Are you a finance professional, looking for a rewarding role?
We’re hiring a Senior Finance Assistant to join us, at our head office in Aztec West, Bristol. This is a full-time hybrid role with a minimum of two days in the office.
In this role, you’ll assist the Finance Manager to generate and account for all income related activities at Brandon including the conversion of invoices into cash.
You’ll assist with the preparation of the month and year-end management accounts in respect of all main areas of income accounting and transaction processing. Including several different invoicing types, including using electronic call monitoring data, digital rostering data and commissioned hours for Local Authorities. Invoicing also includes individuals for part contributions to support provided by Brandon.
The closing date for this role is 9th September 2024
Benefits
- On-going training and career development including professional qualifications
- Contributory pension
- Shopping discounts including Blue Light card, EE perks and Costco membership
- Successfully 'recommend a friend' to join us and you'll receive a thank-you payment
- Access to wellbeing helplines.
- Health Cash Plan
We’re looking for:
- Qualified to AAT Advanced Diploma (level 3) or above, OR part-qualified in a chartered professional qualification OR qualified by experience (at least 2 years) of up-to-date knowledge and / or relevant financial/management accounting experience.
- Knowledge of prepayments and accruals, experience of effectively maintaining ledgers (e.g. cash book & bank reconciliations, sales ledger & credit control etc.)
- The ability to interpret financial information and investigate unexpected results/variances.
- Enthusiastic, conscientious and committed with the initiative and capability to work with the minimum of oversight.
- Have excellent interpersonal skills, able to develop good relationships with finance colleagues, internal customers and external contacts.
- Skills in using spreadsheets, Power Query, SharePoint and the integration of the Microsoft Power Platform.
- Ideally knowledge of voluntary sector accounting and Charity Commission reporting requirements.
Your responsibilities:
- To assist in the preparation of documented procedures for all areas required by the Finance Manager (Revenue)
- Contribute to the Revenue Team, sharing responsibilities and co-operating with the other Senior Finance Assistants to achieve the tasks and objectives set by the Finance Manager on a monthly and an annual basis.
- Undertake necessary credit control activities, as directed by the Finance Manager
- To review and validate the monthly imprest returns and prepare and post the monthly journal reflecting these transactions in the Accounting System.
- Support the Finance Manager with the process of collecting outstanding trade debtors.
- Cash allocations against invoices and accurate recording of differences.
- Expected to deal with Local Authority finance teams to resolve payment differences on a timely basis.
The interview for this role includes a Microsoft Excel exercise, please allow up to two hours for the interview.
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Brandon Trust work alongside people of different ability so they are able to create opportunity and feel empowered to live the life they want.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. If you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Successful applicants for this role will require a basic DBS check.
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all sections of the community.
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