Accounts Assistant

Employer: Kids Matter  

Location: Remote (based in England & Wales with occasional travel required)

Working hours: 14 hours per week. Monday mornings are compulsory due to a weekly team meeting, otherwise hours can be spread throughout Monday to Friday. 

Salary: £24,479 – £25,360 pro rata (£9,792 – £10,144 actual) 

  • Job title: Accounts Assistant
    Reporting to: Finance Manager
    Location: Remote (based in England & Wales with occasional travel required)
    Contract: Permanent
    Start date: As soon as possible
    Hours of work: 14 hours per week. Monday mornings are compulsory due to a weekly team meeting, otherwise hours can be spread throughout Monday to Friday.
    Salary: £24,479 – £25,360 pro rata (£9,792 – £10,144 actual)

    Job description

    Overall purpose

    The purpose of the Accounts Assistant role is to process financial transactions and support the Kids Matter finance function, maintaining accurate and up-to-date records on our accountancy system (Xero), whilst ensuring financial governance requirements are met in line with HMRC and Charity Commission recommendations.

    Key responsibilities

    General financial management

    • Process day-to-day finances, ensuring all bank accounts and transactions are reconciled and coded correctly on Xero at month end.

    • In line with Kids Matter’s financial policies and processes, ensure best practice is carried out, maintaining accurate and transparent records.

    • Perform any other duties as required by the Finance Manager and/or Operations Team.

    Income & fundraising

    • Ensure all income is accurately processed and recorded on Xero and our CRM system (Beacon).

    • Complete monthly reconciliations between Xero and Beacon records

    • Generate invoices as required, inputting into Xero, and chasing outstanding payments.

    • Ensure restricted income is allocated to the correct fund.

    • Manage Gift Aid processes, including submitting and recording claims.

    • Communicate with the Fundraising Team as required, including notifying of ‘donation alerts’ when new gifts are received and providing donation receipts.

    Bills & Expenses

    • Process all bills and expenses, managing the purchase ledger from receipt of invoice to payment.

    • Ensure all expenditure is authorised in line with Kids Matter policy.

    • Ensure expenditure that relates to restricted income is allocated to the correct fund.

    • Follow up and resolve supplier related queries.

    • Oversee and manage the expense card system (Volopa), topping up individual cards as required and processing payments in a timely manner.

    • Process staff and volunteer expenses and assist with related queries.

    • Process credit card transactions and reconcile monthly statements.

    Banking & payment processors

    • Set up supplier payments for authorisation.

    • Complete monthly bank reconciliations.

    • Manage payment processor accounts (e.g. JustGiving, PayPal, GoCardless etc).

    Financial reports & budgets

    • Support the Finance Manager in the planning and production of accurate annual budgets.

    • Support the Finance Manager in the creation of the monthly management and department accounts.

    • Support the Finance Manager with preparing documents required for annual audit.

    • Generate ad hoc reports from Xero as requested.

    Wider team involvement

    • Contribute towards staff prayers and, on occasion, lead ‘Thought for the Day’.

    • Provide additional support to other teams when appropriate.

    • Engage with team-wide meetings and trainings.

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