Financial Accounting Officer

Your new company
Working for a well renowned Catholic organisation based in Westminster. The successful candidate will work on a 2-year ftc basis. This role sits within a collaborative and close-knit team where they will work alongside 3 other Financial Accounting Officers. Working in a large team within a well established and known Chairty.
Your new role

• Reporting to the Financial Accounting and Control Manager.
• Responsible for delivering timely, accurate and controlled period-end processes, monitoring and reconciling the general ledger accounts and managing payments and payment facilities.
• Maintaining accurate and efficient processing, ensuring the integrity and the reliability of financial controls.
• Enabling timely financial information to be provided to budget holders and other stakeholders.
• Management of the balance sheet reconciliation process.
• Month and year-end processes include managing the month-end timetable, uploading journals to the finance system and managing monthly intercompany journal postings etc.
• Management and operation of all payments systems and processes, including BACS, online banking, foreign payments, and cheque banking.
• Provision of support to the Financial Accountants in the preparation of statutory returns and compliance reporting.

What you\’ll need to succeed

• Great double-entry experience.
• Experience with journals, accruals, prepayments and fixed assets.
• Excellent IT skills, including MS Excel.
• Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to identify, investigate and interpret anomalous transactions and provide solutions.
• Great interpersonal skills and a confident communicator.

What you\’ll get in return

• 25 days of annual leave.
• Hybrid working. 3 days from home per week.
• Fantastic pension scheme.
• Season ticket loan.