Job advert for Finance Operations Officer
Job title: Finance Operations Officer
Job reference number: DD920
Contract: Permanent, full time, 35 hours per week
Location: Kings Hill based (Kent) with hybrid working, optional 2 days working from home.
Salary: Up to £25,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Do you have the skills and experience to join our busy Finance Team at CAF?

We’re looking for a talented Finance Operations Officer to join our Finance Team at Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).

What you’ll do
At CAF, every one of us contributes to our impact, and as a Finance Operations Officer you too will play an integral part in what we do.
You will be an integral part of the team, processing receipts from donors, carrying out transactional monitoring and submitting Gift Aid claims.
As our Finance Operations Officer you will:
- Ensure all receipts are applied to donors accounts accurately & in a timely manner
- Review receipts that are not in line with history, identifying & referring payments to relevant departments for further investigation
- Perform transaction monitoring in line with CAF’s guidelines & controls
- Prepare & submit weekly Gift Aid claims to HMRC ensuring data quality
- Resolve queries in a timely & efficient manner
- Ensure daily workload is completed whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy

Who you’ll be
This role is for you if you have experience of working in a busy, varied Finance Admin team or have relevant transferable skills and are keen to make a difference to society. We are looking for:
- Ability to demonstrate excellent time management & workload prioritisation ensuring daily tasks are completed
- Ability to work under pressure & to meet deadlines while ensuring a high level of accuracy
- Experience in continuous improvements, making changes & compiling Procedure notes
- Experience processing bank account transactions, performing reconciliations and transaction monitoring
- Competent using Excel and all Microsoft applications.
- Confident in query resolution, both written and verbal

What’s in it for you
At CAF you will receive:
- Permanent hybrid ways of working where roles allow
- Six weeks holiday plus bank holidays
- A wide range of development opportunities to support personal and professional growth
- Pension scheme with better-than-market employer contribution options
- Social impact benefit schemes

For all our employer benefits and to gain an insight into our culture and values, please visit cafonline.org/careers.

Who we are
At Charities Aid Foundation we accelerate social progress by providing essential connections between donors, charities and communities.
We safeguard and deliver vital donations, offer expert advisory services and financial products to donors and charities, and provide tailored charity banking through our award-winning bank CAF Bank.
Our purpose is to enable a better landscape for giving and a fair and sustainable future for all.

Diversity and inclusion
We know that the more diverse and inclusive our organisation becomes, the more creative, effective and impactful we will be. Our aim is for our workforce to represent the society we serve, and we have embarked upon an ambitious pathway to achieve this.
We want to attract, retain and develop the best of talent at all levels, and provide a leading and great place to work, where every voice matters.

How to apply
The closing date for applications is Sunday 8th October 2023.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Please complete the form below, attach your CV and Cover letter, then click ‘Submit Application’ if applying via our website or send your CV to recruitment@cafonline.org quoting reference number DD920.

We welcome applications from everyone who feels they meet the criteria, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital, veteran or parental status.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please indicate on the application form if you would like to be considered as part of the Disability Confident Scheme.

So, we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact our Recruitment team at recruitment@cafonline.org or 03000 123 566 to request assistance or reasonable adjustments.