25 days annual leave
Pension scheme
Flexible working

Finance Officer

Salary £32,000 - £34,000
Location London
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

Finance Officer - Central London base

Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week

Location: Temporarily at Church House Westminster, then permanently at 25 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SF

Hybrid Working: Connexional Team staff based at Methodist Church House have a hybrid work pattern which is currently 2 days in the office, and 3 days remote.

 

The Vacancy

The role involves correctly accounting for all payments and income including legacies given to specific projects and district assessment ensuring that all sums due to the Church have been duly received and where necessary, banked intact and promptly and correctly accounted for.

Your Qualities:

  • Good attention to detail and communication skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues
  • First class organisational and administrative skills and systematic approach to work
  • Ability to deliver to set deadlines
  • Able to remain calm under pressure and be tactful in difficult or sensitive situations
  • Honesty, integrity, resilience and professionalism

Key duties include:

  • Processing supplier invoices ensuring payments are made on time
  • Processing donations, raising sales invoices and performing credit control checks
  • Posting investment income transactions and administering legacies
  • Process gift aid claims and provide support to churches Gift Aid Secretaries
  • Raising sales ledger invoices and performing credit control
  • Posting cash book journals and preparing bank and control account reconciliations
  • Process the pension scheme cashbooks and general ledger journals
  • To be the main point of contact to handle customer and supplier queries

If you meet most but not all the requirements, we encourage you to apply. You may have other skills and experience that will prove useful.

 

Our Culture, Values and Benefits

Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.

We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), TOIL, flexi-leave and an on-site Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.

The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups

 

Applicant must complete the application form.

If you have questions about the vacancy or require reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage of the recruitment process, please email hr@methodistchurch.org.uk.

 

Closing Date: 26/04/2024

Interview Date: 10/05/2024

The Methodist Church

For further information about The Methodist Church please visit our website https://www.methodist.org.uk/about-us/the-methodist-church/.

Our Calling

The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God’s love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.

The Church exists to:

  •  Increase the awareness of God’s presence and celebrate God’s love (Worship).

  • Help people to grow and learn as Christians, through mutual support and care (Learning and Caring).

  • Be a good neighbour to people in need and to challenge injustice (Service).

  • Make more followers of Jesus Christ (Evangelism).

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