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| ClientEarth uk |
Salary: £27,540 per annum
Location: London
Contract Type: Indefinite
Hours: Full Time
Closing Date:15 July 2021
First Interview Dates:29/30 July 2021
Job description
We're looking for a dedicated and experienced Finance Officer to join our growing Finance department.
We are a legal and environmental charity that uses the power of the law to fight against climate change and to protect nature and the environment. Our finance team currently comprises of 19 colleagues working across our offices in London, Brussels, Warsaw, Berlin and Beijing. In this role you will be sharing responsibility for all aspects of ClientEarth's bookkeeping - processing, income & expenditure, making payments, filing and reconciling bank accounts.
Meet your Manager
In this role, you will be managed by Idris Popoola, our Finance Manager who is based in our London office. Idris joined ClientEarth in 2014 and has over 10 years experience in the not-for-profit sector, having worked in a number of finance roles including Audit and Compliance Officer, Project Accountant and Finance Manager over the years.
Main Duties
- Processing invoices, staff expenses, journals and advances
- Processing of bank and corporate card transactions
- Reconciling aged creditor and debtor's controls
- Preparing and sending out emails to chase missing items
- Answering queries from suppliers and staff
- Assisting in multi-currency bank and cash reconciliations and revaluations
- Assisting in the preparation of monthly management accounts and annual accounts
- Relevant financial bookkeeping experience in a similar capacity for an NGO or a charity
- Experience of working within charity finance and especially working with restricted and unrestricted funds in different currencies and coding to specific projects
- Experience of working with Access Dimensions, FocalPoint or other similar accounting packages
- Fluency (CEFR level C2) in English
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, SharePoint, Word and strong general IT skills
Further Information
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Flexible working: Post-covid, we are giving our staff the choice to decide where they want to work for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based.
ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates, as these groups are currently under-represented in our organisation.
Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK.
ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties.
Closing date: 15 July 2021
