Finance Assistant in Newcastle upon Tyne

Are you detail-driven, proactive and ready to develop your finance career? We’re looking for someone who’s passionate about accuracy, keen to learn, and excited by the idea of making a real impact across the organisation.

You will play a key role in our Finance Team, providing hands-on support in all areas, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, business partnering, procurement, and cash management. You’ll help keep our financial processes running smoothly by ensuring transactions are processed accurately and on time, records are well-maintained, and supporting our month-end and year-end reporting to be completed effectively.

You will be based at our hot-desking office in Newcastle upon Tyne, NE13 9BA.

About you:

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• GCSE Maths and English (A*-C / 4-9) or equivalent
• Significant experience working within a finance environment, with an understanding of core accounting processes and controls.
• Demonstrable experience of supporting month-end activities, including reconciliations, accruals, and prepayments.
• Experience of processing invoices, payments, or income transactions in a busy finance team.
• Excellent attention to detail and high standards of accuracy.
• Strong organisational and multitasking skills, able to work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to provide a professional and responsive service to colleagues and external partners.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel (formulas, lookups, reconciliations, and data checking).
• Commitment to developing financial awareness and analytical skills to support business decisions.
• Willingness to work towards AAT Level 4 (or equivalent qualification) within three years.
• Commitment to learning, professional development, and contributing to a high-performing team.
• High level of integrity and confidentiality in handling financial information.

And if you have the following desirable criteria, even better:

• Experience in Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable functions.
• Experience using accounting software such as Sage 200 or similar.
• Basic understanding of credit control, financial reporting, and month-end processes.
• Sector experience within health, social care, or not-for-profit organisations.

What we offer in return:

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years’ service) and the option to purchase or sell days
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream - ability to release earnings, giving you instant access to your pay
• Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme, including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and counselling sessions
• Shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer!

Equality, inclusion and recruitment:

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.

In order to streamline our recruitment process, once we have received a sufficient number of applications, we reserve the right to expire vacancies, so please submit your application as soon as possible.