Finance Supervisor

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a positive individual to join our team as a Finance Supervisor. You will join us working 35 hours per week, on a 9 month fixed term contract basis. In return you will receive a competitive salary of up to £32,894.59 per annum plus excellent benefits.

This role will be based from home with the requirement to travel in to the office roughly twice a week, initially this will be daily until training is complete. The office is based at Cats Protection's National Cat Centre, Chelwood Gate, on the edge of Ashdown Forest. This is a remote location and public transport is limited, please bear this in mind when applying.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of adoption and homing centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2021 we helped 137,000 cats and kittens. That's the equivalent of around 375 cats a day!

The Finance Directorate has a highly skilled team of employees who cover financial accounting and transaction processing, management accounting and reporting and payroll. The Charity has an annual revenue budget of £75m and operates a trading subsidiary with income in excess of £2.0m per annum. The team processes around 5,000 supplier payments and 150,000 neutering vouchers per year. In addition, they run a payroll for over 1,000 staff and support over 220 branches and their volunteer treasurers, as well as providing financial advice and support to the 36 centres and a chain of over 100 shops.

Responsibilities of our Finance Supervisor:

The successful candidate will be responsible for supervising and processing financial transactions. The three key responsibilities are to manage the day to day running of the finance ledgers, to supervise the finance processing team and manage the financial administrative processes.

What we’re looking for in our Finance Supervisor:

• AAT or equivalent qualification

• Experience of supervising other employees

• Experience of using Microsoft Excel to an intermediate level

• Experience of using accounting software

• Experience of working within accounts payable and accounts receivable

• Experience of completing balance sheet reconciliations

• Ability to process data accurately and quickly

• Willingness to provide a quality service and build strong relationships

What we can offer you:

• salary of up to £32,894.59 per annum plus excellent benefits
• generous annual leave entitlement
• private healthcare scheme
• life assurance scheme
• range of health benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• and more

Join us as our Finance Supervisor and know you are helping to make a real difference to cats and kittens across the UK!

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly. Please note applications which are received after the closing date may not be responded to.

Closing date: 2nd March 2023

Virtual interview date: w/c 13th March 2023

Please note, should we receive a large amount of applications for this vacancy, we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised closing date.

Cats Protection is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and protecting anyone that comes into contact with us from harm. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment

You may be subject to a criminal record check if required for the role.

Please note, CV’s are not required for this role as we are conducting unbiased recruitment for this vacancy.