Bookkeeper

The Francis House Family Trust is a charitable trust established to provide Children’s Hospice services.  The Trust established Francis House and Francis Lodge to provide appropriate care for children, teenagers and young adults with life threatening conditions and a short life expectancy and to provide support for their families.

The Trust is looking to appoint a Bookkeeper to join the Accounts Office.

The successful candidate will possess:

• Strong numeracy skills
• Thorough working knowledge of SAGE accounts
• Excellent organisation and I.T. skills
• Experience of working with a donor client database
• Knowledge of Data Protection legislation and GDPR
• Previous experience within a similar role

Specific tasks and responsibilities:

• Inputting donations into SAGE
• Responsible for processing donations and banking cheques
• Responsible for preparing VAT returns
• To reconcile hospice bank accounts
• Required to make and post supplier payments and purchase invoices
• To process Gift Aid returns
• To take payments and donations over the phone
• Responsible for generating receipts and acknowledging letters
• Process and counting any cash donations received
• Required to keep accurate records of all payments made and received
• To liaise with the Hospice accountants to prepare month end reports
• Required to liaise with and assist hospice auditors during the annual audit

Please visit our website to download an application form and job description.

Closing date Friday 13^th April 2018