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Job Title


Finance Officer


Company : ShelterBox


Location : Truro, England


Created : 2026-01-07


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Job Description Grade: 5 Salary: £30,994 per annum Position type: Full Time, Permanent, 37.5 hours per week. (Flexible working considered) Responsible to: Financial Controller Direct reports: None Location: ShelterBox HQ, Truro, Cornwall (Hybrid working with at least 2 days a week in the office) ROLE PURPOSE: A key member of the finance and financial accounts teams, supporting colleagues and the wider charity by taking responsibility for maintaining elements of the financial records of the charity. Ensuring compliance with technical and legal requirements, safeguarding the assets of the charity. Generating data that will allow for informed decisions to be made, maximising the impact that the charity can achieve for people effected by disasters. WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? We are looking for an experienced finance professional to join our busy team and to help provide a great finance service. You will have excellent attention to detail, good knowledge of finance processes and work well as part of a busy team. Having great organisational skills, you will be able to manage multiple tasks at the same time, work proactively and be a good communicator. You will have experience in working in a finance team. Main core duty will be maintaining the purchase ledger. Shared tasks will be expected for payroll (training will be given). The individual may hold AAT qualification or be qualified by experience. We encourage innovation and new ideas and would welcome you sharing your experience with us, to further develop our team. This will be an exciting time to join the organisation as we have just implemented new systems, for payroll, expenses and finance. This is an opportunity to join a friendly and vibrant organisation. DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: Maintain Financial Records As part of the Financial Accounts team (two Finance Officers and the Financial Controller) take a share of the responsibility for maintaining the financial records of the charity, ensuring compliance with processes and technical and legal requirements, and safeguarding the assets of the charity. Provide support to internal and external stakeholders in operating or using/getting benefits from the outputs from your areas of responsibility. Areas of responsibility will include: - Processing and