Finance Officer

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Hours
35 hours per week

Salary
£31,531 - £41,851 per year

About the Organisation

RCPCH has more than 25,000 members and fellows and employs around 200 staff, most of whom work in our London office in Holborn. We have a Devolved Nations team operating from Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Our College values: Include, Influence, Innovate, and Inspire, are important to us. These values ensure we bring out the best in each other, strive forward together to make the College a positive and dynamic place to work.

About the role

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) is looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Finance Officer to join our busy and collaborative Finance team. The Finance team plays a vital role in supporting the College’s mission by providing robust, effective, and integrated financial services. As Finance Officer, you will be central to enabling accurate transactions, supporting staff across the College, and helping to ensure that our services deliver maximum impact for members and the wider public.

You will handle day-to-day finance queries, manage the sales, purchasing, and expenses inboxes, and process purchase and sales invoices. You will also support reconciliations, maintain accurate financial records, and play a key role in ensuring month-end and year-end deadlines are met.

We are looking for someone who is highly numerate, computer literate, and committed to delivering a high-quality, customer-focused service. You should have experience working within a sales and purchase ledger function, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to thrive under pressure while meeting tight deadlines. Strong organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills are essential, as is the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

Managing Enquiries:

• Assist College staff with their enquiries through Topdesk; help them to interpret finance information and locate finance documents.
•  Manage the Sales, Purchasing and Expenses inbox
• Assist the wider college by answering queries on Expense claims, Sales Orders and Purchase Orders
• Orders allocating queries to the appropriate member of the Finance team 

Purchase and Sales Ledger:

• Provide support with Sales and Purchase Ledger function, including the setup of new customers, suppliers on the accounting/procurement system, the matching of invoices with
• POs or bank receipts as appropriate.
• Processing sales invoices /credit notes and purchase invoices.
• Ensuring all Direct Debit payments/receipts (income and expenditure) are posted to the nominal ledger, and postings of supplier payments and customer receipts to the bank.
• Assist with the reconciliation of customer and supplier statements. Weekly review of debtors and creditors with the Financial Controller.

General Finance Team Duties:

• Keeping accurate records for all daily transactions
• Ensure monthly management accounts deadlines are adhered to.
• Weekly reconciliation of all bank accounts for the RCPCH Group as allocated by the Financial Controller
• Provide support during the year-end audit process, being available for auditors during the interim and final audit.
• Perform any other ad hoc duties commensurate with this position, including participation in any system-related projects.

Skills, Competencies & Experience

Essential:

• Experience of working in a sales and purchase ledger function
• A strong understanding of the basic financial and accounting principles
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Must be organised and adaptable
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
• Ability to work well under pressure and solve problems efficiently and effectively
• Ability to work well in a team and build effective working relationships with colleagues, staff, and external stakeholders/suppliers, with emphasis on customer service delivery
• Ability to work well independently and the ability to use their own initiative
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office software, Excel essential and accounting software
• Respect for confidential information

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Accounting software, especially Business Central.
• Experience of working in a charity
• AAT/ equivalent qualifications

Compensation & Benefits

• Contributory Pension Scheme with an employer’s contribution of up to 10%Eye care vouchers. Employee Discount Scheme
• Comprehensive Learning & Development provision
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave
• Enhanced redundancy pay
• 21 hours of volunteering leave per year
• SMARTech up to £1000 once the probationary period
• Cycle2Work up to £1000 once the probationary period
• Occupational health, including counselling and neurodiversity assessments
• Paid IVF Leave
• Pregnancy and Infant Loss leave and pay

Working locations

• Hybrid model, working in the London office and remotely

How to apply

• Apply for the job online

Interviews

• Interviews potentially week commencing 27th October 2025

Policies

The RCPCH champions Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Our workplace is inclusive, offering a supportive environment where staff can thrive. The College is keen to accept applications from people with protected characteristics. We believe that our staff should represent all of the diverse communities we serve. Join us to help realise our vision of a world where every child is healthy and well.

The RCPCH is committed to safeguarding the children, young people, and adults it has contact with in the exercise of its functions and responsibilities. The RCPCH expects all staff to share this commitment. We place a high priority on ensuring only those who do so are recruited to work for us. 

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