Financial Accounting Assistant

A highly reputable Christian Charity are seeking a temporary Financial Accounting Assistant on a temporary basis for three months which could lead to permanent employment. You will report into the Finance Manager, support on all Financial Accounting tasks, process all cashbook entries, and be the acting Supervisor of the Purchase ledger team, managing and monitoring the tasks for PL to ensure they are completed on a timely basis within SLA’s. Please note you must be of Christian faith to be considered for this opportunity.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

Financial Accounting Assistant duties

• Undertake duties delegated in relation to the nominal ledger and month end tasks
• Support all Financial accounting tasks as required
• Preparation and posting of standard accruals, unauthorised invoices and prepayments and completion of balance sheet reconciliations
• Maintenance of the chart of accounts including creating new codes as requested for accounts & cost centres
• Maintaining the inter-company accounts at month end to ensure balances are cleared down
• Ensure multi-line journals follow the journal upload process
• Specific other financial accounting areas of work as capacity allows

Cashier duties 

• Processing all cashbook entries
• Ensuring cash book entries are kept up to date and reconciled
• Performing daily checks on bank balances to ensure minimum cash levels are maintained and transfers managed as required
• Ensuring Maintenance and processing direct debits for all charges
• Managing BACS payment runs in line with signing authority
• Processing incoming cheques and associated paperwork
• Maintain petty cash records, posting journals
• Payment of Sales ledger refunds in accordance with company policy
• Ensure the Donations are fully reconciled between NL and Donafy for the master data, giving and gift aid claims, maintaining mappings between the two

Acting Purchase Ledger Supervisor duties 

• Daily monitoring of Purchase Ledger tasks including the mailbox to ensure completion in line with SLA’s on a timely basis
• Point of Escalation for Purchase Ledger query resolution
• Feed into Finance manager for completion of team appraisals
• Point of contract for Operations and liaison for the BMR reviews
• Ensure completion of queries from the BMR review
• Monthly administration of charge card statements, including the posting of expenses journals
• Review monthly the aged creditors and prioritise aged balance resolution
• Set up and maintenance of Suppliers
• Manage Supplier relationships, ensuing the PL mailbox is first point of contact for
• Ensure Suppliers are paid within defined due dates

Please apply without delay to be considered for this exciting opportunity, this is a hybrid role working 2-3 days in the office per week.