Interim Finance Officer

The Role

You will be responsible for a varied portfolio of transactional and management accounting duties, ensuring the finance function operates accurately and efficiently.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Accounts Payable
• Managing the full purchase ledger process, including PO chasing, invoice matching, coding and authorisation.
• Supporting monthly payment runs, including standard supplier payments and high-value grant payments.
• Processing expenses for trustees, volunteers and fellows.
• Investigating and resolving supplier and invoice queries.
• Accounts Receivable
• Raising and processing customer invoices.
• Supporting credit control and following up outstanding balances.
• Processing invoices from the organisation's trading subsidiary.
• Preparing and processing significant grant claims to funders.
• General Ledger
• Completing bank reconciliations and supplier statement reconciliations.
• Preparing and posting ad-hoc journals.
• Supporting the wider finance team with month-end activities.
• Taking ownership of the accounts process through to trial balance.

About You

We are looking for a confident and experienced finance professional who can take ownership of a broad range of accounting responsibilities.

Essential experience:

• Previous experience managing the full A–Z accounts cycle through to trial balance.
• Direct experience working with restricted and unrestricted funds.
• Strong understanding of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger processes.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Desirable experience:

• Strong Excel skills, including PivotTables.
• Experience with partial VAT.
• Familiarity with CRM systems such as Salesforce.
• Experience with events management or similar systems would be advantageous.