About the Charity:
St. George’s Crypt is Christian Charity in the city of Leeds providing shelter and support and working with the homeless, the vulnerable and those suffering from addiction. Our aim is to provide a safe environment with physical, emotional and religious support for those who suffered abuse, suffer from addition or who are homeless.
About Our Employees:
The twin objectives of St George’s Crypt are to pursue the promotion of Christian evangelism and relieve hardship among disadvantaged people. Therefore, it is key for the employees of the Crypt to be pursuing this throughout the whole of their job role and in their personal life. This will usually be evidenced by current involvement in the life of a Christian community.
Job Purpose:
To contribute to the small finance function in delivering timely, accurate information to the charity, allowing the distribution of reports and performance led data and maintaining the financial records for the Charity. Work is split between two part time finance administrators, although an expected knowledge of each other’s role is required for holiday cover.
Key Job Role Responsibilities and Main Tasks:
· Finance and Accounts Responsibilities
Ø Processing receipts and payments and reconciling bank accounts.
Ø Preparation of BACS payments for approval
Ø To reconcile credit card receipts with the monthly statements and distribute to collate account coding for allocation to the general ledger.
Ø Weekly petty cash administration for the Crypt, the Shops, and Hostels including authorisation of cash payments and preparation of reconciliation.
Ø Preparation of daily income spreadsheets.
Ø Paying in monies to the bank.
Ø Inputting sales and purchase invoices and maintaining all ledgers – sales, purchase and nominal.
Ø Checking of timesheets and preparation of payroll data spreadsheets.
Ø Assist with the preparation of monthly management accounts information and annual accounting information to agreed timetables.
· Administrative duties
Ø Assist in obtaining backup and details of items required by the finance assistance utilised in monthly reporting.
Ø Visiting various sites as and when required.
· Communication and Fundraising
Ø Attending staff meetings as required.
Ø Liaise with other agencies and organisations as appropriate.
· Personal Development
Ø Attend courses and conferences and seek to gain any necessary qualifications, which are relevant to the work and as, approved by the Head of Finance or Chief Executive Officer.
Safeguarding Responsibilities:
Ø Enforcing the company’s safeguarding policy.
Ø Being alert to and recognising welfare issues, being sure to challenge poor practice.
Ø Sharing appropriate information with relevant people.
Ø Continually working with the families of residents and service users, sharing information and contributing to plans if a concern is investigated.
Ø Ensuring that all staff having contact with children, vulnerable adults and/or their families have received appropriate training on safeguarding issues.
Ø To Understand and implement working practices set by the Safeguarding Adults and Children Board.
Ø To understand and implement working standards set by the domestic violence and abuse quality mark documentation.
Charity Wide Responsibilities:
Ø Applying an attitude towards forgiveness and justice informed by biblical and Christian theological principles in dealing with all staff, volunteers, and clients.
Ø Participate in the daily prayer life of the Charity.
Ø Recognising the holistic needs of all service users and in accordance with the Trust Deed and affirm the spiritual needs of clients in their situations and either respond directly or refer as appropriate.
Ø As an expression of their Christian faith and commitment, it is hoped that all our employees are willing to be involved in the activities of the churches and organizations that support the work.
Ø To understand and implement working practices set by the Safeguarding Adults and Children Board.
Ø To understand and implement working standards set by the domestic violence and abuse quality mark documentation.
Ø Due to the nature of the role and the workplace, the post holder must be over 18 years of age.
Ø Attend training courses and conferences in order to maintain personal development as agreed with Line Manager.
The tasks and responsibilities listed above are not exhaustive and maybe amended according to the needs of the Charity. Employees are expected to work flexibly in responding to external and internal initiatives to support the needs of the Charity.
Person Specification:
Essential Charity Wide:
· DBS Cleared
· Safeguarding training
· Flexible attitude towards working arrangements
· Professional attitude and approach
Essential Job Role Specific:
· Previous experience in bookkeeping (2 years)
· Experience working with Microsoft Excel and Sage Line 50 & HR
· Highly numerate
· Computer literate
· Professional attitude and approach
· Work well within a small team
· Keen eye for detail
· Ability to manage and prioritise own workload
· Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
· Excellent communication skills
· Good people skills
· Flexible attitude towards work
· DBS cleared
· Valid full driver’s license
Desirable:
· Payroll experience
· Credit control experience
· Petty cash experience
· An existing knowledge of the work of St George’s Crypt and their client groups
· Clear understanding and ability to work within the ethos of the charity
· Experience in working for a third sector organisation
· Professional qualification in accounting or finance is preferable (ie, AAT)
Additional Requirements:
Due to the nature of the role and the workplace, the post holder must be over 18 years of age.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: Up to £16,016.00 per year
Expected hours: 20 per week
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Leeds: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Bookkeeping: 2 years (required)
- SAGE Products: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 21/02/2025
