Accounts Payable Finance Officer (FTC)

British Heart Foundation; London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000

Job description

The opportunity

Our Finance team is looking to recruit a Finance Officer to join our Accounts Payable (AP) team for a 14 month fixed term contract to support the work and transactions that British Heart Foundation (BHF) perform for us to fund lifesaving science.

As an Accounts Payable Finance Officer, you'll:

• support the team and deliver a high-quality service in terms of timely, accurate and efficient entry of BHF expenditure onto our central accounting system
• ensure you achieve key performance indicators and individual targets agreed upon and set by the AP Team leader
• ensure that all transactions are coded and authorised to meet month end deadlines and meet agreed service levels.
• work on data capture and will have knowledge of IPOS queue management.

The AP team provides a high level of customer service, ensuring colleagues and suppliers are kept updated in the process and that the payment process is as smooth as possible, so you'll effectively manage your workload and escalate complex issues to the team lead.

Understanding the needs of customers, you'll raise the profile of finance through provision across the AP team of best-in-class service both internally and externally.

The role involves dealing with internal & external customers via email and over the phone, so you'll be confident communicating in both conversation and writing.

About you

You'll have previous experience within accounts payable or be someone wanting to get into Finance with strong organisational skills, able to pick up tasks quickly and with ease.

With excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, you'll be able to build strong working relationships within Finance and across the BHF and be comfortable communicating finance information to non-finance colleagues.

The role is working within a high-volume, fast-paced team, so you'll have excellent time management and organisational skills.

To excel in the role you will have:

• Accounts payable experience: A strong understanding and experience of BACs, invoicing, reconciliation, finance administration, and Account Payable processes. Familiarity with HMRC requirements for VAT and payments within the UK banking system, and a good knowledge of GDPR.
• Proficient IT and financial systems skills: Excellent IT skills including MS Excel and financial application software packages.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills: Outstanding attention to detail with an analytical approach to data. Strong problem-solving skills with a logical and methodical approach to identifying and resolving issues independently.
• Team player with a can-do attitude: A self-starter who is proactive and a good team player. Exhibits a can-do attitude and is able to manage workload with direction from the team lead.

Working arrangements
This is a part-time role working 21 hours (3 days) for a 14 month fixed term contract, to cover family leave. This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office.

At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.

About us

We value and respect every individual's unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.

Interview process

1st stage interviews will be held over MS Teams. 2nd stage interviews will be in person at our London office.

How to apply

It's quick and easy to apply for a role at the BHF. Just click on the apply button below. You need a CV and to answer two application questions.

As part of our commitment to be an inclusive employer, and ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for this role, the BHF will use anonymous CV software as part of the application journey.

Our recruitment process requires that successful candidates are asked to consent to a Basic criminal records check and any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory basic DBS check.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.

Please note that we are unlikely to be able to sponsor applicants in respect of this role due to the role not meeting the minimum salary criteria to be eligible for sponsorship.