Finance Officer

A Healthcare Charity in East London are seeking a Finance Officer on a permanent basis. The Finance Officer is a key support role for Finance & Operations and the wider organisation, responsible for dealing in a timely and effective way with bookkeeping, finance, payroll and general financial administration.This is a hybrid role. Main Duties - - Manage the Purchase Ledger for the organisation in accordance with the procedures outlined in 2 the Finance Manual and Handbook. - Process purchase invoices on the accounting system and arrange for the payment of appropriately authorized invoices. - Administer all staff, volunteer and trustee expenses. - Assist the Finance manager with the month the end process.- Conduct bank reconciliations for the Trust and Trading companies.- Update the Fixed asset registers.- Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts and getting sign off from the Finance Manager.- Preparation of quarterly VAT returns.- Work with HR and the outsourced payroll provider to ensure that both weekly and monthly payroll is processed and administered accurately and on time.- Bank reconciliation of money received to ensure the amounts and coding on the accounts system agree with those on the Fundraising database/ bank iv. - Assist the Finance Manager with preparation of ad hock reports for the various managers. Experience - - Previous book-keeping and payroll administration experience. - Knowledge of control account reconciliation. - Experience of preparing accounts to trial balance. - Understanding of the importance of sound financial controls embedded into the transactional processing activities within Finance. - Excellent numeracy. - Advanced Microsoft Excel skills. - Good working knowledge of other Microsoft Office packages. - Strong written and verbal communication skills. - Experience of finance in the charity or not-for-profit sector is an advantage. - Knowledge of charity SORP accounting is desirable. - Knowledge of Business Central and Raiser's Edge is an advantage
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