We are looking to recruit a Finance Officer who will be responsible for day to day financial activities including banking, cash management, staff and volunteer expenses, payroll calculations, timely and accurate updating of the Quickbooks finance package, invoicing and reconciliations, and acts as a key support to the Finance Manager and Treasurer.
Citizens Advice South Warwickshire are an innovative community-based organisation, focused on meeting the needs of the people we serve across the south Warwickshire area. This includes the larger towns of Warwick, Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, and Stratford Upon Avon, as well as the villages surrounding these towns. We have been able to demonstrate our excellence across our advice channels through the yearly inspection process from National Citizens Advice and our Advice Quality Standards across all advice areas (AQS).
We make an amazing difference in the lives of the people of South Warwickshire. What we do is often life-changing and sometimes life-saving. In 2024-25 we delivered our advice and advocacy to 8,682 clients and advised on 39,361 issues.
Overall Purpose of the Role
This is an opportunity to join a progressive charity finance team where you'll be able to do more than just process transactions. You'll play a key role in keeping our organisation financially strong while helping modernise our finance systems through automation, AI and smarter ways of working. Your work will directly support the delivery of advice services that change thousands of lives across South Warwickshire every year.
The Finance Officer is responsible for day to day financial activities including banking, cash management, staff and volunteer expenses, payroll calculations, timely and accurate updating of the Quickbooks finance package, invoicing and reconciliations and acts as a key support to the Finance Manager and Treasurer. The role also covers a variety of regular returns, and works to ensure that payments to clients from hardship and other funds are managed effectively.
Whilst keeping on top of the necessary “business as usual” the successful applicant will also play an important role in supporting the financial stability and ongoing development of the organisation. In particular we are looking for a candidate with excellent IT skills who can help drive forward the automation of systems and processes and ensure we are making the best use of new AI technologies.
This is a varied and responsible role requiring excellent organisational skills, strong attention to detail and the ability to manage confidential financial information appropriately.
Citizens Advice South Warwickshire is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, dedicated to fostering an inclusive and accessible workplace. We provide equal opportunities for all applicants and employees, offering reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and ensuring that disability is never a barrier to opportunity. As part of this commitment, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme to any applicant with a disability who meets the minimum essential criteria for the role.
We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination.
For full details of the role including full job description and person specification and how to apply please follow the link to our website below:
https://casouthwarwickshire.org.uk/get_involved/work_with_us/current_vacancies.aspx
Pay: £28,000.00-£32,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
