NPO Finance Officer

Supporting the Financial Manager of an NPO with accurate, timeous, and sound financial record-keeping, this role plays an essential part in maintaining compliance and the overall operational health of the financial management system. Operating within a flexible, 4-day in-office hybrid schedule, the position ensures robust financial controls across various programmes. Working on a 12-month contract, you will be overseeing general ledger accounts, coordinating payroll adjustments, managing payment distributions, and delivering accurate management accounts and budget variance reporting. Key Responsibilities · General Ledger & Reporting: General Ledger and Subsidiary Ledger reconciliations (including bank, suspense, debtors, creditors, and interdepartmental accounts); execute month-end and year-end account closure procedures. · Payroll & Masterfile Administration: Liaise with the outsourced payroll administrator regarding changes, update salary schedules, consolidate and reconcile payroll data, and manage statutory returns and leave schedules; post monthly journals (payroll, depreciation, and non-routine entries); capture and maintain masterfile information (creditors, debtors, payroll, assets) on cloud-based accounting systems. · Management Accounts & Monitoring: Create, review, and process month-end journals to prepare monthly management accounts; compile periodic budget versus actual comparison reports · Payments & Invoicing: Prepare invoices for stakeholders and funders; load invoices for payment; process payments across programmes; resolve failed payments, and ensure precise ledger allocations. · Travel & Expenses: Facilitate travel arrangements as required; manage expense reporting, reconciliation, and accounting; oversee the issuance, reconciliation, replenishment, and accounting of petty cash. Requirements · Degree or Diploma in Accounting or Finance. · Proven experience in cloud-based accounting platforms (eg Sage). · Hands-on experience in general ledger maintenance, subsidiary ledger reconciliations, and supporting month-end/year-end closure processes. · Demonstrated history of loading, processing, and tracking payments, alongside invoice preparation and ledger allocation. · Experience liaising with outsourced payroll administrators and managing payroll reconciliations and statutory returns.