York Museums Trust Hiring for Finance Assistant Job at York, England Full Time

Finance Assistant

Contract: Full time, Permanent

Salary Range: £18,462 to £20,929 per annum (YMT Grade 2)

Hours: 37 hours per week, worked over 5 days

Your new organisation

York Museums Trust is an independent charitable organisation created to manage York Art Gallery, York Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum & Gardens, and York St Mary’s. Our vision is to work together with audiences and communities to inspire, to share and to care for cultural heritage.

Your new role

We are seeking a Finance Assistant to join our Finance team to maintain the sales ledger and administration of our systems. You will be responsible for generating invoices, undertaking credit control, bank transactions and posting receipts on to our finance system. You will also be involved in providing general accounting and administrative support for the finance department.

What you’ll need to succeed

You will be qualified to AAT level 3 or studying towards an equivalent qualification, with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel in particular, and you will have knowledge of Sales Ledger and EPOS systems. You will have previous experience of working with Finance and EPOS systems, along with experience of detailed reconciliations between multiple systems. With excellent communication and customer care skills, you will be able to train our staff on Finance processes and procedures. You will also need a flexible attitude towards performing tasks and providing cover for colleagues where necessary.

What you’ll get in return

We offer a competitive salary, a defined benefit pension scheme, generous leave allowance and fully flexible working hours with the bandwidth between 7 am and 7 pm. The role will be based in our York city centre office 5 days per week with flexibility to balance time in the office with working from home.

As an organisation York Museums Trust is committed to encouraging and increasing diversity amongst our workforce. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Interested?

How to apply:

Access the Job Description, Equal Opportunities Form and other information about YMT at www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk on the About Us, Jobs Vacancies page.

Please send your CV, the completed Equal Opportunities forms and a covering letter which answers the following questions (in no more than 250 words each)

1. Based on the job description, what experience and skills would you bring that would enable you to be successful in this role?

2. Focusing on your experience in finance, what initiatives have you contributed to that have improved systems in a previous role and how were those systems improved?

3. What experience do you have of working both independently and as part of a small team?

4. Please include anything else you would like to share in support of your application.

Applications can only be accepted from candidates who have permission to work in the UK. If, after applying, you have not heard from us by two weeks after the closing date, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Dates to bear in mind…

Closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 17 January 2022.

Interviews will take place online on 26 January 2022.

Application deadline: 17/01/2022

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £18,462.00-£20,929.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Mask wearing, working from home where possible.

Work remotely:

• Temporarily due to COVID-19