Salary
£ £17.44 per hour
£30, £33,636.30 pro-rata
Contractual hours
20
Basis
Part time
Job category/type
Head Office
Date posted
23/08/2025
Job reference
REQ000120
20 hours per week across 4 or 5 days
JOB PURPOSE: To line-manage the day-to-day finance functions delivered by the two Finance Assistants. To assist in the provision of a comprehensive and effective business and financial management service to enjoyleisure, to support Enjoy in efficiently and effectively managing its services. Responsible to produce business and financial intelligence reports from the Finance system and the Leisure Management System, key to ensuring the organisation has the information required to effectively monitor and predict performance. To support the Head of Finance and Systems to ensure systems are optimised to the best standard and reporting capabilities are constantly reviewed and improved.
MAIN DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Finance
Prepare and post month-end journals
Reconcile monthly payroll data and prepare the monthly journal for loading into the financial system
Reconciliation of nominal account ledgers, assets and Balance Sheet accounts
Support the Head of Finance and Systems with the preparation and submission of the monthly VAT return
Prepare, consolidate and analyse monthly business and finance reports for distribution to management, with commentary on results, forecasts and risks
Design and produce standard and ad-hoc business intelligence and financial reports and statistics, ensuring accuracy, timely submission and that all reports meet the needs of the business
Prepare site specific income budgets for review by senior management, contributing to the overall annual budget exercise
Line management of two Finance Assistants (Sales and Purchase Ledger)
Perform ad hoc costing and income forecasting exercises and investigations, highlighting potential impacts of proposed changes
Business Reporting
Build a directory of accessible reports, sharing through the organisation where necessary
Investigate discrepancies in income/reports/systems and take steps to rectify/escalate as necessary
Approve monthly membership direct debit runs for collection and post related transactions into the finance system
Support Senior Management Team with any analytical task requiring financial or
Maintain a register of all IT equipment
Develop knowledge of best practice, identify trends and conduct industry benchmarking of enjoy's systems and recommend to senior management any necessary actions with fully costed forecasts and benefit analyses
Project manage the implementation of any new or upgraded systems as required by enjoy
Develop and implement systems policies and procedures as required
Other
Supporting the Head of Finance and Systems and the Senior Management Team in ongoing continuous improvement activities
Develop and present training for colleagues on systems and reports, promoting the transfer of skills through the organisation
Assist with and support the preparation of the statutory accounts and the audit process
Review and improve financial and systems processes to ensure effective use of resource and best practice
Deputise for the Head of Finance and Systems as necessary
Promote enjoy's vision and values and a corporate culture that is positive, customer focussed and supports employee engagement
Other such duties as appropriate and required by enjoy
Qualifications and Attainments
Essential
Education to 'Higher' level, NC or SVQ level 3 and/or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and competencies gained through relevant experience.
Be qualified by experience and studying towards a relevant accounting qualification (e.g. AAT/ ACCA/CIMA) and work towards full qualification.
Basic disclosure is an essential requirement of the post
Desirable
A full relevant accounting qualification (e.g. AAT/ACCA/CIMA)
Experience & knowledge (in an employed or voluntary capacity)
Essential
Experience of working in a financial environment
Experience of designing and providing business intelligence reports
Experience of working in a customer service environment
Experience of working collaboratively with others
Desirable
Knowledge of Technology One accounting software
Knowledge of Legend Leisure Management System
Competencies - Skills & Knowledge
Essential
Skilled user of IT packages, especially Microsoft 365 apps, particularly Excel.
Ability to adapt quickly to new systems
Ability to present ideas, reports and training in user-friendly language