Finance Assistant
Location: Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Salary: Upto £27,500 depending on experience
Hours: 40 Hours Per Week (Hybrid)
About Kisimul
At Kisimul we’re dedicated to helping the people we support expand their life skills, abilities and experiences as part of our therapeutic community and meaningful life model. Our ethos is to put individual needs, values, aspirations and outcomes at the centre of everything we do providing holistic care and lifelong learning in a nurturing, supportive environment that encourages personal growth and development.
The Role
We are looking for a Finance Assistant to join our Finance team, providing day-to-day financial administration and operational support across the Kisimul Group. You will play an important role in ensuring financial processes are completed accurately, efficiently, and in line with company policies and procedures.
You'll work closely with colleagues across the Finance team, supporting transactional finance activities including purchase ledger, sales ledger, expenses, banking, and petty cash. You will help maintain accurate financial records, meet key deadlines, and provide excellent support to managers and colleagues across the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Process weekly company card payment returns, ensuring all information is complete and accurately recorded within Equals Money.
- Process weekly petty cash returns, ensuring all documentation is complete and submitted within agreed timescales.
- Post transactions across company bank accounts, maintaining accurate financial records.
- Chase outstanding receipts and banking information, escalating to relevant managers where required.
- Raise sales orders for the monthly invoice run, preparing documentation for review by the Billing & Credit Control Supervisor.
- Provide annual leave cover for sales receipt transactions.
- Process purchase ledger invoices and associated paperwork accurately and within agreed deadlines.
- Complete cyclical supplier statement reconciliations on a quarterly basis.
- Ensure all purchase ledger documentation is processed in line with month-end deadlines.
- Prepare and support payment runs in accordance with company procedures.
- Support colleagues with expense claims, providing guidance on company policy and ensuring claims are accurate and compliant.
- Prepare expense payment runs in line with scheduled payment cycles.
- Provide day-to-day administrative and financial support to the Accountant and wider Finance team, including providing cover for colleagues where required.
- Maintain accurate financial records and ensure documentation is filed and retained in line with company procedures.
- Identify personal training and development needs and participate in appropriate learning opportunities.
- Adhere to the Employee Handbook and all company policies and procedures, particularly those relating to Health & Safety and safeguarding.
Carry out any other reasonable duties as assigned by the Financial Accounting Manager.
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What We're Looking For
- Previous experience working in a finance or accounts administration role.
- Experience of purchase ledger, sales ledger, banking or transactional finance processes.
- Good understanding of basic accounting principles and financial procedures.
- Strong numerical skills with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Confident using finance systems and Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Well organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Able to work independently while also contributing effectively as part of a team.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to liaise professionally with colleagues and suppliers.
- Proactive, reliable, and willing to support the wider Finance team when required.
High levels of integrity, discretion, and professionalism when handling confidential financial information.
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Desirable
- AAT Level 2 or Level 3 qualification (or working towards) is desirable.
- Previous experience using finance systems and expense management platforms such as Equals Money.
Experience working within a multi-site organisation or care, education, or healthcare environment would be advantageous
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Benefits
- Genuine Career Development: Opportunities with transparent pay grades (find out more here – Kisimul | Autism, Learning Disability, Residential Care)
- Fully Funded Qualifications
- Blue Light Card: Which gives you access to discounts in over 15,000 venues UK wide
- Refer a friend: Earn up to £500 for every successful hire.
- Financial Benefits: Life Assurance of 1x your annual basic salary. Access to salary sacrifice pension scheme, withdraw a percentage of your wages as you earn them before payday with Stream. Access to Discounts from over 150 retailers.
- Health & Wellbeing: From access to an online GP, confidential telephone counselling, dedicated internal wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme that truly makes a difference.
- Flexible Working Patterns: We recognise that not everyone celebrates the same occasions, so colleagues have the option to work on bank holidays and take the time off at another point that’s more meaningful to them.
- Cycle to Work Scheme: Salary-deducted bikes to save money.
- Free DBS Checks: We cover the cost so you can start worry-free.
About Kisimul
Kisimul Group Ltd are a group of independent specialist schools and adult provisions providing exceptional residential care and award-winning education to children, young people and adults with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, severe and complex learning difficulties, global development delay and associated challenging behaviour.
We are proud to be awarded an outstanding company to work for as voted in our most recent companies employee survey
Kisimul is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment.
At Kisimul, we’re committed to creating a workplace that celebrates and welcomes diversity in all its forms. We believe that varied perspectives make us stronger and more innovative. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply — your unique background, perspective, and potential might be exactly what we’re looking for
All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check. If you’re ready to invest in your future and make a meaningful impact, apply today!
