£13,421.35 per annum / £11.44 Per hour (effective 1/6/2024 this will rise to £11.54 per hour/ £13,538.67) 22.5 hours over 5 days Permanent contract North Yorkshire Hospice Care Sites We are looking for a person to support the operation and development of North Yorkshire Hospice Care by contributing to an effective finance function and to work as part of the Finance team to ensure the operation of effective and accurate financial processes and systems. This person should have an experience in finance, and be used to using excel spreadsheets. This person should have a passion and wish to work in a charity environment. Have you been recommended to this role by a current employee as part of our recommend a friend scheme? Dont forget to let us know after clicking apply. Benefits include: 35 days holiday per year (including Bank Holidays, pro-rata) Comprehensive Induction Programme Refer a friend bonus scheme Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of 8% Lifestyle discounts and savings Cycle to work scheme Employee Assistance Programme Access to staff support Free group life assurance Free DBS check Free car parking at Crimple House location. You will be joining an organisation that is driven, caring, and responsive and you will be playing an important role in enabling us to provide our highly valued services to the people of Harrogate, Hambleton, Richmondshire, and District. At North Yorkshire Hospice Care we believe that children, young people and adults should never experience abuse of any kind. Every member of our organisation has a responsibility to promote the welfare of all who encounter our services. We aim to keep people safe and to operate our services in a way that protects them; to make reporting concerns as easy as possible and respond quickly; to listen to all worries and work in partnership with individuals and agencies. All our staff and volunteers receive annual training on both adults and children/young peoples safeguarding. This impacts our recruitment processes and we have adopted a number of safer recruitment practices, which our HR and People team can talk through with you. We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks being obtained including but not limited to identity checks, DBS clearance at an appropriate level for the role, verification of right to work in the UK, employment references and employment history. Costs of pre-employment checks will be met by the organisation. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just B, Saint Michaels Hospice, and Talking Spaces. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (2121179). Unfortunately, we are not currently able to consider applicants who do not have the right to work in the UK, but we are exploring becoming a sponsorship employer and hope to be able to offer this in the future. Job Description Finance Assistant Job Purpose To support the operation and development of North Yorkshire Hospice Care by contributing to an effective finance function and to work as part of the Finance team to ensure the operation of effective and accurate financial processes and systems. Key Tasks Operational To process invoices for authorisation and payment, managing the payment run process via BACS and dealing with any queries, reconciling supplier statements, and organising accounts. To log and reconcile income and expenditure within Xero, aligning with standard accountancy practice as detailed in the Finance SoPs. Together with the rest of the Finance team ensure that all cash received is counted and prepared for banking accurately. To organise and support the weekly cash collections, maintaining and managing the relationship with the collection company. To operate the petty cash system, making payments to employees in cash and via the payroll, processing expenditure and completing reconciliations. To work with volunteers ensuring that they receive support and guidance as necessary so that they can follow procedures correctly and make a real contribution to the department. To raise sales invoices for expenses recharges and monitor the receipt of payment, raising any issues with the Hospice Accountant and Budget holder, as necessary. Together with the rest of the Finance team ensure that all information is filed or archived promptly and correctly to support easy access and retrieval, and that archived records are destroyed appropriately in line with North Yorkshire Hospice Care procedures. To work with the Finance team in controlling costs and monitoring cost saving activities. To cover certain activities of the Finance team when other team members are out of the office (e.g bank downloads, monitoring correspondence, providing information to Supporter Care team). To work with the Finance Team in the operation of the payroll, undertaking collation, input and updating of information onto the payroll system, and providing cover for the remainder of the process as necessary. To answer employees queries in a prompt and efficient manner, making any amendments where required. To process the paperwork received from retail, ensuring journals are entered, files are maintained for control purposes and archived. To undertake monthly credit card statement reconciliations to ensure the accuracy and completeness of records and appropriateness of VAT treatment. To post transactions to Xero. The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation. Overarching responsibilities To embed the values of the organisation into your working practices evidencing this regularly and ensuring this remains a priority. To live out our values, which drive all that we do, in the context of your everyday work following our behaviour framework. To work in accordance, and fully comply, with our organisational policies and procedures. To carry out all duties in accordance with the law,, regulations, organisational frameworks, recognised professional guidelines and the have a commitment to FREDIE, integration and collective decision making. Throughout your time with us we will conduct ongoing employment checks and performance reviews relevant to your role, for example professional registration checks, DBS, appraisals and regular contact meetings. Key results/objectives/measures of success Accurate and timely financial processing. Schedule: Day shift Monday to Friday Work Location: In person Application deadline: 19/05/2024