Job Description

• Lead/support improvement projects within the financial accounting team such as new company formations. 
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of the accounts to trial balance.
• Working with Finance Partners, Stores and Procurement to resolve any unusual matters and ensure that any queries are dealt with in a timely and accurate manner. 
• To liaise with, and assist external auditors / HMRC inspectors / suppliers in order to help achieve compliance with financial reporting matters or requirements.
• Provide support to the Financial Accounting team with ad-hoc duties to facilitate projects and the month, year-end or other related tasks as required.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave (extra 1 day to a maximum of 30 days for every year you work)
• Auto-enrolment into a generous Group Defined Contribution Pension Scheme, with enhanced company contribution (for more information, see our Pensions page)
• Up to 2 days annual paid volunteering leave
• Up to 10 days paid Emergency Careers Leave per year
• Life Assurance is accessible on day 1 for all
• Group Income Protection Scheme (if on a contract exceeding 12 months)
• Enhanced maternity, parental and adoption leave
• Access to substantial number of courses and training events onsite
• Private Healthcare Scheme

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Accountancy qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Robust knowledge of accounting fundamentals and financial reporting acquired through qualification or experience
• Experience of accurate and timely production of financial accounts, preferably in a charity environment
• Experience/appreciation of a strong financial controls environment and understanding of concepts, principles and practices of accounting
• Ability to organize and prioritize their own workload and multi-task in a busy environment
• Proactive approach to resolving issues and making improvements
• Judgment to consider when to escalate issues/concerns
• Self-motivated but also able to work as a key team player
• Trustworthy, discrete, confident and accurate in all matters
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to establish and maintain good customer relationships
• Good personal and communication skills, both verbally and in writing, with customers, users and other finance staff
• Open minded to flexible ways of working and able to adapt to new processes and procedures to improve and streamline workflows
• Good office system skills including excellent Excel skills, Word and Email
• Confidence in dealing with internal and external people, both on the phone and face to face
• Experience of extracting data from an accounting system into Excel
• Keen to take on new tasks with an ability to suggest and implement change and improvements in order to ensure best practice is followed