Finance Officer

FINANCE OFFICER , NOTTINGHAM, PERMANENT, 30-37 HRS, FRWK08, £24,398 – £26,337, FTE Are looking for a great opportunity to start your career in Finance? Do you have excellent Excel skills? Are you looking for the chance to use your finance experience in an industry that gives back? Are you an great communicator with excellent problem solving skills? Framework is a charity delivering housing, health, employment, support and care services to people with a diverse range of needs across the East Midlands. We are looking for a Finance Officer to be responsible for the organisations Finance function, ensuring suppliers are paid on a timely basis and the financial needs of Framework colleagues are met. This role will ensure the finance system is kept up to date and accurate and produce detailed reports for services, managers, statutory bodies and external funders. We have a great opportunity for someone new to the finance industry or wanting to use their existing skills in a different sector. You dont have to have previous finance experience but a strong competency in Excel is essential. We offer hybrid working with a minimum of two days in the office. Training can also be provided to assist you with your further studies. Duties & Responsibilities Administer the organisations pre-payment cards system. Month end Record all prepayment card transactions on the Finance system and reconcile to the account. Analyse and reconcile key control accounts to assist the finance manager with the preparation of the management accounts. Ensure the finance transactions are balanced and ledger accounts Respond to queries and inform relevant parties of outstanding issues requiring Improve systems and find efficiencies. Produce reports to budget holders. Liaise with stakeholders across all areas of the organisation. Provide training to new starters. Essential Experience: An understanding of double entry accounting and accounting standards and principals followed by the Experience of analysing and interpreting large amounts of data for reporting to a variety of Knowledge and experience in using Microsoft Excellent proven knowledge of Excel. Evidence of communicating effectively with colleagues, managers, suppliers and external funders at various levels. Evidence of strong analytical skills. Strong data entry skills, with attention to accuracy and detail is vital. Evidence of excellent problem-solving Demonstrates a willingness to take responsibility and ownership of their Committed to continuous improvement of the service provided. Experience of working to strict deadlines Desirable Experience: Experience of working in a Purchase Ledger role and knowledge of payments Experience with Finance systems would be an Knowledge of policies and procedures implemented from the financial The ability to produce financial reports tailored to the needs of the recipient. Why Join Us? We invest in you and encourage career progression providing a full induction, e-learning and classroom training, management development pathways, fully-funded professional qualifications and more. Your wellbeing is important to us. We emphasise wellbeing in all our working environments and employ a Wellbeing Practitioner to support our staff. Employee assistance programme, salary sacrifice schemes. Stakeholder pension, enhanced maternity and paternity leave and paid sick leave. 32 days holiday including Bank Holidays increasing with service. Paid DBS and Update Service. Loyalty awards and non-contributory life insurance. Equality and diversity is important to us: we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and cultures, and appreciate the variety of experience they provide. As one of Nottinghams few Disability Confident Leaders, we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework supports all employees to achieve a better work/life balance. Should you wish us to consider flexible working or job share as part of your application please state this on your application in the supporting statement section. 98% of the workforce in a recent staff survey said they were proud to work for Framework. Framework is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Registered charity No: 1060941. As a Disability Confident employer, we warmly encourage job applications from people with disabilities. Framework is committed to offering opportunities to people from diverse communities. If you have specific requirements or adjustments, please let us know if there is anything we can do to support your application. As an organisation we do not offer sponsorship for overseas candidates as our roles do not come under the Shortage Occupancy List (SOL) for the scheme. Any non-UK citizen who wishes to apply for a role within Framework would need to be able to provide valid RTW in the UK without the need for support from us. TPBN1_UKTJ