Finance Officer

Job title:  Finance Officer                                          

Reports to: HQ Finance Manager

Hours: 37.5 per week

Salary: £33,000 to £37,000 per year

Location:  London, with four office-based days and the option to work from home one day per week

Last updated: September 2026

Introduction to Street Child

Street Child works to ensure that children are safe, in school and learning, particularly in low-resource and crisis-affected communities. Since our foundation, we have supported more than one 1.8 million children. We are ambitious about reaching many more, and strong financial management is essential to delivering that ambition.

The Finance Officer will play an important role in maintaining accurate financial records, managing income and receivables, supporting month-end processes and helping the wider finance team operate effectively.

Role Purpose:

The Finance Officer is a key member of the HQ Finance team. The role has primary responsibility for recording and reconciling income, managing accounts receivable and supporting effective credit control. It also contributes to month-end reporting, subsidiary accounts, payroll payments, accounts payable and the annual audit

This is a varied role offering exposure to income accounting, month-end reporting, subsidiary accounts, audit and payment processes. The postholder will work within an experienced finance team and collaborate closely with Fundraising and international finance colleagues.

Key Responsibilities:

1)     Income, CRM and accounts receivable management – 50%

Main responsibilities

• Record all income accurately and promptly into Salesforce and the Aqilla finance system.
• Complete the weekly reconciliation of Salesforce to Aqilla
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies, including missing information and data errors, and recommend any resulting process improvements
• Work with Fundraising colleagues to analyse and code income across a variety of fundraising events and data sources.
• Work with relevant colleagues to confirm the correct allocation and funding restrictions, then raise donor invoices and issue receipts.
• Maintain the accounts receivable ledger and circulate a weekly aged-debt report.
• Ensure full trail of supporting documentation is stored on Salesforce, Aqilla and Shared folders
• Coordinate timely and appropriate follow-up of overdue balances.
• Reconcile income and customer accounts and complete month-end foreign-currency revaluations where required.
• Complete donor onboarding promptly and accurately.

2)     Month-end, reconciliations and subsidiary reporting – 30%

Main responsibilities

• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, including prepayments and accruals, for approval by the HQ Finance Manager.
• Ensure that transaction documentation—including bank statements, remittance advice and credit-card statements—is complete and stored correctly in Microsoft Teams
• Prepare Statutory Financial Statements for two subsidiary companies: Sierra Leone Marathon and Bread and Water for Africa.
• Provide information for Gift Aid returns.
• Participate in the annual audit by providing complete, accurate and clearly organised information to auditors.

3)     Accounts Payable support and payment delivery – 20%

Main responsibilities

• Work closely with the Finance Assistant, providing payment guidance and cover the role of making payments and processing invoices processing when required.
• Prepare monthly creditor account reconciliations ensuring that all balances are valid and backed up with appropriate supporting documentation.
• Issue monthly staff credit-card reconciliation reports and follow up to ensure that complete returns are received on time.
• Set up all payroll payments accurately and in time for the agreed payday. 

Undertake other reasonable duties consistent with the scope and level of the role.

Person Specification                                                       

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Post-GCSE qualification such as A-Level or T-level or equivalent
• Sound understanding of double-entry bookkeeping.
• Studying towards, or part-qualified in, a recognised accountancy qualification, or equivalent relevant finance experience.

Desirable

• Full accountancy qualification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Confident use of Excel, including formulas, lookups, filtering and reconciliation of financial data
• Experience using Microsoft Teams or another shared digital workspace to collaborate and maintain records
• Experience of working in a similar role
• Experience of using a CRM

Desirable

• Charity or third sector experience.
• Salesforce Experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Attention to detail
• Highly organised and self-motivated
• Flexible and able to manage multiple tasks at one time.
• Good written, verbal and presentation skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Willing to learn, seek guidance and take ownership of continuous development

 Desirable

• Identifies issues early and proposes practical solutions
• Able to follow outstanding issues through to resolution.

Other

• Pro-active communication style including keeping team-members informed and updated as necessary.
• Work co-operatively and collaboratively with colleagues, other departments and other external contacts
• Strong communicator and able to explain work to other team members
• Good Interpersonal skills

Street Child’s commitment to Safeguarding: 

Street Child is committed to the safeguarding and protection of the communities we serve, our partners, our volunteers, and our staff.  

As part of this commitment to safeguarding, all offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate background checks, including a Criminal Records check.   

Street Child also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

Application Process:

Please send your CV and a short motivation letter via this link here. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.