Assistant Account - expenditure

Assistant Accountant - expenditure

(Fixed term - up to 12 months)

22.5 hours per week

(Working pattern can be worked across 3, 4 or 5 days)

£15,899.40 per annum plus excellent benefits including 8% non-contributory pension

Location - Basingstoke Head Office / Hybrid

About us

The Fire Fighters Charity supports the health and wellbeing needs of the Fire Services Community and offers a broad range of services tailored to meet individual need. The Charity is there to support the UK fire family at different times during their lives and for different reasons.

About the role

As an Assistant Accountant you will be part of a small team and will be responsible for providing accounting support (expenditure) across the organisation. The role is varied, and you will be effective at ensuring the purchase ledgers of the charity and our subsidiaries are effectively maintained.

You will ensure our invoice processing and approval system is maintained; ensure routine proposed payments of suppliers meet the terms of credit provided and the cashflow position of the charity; and that appropriate payment systems are recommended to minimise bank charges.

In compliance with our purchasing policy, you will ensure employee expenses and credit cards are managed and processed monthly and that delegated financial reports are prepared and distributed, ensuring queries are investigated and resolved.

Please see our values and our benefits for more infomration about working with us.

You

As well as having relevant experience in an accounts department, you will:

• Have excellent attention to detail and strong numeracy skills;
• Have accurate data entry skills;
• Have excellent communication and analytical skills;
• Have excellent IT skills and be proficient using Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 including MS Teams.

Whilst it is essential you have experience of using an accounting software, it is desirable that you have experience using Xledger.

How to Apply

More information about the role can be found on our website or please contact Kate Merryfield, Head of Finance, Reporting & Business Intelligence.

To apply for the role please submit your CV which should be no longer than 2 sides of A4 and include specific examples of what you have achieved and how that demonstrates that you meet the requirements of the role and person specification. You should also submit an introductory letter stating why you are interested in both the role and The Fire Fighters Charity.

Closing date: 9am on Friday 26 April 2024

Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 29 April 2024

The role will be subject to a satisfactory Basic Disclosure and Barring Service check.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community. When recruiting our new team members, regardless of the role, we are looking for people who share our values to help us to achieve our strategic plan.

We reserve the right to close this role early should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to contact applicants who are not shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was not successful this time.