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Finance Officer - Payables - Health & Social Care - £35k to £38k - SE London
This Finance Officer - Payables role, is a great opportunity for a dynamic and highly motivated Finance Officer - Payables, working for a not-for-profit, award winning, company which supports people with housing and assisted living. Reporting to the Finance Leader, the successful person will help run the finance department and to ensure that it operates seamlessly, efficiently and effectively to optimal level, striving to exceed internal and external customer expectations. You will have relevant hands on experience and qualifications with an ethos of continuous improvement to achieve exceptional high standards. The job holder will contribute towards the efficient operations of the purchase ledger, spend management, financial reviews, and business case developments in line with the company corporate values, principles, and strategies.
SALARY ETC:
- £35k to £38k, depending on experience.
- Benefits include; enhanced holidays, sick pay, Healthcare & Wellness support and benefits, Seasonal ticket loans, breakfast and refreshments, learning and development, etc.
- Hybrid working (after probation), work from home one day per week after 3 months and then 2 days a week after 6 months.
- Permanent, full-time
- Monday to Friday, 9am - 5:30pm, with an hours lunch break. (may be able to adjust times slightly for the right person)
- SE London
REQUIREMENTS:
- Fully qualified AAT or undergraduate degree or equivalent, as a minimum qualification (ACCA/CIMA/ACA would be an advantage).
- 4 years' experience across all accounting functions including purchase ledger, sales ledger, bank reconciliations and manual journals.
- Knowledge and experience in double entry bookkeeping.
- 2 years' experience using Xero accounting platform.
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Office suite of applications.
- Good organisation and personal planning skills.
- Ability to plan and prioritise own work to meet deadlines and strict targets.
- High level of accuracy and strong attention to detail.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to resolve complaints effectively
- Experience in the supported housing / social care, or similar would be an advantage, but not essential as long as you have empathy and an interest with the sector.
DUTIES TO INCLUDE:
- Responsible for our purchase order (PO) management system
- Receive, record and process purchase invoices on a daily basis
- Process the monthly supplier payment run and making payments via BACS correctly and by the due dates.
- Develop good working relationships with suppliers
- Complete monthly internal audits for the Finance Department.
- Maintain supplier accounts
- Reconciling accounts: Reconciling supplier statements, and the purchase ledger to individual supplier accounts
- To ensure that purchase orders are always raised in accordance with company policy.
- To regularly enter, review, reconcile and process the company’s expense management system
- Assisting in streamlining the accounts payable process, ensuring maximum efficiencies.
- Maintain the sourcing & supplier management software
- Ensure prompt and accurate processing of invoices prior to preparation of the Finance Pack.
- Perform research on potential business undertaking of the company as deemed necessary regarding gathering of information in collaboration with the Finance Leader.
- Maintain Stock control and Fixed Asset Register Audits to ensure records are accurate and reliable as well as help to protect assets from theft or unauthorised access.
- Perform daily bank reconciliations.
