Coram's Fields
Finance Assistant
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Finance Assistant
Location: Coram’s Fields, 93 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1DN
Salary: £30k per annum
Benefits: Defined contribution pension scheme, tax free childcare scheme, cycle to work scheme, employee assistance programme (EAP), season ticket travel loan
Annual Leave: 26 days per annum (plus bank holidays)
Reporting to: Finance Officer
Contract: Permanent full-time
Hours: 35hrs per week from Monday to Friday
Role Summary
The Finance Assistant will provide support to the Finance Officer in delivering on a variety of operational finance support functions. Experience in a finance role is desirable, but not necessary. The right candidate will have strong IT skills, organisational skills, will be numerically confident, with a problem-solving mindset and an interest in working in the charity sector.
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- Work closely with the other Finance Assistant and Finance Officers to ensure the smooth operation of all finance matters
- Process sales and purchase invoices, bank receipts and payments using Sage Accounts, coding income and expenditure to the relevant departments/nominal ledger
- Maintain up to date records on computer book-keeping package (Sage) and to maintain relevant electronic files
- Reconcile transactions from bank statements and ensure that all accounts balance; to investigate any long-standing unreconciled transactions if not
- Other reconciliations, including Soldo (prepayment cards) and petty cash
- Process payroll using Sage Payroll, ensuring timesheets are accurate, received in a timely fashion and authorised as required
- Work with service managers to ensure effective fee recovery through fee invoicing, fee monitoring spreadsheets, and the production of weekly fee reports
- Assist with the monitoring of restricted income/expenditure
- Raise invoices for hire of halls and sports pitches
- Assist with year-end processes, including the annual audit
- Deputise for the Finance Officer as cover in the event of illness or annual leave
- Carry out other general bookkeeping duties commensurate with the role
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