Interim Finance Assistant

This is an interim role for approx. 3 months to support a financial transformation project with a Plymouth based charity. The Finance Officer will be part of the project team during the cut-over, deployment and launch of a new cloud based ERP system, Unit 4 ERPx. The successful candidate will help support the workstream lead refine, test and embed the new accounts payable functionality of Unit 4 ERPx within the organisation.Working in our Plymouth office you will help support a busy Accounts Payable team to accurately process financial transactions in the new system, in line with our finance policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work at pace within the Finance Transformation Project team.


• Testing the configuration of Accounts Payable functionality, escalating any defects to the Workstream Lead.


• Help to deliver and drive the improvement in the quality of supplier master data.


• Train Proactis, our automated invoice management tool, to use AI to recognise the format of supplier invoice and credit note templates.


• Provide training, coaching and support to the existing team in preparation for go-live and beyond.


• Assist the existing Transactional team to process expenditure transactions using the Society’s new finance system and ensure they comply with internal procedures and guidance.


• Handle suppliers’ queries to ensure payments are made in line with Policies and suppliers’ payment terms, liaising with the appropriate budget holder as necessary.


• Provide a high quality of customer service to internal and external customers.

Essential Experience / Qualifications and Attributes Required:

• AAT qualified or working towards or equivalent experience.


• Knowledge of financial accounting standards, year-end audit requirements and financial policies, process and control.


• Experience in the charity sector would be an advantage.


• Experience in finance or other processing roles.


• Experience using Unit 4/Agresso finance system or other ERP systems.


• Experience of working in a fast paced project, ideally a finance transformation

If you have the relevant experience as detailed, please submit an up to date CV by using the ‘apply’ button.