Finance Assistant (Sales)
Salary: £22,199 £23,997 per annum, pro rata
Hours: Part Time 24 hours per week
(Position requires 24 hours per week. Schedule can be flexible, but must include availability on Fridays)
Location: Newton Aycliffe

We are Groundwork

aiming to be the UK s leading regeneration charity, working through partnership to create communities in which people are proud to live and work. Kindness is at the heart of everything we do here.

Each year we make an incredible difference to communities across the North East and Cumbria. We work on hundreds of individual projects each year, supporting disadvantaged communities and improving green spaces. We are proud that we change people s lives.

Want to join us?

We have some amazing people working with us and our Finance Team is at the heart of the organisation. This role will work with our project teams and financially keeping things ticking over. We are friendly, good spirited and hard working motivated to provide a great service to the rest of Groundwork.

We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognize and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work.

What will a typical day look like?

Take ownership of processing sales invoices for funding, rental & room hire
Taking pride in ensuring invoices are coded correctly and entered onto our Sage accounting package correctly
Keeping a keen eye on when invoices become outstanding, sending out statements and calling up to chase payment
Ensure that invoices are cleared for payment by checking against purchase orders
Dealing with queries and requests from our project teams
Assisting with the year end audit
Being a good team member and covering for other members of the team
General filing and scanning and any other special finance tasks that crop up

This role is subject to a Basic Disclosure endorsed by the Disclosure and Barring Service

What do we need from you?

Experience of working in an office role
Be a great communicator
Well organised and can meet realistic deadlines
Genuinely want to do your best pride in being accurate
Not afraid to ask if you re not sure
Work well with others
And if you have experience of Excel and an accountancy package, even better

What you ll get from us?

25 days holiday rising to 27 days with service plus statutory holidays
Family friendly policies to support work/life balance and time off in lieu for out of hours work
Cycle to Work Scheme
Life Insurance scheme
Opportunities to visit projects and to volunteer
A strong feeling of wellbeing for being part of something incredible doing incredible things

Closing date: Midnight on Thursday 3rd October 2024

Interested?

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button and follow the instructions on our website.

Make yourself at home:

We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognise and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work.

Groundwork NE & Cumbria is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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We reserve the right to close this advert at any time.

No agencies please.

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