Finance Officer

Job role: Finance Officer

Salary: Circa £38,000 per annum
Contract: Full-time, permanent (34.5 hours per week)
Location: UK-based, predominantly remote, with attendance at the London office once or twice a month

We"re looking for a Finance Officer to join a small and supportive finance team within a well-established not-for-profit organisation with an international reach. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys taking ownership of their work, building strong relationships with colleagues, and contributing to an organisation with a meaningful global impact. The role would particularly suit someone who enjoys working in an international environment and supporting financial activities across multiple countries and currencies.

As part of a supportive team, you will play a key role in ensuring financial operations run smoothly and accurately. You\'ll work closely with colleagues across the organisation, helping to maintain strong financial controls, support decision-making and enable important programmes and services to be delivered effectively.

As the Finance Officer, you will be responsible for:

• Managing day-to-day finance activities as part of a small finance team


• Preparing and processing UK and international payments


• Managing weekly payroll and supporting related processes


• Completing balance sheet reconciliations and maintaining accurate records


• Posting journals, including accruals and prepayments


• Supporting month-end activities and maintaining clear audit trails


• Assisting with funding transfers to programme partners across multiple countries


• Working with programme and grant teams on invoicing and finance queries


• Supporting budget holders and colleagues with financial processes and systems


• Providing guidance on purchase orders, coding and approval processes


• Investigating discrepancies and resolving reconciliation issues


• Identifying opportunities to improve processes and strengthen controls

To be successful in this role, you will have:

Essential

• Strong experience in a finance role with a good understanding of wider finance operations


• Experience preparing and reviewing profit and loss accounts


• Strong balance sheet reconciliation skills


• Good understanding of double-entry bookkeeping


• Purchase ledger experience within an international organisation


• Excellent attention to detail and experience managing financial data


• Ability to work independently and use initiative


• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills


• Confidence explaining financial information and processes to non-finance colleagues


• Experience supporting financial controls, compliance and audit requirements


• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs and data analysis

Desirable

• Experience working in the charity, not-for-profit or wider voluntary sector


• Experience working in a multi-currency environment


• Experience using Microsoft Dynamics Business Central or similar finance systems

Why join?

• Predominantly remote working


• 34.5-hour working week


• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service


• Generous pension contribution


• Healthcare cash plan and virtual GP access


• Employee assistance programme


• Group income protection and life insurance


• Volunteer day programme

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you."