Finance Officer

Happy Days Nurseries are seeking a full time, permanent Finance Officer to work within our busy Finance Team based at our Support Centre in Summercourt, Cornwall.

You will be required to ensure the smooth running of the day-to-day sales ledger, cash and Early Years funding activities so that processing deadlines in the monthly accounting timetable are met.

Responsibilities will include:

• Confirm sales invoices from the Nursery Management System (NMS) are correct by liaising with nursery managers
• Raise sale invoices using the NMS, with associated reports
• Ensure Early Years grant funding applications are accurate and complete and create journals to defer the grant funding correctly over a period of time
• Administrate direct debits
• Prepare and deliver training to nursery managers and finance colleagues
• Monitor trade debtors and implement credit control procedures for bad and doubtful debts
• As well as the main duties outlined there will be additional tasks to fulfil this role.

Skills & Experience required:

• Provide high quality customer service both internally and externally
• Experience maintaining a sales ledger and ability to deal with complex billing scenarios and high volumes
• Knowledge of bank & cash posting and reconciliation
• In-depth working knowledge of computer software such as Sage, Microsoft Office and Outlook
• Confident in ability to reconcile control accounts and post accounting journals
• Credit control and maintaining provision for bad and doubtful debts
• Able to multi-task and work to strict deadlines
• Strong team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude
• Good, confident and honest communicator
• Previous experience working in the childcare sector would be advantageous but not essential

Happy Days reward package includes:

• Starting salary of £26,000 rising to £28,000 after successful 6 month training and probation period
• Continuing professional development
• Discounted childcare – 50%
• Closed between Christmas / New Year and each Bank Holiday
• 20 days holiday + bank holidays
• Auto enrolment pension contributions