Young Gloucestershire
Assistant Accountant
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Who Are Young Gloucestershire
Young Gloucestershire supports disadvantaged young people who are facing challenges in their lives. Our vision is for young people to have the confidence, motivation, and skills to improve their lives. We work to achieve this vision by creating opportunities that educate, inform, and inspire by;
- Providing training for young people to take the next step
- Working with young people to make informed decisions by offering practical support
- Working with communities to provide opportunities for young people
Our Benefits Include:
- EAP
- Life Insurance
- Entitlement of 25 days annual leave (Pro rata) plus bank holidays
- December Shutdown (Christmas Period)
- In-house CPD training
- Enrolment into Pension Scheme and employer contribution
- Comprehensive induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, and shadowing
- Staff days
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Accountant to join our finance team. As Assistant Accountant, you will be responsible for the preparation of financial reports as well as maintaining and updating the general ledger.
Specific Duties
- To undertake all regular and month-end accounting processes to produce draft management accounts, including prepayments, accruals, and monthly payroll posting.
- Support payroll processes as required.
- To produce draft management accounts for review, efficiently and accurately within deadlines, with supporting information and/or explanatory notes or schedules.
- Investigate and report on areas of concern relating to variances in expected sources of income or expenditure.
- Manage the college contracts, ensuring correct funding is received.
- Support Senior Manager (Finance) with the year-end statutory accounts and audit process.
- Reconcile and allocate payments received via Just Giving.
- Reconcile control accounts monthly.
- Prepare defrayal documents for project funding.
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General Duties
- Maintain accurate records/reports and ensure required paperwork is completed on time.
- Take responsibility for the health, safety, and welfare of young people with specific safeguarding duties.
- Contribute to a process of continuous improvement and regular review of systems and controls to ensure efficient and cost-effective operations.
- To be flexible and undertake work which supports the needs of the organization.
Additional Responsibilities
- Understand Young Gloucestershire’s Vision and Mission.
- Understand and uphold YG’s Equality and Diversity, Safeguarding, and culture.
- Maintain accurate records using YG’s financial systems.
- Complete essential training.
- Uphold Young Gloucestershire’s ethos and policies.
- Promote a positive image of Young Gloucestershire.
- Work as part of the wider organization and undertake duties as required to ensure the strategic objectives of the organization are achieved.
- To undertake training and other developmental activities as required.
- To operate within the policies and procedures of Young Gloucestershire.
- To ensure that the work reflects the organization’s commitment to equality and diversity.
- To maintain a teamwork approach to all aspects of the work.
- To promote and maintain a positive image of Young Gloucestershire as a responsible and professional service.
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Person Specification
The following are the criteria that will be used for shortlisting:
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Excellent working knowledge of SAGE Line 50 and understanding of the payroll process.
- Progress towards completion of an accounting qualification.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel. Ability to understand complex formulas. Must be demonstrated during the recruitment process.
- Exceptional attention to detail and data accuracy.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and handle sensitive data.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team with shared and overlapping objectives.
- A mature, proactive, and diplomatic approach, with the ability to work unsupervised.
- Confident communicator with an ability to liaise and work with people at all levels.
- Current clean Driving Licence.
- Ability to work flexibly and take on training when required.
- Experience of working in the charitable and/or voluntary sector.
We celebrate our inclusive work environment and encourage people of all backgrounds and perspectives to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role; you must have the right to work in the UK.
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