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Finance Officer

Job details
Posting date: 21 February 2025
Salary: £14,976 per year, pro rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 07 March 2025
Location: B6 4AH
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week
Company: Penderels Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: BFO

Summary

Penderels Trust has an opportunity for someone to join our Birmingham Appointeeships team as a Finance Officer. You will be responsible for managing the financial accounts of our customers. The successful candidate will be joining a leading not-for-profit organisation that provides independent living services to people with disabilities and health care needs nationwide.

Location: B6 4AH, Birmingham (Hybrid working)

Salary: The full-time equivalent is £23,088 per annum, the pro rata salary is £14,976 per annum

Hours: 24 hours per week.

Working Days & Times: Monday to Friday, 9:30am – 3:00pm, with an early finish of 2:00pm on one day

Closing Date: Friday 7th March 2025

Interview date: Interviews may take place face to face or via video conferencing software further details will be discussed with applicants who are shortlisted, you will be contacted by email (please check your junk/spam folders).

The Role - Your main duties will include:

Monitoring and updating customer account trackers (Data entry, processing money requests, reconciling against SAGE reports).
Liaising with the DWP on matters relating to our customers’ benefits.
Liaising with the local authority and the Penderels Trust finance department in relation to invoicing and payment queries.
Authorising payments as stipulated in our customers Individual Budget Plans.
Identifying and resolving all queries effectively.

Skills, Experience and Qualification - We are looking for someone with the following attributes:

Experience of working in a finance or accounting environment.
Ability to input and maintain accurate data records.
Ability to manage workload effectively.
Excellent communication skills.
Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.
Ability to work flexibly and to deadlines.
Minimum GCSE Grade 'C' or equivalent in English and Maths.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (including Word, Excel and Outlook).
A qualification in bookkeeping or accounting would be desirable.

Penderels Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and will offer a guaranteed interview to disabled candidates who meet the job specification. For further information please request our disability support information form by emailing staffrecruitment@penderelstrust.org.uk

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Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.