Bookkeeper / Credit Controller (Finance Assistant)

Bookkeeper / Credit Controller (Finance Assistant)

ABOUT THE ROLE

Reports to: Finance Lead

Hours of work: Full time – 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £33,642 per annum (including London Weighting)

Place of work: Flexible working but with 3 days a week in our London office.

Contract type: Permanent

Closing date: Sunday 8 September 2024, 23:59h

As well as joining a friendly Community, where you will be well supervised and supported, and benefit from L’Arche’s mentorship programme, these are some other benefits you get by working for us:

• Joining shared meals since cooking and having a meal together is what we are all about
• Paid sick pay, up to a maximum of 7wks (depending on length of service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption/Surrogacy, and Paternity Pay (depending on length of service, details available on request)
• Interest free loans and salary advances available
• Free eye tests and a contribution towards the cost of glasses if you need them for work
• Free DBS / PVG checks
• Free SSSC registration
• Free Blue Light Card
• Professional membership fees paid if they are directly relevant to your role
• Free Employee Assistance Programme available to everyone
• Up to 5 days paid compassionate leave
• Up to 6 days paid (pro rata) for time off for emergency dependents leave
• Carer and Childminder costs available in some circumstances to facilitate attendance at residential meetings
• Paid mileage costs at HMRC rate
• Working from Home Allowance for those in office-based roles but for whom no office is provided
• Specialist bereavement counselling for employees and their family members
• Free Life Assurance up to 4 times gross annual salary
• Access to the Bike to Work scheme

Main purpose of the role:

After a period of financial transformation, we are now looking for a highly experienced Bookkeeper / Credit Controller. The successful candidate is responsible to provide accurate and timely financial information to both the Community and the National Team. In particular, maintain accurate records of income and expenditure using Microsoft Business Central (Accounting software) and liaise closely with the wider team across L’Arche. Additionally, the Bookkeeper/ Credit Controller will work across various sales ledgers throughout the charity ensuring all monies owed are paid within the agreed payment terms. They will also provide support to the finance team in completion of daily and monthly finance-related tasks. 

Essential Criteria

• Team player who can hit the ground running;
• Experience in Bookkeeping and Credit Control;
• Proactive can-do attitude;
• Attention to detail and ability to organise and prioritise workload;
• Advanced knowledge of Excel;
• High level of competence in IT systems;

ABOUT L’ARCHE

L’Arche is a worldwide federation of people with and without learning disabilities, working together for a world where all belong. We believe in the transforming impact of genuinely mutual relationships between people with and without disabilities.

In the UK, L’Arche is a registered charity with 11 Communities across England, Scotland and Wales. We celebrate people with learning disabilities, and build communities with them rather than for them. We go beyond supporting people’s basic needs. We attend to their emotional and inner lives, by building spaces of vibrant friendship, opportunity, spirituality and community life.

A full job description and person specification can be found in the Recruitment Pack.

The closing date is midnight on Sunday 8 September 2024. Interviews will take place on 20 and 23 September 2024.

To apply, please read the full job description and person specification and answer the questions on our online application form. 

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