St John Ambulance Cymru Hiring for Admin Assistant – Finance Job at Cardiff, Wales Full Time

St John Ambulance Cymru is seeking an Admin Assistant to join our busy Finance team.
The role is flexible with some homeworking however you will be expected to come into our offices in Cardiff as and when required. Training for the role will be carried out in the office.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, talented individual with a keen eye for detail, a good standard of literacy and numeracy skills.
You will be part of a friendly finance and administration team that works at the heart of our charity, assisting and offering financial support to the volunteer teams in the local communities and counties as well as our headquarters.
You will need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills providing financial information and assisting with queries from volunteers, colleagues and commercial suppliers.
You would ideally have knowledge of basic financial procedures, policies and accounting code structures, preferably with experience in credit control and banking requirements, and be able to demonstrate the range of skills and abilities essential to assist the team in effective financial administration and management reporting.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Processing purchase ledger invoices from receipt, seeking authorisation, coding with N/L codes and inputting on to Sage 200.
• Processing expenses as above.
• Processing Equals Charge Card expenses as above and reconciling to the Equals website.
• Chasing up authorisations where needed.
• Retrieving utilities invoices and processing in a timely manner.
• Handling any queries and passing on to other team members where appropriate.
• Monitoring the finance email inbox and handling any emails relevant to the role.
• Carrying out credit control.
• Assisting Divisional Finance Co-ordinators with administration as require.
• Ensuring compliance with the Financial Regulations.
• Undertaking any additional tasks the Financial Project Accountant or Divisional Finance Co-ordinators may request.

For further details and job description please visit our website St John Ambulance Cymru (sjacymru.org.uk)

To apply, please download and complete the application form and return with a covering letter to recruitment.

Closing date for applications is 12.00 midday on Tuesday 7th September 2021.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 14th September 2021 – over Microsoft Teams.

Application deadline: 07/09/2021

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £16,826.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Do you have at least 3 GCSE’s or equivalent including Maths and English
• Do you have knowledge of basic financial procedures and policies
• Do you have experience in using Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
• Are you enthusiastic, dedicated and self-motivated
• Do you have effective written and oral communications skills
• Are you able to work in a team and on your own initiative
• Do you understand the need for confidentiality and discretion
• Do you have Numerical Aptitude
• Do you have Customer Care experience?
• Are you able to use Sage 200?

Work remotely:

• No