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Finance Assistant
Responsible to: Management Accountant
Contract: Permanent, Part-time. 21 hours per week
Salary: £28,000 – £32,000 pa pro rata, depending on experience
Location: Office Based Role
Job Purpose
With proven financial experience in a recent and relevant role, you will play an active role in improving and developing our financial systems and processes.
Working directly with the Management Accountant, you will support department budget holders and their teams by providing relevant and timely financial reports and analysis.
You will be enthusiastic about investing your time and expertise into expanding the contribution we make to productions and projects across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop CFT’s financial reporting and analysis
- Prepare and post journals
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts
- Maintain the fixed asset register
- Collate data for external reporting requirements
- Support the preparation of payroll information and reporting
- Assist with the preparation of quarterly VAT returns
- Contribute to the upgrade of our accounting system
- Support the year-end audit process
- Provide hands-on support for the purchase ledger team when required
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills
- Experience of working within a busy finance department
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
Qualifications
- Qualified by experience, part qualified, AAT qualified or equivalent
Responsibilities of all Staff Members
- Be aware of the work of the other departments in the achievement of CFT’s aims
- Take an active part in communicating and co-operating with other staff and departments
- Follow guidelines, procedures and policies provided by the company in relation to financial management and personnel records
- Work in accordance with the Equal Opportunities policy of CFT
- Be aware of, and comply with, the rules and legislation pertaining to Health and Safety at work
- Take part in such working groups and committees as might from time to time be required for the fulfilment of departmental and/or company aims
- Maintain a clean and safe working environment at all times
- Be an active ambassador for CFT, its aims, objectives and values
- Commit to CFT’s environmental policies to reach net zero and collaborate with us in finding innovative solutions towards more sustainable theatre-making
A few more things…
We’re an Equal Opportunities employer. We embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skillsets. We passionately believe that the more diverse and inclusive we are, the better we’ll be as a company, an employer, a community hub and a theatre. We actively encourage applications from people that have been traditionally under-represented in the arts.
We really value people who will bring unique perspectives and will add new knowledge to our team. The Theatre has an equality of opportunity approach and aspires to give everyone the chance to achieve their potential.
You may already have seen that CFT are Disability Confident and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture.
CFT have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer practice across our organisation.
All appointments are made subject to satisfactory reference and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
To apply please send your CV and a covering letter, or video, to recruitment@cft.org.uk by 10pm 17 August, quoting job reference: 2508FA in the subject line. In your covering letter or video, please let us know why you are applying for the role, what excites you about joining CFT and how your experience and skills match the person specification.
We’d love to hear about what makes you a great fit in your own words. We encourage candidates not to rely on AI for their applications, as a more personalised approach gives us a better sense of who you are.
Please email recruitment@cft.org.uk if you’d like to arrange for an informal chat about the role before applying. We appreciate this may be a busy time – if you need more time to submit your application, please let us know.
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