Finance Officer

Job Purpose The prime purpose of this role is to support effective and efficient use of financial resources and systems across Home-Start Greenwich. Ensuring day to day accurate and efficient financial administration, monitoring, and reporting. This role will also be required to provide support to the Finance, Fundraising and Marketing sub-committee. Key Accountabilities • Responsible for all aspects of maintaining the purchase ledger. Duties include inputting of purchase ledger invoices, maintaining supplier accounts, staff expenses, PLEO and executing timely and accurate payment runs. • Responsible for all aspects of maintaining the sales ledger. Ensuring authorisation and coding of invoices in line with company coding structure. Duties include AR invoicing, Debtor reporting. • Responsible for all aspects of Plumstead Nursery and Eglinton Nursery’s financial management. Duties include monthly invoicing, direct debit processing, debtor reporting and assist nursery manager on ad-hoc basis. • Work with HR and the outsourced Payroll provider in preparing and processing the monthly payroll, management of PAYE and Pension Payments. • Work with the Director of Operations to prepare annual budgets. • Produce regular budget monitoring reports and investigate variances to ensure delivery of our operations within agreed budgets, alongside budget leads. • Responsible for monthly balance sheet reconciliations. Management of Fixed Asset and depreciation Schedule • Assist with grant applications producing budgetary documents where applicable. Continually monitor and report on grants awarded to Senior Leadership Team, Directors Management Team and for the external funder. • Work with the Business Manager to ensure accurate and timely closure of the financial accounts for month-end, quarter-end and year-end and assist with the production of monthly management accounts. Reports include P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow. • Support the production of statutory audited accounts in collaboration with Director of Operations and auditors. • Recording and reconciling pretty cash and preparing postings to the finance systems • Assist in the recording of Gift Aid and reporting to HMRC in accordance with accounting principles and best practice. • Provide advice on queries around financial transactions and operations ensuring responses consider Home-Start Greenwich’s financial policies and procedures. In particular ensuring effective financial process and procedures are communicated to and followed by all staff. • Identify opportunities for improving financial systems according to best practice and highlight opportunities for reducing costs/improving contracts. • Maintain and suggest changes to financial procedures such that they retain efficiency across the organisation and are in-line with industry best-practice. Keep abreast of all changes in the financial accounting system. • Responsible for maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial accounting records in accordance with Home-Start Greenwich policies to facilitate timely management and statutory reporting, in accordance with accounting principles and best practice. • Undertake other finance administrative tasks and general support to the Director of Operations as required. Experience and skills • Qualified or part qualified AAT, CIMA, ACCA • Experience of producing detailed financial and management reporting to highlight the current position and future risks • Excellent computer literacy, including MS Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams and Internet applications • Advanced knowledge and experience of computerised financial accounting systems and spreadsheets – Xero desirable but not necessary • Proven experience in working directly with Senior Leadership Teams and external Accountants • Charity finance experience desirable