Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant 

• Hours: 35 per week
• Contract: Permanent 
• Salary: £24,479 to £25,500 negotiable/dependent on experience
• Location: Agile, Flexible location - inclusive of home working, our head office in Pontypool and travel across Gwent to our various offices. 

Purpose of the Post: Providing the organisation’s transactional and processing functions across accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and banking.

This role is open to female and male applicants

Key Responsibilities 

Full responsibility of Finance and Payroll email inboxes (as the first point of contact) for internal and external enquiries. Full responsibility of coding incoming/outgoing sage data to correct departments and funds 

 Provide timely processing of accounts receivable transactions, including raising invoices and processing donations and remittances with a month end requirement of debtor Balance Sheet reconciliations. 

Provide timely processing of accounts payable transactions, including managing the purchase order process, processing supplier payments & remittances and preparing bank files for payment and month end requirement of Creditor Balance Sheet reconciliations 

Provide weekly bank reconciliations 

Manage petty cash, ensuring that cash is banked regularly, all transactions are posted to Sage and monthly reconciliations are completed. 

Provide monthly payroll and pension administration, ensuring that data is submitted to the payroll provider in a timely manner and the provider’s reports are validated prior to being passed to the Assistant Accountant for posting. Month end requirement of Payroll/pension/PAYE Balance sheet reconciliations 

Ensure that all relevant Excel templates are rolled over annually 

Administer Sage accounting software, including setting up new users, codes & suppliers, managing user access and uploading bulk journal files.  

Other ad hoc tasks as required 

Collaborate with the wider Finance Team to ensure the delivery of a high quality and comprehensive service to the organisation 

Facilitate the active participation of Managers across the organisation in understanding finance processes and the role that they play in providing complete and accurate inputs. 

Continuously monitor and review finance policies and processes and implement changes where necessary, ensuring these reflect Cyfannol Women’s Aid’s needs and culture.  

It may be necessary, following consultation, to amend the job description in light of experience and changing circumstances

Closing Date: 6/10/26
We operate a rolling recruitment process and may interview suitable candidates as applications are received. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once the position has been filled.

CWA is an organisation with equality, diversity and inclusion at its heart. We welcome applications from all areas of the community. However, we particularly encourage applications from members of our BAME community as well as individuals with disabilities who are currently under-represented within our workforce