Book Keeper/Finance Officer

CDS UK (Clinic for Dissociative Studies) is a small psychotherapy clinic, offering assessment and long-term specialist outpatient treatment to people with dissociative disorders. CDS UK is a charity and an approved supplier for the NHS and is subcontracted by NHS CCGs nationally on a per-patient basis, where local mental health services are unable to provide appropriate treatment.

Prospectus is delighted to be working with CDS UK to recruit a Finance Officer to join its team on a part-time (3 days per week) basis, based in North London.

The Role:

This role will support the Head of Finance in all aspects of accounting and financial management responsibilities including bookkeeping, processing and approving supplier invoices, issuing monthly sales invoices, reconciling bank accounts, supporting preparation of managements accounts, budget and year end accounts. The role will also be liaising with the admin team, as well as suppliers and customers.

You will also oversee the day-to-day accounting and financial management tasks to ensure that CDS accounts are accurate and up to date and ensure that the various tasks are completed in a timely and efficient manner.

The Person:

The successful candidate will have substantial experience as a book-keeper/finance assistant ideally in the charity sector but not essentially. This person will also be qualified to AAT level 3 or the equivalent, practiced in VAT returns and familiar with UK Charity sector finance governance and compliance. Experienced with major financial platforms, ideally Liberty Accounts or something similar and a sound handling of Excel. A real team player, this person will be able to work on their own initiative and be a collaborative and supportive member of staff.