Finance Assistant

Employer
Charity People
Location
London
Salary
£16.15-£17.82 per hour
Contract
Permanent
Work pattern
Not Specified
Working arrangement
Hybrid working
First listed by Ontap
16 September 2026
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Job description

Finance Assistant

Duration: Temporary (3-6 months)
Salary: £16.15-£17.82 per hour (equivalent to £29,387-£32,433 FTE)
Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday
Location: London / Hybrid working
Office Attendance: Minimum 2 days per week (Wednesday is the core office day, with Thursday typically the second office day)
Interview in-person: Wednesday 23 September
Start Date: ASAP

Charity People is delighted to be partnering with Living Streets to recruit a Finance Assistant.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the UK's leading charities dedicated to creating safer, healthier and more inclusive communities through walking. You'll join a supportive finance team during a period of growth, helping to maintain smooth financial operations across both the charity and its trading activities.

About Living Streets

Living Streets is the UK charity for everyday walking. Through campaigns, education programmes and partnerships with schools and local authorities, they work to create streets where people can walk safely, confidently and enjoyably. The organisation's trading arm supports this work through the sale of educational resources, awards and merchandise to schools and communities across the UK.

About the Role

Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will provide essential support across the finance function, ensuring accurate and efficient processing of financial transactions and maintaining excellent internal and external customer service standards.

Key responsibilities include:

Maintaining purchase and sales ledgers
Processing supplier payments and staff expenses
Supporting Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable activities
Undertaking weekly bank reconciliations
Managing credit control activities and chasing overdue payments
Reconciling debtor and creditor balances
Processing daily allocations and month-end tasks
Managing the shared finance inbox and responding to queries
Raising journals and assisting with month-end processes
Supporting annual audit and budgeting activities

About You

We're keen to hear from candidates who can demonstrate:

Experience in a Finance Assistant or similar transactional finance role
Strong Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable experience
Experience processing BACS payments
Credit control experience
Bank reconciliation experience
Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
Strong communication and organisational skills
Experience using finance systems
The ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
A proactive and collaborative approach to work

Desirable Experience

Experience working within the charity or not-for-profit sector
Experience using Microsoft Business Central
Intermediate Excel skills, including working with spreadsheets and pivot tables
Experience working with high-volume transactions
Studying towards an accountancy qualification such as AAT, ACCA, ACA or CIMA

Hiring process

This is an urgent requirement and applications will be reviewed as they are received.

One-stage interview process in-person on 23rd September.

How to apply

Please send your CV as soon as possible to be considered for this opportunity.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to support you through the recruitment process.

Charity People is a forward thinking, inclusive organisation that actively and deliberately promotes equity, diversity and inclusion. We know organisations thrive when inclusion is at the forefront. We evidence our commitment by matching charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates irrespective of background e.g. age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we believe that greater diversity leads to greater results for the charities we work with.

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