Finance Officer

Are you a qualified or part qualified AAT candidate? Yes

Have you got previous experience using Xero?

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Finance Officer for a well-established forward-thinking charity in the Swindon area. You will provide an effective and efficient financial support service to the organisation, ensuring compliance with its policy and always delivering operational excellence.

Duration: 6 months Fixed Term Contract (very likely to go permanent) ASAP start date

Main Duties:

• Must be able to use accounting software XERO
• Undertake specific operational finance tasks - purchase orders and invoices, monthly reconciliations to support to ensure the efficient and effective use of the organisation budget, ensuring compliance with the organisations financial policies
• Support the processing of central orders, invoices and preparation of central BACS payments ensuring all transactions have the appropriate authorisation.
• To supervise the financial administration and transaction processing undertaken by the Finance Officers, including grant funding receipting, purchase order / invoice processing, sales invoice processing, petty cash and credit card transactions.
• Main point of contact for administering, ordering and invoice processing for the Central Services Team.
• Processing and production of routine supplier and staff expenses BACS payment run.
• Aid the finance team to ensure invoices are supported, where applicable, by relevant purchase orders.
• Assisting with payroll information
• Ensuring that the processing of all transactions is timely and that deadlines are met

The ideal candidate will be part of fully AAT qualified, MUST have experience of using accounting software XERO, have a high level of computer and numerical literacy, including packages such as Excel and Word. As well as having strong organisational skills, an eye for attention to detail and effective time management skills.

This is an integral role for our client, and they are looking to interview people as soon as possible. If you are interested in this role and would like to hear more and potentially be submitted, please apply now and we can arrange a call