Finance Assistant (1 Year FTC)

Comic Relief

Location London
Salary £23,000 - 26,000
Team Finance and Resources
  • Closing: 12:00pm, 25th Sep 2019 BST

Perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Work from home option
Life Insurance
Wellness programs
Employee Assistance Programme
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
Paid emergency leave
Sabbatical Opportunities
Professional development
Mentoring/coaching
Paid volunteer days
Payroll giving
Salary sacrifice
Team social events
Extracurricular clubs
Cycle to work scheme
Free fruit

Candidate happiness

8.53 (8166)

Job Description

The Finance Assistant will ensure that all Comic Relief’s suppliers, grantees and staff expenses are paid accurately and in a timely manner.

Key responsibilities:

  • Complete supplier, staff and grant payment runs.

  • Successfully set up new suppliers on the finance systems and maintaining up to date records.

  • Day to day processing of accounts payable transactions with good attention to detail. Perform supplier statement reconciliations to ensure that supplier accounts are up to date and invoices are paid in a timely manner.

  • Communicate effectively with suppliers and internal staff on disputes with their accounts and in any queries.

  • Manage petty cash advances, check returned receipts, update the finance system and reconcile the cash floats.

  • Assisting with month-end and year-end close including journal preparation and bank reconciliations.

  • Supporting with audit preparation and collation of data for audit files.

Essential Skills and Competencies:

  • Proven working experience as a Finance Assistant or working towards an accounting qualification such as AAT.

  • Experience of using Finance systems – Microsoft Dynamics would be desirable

  • Customer Service Skills

  • Microsoft Office Skills

  • Integrity with the ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.

  • Excellent time management – prioritising workload and meeting daily, weekly and monthly deadlines

  • Good communication skills to deal with both internal and external stakeholders.

  • Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy

  • A fun, positive and engaged professional who demonstrates initiative and a proactive approach.

Removing bias from the hiring process

Applications closed Wed 25th Sep 2019

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Removing bias from the hiring process

  • Your application will be anonymously reviewed by our hiring team to ensure fairness
  • You’ll need a CV/résumé, but it’ll only be considered if you score well on the anonymous review

Applications closed Wed 25th Sep 2019