Provide high quality customer service both internally and externally
Experience maintaining a sales ledger and ability to deal with complex billing scenarios and high volumes
Knowledge of bank & cash posting and reconciliation
Indepth working knowledge of computer software such as Sage, Microsoft Office and Outlook
Confident in ability to reconcile control accounts and post accounting journals
Credit control and maintaining provision for bad and doubtful debts
Able to multitask and work to strict deadlines
Strong team player with a 'cando' attitude
Good, confident and honest communicator
Previous experience working in the childcare sector would be advantageous but not essential

Happy Days reward package includes:

Continuing professional development
Discounted childcare 50%
Closed between Christmas / New Year and each Bank Holiday
20 days holiday + bank holidays (pro rata)
Auto enrolment pension contributions (People's Pension)

Our teams, whether in our nurseries or our support centre SHINE, they ensure we are delivering outstanding childcare to every child in our settings everyday, this helps to make Happy Days a great place to work.

By ensuring we are always recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues, who are representative of the communities within which our nurseries sits gives us the best opportunity to continue to deliver outstanding childcare.

**"Happy Days Nurseries are committed to the safety and wellbeing of the children in our care, as such the successful post holder will be required to undergo a robust vetting process, including an enhanced DBS Check and Reference History Checks"