Senior Accounts Clerk

• Position: Senior Accounts Clerk - Part-time
• Salary: £19,200 - £23,400 per annum (depending on experience) / £32,000 - £39,000 per annum FTE
• Location: Near Broxbourne, Herts
• Contract: Permanent, Part-time / Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 22.5 hours per week/ 9am-5:30pm

Our client:

Our client is an unique organisation providing a wide range of humanistic and caring services for children and young people experiencing family and community exclusion and are looking for a part-time Senior Accounts Clerk to join their growing team.

Job Role:

The role as Senior Accounts Clerk is to support the CEO/Founder by leading the operational day to day elements involved with running the Finance Department. This currently involves leading and developing one other team member whilst maintaining high standards of support to the wider community.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintenance of accurate and timely accounting records sufficient to comply with internal and external reporting purposes
• Oversee and check all accounting records are processed within the month[1]end timetable via our accounting software
• Oversight and responsibility for monthly reconciliation of key control accounts including all bank reconciliations
• Responsible for monthly review of Aged Debtors and Creditors and follow up outstanding balances as required
• Drive the continuous improvement of end-to-end accounting practices
• Prepare and post monthly accruals, prepayments and similar accounting entries
• Leading the analysis of monthly and quarterly numbers and presenting findings to the CEO
• Managing an end-to-end audit process of current systems - while acting as the first point of contact for external auditors
• Continually identify risks to delivery, propose solutions where necessary
• Dealing with working capital management and production of cash flow forecasts
• Preparation and submission of VAT returns
• Assisting with invoicing and payments
• Creating statutory accounts
• Ad hoc projects as and when required
• Produce effective departmental budgets
• Ability to delegate and manage the work of others.

Procurement

• Responsibility for all expenditure processes and the purchase ordering system
• Review of purchase orders to ensure purchasing procedures followed and goods are being ordered within agreed budgets
• Responsibility for the control and operation of payment processes, including the importing of weekly supplier BACS payments
• Supporting the CEO/Founder and FD to achieve value for money and cost saving efficiencies Payroll & Pensions
• Overseeing the timely and accurate completion of the staff monthly payroll working with the external payroll provider
• Overseeing the financial administration of new starters, leavers along with monthly payroll contract changes
• Checking of maternity & paternity requests and schedule information
• Oversight and maintenance of accurate monthly staffing records.

Payroll & Pensions

• Overseeing the timely and accurate completion of the staff monthly payroll working with the external payroll provider
• Overseeing the financial administration of new starters, leavers along with monthly payroll contract changes
• Checking of maternity & paternity requests and schedule information
• Oversight and maintenance of accurate monthly staffing records.

Person Specification

• The successful candidate is likely to possess many of the following personal characteristics, experience, skills, and knowledge Qualifications
• Experience of working in an office environment at a senior level with extensive financial knowledge
• AAT level 3 or 4 or Certificate of School Business Management or significant experience and knowledge of procedures and regulations relevant to leading the finance function of a business or strong technical accounting knowledge.

Knowledge & Skills

• IRIS KashFlow accounting software knowledge or equivalent software packages
• Knowledge and experience of payroll for a staffing
• Excellent numeracy and literacy skills with an ability to analyse and interpret financial data
• Competent and effective user of IT, including Excel (inc Excel modelling)and Word and the ability to learn to use IT software relatively quickly
• Attention to detail and an analytical mind
• Knowledge of budget setting and monitoring

Other Personal Qualities

• Abilities to lead, to inspire, to work as part of a team, to work independently and to think laterally and creatively
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff and external bodies at all levels
• A passion for working for working for a unique organisation that supports Children and young people experiencing exclusion who are often on the edge of care or being looked after by the local authorities.

Safer Recruitment

The role involves contact with children, you will be required to undergo the relevant vetting and barring checks. This will include checking for criminal convictions and checking that you are not barred from working with children. All information you provide will be treated as confidential and managed in accordance with relevant data protection legislation and guidance. You have a legal right to access any information held about you

Please note that Smart10 Recruitment Group is serving as an employment agency/business for this opportunity. Your application will be thoroughly reviewed in comparison to other candidates, and if you are shortlisted, we will contact you directly soon.

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