Accounts Officer

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Age UK Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset
Job Description

POST TITLE: Accounts Officer

SALARY SCALE: £15642

HOURS: 20 hours per week to be worked in the office ( days to be agreed)

RESPONSIBLE TO: Chief Executive and Executive Committee of Age UK

Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset

BASED: 700 Wimborne Road Winton BH9 2EG

PURPOSE To provide the Chief Executive and Board of Trustees with up to date information regarding the financial status of the charity.

1) Main Tasks

Data input into Sage One online to maintain up to date financial information for the charity & provide monthly reports

Bank and other Balance Sheet reconciliations.

Preparation of monthly debtors list

Ensuring debtors and creditors are paid on time.

To be repsonsible for banking for the organisation

Dealing with annual reporting process and independent examiners.

To produce monthly invoices

To work with our Managment Accountant

Comply with all Age UK Bournemouth, Poole, and East Dorset policies,

April 2023

The job description is not intended to be exhaustive. The post holder will be expected to adopt a flexible attitude to the duties which may have to be varied (after discussion with the post holder) subject to the needs of the organisation, and in keeping with the general profile of the post.

Essential Criteria
2 or more years’ experience

Be accurate, meticulous, and used to working to strict deadlines.
Experience of Sage One online
Experience of setting budgets, forecasting and cashflows.

Excellent IT skills such as excel.
Ability to produce management accounts.

Desirable Criteria

Experience of partial exemption VAT
Previous line Management experience
Knowledge of Charity SORP and Companies Act and experience of fund
Accounting.

April 2023

Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 20 per week

Salary: £15,642.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Bournemouth: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Accounting: 2 years (preferred)
• bookkeeping: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In person