Finance Officer

The Finance Officer will perform the day to day transactional duties of the organisation including purchase ledger, sales ledger and bank reconciliations. Resolve day to day finance queries that may arise. The post will have a key involvement in producing monthly salary and wages information for payroll provider. This is an important role within the finance team and will report to the Financial Accountant.,

As Finance Officer you will:

• Liase with operational managers to produce monthly salaries and wages files for payroll provider in conjunction with Financial Accountant.
• Deal with and resolve payroll queries urgently.
• Responsible for making monthly Court payments.
• Process supplier invoices and statements, ensure they are correctly authorised and make payment when due.
• Raise invoices to citizens, commissioners and clients on a regular and ad-hoc basis.
• Keep the accounting system up to date by posting all entries accurately as they occur.
• Key contact and finance officer for after school club payments and invoicing procedure.
• Reconcile bank accounts weekly. Record, bank and allocate payments received.
• Manage debtors to ensure payments are received on time. Resolve queries/ perform credit control by liaising with clients, citizens and other staff as necessary.
• Manage the petty cash tin and Equals card payments and process transactions thereof.
• Respond to queries in a timely manner.
• Oversee and manage accounts inbox queries.
• Assist with the annual audit process.
• Perform administrative and clerical tasks as required., Carry out all other reasonable duties as requested by Head of Finance or senior management team.

A quick learner who wants to make their stamp on the finance team

Proactive and inquisitive. Wants to develop. Personable, friendly and customer focused. Comfortable using excel spreadsheets and MS office applications Able to demonstrate excellent attention to detail, a high level of numeracy and problem-solving skills.