Finance Officer - Reed : Job Details

FINANCE OFFICER – Belfast

SALARY: £29,777 - £33,945 per annum

EMPLOYMENT: Permanent, full-time, office-based opportunity (open to reduced hours)

Reed Accountancy is partnered with a highly reputable and established client in Belfast in the appointment of a Finance Officer to join their team on a permanent and full-time basis.

This is a varied role, and the successful Finance Officer will provide support to the team in all aspects of Payroll and Finance Administrative support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Calculation and payment of salaries, tax, national insurance, pension contributions.
• Maintenance of all payroll records.
• Compilation of monthly and annual returns and completion of payroll reconciliations.
• Operating various deductions from salaries. 
• Posting monthly payroll journals to accounting system, operating and reconciling control accounts.
• Completing claims forms and reconciling claims to income received.
• Completion and submission of all pension returns.
• Making timely payment of all payroll deductions.
• Ensuring payments are made to the HMRC on a timely basis.
• Submission of monthly RTI’s.
• Taking receipt of income, counting and banking of monies.
• Recording of financial information in the relevant books and records.
• Journal input of financial transactions to the accounting system.
• Preparation of bank reconciliations and Input of Petty Cash journals.
• Arrange the collection of all fees and maintain debtor records and following up the collection of unpaid fees.
• Assisting in the preparation of financial returns.
• Assisting in the application of grants and fundraising opportunities.
• Prepare and process timely payments on Banking Online.
• Preparation of financial returns when necessary.
• Reconciliation of income received to returns and applications.
• Produce monthly Aged Creditor report.

 What you need to succeed:

• A minimum of 5 GCSE’s (grades A-C) or equivalent or higher including Mathematics and English
• Previous experience working as a Finance Officer, or previous experience of working in a similar finance administrative role.
• Substantial experience in the use of IT systems including MS office.
• Payroll processing experience in a medium/large organization.
• Experience of operating an online payment system.

For more information, including package details, please contact Mary at Reed Belfast, apply via this advert, or contact me confidentially on LinkedIn.