National Team Finance Assistant

Who we are

Safe Families is a Christian, community based charity that seeks to empower local volunteers, predominately from the church, to engage with those most at need. We exist to create relationship and connection, offering support, hope and belonging to improve the lives of those in our communities, because everyone deserves to belong.

Working hand-in-hand with Children’s Services and local authorities, we link children, young people and families with local volunteers who can offer help and support. Working with a large volunteer base Safe Families assists families in crisis by offering remote support, respite care to children and befriending to struggling parents and carers.

Role Overview

The Finance Assistant role is a key role within the Safe Families and Home for Good Finance team.

We require two individuals to support the Financial Controller with day-to-day processing of financial transactions. These two roles come at an exciting time of growth as we expand following merger of two charities, Safe Families and Home for Good.

One of the positions is a new role while the second post is maternity cover (9-12 months) for the current Finance Assistant.

The roles are key to ensuring financial transactions are processed accurately and on a timely basis. The role will cover processing of sales ledger invoices, raising of sales invoices, processing of mileage and expenses, and processing of bank transactions.

You’ll need to be organised, able to work solo as well as part of a team, and have knowledge of accounting software. You should have integrity, excellent mathematical skills, and an understanding of data privacy and confidentiality standards.

You would work as part of the national team which includes all nations of the UK, and you will need to be able to travel and work predominantly across one of our main offices.