Finance Assistant - Volunteer

Burningnightscrps; Remote; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused charity in the UK seeks a volunteer bookkeeper to support its financial administration. The role involves managing financial transactions, ensuring accurate records, and assisting with budgeting. Ideal candidates should have experience with bookkeeping, especially using Xero software. This is a chance to contribute to important charitable work and make a positive impact while working alongside a dedicated team. This position can be done remotely, offering flexibility and the opportunity to be part of a meaningful cause.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of using Xero accounting software.
• Understanding of tracking financial data and information.
• Experience of working in a bookkeeping role.
• Accurate and up-to-date knowledge of charity finance.
• Strong numeracy and financial management skills.
• Comfortable working remotely.

Responsibilities

• Recording financial transactions into finance software, Xero.
• Reconciling income from various payment platforms.
• Assisting with financial forecasting and budgeting.
• Maintaining financial and accounting records.
• Organising and filing financial documents digitally.

Tools

Xero accounting software

Job description

We are looking for a volunteer bookkeeper or accountant who can support the financial administration of the charity. The successful candidate will undertake regular financial tasks; support budgeting, reconciliation, reporting, and audits while ensuring financial transparency.

What difference will you make? You will become part of our small, friendly, forward-thinking charity team. We are focused on reaching people who may not have heard about the Charity or about the condition.

You would have a key role in ensuring good financial administration, which is crucial to the continued work of Burning Nights CRPS Support. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to make a real difference to a charity.

You will join the charity during a critical and challenging period and your expert knowledge and experience will be invaluable to our success. You will be involved in ensuring we manage our financial inputs and outgoings in order to maintain the services and support we provide, allowing us to be a sustainable charity and fulfil our aims.

Essential Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of using Xero accounting software, including tracking project spending, managing volunteers’ expenses and department spending, uploading invoices, reconciliation, etc.
• Understanding of tracking financial data and information.
• Experience of working in a bookkeeping role.
• Accurate and up-to-date knowledge and experience of charity finance, SORP and other relevant frameworks.
• Understanding restricted and unrestricted funding streams.
• The ability to quickly understand the needs of and challenges faced by our small charity organisation.
• Strong numeracy and financial management skills.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Comfortable working remotely.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
• Good initiative and ability to work with little direct supervision, but will ask for help when needed.
• Ability to work flexibly on your own and as part of a team with enthusiasm and commitment.

Desirable Qualifications

• Knowledge of charity accounting, including restricted and unrestricted funding.
• Understanding of financial management within a charity.
• Verbal communication skills.
• Competent with communication tools.

What will you be doing?

• Data Entry: Recording financial transactions such as donations, invoices and expenses into our finance software, Xero.
• Reconciling income into Xero from GoCardless, Stripe, PayPal and other third-party agencies that facilitate donations being made to the charity.
• Ensure reconciliation of records and transactions and train the team to reconcile.
• Maintain financial and accounting records, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Assist with financial forecasting and budgeting.
• Assist with preparing payroll and/or pension information for submission to an external payroll provider (when required).
• Assist with the preparation of the accounts, quarterly and annual accounts for accountant annually as well as supporting funder financial reports.
• Track the financial situation of projects.
• Ensure that all necessary financial information is recorded accurately.
• Document Management: Organising and filing receipts, invoices, and other financial documents (digitally).