Role outline and purpose  

The Assistant Accountant role supports the Finance Transactions Manager leading the month end close process, posting journals, reconciling accounts, enhancing systems, processes and ad hoc project work, this role ensures we have timely, accurate financial information to support robust monthly reporting for both Trussell & associated entities. Utilising system knowledge, working with business systems across the organisation and reconciling back to the finance system to provide integrity to the accounts and enable comparative analysis across systems.

Role responsibilities

·       Management accounts –    lead the accounting and bookkeeping at month end, taking accountability for delivery against an agreed timetable.  This will include reconciliation of accounts, preparing calculations, and journals to enable accurate and efficient financial reporting as well as leading on maintaining the accuracy and integrity of Group balance sheet accounts.

 ·       Reporting and Systems Enhancement – Using wide-ranging excel skills to reconcile sizeable amounts of data such as CRM system to accounting software, accurately and to deadlines.  Take a lead on business system integrations; such as the accounting system (currently XLedger) and SalesForce. Using your system knowledge to identify opportunities for integration, working with system suppliers, implement system and process improvements.  Understanding and developing current high-volume journals to increase efficiency and accuracy.

 ·       Compliance support and solutions/query resolution – Providing robust data to support the year-end and audit cycle and compliance team.  Proactively contributing to a culture of resourcefulness, continuous improvement and best practice across the team supporting on other developmental projects across the wider finance team, and acting as a customer focused, solution-orientated member of the team.

 ·       Power user of accounting software – learning and sharing this expertise with the wider organisation to improve user experience and processing efficiency.

 ·       Develop financial processes – In a culture of continuous improvement and a changing environment ensure processes are up to date, efficient and mapped across systems. Proactively amending the processes as required and recommending process improvements.

Person Specification

Technical skills and minimum knowledge:

 ·       Part qualified (minimum level 3 AAT, or equivalent) or equivalent qualified by experience.

 ·       Experience in a similar role, ideally working with large transactional volumes.

 ·       Knowledge and experience of working with a variety of finance and CRM systems.

 ·       Adept at working with Microsoft applications, in particular Excel.

 Behaviours and competencies:

·       Ability and keenness to work across different tasks as the organisation’s needs determine.

·       Has a clear idea of priorities and manages own time appropriately. Stakeholder oriented with a desire and enthusiasm to work with colleagues to achieve organisational objectives.

·       Ability to work as an agile team, supporting one another and sharing tasks to provide support and cover.

·       Demonstrate a commitment to the values of Trussell.

·       Demonstrates empathy for people from disadvantaged, marginalised or socially- excluded backgrounds.

 Key Stakeholders

·       The wider finance team

·       Trussell suppliers/donors/3rd party vendors