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Finance Assistant

Salary £24,000 - £25,000, dependent on experience
Location Bristol
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This is a Fixed Term, Full Time vacancy that expires on 20/03/2025 23:59 that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

We are looking for a motivated Full-Time Finance Assistant to join our Finance Team on a Fixed Term Contract until July 2026.

Reporting to our Senior Accountant and Assistant Accountant the role involves working closely with our Finance Assistant Team (Sales & Purchase Ledger).  This role is to support the continued delivery of an effective financial accounting service and day-to-day operations of the finance function to the Charity during the design and implementation of the new Finance System due to go live in April 2026.

Key responsibilities:

This person will be responsible for Sales & Purchase ledger activities including but not limited to:

  • Coding and VAT rates (accounting review)
  • Aged debtors/creditors review,
  • Supplier & Rent statement reconciliation,
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Investigating purchase & invoice queries,
  • Preparing BACS payment
  • Credit card processing
  • Journal posting
  • Managing accounts in email box
  • Liaising with suppliers and customers
  • Purchase order processing

What we’re looking for:

  • Able to start immediately
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, suppliers and customers
  • Flexible approach to work
  • High level of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Highly organised, proactive and able to work on own initiative
  • Strong team player, willing to assist other team members 
  • Experience in a finance background, ideally 1 year minimum

What we can offer you:

  • Salary from £24,000 up to £25,000 per annum, dependent on experience
  • Working hours are 37.5 per week, over 5 days (Monday to Friday)  
  • Office based at the Hospice in Brentry, with options for hybrid working up to 50% after initial training period
  • Fixed Term Post until July 2026

For more information, please view the job description located at end of this page or contact Bev Lawrence - Senior Accountant at bev.lawrence@stpetershospice.org

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK before they apply for a vacancy and be able to provide evidence of this.

Strictly no agencies.

 

About Us

We’ve spent over 40 years helping people die in peace, and with dignity. Combining compassion with clinical expertise, we provide patients with the best possible care at the end of their lives.

We’re here for the people around our patients too – those closest to them. Before, during and after a bereavement, we provide support that’s remembered forever.

We think it’s that unforgettable support that inspires people to give back to St Peter’s. To fundraise for us. Donate. Volunteer. We’re not exaggerating when we say that we couldn’t do what we do without our wonderful supporters. We really can’t thank them enough.  

We want to help many more people to die well. And we’re doing this by teaching others. As a centre of educational excellence, we share our skills with other health professionals, helping the NHS and care homes to provide better end-of-life care. 

We’re here for all, for free, forever. 

The Benefits

If you join our clinical team, we offer NHS Agenda for Change benefits such as: 

  • NHS equivalent salaries
  • Generous holiday entitlement and recognition for previous NHS service (up to 33 days for 10 years' service)
  • Continuation in the NHS pension scheme for existing members
  • Recognition of previous NHS service for sick pay

There are many benefits to working at St Peter’s including:

  • 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays pro rata. This increases the longer you’re with us
  • Competitive salary 
  • Pension, with employer matched contributions up to 6%

  • Enhanced sick pay, rising with service to a maximum of 12 weeks’ full and 12 weeks’ half pay.
  • ​Birthday leave – a day off in the month of your birthday
  • Ability to buy or sell up to three days of annual leave per year
  • Volunteer leave
  • Life insurance scheme
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Access to discounts and offers through the Blue Light Card
  • Home and electronics salary sacrifice scheme
  • Free parking at our main office sites
  • Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
  • Travel discounts
  • Eye care scheme
  • Annual flu vaccine scheme

  • Comprehensive induction 
  • In-house learning & development team 
  • Continual professional development

Life is busy and we all want to enjoy a healthy work/life balance. That’s why we offer flexible working hours, and if it’s practical for your role, we also offer hybrid working.

You can split your hours between your home and our offices in Brentry and Long Ashton. We think this is a good way to work – it gives you the convenience of working from home and the camaraderie of being with colleagues in the office.

Equity and Diversity

We want our teams to reflect the diversity of our community – and we want everyone to feel that they belong. That’s why we’ve joined ENEI: Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion. This is a UK based, not-for-profit organisation that helps employers build and maintain diverse teams and inclusive cultures. We’re really pleased to have ENEI supporting us on our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion journey.

Just as we offer care to all, we welcome applications from everyone. We want to hear from you regardless of your age, disability, religion or belief, sex, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

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