About the role

  • Finance Officer supporting finance processes across the organization in a hybrid work environment. Providing support for invoices, budgets, payroll and financial queries.

Responsibilities

  • Receive all supplier invoices (including member expenses), checking correct finance codes with relevant nominal, department, project, VAT and fund codes are on all invoices, and that the necessary authorisation is present
  • Scan and file all finance related documents (e.g. bank statements)
  • Set up fortnightly supplier payment runs for review by the Finance Manager
  • Work with budget holders and project leads to produce sales invoices
  • Liaise with budget holders to ensure correct coding of all invoices (nominal, department, project, VAT, and fund codes)
  • Credit Control – dealing with customer queries and chasing for payments fortnightly
  • Manage monthly credit card process including posting in Dext and reconciliation in Xero
  • Assist the Finance Manager with preparing for year end and audit fieldwork
  • Reconcile purchase ledger payments with the bank transactions
  • Run new starter finance inductions for budget holders and set up new staff on finance systems
  • Maintain process documents for all finance systems
  • Suggest and support relevant finance system and process improvements where identified
  • Be the first point of contact for finance systems and internal system integrations
  • Ensure new starters are processed by HR
  • Process leavers
  • Exported payroll reports and ensuring that they are filed in the correct place
  • Run the monthly payroll with Finance Manager
  • Submission of EPS and FPS to HMRC
  • Pensions administration
  • Minute-taking for Finance & Risk Committee meetings
  • Administrative support relating to committee management

Requirements

  • Desire to build a career in finance
  • Experience of computerised accounting financial systems and CRM
  • Experience in purchase and sales ledger management
  • Experience in running or supporting payroll and pension administration
  • Good organisation and time management skills
  • Commitment to professional and personal development
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Ability to explain finance processes to colleagues effectively using a business partnering approach
  • Willingness to gain an in-depth understanding of what we do at BSR, to enable all colleagues to do their best work

Benefits

  • Free period products in our office
  • Free flu vaccinations
  • Mental Health First Aiders
  • BUPA healthcare scheme- we offer a cash plan, which you can add children or partners to
  • Employee Assistance Programme. This is a free, confidential counselling service to all staff, as well as a general advice service provided by BUPA
  • WeCare offers access to a 24/7 virtual GP, as well as a mental health support service, a get fit programme and an online portal with lots of helpful resources
  • Our enhanced sick pay offer is:
  • Up to two years’ service: 4 weeks full pay and 4 weeks half pay
  • After two years’ service: 12 weeks full pay and 12 weeks half pay
  • We work in a social environment with a range of activities, both virtual and in person, run by our Social Squad. This includes an organisation- wide volunteering day.
  • 30 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
  • All staff can request sabbaticals at any point, which are considered on a case-by-case basis
  • We also offer an extra day for moving house
  • Bank holiday swaps- you can swap a bank holiday day for another day’s leave (entitlement remains 1:1 days)
  • We’re a 4 day week employer, which at BSR means working your fulltime hours (31.5 each week) over 5 days
  • We will help you develop your career by supporting your personal development and encouraging internal progression. This includes recognising individuals’ achievements through our internal staff awards. We offer a huge range of learning opportunities, both in-house and externally. This includes a thorough induction programme when you join us, as well as development opportunities aimed at line managers, and wellbeing-based learning sessions. And if professional membership is a required part of your role, we’ll cover the cost of that.
  • Income protection scheme
  • You’ll be enrolled on our pensions scheme with Aegon (via Second Sight). Our current pension match is 5% employer contribution if you contribute 4% (9% contribution in total).
  • Our life assurance policy pays three times your basic salary
  • Interest free season ticket loans
  • Ride-to-work scheme
  • Interest-free loan scheme
  • We also provide generous enhancements within our parental and family leave policies.
  • Our maternity/shared parental/adoption offer is 6 weeks at full pay, 33 weeks at half pay, followed by 13 weeks at the statutory rate.
  • Our paternity leave offer is 6 weeks at full pay.

Job title

Finance Officer

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£33,457 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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