Save the Children UK is looking for a proactive and analytical Income Accounting and Controls Officer to join the team.
If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Income Accounting and Controls Manager, as Income Accounting and Controls Officer you’ll be responsible for ensuring the delivery of a well-controlled, efficient and effective service. This includes income accounting, bank and other control account reconciliations, recharges, and intercompany reconciliations between SCUK and subsidiaries including Save the Children International (SCI).
As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The role holder will visibly lead our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.
Main Accountabilities
As Income Accounting and Controls Officer, you will maintain and ensure the full reconciliation of bank, control and intercompany accounts for SCUK and all its subsidiaries. You’ll be responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely posting of all transactions from interfaces into Agresso (CARE & EPOS) and that any issues are quickly identified and resolved.
You’ll have the opportunity to identify areas where processes could be improved and take the lead in implementing relevant changes, including streamlining and automating existing processes.
Other key responsibilities include:
Person Profile
We’re looking for an analytical and detail-driven Finance professional who is able to ensure high volumes of transactions are processed quickly and accurately, whilst identifying financial issues/risks.
You’ll have strong problem-solving skills, confident responding to a wide range of queries and developing robust procedures for control account reconciliation.
Joining a collaborative team, you’ll enjoy working flexibly and co-operatively and will have proven experience developing effective working relationships at all levels.
Essential Skills and Abilities:
Education/Professional Skills:
Other desirable experience (but not essential):
Aptitude
Note:
To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.