Finance and Office Administrator

<p>You will bring energy and enthusiasm to the team, ensuring essential ‘back-office’ functions are carried out efficiently, effectively, accurately and in a timely way to enable the Foundation to focus on achieving its charitable mission.</p> <p>The focus of the role will be on supporting our financial management processes, ensuring that donations and other income is recorded, and grants and other expenses are paid accurately and in a timely way.</p> <p>You will work closely with the whole team, but particularly the Finance Manager, the Programme Managers and the Finance Volunteer. Your finance role will involve a combination of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual tasks, but inevitably there will also be occasional <em>ad hoc</em> tasks as well.</p> <p>You will also undertake a number of relatively simple and regular office administration tasks, such as answering the telephone, opening the post, recording information on our Customer Relationship Management database, and looking after guests visiting the office. At busy times you may also be asked to undertake some tasks associated with our charitable programmes or liaise with key suppliers such as our IT support or our landlord.</p> <p>You will be provided with training on the Foundation’s IT and finance systems and given opportunities for professional development; in addition, to help you understand the value of the Foundation, you may occasionally visit projects we have funded.</p> <p>The successful applicant will be expected to observe the Foundation’s values and policies at all times and to actively engage with continuous professional development.</p>