Finance Officer (2014)

Do you want to create a better world for animals? At the RSPCA, we believe all animals deserve kindness and respect. We work for the benefit of every animal – as well as pets, that includes farmed animals, wildlife, and animals used in science. Choose a career with us and make a difference for every kind.

We are looking for a new team member as a Finance Officer where you will work closely with the Financial Operations team to ensure effective, efficient and accurate processing of financial transactions including income and expenses.  

• Working hours: 35 hours / Monday to Friday. 
• Hybrid role: your base will be at Horsham, West Sussex. With up to 3 days per week onsite. Applicants must be within a 1 hour distance from our Horsham hub.

Are you ready to join our movement?

As a Finance Officer, you will be responsible for responding to queries and supporting internal customers at all levels on financial systems and processes where appropriate, such as responding to external stakeholder and customer queries.

You will also be responsible for ensuring there is a clear record of financial transactions (income and expenditure) in accordance with organisational and tax authority requirements.

Your day would include the following:

• Checking and verifying bank transactions.
• Preparing ledger balances, control accounts and statements, reconciling statements, accounts and related transactions using the Sage accounting system.
• Identifying, correcting or referring to any errors or accounting discrepancies.
• Processing staff expense and credit card expenditure, validating spend against policies.
• Support with any ad hoc projects.
• Reconciliation of periodic statements, accounts and related transactions.  

The ideal Finance Officer would bring a good understanding of cashier and treasury experience and be able to work in an operational Finance Department. 

• Computer processing skills.
• Recent working experience in an operational financial function.
• Experience of working in a transaction processing function 
• Experience of customer service.. 
• Organised with the ability to multi task across several work streams simultaneously
• Knowledge of Inter-company transactions

Successful candidates for certain RSPCA roles will need to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK - We are unable to sponsor visas at RSPCA

Due to high interest in some of our roles, we review applications as they are received. This can occasionally result in positions closing earlier than advertised. Therefore, we strongly recommend submitting applications early. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applications after the posted closing date.

We want to ensure we do all we can to give you a positive candidate experience through our recruitment. Whilst we do try to give feedback where we can, sometimes due to receiving high levels of applications, this may not always be possible

We are building the future of a diverse Society, and our priority is to support animal welfare by finding people from all backgrounds who are committed  to our mission.  For this reason we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications - in particular from members of minority ethnic groups, and people with disabilities - as these candidates are currently under-represented at the RSPCA. Your transferable skills & lived experiences could make you a valuable addition to our RSPCA Family! 

Should you need any support with your application or interview process please contact resourcingteam@rspca.org.uk / 0300 123 0685.

Our mission is to ensure animals have a good life by rescuing and caring for those in need, by advocating on behalf of all animals and by inspiring everyone to treat them with compassion and respect