Senior Finance Officer
Please Note: The application deadline for this post has now passed.
Post Introduction
The purpose of this role is to support the Head of Finance in leading a small team of staff to manage the day to day accounting duties of the NS. The Head of Finance will focus on strategic planning and management, internal and external reporting and compliance, whilst the Senior Finance Officer will oversee day to day accounts receivable, accounts payable, and banking functions.
The National Church Institutions comprises a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.
We Include. You Belong.
Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.
Living out our values in all that we do, we:
- Strive for Excellence
- Show Compassion
- Respect others
- Collaborate
- Act with Integrity
We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we’re looking for then we would like to hear from you.
About the Department
The National Society for Education (NS) is one of the National Church Institutions, working to develop leaders, shape education policy and grow faith in the areas of school, church, and home. The NS team works remotely across the UK, with teams focused on professional development for educational leaders, school inspections, shaping policy around curriculum and inclusion at the national level, increasing diversity amongst our educational leaders, implementing the Archbishops’ Young Leaders Award, and supporting children and young people in their faith journey through our Growing Faith Foundation and our FLOURISH project which is seeking to grow worshipping communities in schools.
What you'll be doing
- Line management of small team (currently two roles)
- Supervision of accounts receivable and payable functions, ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices, expenses, debtor chasing, credit notes
- Managing an outsourced payroll function
- Management of all banking functions, including payment runs, daily and weekly bank processing and reconciliation
- Management of general ledger accounts to trial balance, including month end closure,balance sheet reconciliation and income statement accounts review.
- Processing monthly standard journals and any other journals in the process of trial balance review and management accounts preparation by the Head of Finance
- Managing a shared inbox to ensure workflows are functioning and that messages are responded to in a timely manner
- Supporting the Head of Finance in maintaining official systems and procedures
- Supporting the Head of Operations in maintaining the Team Manual Finance pages
- Supporting team managers and staff throughout the NS in their interaction with finance systems and procedures
- Supporting the Head of Finance in budget and annual audit preparation and other ad hoc work that may arise
About You
The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while of course we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to recruiting disabled people. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Experience in payroll support & posting in accounts
- Experience of working in AR and AP
- Experience of managing banking functions
- Experienced line manager
- Experience using cloud-based accounting software
- Experience in developing and documenting processes
- Experience in using excel
- Strong attention to detail
- Able to track multiple deadlines and organise work appropriately with a team
- Able to review processes and suggest improvement
For a detailed person specification, please see attached job description.
What we offer
Our benefits include:
- A salary of £38,918 plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of salary.
- 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus three additional days
- Flexible working hours and location. The role is home-based with some travel.
- Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships
- Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies
We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
