Finance Officer (2419)

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We are looking for a new team member as a Finance Officer, you will be working as part of the Finance team reporting into the Finance Operations Lead

Working hours: 30 hours / Mon - Friday. 

Hybrid role: Your base will be at Horsham West Sussex. Hybrid working isn't a tick exercise for us - we live the values, expectation for this role will be up to 2 days per week in the office, and this is open to be flexible around you and the operation

Please note that applicants must be within a 1 hour commute to our Horsham office.

We role model our values through our people culture and keep connected through regular/daily check-in's and team meetings, your colleagues are always on hand to support or chat. It's important to us that you feel part of our team from the get go! 

It's important to us that you feel part of our team from the start. We like to keep in touch with regular check-ins and team meetings. There's always a teammate around for support or a quick chat.

Are you ready to join our movement?

We think this role's going to be popular and are expecting to attract high interest so we strongly encourage early applications to avoid missing out - closing date is Friday 18th July.

Here at RSPCA we know it's a cliche but no two days are the same, as a Finance  Officer we've added a short summary of what the role entails, for a full insight please refer to the attached job description.

Your role as a Finance Officer would be to ensure effective, efficient and accurate processing of financial transactions.

• Raising and receipting purchase orders.
• Processing purchase invoices, credit notes, sales orders and invoices.
• Applying payments in a timely and accurate manner.
• Periodic payment of suppliers. 
• Ensuring there is a clear record of financial transactions (income and expenditure) in accordance with organisational and tax authority requirements. 
• Responding to queries from internal customers, expediting delivery of ordered goods and services and supporting internal customers on financial systems and processes; responding to external stakeholder and customer queries. 
• Checking and verifying bank transactions.
• Preparing ledger balances, control accounts and statements, reconciling statements, accounts and related transactions.
• Identifying and correcting or referring any errors or accounting discrepancies.
• Providing cost and revenue information in the required formats to the relevant people. Compiling data and reporting information about income and expenditure to support decision making and management planning.
• Support with any ad hoc projects.

The successful candidate has demonstrable experience of the following areas: 

• Strong customer service 
• Great communication skills - building positive relationships
• Highly motivated you thrive in a  remote work environment but also enjoy connecting with your team virtually
• Organised with the ability to multi task across several work streams simultaneously
• Happy and comfortable to work in a dog friendly office
• Computer processing skills.
• Recent working experience in a financial function.
• Experience of working in a transaction processing function 
• Experience of customer service.

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

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