Full job descriptionInterim Finance Assistant – Income & Reconciliations
Location: Paddington, London
Contract: 4 weeks – Interim
Working pattern: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Office attendance: 2 days per week, including Wednesday
Start date: ASAP
The Opportunity
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Interim Finance Assistant to join a well-established charity on an initial four-week assignment.
The successful candidate will provide additional support to the finance team, helping to clear an income-processing backlog and ensure donations and other income are accurately recorded, reconciled and allocated.
Key Responsibilities
*Process and reconcile incoming donations, using spreadsheet information to identify and match transactions against records held within the CRM system.
*Review and update donation records, ensuring payments are correctly recorded and outstanding information is completed.
*Complete income and bank reconciliations, matching CRM records against bank statement transactions.
*Reconcile income received through online donation platforms, including JustGiving and Stripe.
*Investigate discrepancies and resolve queries, working closely with the fundraising team where necessary.
*Check and maintain the accuracy of records within the donation database.
*Ensure restricted and unrestricted income is correctly identified, allocated and coded to the appropriate nominal accounts.
*Support the finance team in clearing the existing income-processing backlog.
*Identify and investigate underlying issues rather than simply processing transactions, ensuring accurate financial reporting.
About You
To be considered for this assignment, you will ideally have:
*Previous experience in a finance or accounts-based role, with strong bank and balance sheet reconciliation skills.
*Experience processing high volumes of financial transactions accurately and efficiently.
*Charity sector finance experience, with a good understanding of fund accounting.
*Knowledge of restricted and unrestricted income and the correct allocation of funds to nominal accounts.
*The ability to investigate discrepancies, identify errors and resolve queries independently.
*Strong Excel and spreadsheet skills, with excellent attention to detail.
*The confidence and ability to pick up new systems and processes quickly, requiring minimal training.
If you have strong reconciliation experience, ideally within a charity environment, and are available to start at short notice, we would love to hear from you.