Finance Processing Officer

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18 months fixed term contract, with the expectation to work from the office 2 days per week.

Working Hours: 35

Location: Church House, Great Smith Street, London

Closing Date: 21/03/2025

Vacancy Category: Finance

Business Unit: National Church Institutions (NCIs)

Organizational Unit: CofE Central Services

WE ARE HIRING AND SEEKING FOR A FINANCE PROCESSING OFFICER
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About the Department and Role

The Finance team is currently supporting their NCI clients with some major change and transformation projects, as well as undergoing significant changes to their own ways of working to ensure they can deliver a high-quality Finance service which meets the needs of the NCIs.

This includes undertaking a Finance Transformation Programme to help Finance develop its service, replacing an ageing finance system as well as associated process improvement and changes to ways of working, and supporting the Church of England Governance Programme which will reshape the National Church Institutions themselves.

The Finance Processing Officer has been created to bring together responsibility for processing and maintaining accurate records for income and expenditure, under the direction of the Financial Processing Manager. The Financial Processing Officer will be responsible for all elements of accounts receivable and payable processing for all the NCIs and subsidiary companies, from raising purchase and sales invoices to ensuring timely payment and receipt of balances by following established procedures and in accordance with agreed Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Summary of main responsibilities

• Support the Finance Processing team to maintain a robust internal control environment, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of invoices and staff expenses while tightly monitoring accounts payable/receivable and expenses, ensuring compliance across the function.
• Work collaboratively with the Finance Processing team and other finance stakeholders to develop a high-quality finance service to the NCIs, including best practice external reporting, robust ledger controls and compliance, timely and accurate invoice and expense entry, and effective task management.
• Ensure internal and external stakeholders' queries are timely attended to and tightly controlled.
• Complete all relevant reconciliations and adhere to deadlines to maintain the integrity of finance data on a monthly basis.
• Process purchases and sales transactions within the agreed service level agreements (SLAs) and targets.
• Act as a first point of contact for all queries in line with our agreed SLAs, demonstrating the highest level of customer service at all times.

This is an office-based role with the expectation to work from the office 2 days per week.

You will need to be/have:

• Experience in financial administration or bookkeeping.
• Experience of working in a team to meet shared goals/deadlines.
• Good working knowledge of basic accounting principles, competent numeracy skills, and basic understanding of VAT.
• Ability to work well and effectively under pressure, well organized and able to prioritize work to meet tight deadlines.
• Good attention to detail with the ability to spot and resolve errors or anomalies.
• Studying towards gaining a recognized accountancy qualification, e.g. AAT.
• SAP experience and experience working within teams such as Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable (Desirable).

Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and person specification.

• A salary of £34,801 per annum, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.
• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
• We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at on a case-by-case basis, and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
• We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, including enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption Leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.
• Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK's leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.
• Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
• Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
• Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups, and societies.

The National Church Institutions is a hybrid working organisation comprising a wide variety of teams, professions, and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.

We Include. You Belong.

Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.

Living out our values in all that we do, we:

• Strive for Excellence

• Respect others

• Act with Integrity

We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we're looking for, then we would like to hear from you.

Please note: You must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for the role.