Alternative Futures Group
Finance Assistant - Debtors - FTC until March 2027
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In line with Alternative Futures Group mission, vision and values, the job holder will provide effective support to the Financial Accountant. The primary responsibility will be for the smooth running of the sales ledger ensuring all customer/commissioner invoices are processed and settled in a timely manner.
This role will be a fixed term contract until March 2027.
Principal Accountabilities
- Setting up and maintaining sales ledger accounts on to the Finance System
- Efficient and effective processing of customer/commissioner invoices, ensuring the amounts invoiced are correct and maximise the income to AFG.
- Ensuring accurate invoicing and facilitating prompt query resolution.
- Debtor account reconciliations – ensure the balance sheet control accounts are up to date at all times for each customer/commissioner, cash receipts are posted promptly, and all outstanding debts are pursued in accordance with AFG policies and procedures
- Raising sales invoices and credit notes in a timely manner and in line with agreed billing schedules.
- Collecting cash through the production of reminders, statements and through regular contact with customers via telephone, e-mail and letter.
- Ensuring financial and business controls are adhered to.
- Assisting with processing and accurate allocation of receipts.
- Issuing copy invoices/statements when required.
- Assisting with reconciliation of unallocated cash.
- Raising manual invoices and credits.
- Producing debtor reports; provide information to assist with company cash flow forecasts and ensure that processes and procedures are maintained in line with corporate requirements.
- Posting journals to the nominal ledger and correction of mis-postings.
- Compiling and submitting statistical information required by the Government or any other Statutory Body.
- Producing monthly and ad-hoc management information.
- Adhering to the year-end timetable and liaison with the auditors and other business colleagues to assist in the production of statutory accounts.
- Producing working papers to audit standard for the year end external audit.
- Provide cover within the Financial Accounting Team.
- Undertake one-off projects as and when required.
- Any other duties commensurate with this role.
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Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Keenness to learn, absorbs as much relevant knowledge and experience as possible and adapts to change quickly and co-operatively.
- A valued member of the team who provides support to others and contributes to creating an open culture and productive working environment.
- Demonstrates a genuine desire to provide a high-quality service.
- Is able to communicate effectively with customers and colleagues at all levels.
- Able to work confidently with both numerical and other data. Able to input and process data quickly and accurately.
- Ability to interpret and manipulate large amounts of financial data using excel spreadsheets.
- Keenness to make improvements, offering suggestions and taking action to implement changes.
Person Specification
- Basic education, literacy and numeracy skills
- Maths GCSE
- Proven experience within a Sales Ledger environment
- Demonstrate experience of working accurately under pressure within strict deadlines
- Knowledge of Windows based applications
- Keenness to learn, absorbs as much relevant knowledge and experience as possible and adapts to change quickly and co-operatively.
- A valued member of the team who provides support to others and contributes to creating an open culture and productive working environment.
- Demonstrates a genuine desire to provide a high-quality service.
- Is able to communicate effectively with customers and colleagues at all levels.
- Able to work confidently with both numerical and other data. Able to input and process data quickly and accurately.
- Ability to interpret and manipulate large amounts of financial data using excel spreadsheets.
- Keenness to make improvements, offering suggestions and taking action to implement changes.
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This is a predominantly home based role, with travel to our collaboration hub in Liverpool and other sites within the north west required. We therefore require applicants to live within the north west of England with the use of a vehicle to facilitate in person working.
With our extended flexible working options, you can choose to work your 35 hours per week on a 9-day fortnight or a 4.5-day week basis, supporting our employees with their work life balance.
This post is Band I as per our banding structure
We’re Alternative Futures Group, a health and social care charity providing specialist support for people with a learning disability or mental health condition.
We’re proud to have been positively changing lives and enabling people to achieve amazing outcomes for over 30 years.
We have a vision to create a world where amazing people do amazing things every day. Our skilled and experienced teams work with every person we support to create a personalised, outcome-focused plans to achieve their aspirations.
As a ‘values based’ employer, the people that work for us genuinely care about the people they support, and we are seeking likeminded people to join our team. If you are passionate about working in Health and Social Care and have a real desire to make a positive difference to the lives of the people we support then we would love to hear from you.
At AFG we also recognise the contribution and value that our staff make. We would not be able to provide the life changing support that we do without people like you!
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