New opportunity not to be missed! Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for Finance Officer - Payments to join our team Finance based in London. In return, you will receive a competitive salary plus excellent benefits.
This is Permanent opportunity with a closing date of 18/11/24. Please note that the advert may close earlier if a large number of applications are received.
We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently.
Together with our partners, we support thousands of homeless young people each year.
The Finance team consists of the Financial Accounting team and Financial Management team. The teams work closely with each other. This role sits within the Financial Accounting team. We are seeking a meticulous and proactive Finance Officer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for recording and posting supplier invoices, processing staff expenses, and procurement cards, as well as handling ad hoc payments. You will work closely with suppliers and internal stakeholders to reconcile accounts and ensure timely payments.
What you’ll be doing…
- Paying suppliers and staff – prepare and process and run twice monthly BACS and cheque run, ensuring payments are authorised appropriately and with the correct supporting documentation.
- Working effectively with suppliers, responding appropriately to queries.
- To provide information as required by internal customers for efficient executions of their tasks
- To work with staff to ensure invoices, staff expense claims are processed and paid on time.
- To propose and if approved, investigate and assist with implementing innovative ways of delivering efficient payment service.
In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:
- 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
- Excellent training package to ensure you have the skills and knowledge to build a new career
- Employer pension contributions of 5%
- Clear career progressions, linked to portfolio work, that enables movement up the pay scale
- Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
- An interest-free travel loan
- Income Protection
- A Healthcare Cash Plan
- Private Medical Insurance
At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.
Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Finance Officer - payments click ‘Apply’ now!
