Job Description

Finance Officer

We are looking for a Finance Officer to deliver accurate and timely transactional finance services. The postholder will play a key role in overheads budgeting, reporting, and maintaining financial transparency.

If you want to join an impact-driven organisation, improving outcomes for vulnerable children and families, then apply today! Please see our Job pack with the full Job description: https://foundations.org.uk/about-us/join-our-team/roles/finance-officer/

Position: Finance Officer

Location: London/hybrid

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours/week

Salary: 38,950 including generous benefits

Contract: Fixed term contract until March 2027

Closing Date: 7 September 2025, 23:59

Interviews: w/c 15 September 2025, in-person

The role

The Finance Officer will be key to delivering accurate and timely transactional finance services for Foundations, ensuring financial integrity and compliance with funding agreements and requirements, financial regulations, and internal policies and procedures.

The primary responsibilities of the role include:

Managing and ensuring timely and accurate processing of financial transactions Ensuring all financial entries, reconciliations, and reporting are completed within strict deadlines Maintaining meticulous records and upholding data integrity Processing supplier invoices, staff reimbursements, and income receipts Performing regular bank reconciliations and resolving discrepancies promptly Providing accurate transactional data to support monthly and quarterly financial DfE claims, reports and audits Coordinating with budget holders and Head of Finance to ensure accurate overhead budgets and reforecasts Adhering to internal financial controls and government funding conditions, ensuring full audit trail and accountability.
About you

The role requires a strong mix of financial and broader professional skills, including administration and communication. You will have good knowledge of financial regulations and grants compliance, and an interest in developing understanding of charity finance and public sector funding. You will be able to work in a team and on your own initiative. You will also be educated to degree level with interest in pursuing professional accountancy qualifications.

You will have experience of:

Working in transactional finance within a project-based environment (charity or public sector) Financial systems and Microsoft 365 suite, in particular Microsoft Excel Meeting tight deadlines while managing competing priorities
The organisation

This is a great place to work, where everyone is high performing and where together everyone can achieve impact that makes a real difference for vulnerable children and families. Focusing on using and championing high-quality evidence, working directly with government and local leaders, the team provides practical solutions and encourages change. This is an organisation with ambitious aims and people are essential to its success.

Benefits include:

30 days annual leave, plus one extra day off for your birthday, paid bank holidays with up to three which may be switched for religious observance Up to five days carers' leave, in a 12-month period, three days paid Paid compassionate leave Enhanced sick pay Enhanced parental leave and pay 6% employer and 3% employee contribution. No limit on any additional employee contributions made via auto enrolment Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 counselling, legal and information line Unlimited access to 24/7 GP Mental health support Life cover at x4 annual salary Bike to work scheme.
The organisation offers excellent salaries, learning and development opportunities, and a great office location situated in the heart of St James's. Working in a hybrid and flexible way, the organisation recognises the importance of a good work-life balance. Please note that where staff live within approximately two hours travel of the office, they are expected to work onsite two days per week. For those based further afield, more flexible or home working arrangements can be discussed.

Do you want to work somewhere that values and celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all employees? People are at the heart of everything we do. It's vital that the workforce reflects the diversity of stakeholders, and the wider society in the UK, and we actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities.

This role is currently unable to offer sponsorship. Please ensure you have the right to work in the UK before applying.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 18 months

Pay: 38,950.00 per year

Benefits:

Employee discount Enhanced maternity leave Free flu jabs Health & wellbeing programme Life insurance Sick pay
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London, SW1H 0QS