Senior Finance Officer BLUS61244

Together Trust are recruiting for a Senior Finance Officer to join our Head Office function in Cheadle, Stockport. We are a children & young people’s charity predominately in the North West with an annual turnover of approximately £26 million. We provide support to up to 2000 people with a staffing force off approximately 850. As a Senior Finance Officer your role will include the following responsibilities;

• Production of monthly management accounts
• To line manage our small but busy transactional finance team ensuring monthly deadlines for management accounts are met.
• Provide expertise in maintaining and improving accounting, banking and other financial software, preparing reports and advising on data extraction.
• Responsibility for the Trusts banking systems including making all payments to suppliers and staff, together with cash flow.
• Maintaining and improving all financial records and preparing journals as required for month end.

It is essential that you have advanced IT skills particularly Microsoft Excel, Sage Line 200 and other financial and banking software experience. Ideally you will be CIMA (or similar) qualified or be willing to work towards this qualification and a team leader. You will be a proactive person who encourages improvement, performance and change.

Benefits

• Extensive support from team and surrounding HO functions
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexible working arrangements
• Pension, childcare vouchers, staff support service
• Free parking!

Together Trust

The Together Trust provides a range of social care, special education, community support and consultancy services in the North West of England. The charity is one of the North West’s largest providers of residential homes for children from short-term emergency care to long-term placements.

Our fostering service provides family placements in the North West and neighbouring regions.

We provide some of the leading specialist education services in the North West region, operating a range of special schools, a further education college and centres supporting those who cannot attend mainstream schools. In addition, we offer a wide range of training, consultancy and support services for parents and carers.

We provide an environment that is safeguarded and as part of our safer recruitment policy, successful candidates will be required to undergo and enhanced DBS check (no cost) and references will be taken.

We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. as long as you meet our needs you will be offered an interview. 

This is a Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd vacancy who are operating as an employment agency. Once you have clicked to apply for this vacancy, we will then send you more information on the role including a copy of the application form via email.