Job Description

Working hours:

35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration:

12 month Fixed-Term contract

Location:

Gloucester

Job Ref:

203898

About the role

Benefact Group,

are looking for a

Finance Assistant

to join our

Gloucester

office on a 12-month fixed-term contract.
As a Finance Assistant you will provide an accurate and specialist expense service to the businesses including maintaining accounting systems, reporting, budget preparation, and liaising with other members of the Finance team and the wider business.

Why join us?
Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that's committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group--where all profits go to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doingEnsuring accuracy of expense postings, including the capitalisation and depreciation of fixed assets and the management of accruals and prepayments
Preparing reconciliations for key profit and loss and balance sheet accounts and ensuring outstanding items are promptly investigated and resolved
Preparing monthly expense reports to management and business areas
Managing, administering and processing expenses claims
Preparing HMRC analysis including corporation tax schedules and information for PAYE Settlement Agreement returns

What you'll need to haveExperience in a finance or accounting role
Confidence in communicating with the ability to address and escalate matters with colleagues and stakeholders to resolve any issues
Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships and build influence with senior management and business areas
Experience in carrying out reconciliations and accounting concepts such as double entry, accruals, prepayments, assets, budgets and commitments
Strong analytical and excel skills


What makes you stand outHighly organised with the ability to manage multiple streams of work within defined timelines
Strong attention to detail as this is key for maintaining an accurate expense base and submitting returns.
Demonstrably proactive, identifying opportunities to improve processes
Strong verbal and written communication skills

What we offer

A competitive salary - let's discuss it


Hybrid working


Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution


Generous annual bonus scheme between 6% and 24%


25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme


An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance


200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice


Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year


Employee Assistance Programme


Full study support to gain professional qualifications
Access to virtual GP
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay



About us

Benefact Group

is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away 250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK's number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group's size.
We believe it's essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.
At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know. Directory of Social Change's UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26*