Financial Accountant, Institute FOR Employment Studies

We are seeking to appoint a Financial Accountant. This is a hands-on role, and we are looking for someone with relevant qualifications and/or experience which will help them to understand and become proficient at the key tasks quickly. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong accounting, Excel and interpersonal skills. This is an exciting opportunity for the selected candidate to learn and develop within the role whilst adding value to a Not-for-Profit organisation.

This is an important role based in a finance team which is part of a Support Services function that covers office management, information technology, finance, as well as human resources and communications.

This is an interesting and broad role with a primary focus on finance. A key objective is to keep the accounting system and project accounting system up to date and accurate and you will play an important part in maintaining strong financial controls and helping staff across the organisation with finance matters.

You will be working in a team with the Director of Finance and Resources. Our most recent accounts are found here.

The role is full-time (35 hours per week).

• Purchase ledger duties including processing and payment of supplier invoices and expenses
• Sales ledger duties including invoice preparation
• Banking and credit control
• The update and maintenance of the project accounting system
• Monthly Balance Sheet review and reconciliation
• Prepare accurate and timely management accounts
• Prepare payroll (in conjunction with external payroll bureau)
• Staff utilisation reporting and the collection and review of monthly timesheets
• Assist with cashflow forecasting
• Prepare quarterly VAT returns
• Advising staff on financial procedures
• Assist in preparation of audit papers and support for annual audit process
• Undertake reasonable additional tasks as required

• Strong Excel and data skills
• Good understanding of the structure of financial systems, and the practices and controls surrounding them
• Ability to communicate financial information to non-finance staff and senior managers
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deal with a varied workload, and work accurately under pressure and within prescribed deadlines
• Ability to work in detail, coupled with ability to see the wider picture
  
  Ability to work independently

• Experience in accounting, preparation of management accounts and statutory reporting and ideally in charity accounting and project accounting
• Use of Xero and Workflow Max would also be beneficial

An accountancy qualification would be beneficial but part-qualified candidates can also be considered with suitable experience.