Finance Assistant - Cardiff

The Wallich; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000

Job description

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week; Monday-Friday - 09:00-17:00 with some flexibility.

The Wallich is a leading homelessness and rough sleeping charity in Wales. For more information about our innovative work to support people across the country, visit The Wallich website: www.thewallich.com/about-us.

Purpose of Role:

The role is responsible for assisting in the day-to-day operation of the finance function, including running and maintaining efficient processes to ensure prompt payment of suppliers and the cost-effective procurement of goods and services across the organisation.

Duties:

1. To assist with maintaining the organisation's purchase ledger, including processing and ensuring authorisation of invoices and reconciling supplier statements.
2. To respond to both internal and external queries regarding accounts payable, petty cash and expenses.
3. To facilitate the requisitions process across the organisation in line with the procurement policy.
4. To analyse, accurately process and reconcile monthly petty cash, credit card and expense returns received from projects within specified deadlines.
5. To provide support to staff in relation to requisitions and the expense management app.
6. To analyse and report on specific expenditure lines for management use.
7. Support the Finance team by providing cover during periods of leave.
8. Provide general assistance to the Finance team such as assisting with bank postings, customer and vendor accounts maintenance and reconciliations.

This role is subject to a Basic DBS disclosure.

We are not utilising agencies with this role and kindly ask that agencies do not approach to assist us with this vacancy.

Closing date for this vacancy is 8th April 2025 at 09:00am.

The Wallich reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration.

At The Wallich, we’re fully committed to supporting and improving Equity, Diversity and Inclusion to ensure we’re the best community we can be. There is always still room to evolve and improve and we are striving to create an environment where all staff can bring their authentic selves to the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds and if you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require, please contact [e-mail] or call 02920 668 464.