JOB DESCRIPTION



Job Description

|Role Title: Senior Finance Officer (28 hours per week – Grade 4) |

|Main Purpose of Role: |

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|To provide reliable and accurate monthly management accounts to the Heads of Department in the Diocese |

|To ensure monthly accounting routines are completed |

|To provide accounting analysis and reports as required |

|Responsible to: Director of Finance |

|Working Relationships (both internal and external): |

|Director of Finance, Finance Officers, Deanery Teams, Parish treasurers, HMRC, |

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|Principal Responsibilities (including limits of responsibility): |

|Preparation of monthly management accounts for review by Director of Finance |

|Reconciliation of all control accounts in computerized accounting software, including bank accounts and parish share reports |

|Distribution of parish share reports to third parties |

|Preparation of ad hoc financial statements for third parties |

|Preparation of any financial reports & analysis as required |

|Preparation of year end working papers for audit |

|Reconciliation of Trust accounts |

|Provision of absence cover for Finance Office staff. |

|Any other duties that could reasonably be expected of the holder of this post |

|Principal Tasks: |

|Preparation of key monthly departmental management accounts and reports. |

|Preparation of working papers in support of statutory annual financial statements and some liaison with external auditors |

|Reconciliation of returns on investments, including rents from land and buildings, cash deposit interest and all other income receivable. |

|Reconciliation of all other income. |

|Monitoring cash flow and payments through the electronic banking facility. |

|Maintenance of Fixed Asset Register, accounting for acquisitions and disposals of asset, supervising the annual internal audit of assets. |

|Review of monthly payroll once completed by the Finance Officer (Payments). |

|Accounting for lay staff salaries and expenses and ensuring completion of all statutory returns including PAYE, NICs and of all other |

|statutory payments and pension contributions. |

|Review and submit movement forms for clergy payroll and review reports issued by clergy payroll department |

|Administration of the TNT pension scheme. |

|Preparation of TNT’s annual financial statements |

|Preparation of the Clergy Widows financial statements |

|Administration of the trust accounts, including banking of income & reconciliation of trust investments |

|Direct bank payments including Wind FX and Ordinands grants |

|Production of monthly timesheets |

|Assigned Fees review and dealing with queries from parishes |

|Minute taking for the Finance Committee and Inter-Deanery Finance Forum meetings |

|Preparation of annual trust statements to parishes as directed by the Director of Finance |

|Preparation of any other reports and account reconciliations as required by the Director of Finance |

|Attendance at meetings as and when required. |

|Relevant Qualifications and Experience required (if job were to be advertised): |

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|recognised accountancy qualification or be qualified by experience |

|a high degree of commitment, responsibility and self motivation. |

|emotional intelligence and relational skills |

|ability to delegate work appropriately, especially through the Finance Officers |

|practical experience in the fields of management accounting and computerised accounting systems |

|effective communication skills in a wide variety of contexts, having the ability to use IT for research and presentation. |

|be willing and able to travel within the diocese and occasionally further afield. |

|The above job description has been discussed and is agreed by: |

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|Signed: ……………………………………………..…. Date: ………………………… |

|(Postholder) |

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|Signed: ……………………………………………..…. Date: ………………………… |

|(Line Manager) |

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