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Finance Assistant

Employer
Harris Hill
Location
London
Salary
£25k - 28k per year
Closing date
23 Aug 2019

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Function
Finance & Legal
Sector
Education
Hours
Part Time
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

We at Harris Hill are proud to be working with national charity working with schools, colleges and communities across the country to raise awareness about historical events and its contemporary relevance.

This role involves carrying out the day to day financial administration for the organisation and generally supporting the Finance Manager and Head of Operations to manage the organisation's finances.


Key responsibilities: 

Financial
- Process and monitor all purchase invoices and expense claims
- Reconcile supplier accounts and raise queries
- Assist with preparation of payment runs
- Maintain the petty cash and ensure accurate recording of all petty cash expenditure, including foreign currency.
- Maintain the corporate credit cards
- Issue / monitor sales invoices and credit control
- Support the SMT in coordination of the annual budgeting process
- Support the Finance Manager and Head of Operations with quarterly and annual management accounting tasks
- Assist with regulatory filing

Essential Experience
- Experience in a similar role with a UK charity / non-profit

Skills
- Exceptional organisation, planning and administration skills
- Highly computer literate: confident and proficient with Word, Outlook and Sage 50 Accounts or similar
- High level skills and confidence using Excel
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent written and spoken (face to face and phone) communication skills
- Excellent numeracy skills

Qualities
- Self-motivated, hands on individual with a can-do attitude
- Punctual, reliable, and able to maintain confidentiality
- Able to work methodically, under own initiative and with minimal supervision
- Has a good record of delivering work to deadline
- Ability to work flexibly in a small team, building strong day-to-day relationships with colleagues

Company

Harris Hill has been providing the Charity and Not-for-Profit sector with high quality recruitment solutions for over 27 years. In the past year we have worked on more than 3,000 charity vacancies (approximately 2,000 permanent and 1,000 temporary) and are continuing to grow, developing new teams to respond to the strong demand for specialist charity professionals.

Our teams focus on specific functions within charities including Fundraising, Marketing/PR/Digital, Data Management & Business Support, Finance, Human Resources, Temporary and Executive-level roles.

We are committed to delivering a level of excellence to both candidates and clients alike and have an unrivalled reputation for finding talented people their ideal charity jobs within the UK's leading national and international charities and non-profit organisations.

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Company info
Telephone
020 7820 7300
Location
1 - 2 Paris Garden
London
London
SE1 8ND
United Kingdom

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