Job Description
Job title: Finance Assistant
Responsible to: Finance Lead
Summary: As the Finance Assistant you will assist the Finance Lead and work with the wider finance team in the running, managing, processing and troubleshooting of accounts, payrolls, transactions and other finance-related tasks and queries.
Main Duties:
Accounting
* To bank and process all receipts, whether standing orders, cheques or cash or any other means
* To process standing orders, direct debits and gift aid
* Providing assistance in preparation of claims to the Inland Revenue including gift aid
* To assist with the maintenance and editing of databases and donor information
* Maintain payable ledger by verifying and posting account transactions
* Pay suppliers – monitoring of services/goods to ensure they have been supplied to the required standards and all internal controls have been complied with. Liaison with vendor and staff to achieve timely resolution
* Follow up on all invoices for payments within a timely manner and within the date issued on the invoice
* Process and prepare financial and business forms for checking account balances, facilitating purchases etc
* Perform routine calculations to produce analyses and reports as requested by the Finance Lead
* Assist in overseeing and managing individual accounts
* Review and audit financial statements and reports, ensuring all calculations and date entries are correct
* Reconcile any discrepancies
* Suggest and communicate changes or improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, and cost reductions to the Finance Lead
* Accruals and prepayments on a monthly basis
* Assisting the Finance Lead with all bank accounts reconciliations
* VAT control/return and making required payments
* Supply bank balances to the Finance Lead on a weekly basis, on an agreed reoccurring day of the week with the Finance Lead
Payroll
* Collating and distribution of staff payroll information to external payroll provider
* Processing required account entries into ledger
* Verifying controls
* Pension payments and account management
Other
* Undertake training and professional development as and when required
* Disbursement of petty cash
* Assist the Finance Lead in creating financial reports on a regular basis
* Be prepared to assist local centers with financial queries and/or financial training
* Maintain fixed asset register, processing accounting entries as required

Temp - Perm

£22,420  - (pro-rated salary for 3 days per week is £13,452 per annum)