Assistant Financial Accountant

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week

Closing Date: 23:59 on Wednesday 6th of July 2022

Salary: £28,000.00 to £34,000.00 dependent on experience

Location: Birmingham

Our Financial Accounting team in Birmingham are looking for someone who has a good all-round technical and financial process knowledge and great attention to detail to join the team full time as an Assistant Financial Accountant. You will have already be part or fully qualified or QBE.

You will be supporting the provision of monthly information, the production of charity statutory accounts, preparing charity statutory returns including VAT and assisting with transactional work as required. The work you will be doing will be invaluable to support and inform internal and external stakeholders of the Prince’s Trust charity and its subsidiaries.

The role is perfect for you if you have already experience of working in a busy charity finance team, are willing to be adaptable in the role and want to develop your career in the charity sector.

The Team are currently working on a hybrid basis, split between home working and regular attendance in the Birmingham Centre.

Why we need an Assistant Financial Accountant

This year, we aim to help more than 50,000 young people, with three in four young people on our programmes, moving into work, education or training.

The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues or some have been in trouble with the law. Our job is to inspire and support young people, to help them reach their potential so that they can thrive and society can prosper.

We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible working! Where operationally possible, you can work hours to fit in with, school hours or care arrangements for example and you can also work from home.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

Here at The Prince’s Trust, we’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that’s representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives.

We’re a Stonewall Diversity Champion and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by PT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality Network), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and Pulse (LGBT Network). For more information, click here.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We’ll be in touch directly if we need you!

Req ID: 1732