This award winning trade Association is working in an industry that contributes over £40bn into the UK economy and has over 300 companies in membership. The association holds a strong reputation for high quality policy events and briefings to government and other stakeholders. They are looking for a Finance Officer to join their team.There is a strong team culture in a small and flexible organisation, playing to individual strengths and working at pace in support of their member company interests and continuously striving to learn and improve. There is an immediate requirement for this role and our client will consider candidates who are looking for a permanent role or those looking for a contract/ temp to perm .

The role of Finance Officer will be supporting the Senior Finance Manager in the delivery of all the financial tasks of the Association.

Key duties:

• All data entry on SAGE accounting system. Approximately 7,400 transactions added to Sage each year
• Managing invoicing process and putting in place activity trackers
• Sales and purchase ledger
• Supporting with monthly Payroll and maintenance of confidential personnel records
• Supporting with credit control
• Supporting with issue of supplier and staff expense payments. There are approximately 3,000 supplier invoices to process.
• Supporting with banking and bank reconciliation
• Petty cash

• Previous experience of working in a busy finance environment in a similar role
• Experience of managing sales and purchase ledger
• Team player
  
• Excellent eye for detail
  
• Able to work in busy environment managing a high volume of transactions
  
• First class communications skills and confidence liaising with internal and external stakeholders at all levels