Finance Assistant

REED Accountancy and Finance are actively recruiting a temp Finance Assistant to start ASAP (After DBS Check has been completed) for a 7 - 8 month contract (potential to go perm) for an Not for profit education establishment based near Sherborne. You will need to be Immediately available to start and undergo REED Screening compliance checks (including full referencing and DBS Enhanced Check) before commencement of the assignment. Joining a Finance Team, you will report into the Assistant Finance Director to support in a varied role. HYBRID Options are available

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Finance Assistant (Part Qualified AAT / Significant QBE in Finance)

Office Based (Sherborne) initially - with HYBRID Options Available

Hours - 30 hours / Full Time

Salary: £16.00 (PAYE) to £20.00 (Umbrella) per hour

Key Responsibilities

Trips

• Review existing trip-related processes and develop clear standardised procedures for trip requests and maintaining a master list.
• Ensure trip costs are correctly allocated and fully accounted for, and that cash or Caxton cards are available as needed.

Month-end, Year-end and Reconciliations

• Develop monthly schedules from existing year-end information and bring income and debtor schedules up to date.
• Work with the billing team to ensure required reconciliations are aligned, completed efficiently and without unnecessary duplication.
• Log and record the SI income and perform necessary reconciliations. Current processes should be reviewed, documented and updated.

Budgeting Support

• Support the AFD with the budgeting process with collating information received into clear and useful schedules.
• Assist in areas of the budgeting process where arrangements would benefit from formal review and development.
• Support the AFD in developing and adapting systems quickly to support effective delivery within required deadlines.

House, Charity Collection and Ad-hoc Accounts

• Review the house accounts, including historic balances where required, to identify and address outstanding matters.
• Establish clear procedures and controls to support consistent management of house accounts going forward.

• Report on recommended actions to be taken to address any historical matters.

Stakeholder Engagement and Documentation

• Work with the wider finance team to capture existing knowledge and ensure procedures are clearly and formally documented.

Other Duties

• Support the AFD and wider Income and Billing Team as needed in areas such as invoicing for subsidiary companies and other general requirements as can be reasonably required.