Finance Officer

We are looking for an experienced Finance Officer to join the team to cover maternity leave.

You will need to be qualified at the minimum AAT level 4 or CAT and/or possess a degree in Accounting or Finance.

DETAILS:

Full-time
Salary according to skills and experience
London-office based
(Will consider a home-based person who can occasionally travel to our office, if beyond reasonable commuter distance).

SUMMARY:

The British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust is a young, successful charity with an ambitious agenda. Funded by commercial broadcasters, we commission television programmes made in British Sign Language and we support the companies and Deaf programme-makers who produce them.

Key areas of responsibilities:

To work with the Deputy Chief Executive to provide financial support to the team.

This will include the following:

Keeping accurate records for all daily transactions and allocating expenditure across different areas in line with the management accounts.
Assisting in the preparation of the commissioning budgets as well as the organisational budget Process internal financial reviews of the final cost reports of selected commissions
Reconciling daily, monthly and yearly transactions with nominal and department reports
Tracking and maintaining a record of committed spend and forecasts
Liaising with Knox Cropper (who undertake BSLBT’s bookkeeping) on the processing of payment runs, the production of monthly management accounts and reconciliations
Drafting financial reports for the Senior Management Team
Undertaking projects for the Deputy Chief Executive Eg: Cash flow forecasting, modelling different approaches to budgeting
Process invoices and expense claims via AutoEntry
Developing an in-depth knowledge of organisational activities and processes
Participating in audits
Managing programme-licensing and programme-acquisition deals
Managing ATW claims and reconciling with interpreter invoices.

Employees are also required to comply with all BSLBT policies and relevant legislation.

You may be expected to carry out other duties which fall reasonably within this role.

Person specification

Essential:

Minimum AAT level 4 or CAT qualified and/or degree in Accounting or Finance
3-5 years’ professional experience in a similar role, one year of which should be in charity accounting
Experience of working with accounting software
A high level of attention to detail
Advanced Excel skills
Ability to write accurately and clearly in English
Good communication skills
Proficient in using cloud-based filing and database systems and different email systems
A BSL user or, if not, a willingness to learn conversational BSL.

Desirable:

An interest in BSL Zone content
An interest in Deaf culture and language
Experience of working in a charity.

We also require three to five years’ professional experience in a similar role, with at least one year in charity accounting. You must also have a high level of attention to detail with advanced Excel skills, as well as the ability to write accurately and clearly in English.

Click here for the full role description and person specification. Please also look at our website and social media to get a full picture of who we are and what we do.

TO APPLY:

Please send a relevant CV plus a letter (no more than two A4 pages) explaining how you are suitable for this role online, via grapevinejobs by midnight on Monday 13th May 2024. Interviews will be held remotely by Zoom on Tuesday 4th June.

BSLBT particularly welcomes applicants from people of Black, Asian and minority ethnic heritage.