Vacancy: Finance Officer

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Job title: Cathedral Finance Officer

Reporting to: Chief Operating Officer

Job Purpose

To provide the required bookkeeping services to Blackburn Cathedral Enterprises to enable the company to control its operations and understand and analyse its financial performance.

Duties and Responsibilities

To undertake the core bookkeeping tasks of:

• Processing purchase and sales invoices, receipts and payments.
• Ensure all daily till receipts are recorded accurately and reconciled.
• Completing bank reconciliations and posting bank transactions.
• Producing accounts up to trial balance and liaising with the accounting team.
• To use accounting software packages, including Sage, safely and in line with policy and procedure.
• To work to deadlines, ensuring work is completed in a timely manner.
• To communicate effectively with the operational team in BCE and be responsive to the dynamics of a fast-moving business.
• To comply with all health and safety requirements and ensure procedures are followed by staff and visitors.
• To undertake safeguarding training and comply with all procedures.
• To undertake any reasonable tasks requested by management.

Person Specification

• To have a minimum of 3 year’s experience in a similar role.
• To be AAT qualified to Level 3 (min).
• To have strong organisational and communication skills.
• To be aware of and follow all aspects of professional conduct, especially confidentiality.
• To be flexible and responsive to the needs of the business and the wider team.

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