Title: Finance Officer
Type: Permanent
Hours: Part Time (approx. 21 hours per week - flexible)
Location: Highlands (Hybrid)
Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 (pro rata)
Overall Purpose:
The purpose of the role is to support the Financial Accountant with monthly accounting processes and with preparations for the year-end and the annual audit. The role is mostly home based with a requirement to travel on occasion for meetings etc.
Financial Accounting and Annual Accounts
* Support the Financial Accountant with corporate accounting, the preparation of financial accounts and working papers, and the external audit process.
* Create and maintain monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
* Support the Financial Accounting with month end processes such as calculating and posting prepayments and capitalising assets.
* Calculate and submit project accounting claims to external funders.
* Support the external auditor in their interim fieldwork, providing documentary evidence.
* Provide ad hoc analysis and forecasting as required.
* Maintain the data required for annual carbon reporting.
* Provide support to areas of work including development of data models and data analysis.
* Ensure that all behaviours align with the principles of Passion and dedication, Community, Pioneering, Inspiring leadership; as well as complying with the Health and Safety strategy.
* All post holders are required to be flexible with regards their job description so that the organisation can adapt to new opportunities and priorities over time.
Person specification: knowledge, experience and training:
ESSENTIAL
* Must have excellent numerical skills and substantial, proven experience of using excel spreadsheets and manipulating financial data and figures.
* Demonstrable capacity to analyse information and to present the results of that analysis in a clear and accessible manner.
* Demonstrable aptitude and skills to deliver payroll and pensions administration services.
* Must have experience of handling confidential information, and respecting and adhering to that confidentiality.
* Excellent communication skills verbal, written and presentational.
* IT skills competent user of the standard Microsoft suite of products.
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