Want to lend your skills to a charity which supports people with a learning disability as a Senior Finance Assistant?
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for the position of Senior Finance Assistant Income This is a key role that supports the financial strength of the business through effective credit management, Invoicing, Allocation of cash and stakeholder collaboration.
As a Senior Finance Assistant at MacIntyre, no two days are the same, you will be learning your profession from people with a great deal of experience and expertise in finance and technology.
About the Role
As Senior Finance Assistant- Income, you will be responsible for overseeing a portfolio of customer accounts, ensuring timely payments, resolving account queries, and managing debt recovery. You will play a vital part, driving best practice in cash collection, resolution, of invoicing issues and acting as a senior referral point for both internal and external stakeholders. You will be able to complete complex reconciliations.
Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will work as part of a wider team to ensure that Income is recognised in the correct periods and at the earliest possible opportunity, and You will be able to complete complex reconciliations to ensure that customer accounts are accurate and up to date.
This is a full-time role, Monday to Friday, 35 hours a week. Office based
Key Responsibilities:
* Manage debtor accounts and ensure customers pay to terms
* Maximise aged debt collection and minimise credit risk
* Process incoming funds and maintain account reconciliations
* Resolve account queries efficiently and professionally
* Run adhoc and regular invoices
* Maintain accurate customer master data
* Support team development with the Head of Finance
* Deliver ongoing coaching, mentoring, and training to the team and the wider charity
* Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Finance to support business growth and account management
* Contribute to the improvement of debt collection processes.
* Able to handle ledger in excess of £50 million
* Comfortable with many different credit terms from annual invoices to pay on receipt
* A Clean Enhanced DBS is essential.
In the absence of the Head of Finance, you will step in to ensure continuity and support in all aspects of the credit function.
About you
As a people orientated organisation, candidates must demonstrate a strong match for our vibrant culture and our core values:
Our successful candidate will celebrate differences, strive to make all our staff feel included, valued and respected as well as demonstrating the following skills and experience:
* Either part qualified or QBE
* Mentoring skills
* Proficiency across the Microsoft office suite; particularly Excel and Word
* Strong numerical Skills
* Excellent Written & Verbal Communication Skills
* Attention to detail and proven ability to work to tight deadlines;
* Ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload whilst maintaining a high degree of accuracy
* Pro-active with initiative and a strong team player
* Ability to build and maintain close relationships with internal and external stakeholders
* Experience supporting HOF with month end processes is desirable
* Strong Ability to Manage own time & responsibilities
About us
MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.
We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since.
We celebrate and develop everyone's unique gifts, talents and contributions.
Training and Development
Our training programme is tailored to support you and the development of your career from day one all the way through to any professional qualifications you wish to undertake. MacIntyre' aim is to empower our people to become the best that they can be and provide them with the tools to develop themselves personally, going beyond their technical ability and out with their field of expertise to become the leaders of our future.
Pay and Rewards
We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:
* Free parking from January, 2023
* Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
* Workplace Pension scheme – MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
* MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
* Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
* Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
* MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
* Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
* MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
* MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
* Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
* Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)
How to apply
If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV.
Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today.
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Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement
MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.
MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options: read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others. Just click the button marked “Accessibility” at the top of the screen.
COVID-19 Information
We will take every precaution to keep you and everyone involved safe during the recruitment process and your employment with MacIntyre. We encourage all our employees to follow Government advice and get vaccinated against COVID and flu. If you are a frontline care worker, you are on the priority list for vaccination.
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