Senior Accounts Assistant (maternity cover)
Raspberry Pi Foundation, United Kingdom
Job Description
Senior Accounts Assistant (maternity cover)
Location: Cambridge, UK
Salary: 30,000 35,000 p.a. full-time equivalent, dependent on experience
Basis: 14 month fixed-term contract; part-time (60-80% FTE), flexible
Start date: 2 January 2024
Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK
The role
We are looking to recruit a Senior Accounts Assistant (maternity cover) on a 14 month contract to work closely with the rest of the Finance team to support the charitable entities of the Foundation’s group in an interesting and varied role. The role would suit someone who has a minimum of two to three years' experience of working in an Accounts Assistant or Senior Accounts Assistant role in an international organisation and who has a strong understanding of double entry bookkeeping. You will lead the transactional accountancy function for the group, ensuring a consistent approach and efficient processes across all legal entities and supporting the Accounts Assistant where necessary. You will be conscientious and efficient, and you will take pride in the accuracy of your work.
We strive to make the Foundation a place where talented people who care about our mission can do the best work of their careers. We have a flexible and collaborative approach to all aspects of our work. If you’re the right person for the job, we’ll make it work for you, and you can be confident that you’ll be working with an exceptional team.
Responsibilities
- Oversee processing and review supplier invoices, credit card transactions, and staff expenses in Xero for all charitable entities of the Foundation’s group
- Set up payment of all supplier invoices and staff expenses, send remittances to suppliers, and manage direct debits for all charitable entities of the Foundation’s group
- Prepare and deliver monthly inductions to all new members of staff and finance training sessions to existing staff
- Complete bank reconciliations of all income (including grants, donations, individual giving donation platform income, and contract income) for all charitable entities of the Foundation’s group
- Raise customer invoices as required and manage aged receivables
- Liaise with our Partnerships team to assist with submission of Gift Aid claims for our UK entity on a quarterly basis
- Assist with the preparation of month-end accounts, including prepayments, accruals, intercompany reconciliations, and fixed-asset management, ensuring a consistent approach and process across all charitable entities of the Foundation’s group
- Build and maintain the Foundation’s preferred supplier list and manage supplier relationships
- Implement improvements and streamline transactional processes across all charitable entities of the Foundation’s group
- Provide general administrative support to staff as required
- Provide additional support where required while other members of the Finance team are on holiday
Experience and personal attributes
We recognise that everyone has the potential for growth, and we welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they have some, but not all, of the experience and personal attributes listed here.
You should be:
- Studying towards AAT, ACA, CIMA, or equivalent qualification or able to demonstrate an equivalent level of accounting experience
- Experienced in using accounting software (preferably Xero, although this is not essential)
- Well-organised and able to prioritise tasks effectively
- Customer-focused, an excellent communicator, and able to build strong internal and external customer relationships
- Able to work with precision and excellent attention to detail
- Able to use your own initiative and solve problems
- Literate in MS Office and Google Docs, and competent in all other aspects of a digital environment
About us
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based educational charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies.
Established in 2008 and first known for our product the wildly successful Raspberry Pi computer the Foundation has developed education programmes, learning experiences, and products that are helping millions of young people learn vital new knowledge and skills
Through Code Club and CoderDojo, we support the world’s largest network of free informal computing clubs for young people. Tens of thousands of educators have taken our online courses, and millions of people use our free online learning resources. To deepen our understanding of how young people learn about computing and how to create with digital technologies, we conduct acad