Finance Assistant

Job title: Finance Assistant

Role profile: Finance Assistant Role Profile

Directorate: Finance and Corporate Services

Salary: From £27,000 depending on experience

Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week

Closing date: 30 September

Permanent or Fixed Term: Permanent

About Us

Yorkshire is one of the regions hardest hit by cancer. Together, we can change this.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is a charity dedicated to funding research so that you and those you love live longer healthier lives, free of cancer.

Thanks to supporters, the charity funds vital cancer research and pioneers innovative new services for people with cancer. These life-giving medical breakthroughs are helping more people survive cancer – in Yorkshire, and beyond.

As an inclusive employer, our aim is to ensure our workforce reflects the rich diversity of our region. We believe a diverse workforce is vital to us taking action to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer more effectively in Yorkshire. We offer equal opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnerships.

We’ve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do, and we’re looking for people who are aligned with these. As a Finance Assistant, you will put people in Yorkshire at the heart of everything you do, unite with colleagues and other organisations in this cause, and dare to think big and bold to make positive solutions happen.

To find out more about our values and how important they are to us, please read the role profile linked above.

The Benefits

We offer a wide and generous range of benefits designed to support our employees through every stage of life. To read about these, please see the benefits section of our Careers Page.

The Role

As a Finance Assistant, you will will be responsible for supporting the Finance Officers to accurately process financial transactions and reconcile bank statements to specified deadlines.

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual with experience of working in a Finance environment looking to further develop their career.

Specifically, you will:

• Work closely with other departments across the charity, including our charity retail network, to ensure income is recorded accurately and within the required deadlines.

• Process a range of other income, and support the Finance Team with HMRC gift aid claims, CAF voucher processing and recording bank interest.

• Prepare the daily banking which will include depositing at a local branch.

• Take responsibility for the coding and reconciling of income from our retail network.

• Raise sales ledger invoices to ensure income is received in a timely manner.

• Reconcile payments received and identify any discrepancies to ensure all income is accounted for accurately.

• Assist with processing investment transactions into Finance System.

• Support the Finance Officer to ensure the effective processing of the Purchase Ledger, ensuring that the charity's expenditure is accurately recorded and that supplier terms are met within the required deadlines.

• Manage the charity's petty cash (including LVC and Retail petty cash accounts), ensuring that receipts are received and monies are allocated within the finance system.

• Lead on Purchase Order monitoring, including a daily review of open and part matched Purchase Orders.

• Work closely with individuals from other departments to ensure Purchase Orders are being raised as necessary and ensuring all information is correct.

• Be the primary contact for queries relating to the Finance System from users within the charity.

• Set up new users on the Finance System and lead on training and induction for them, including how to use the system, how to raise a Purchase Order, the use of G/L codes and department codes, and how to approve Purchase Orders and Invoices.

• Assist the Finance Officer with processing all employee expenses, ensuring they are within policy, have the appropriate approval, and are paid in a timely manner.

• Lead on the month end reconciliation of stock, and process through the management accounts to meet the 5 working day deadline. Liaise with other departments to ensure stock records are accurate and up to date.

About You

To be considered for this role, you will need:

• To be educated to a minimum of GCSE or equivalent level or able to demonstrate relevant equivalent experience.

• To be ideally currently studying for or completed AAT or equivalent.

• To have proven organisational skills and attention to detail.

• To have demonstrable experience of working in a Finance Department, including experience on Finance packages and financial transaction processing.

• To have knowledge of business operations processes, preferably in a charity environment.

• To have expert proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and experience using a range of platforms and databases including CRM systems.

• To have excellent time management skills with an ability to manage a range of objectives and meet deadlines.

• To have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to engage with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

• To have excellent attention to detail, able to carry out tasks accurately, including correct data entry and reporting.

• To be highly motivated when working independently and part of a team.

Application

Before applying, please read the full role profile linked above.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is a responsible and flexible employer. We welcome any discussion for flexible working at the interview/offer stage where we will consider an individual’s circumstances against the needs of the charity.

We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. If we can make any reasonable adjustments to support your application please contact us.