Finance Administrator
Full Time
Job Description
- Provide support to Service Managers and staff teams on financial procedures, working together to ensure prompt receipt of Petty Cash, Bank and Credit Card returns.
- Responsible for chasing receipts and entering information from the monthly returns, petty cash and credit cards onto the financial ledger, identifying and resolving any discrepancies with the relevant area.
- Ensure reconciliation of service’s bank returns to bank statements, plus petty cash and credit card accounts and identify any grants or donations received or spent by the service.
- Provide general support producing monthly reports for services and Trustees.
- Review the debtor balances for the people we support financial contributions, ensuring they reflect the amount charged and that all amounts due are recovered.
- Liaise with the contract income team advising of any complex or disputed debt issues for follow up action.
- Provide cover for purchase ledger, sales ledger, bank reconciliations and payment runs.
- Assist with raising regular sales invoices and related debt management
- General Office Administration - filing all accounts correspondence, ordering office supplies.
- Provide and analyze data as requested by the Management Accountant, Finance Accountant and Income Accountant.
- Build and maintain professional relationships with all stakeholders both internal and external.
- Share responsibility with the Trust for own professional/career development, including attendance at training courses where required.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Good IT skills, especially word and excel
- Good verbal and written communication skills, accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff, people we support and a range of stakeholders
- Ability to build and maintain productive working relationships and partnerships
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team and be self-motivated
- Ability to identify issues and develop a logical and clear approach to problem solving, and tenacity to see something through to satisfactory resolution
- Effective time management and work prioritization skills and the ability to work well under pressure
- Willingness to be flexible, adaptable and responsive to change
- Educated to at least GCSE Level A-C or equivalent in math and English or equivalent
- AAT qualified, or part qualified, or relevant equivalent experience that demonstrates competence
Reference no: 79050