Finance Officer

Description:

Finance Officer

Location: Remote 

Salary: £29,450 (Grade 3) per year (plus Inner London Weighting of £3,483.94, if eligible)

Length of contract:  Permanent

Hours per week: 37

Closing date: We reserve the right to adapt the advert at any time per organisational circumstances and to close this vacancy early for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

Interviews: Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis  

Who are Women’s Aid?  

Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. We are a federation of just under 180 organisations which provide over 300 local lifesaving services to women and children across England. For 50 years we have campaigned on behalf of our members and survivors to shape policy and practice, and to raise awareness of domestic abuse. 

Our support services, which include the Survivors’ Forum, the No Woman Turned Away Project, the Survivor’s Handbook, Love Respect (our dedicated website for young people), the national Women’s Aid Directory and our advocacy projects, help thousands of women and children every year.

Purpose of the Finance Officer role:                 

The Finance Officer will aid in preparation of operational and statutory accounts and play a supportive role in the Finance Team.  Responsible for ensuring the sub ledgers are reconciled and submitted into the overall reporting in a timely and accurate manner.  Aiding in the smooth running of Women’s Aid’s financial administration and information systems including liaising with Women’s Aid’s members, customers and suppliers, in accordance with the organisation’s agreed financial procedures, control systems, other relevant policies and statutory requirements.

Key duties and responsibilities of the Finance Officer:

Support the Finance team in maintaining adequate financial controls and monitoring Women’s Aid’s finances

Support the Finance team in maintaining effective and appropriate financial systems to deliver Women’s Aid’s activities

Carry out credit control by timely and effective collection of all debts and customer payments

Send out monthly statements, chasing letters and updating departments, where necessary

Manage the sales income deferrals and releases each month and year end deferral balance reconciliations.

Perform month end and year end reconciliation of our finance systems & CRM records.

Maintain source and destination code register in CRM and set up defaults to reflect finance coding structure.

Deal with queries from customer, suppliers, Women’s Aid staff and the others in relation to day-to-day transactions

Responsible for setting up new suppliers in the accounts system

Process supplier payments and staff expense claims

Assist in maintaining the fixed asset register

Identify systems and process improvements and work in a solution focussed manner

to solve any issues

Investigation into balances/transactions as needed

What we are looking for in our Finance Officer:

AAT level 3 or above, or equivalent

Knowledge of revenue recognition principles

Understanding of principles of Accruals and prepayments relating to purchases

Understanding of the requirements of both Management and Statutory reporting

Proven experience as a Finance Officer within a finance department

Strong technical accounting experience

Excellent attention to detail

Computer literacy with good knowledge of Microsoft 365 especially Excel

Good communication skills, both written and verbal

Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

High level of numeracy and accuracy

Ability to build and maintain professional relationships with all levels of an organisation

Benefits of joining us as our Finance Officer include:

Generous Annual Leave: 25 days + 2 Company Holidays + 8 UK Bank Holidays, with an extra 1 day per year after 1 year of service, up to a maximum of 5 additional days.

Valuable Pension Benefits: a generous 7% employer contribution.

Flexible Working: remote working, a generous TOIL scheme, and family-friendly policies

NB:

Women only need apply under schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010  

All posts, including remote posts, must be based in the UK.

Women’s Aid is committed to quality, equality, and valuing diversity. Applications are particularly welcome from Black and minoritised women. Please see the Reasonable Adjustments Statement on Job Description.

Please read our Single Sex Statement on the Women’s Aid Website

Please note that applications will be reviewed, and interviews arranged, on a rolling basis, so for the bestchance of success, please apply ASAP