Finance Clerk

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Closing Date:

22 February 2026

Closing Date:

22 February 2026

• Annually:£24,479
• Region:Cymru/Wales
• Location:Cardiff - Diane Engelhardt House
• Department:Financial Accounting and Operations
• Vacancy Type:Fixed Term
• Working hours per week:35
• Duration of Fixed Term:8 months
• Closing Date:22 February 2026

An excellent opportunity has arisen within the National Processing Unit (NPU) supporting the Finance Department and the NSPCC to help cover a maternity leave.

Reporting to the NPU manager, the main purpose of this role is to provide a high quality, consistent service covering purchase ledger, sales ledger and expenses. As part of the role you may be required to take on any of the below tasks:

• Processing Purchase Ledger invoices
• Processing Staff and Volunteer expense claims
• Raising Sales Ledger invoices
• Chasing up customers for unpaid debts
• Assisting with Supplier and Customer queries either by phone or via email.
• Completing reconciliations of Supplier statements and/or of income received.

Are you Confident, committed and extremely well organised, and have everything it takes to build successful working relationships right across the board? Do you have a finance background, having previously worked in purchase or sales ledger teams? Do you also have a working knowledge of processing purchase and sales invoices, purchase orders and familiar with Microsoft Office and computerised finance software? If so, this could be the perfect role for you!

Why join the NSPCC?

Any one of our people will tell you that a huge reward in itself is making a difference to children's lives. But we know it's a competitive world, and it's important to feel valued in your role and receive more practical, tangible benefits. We offer salaries that are at least comparable with the top charities in the UK, as well as these benefits.

• Generous annual leave- 29 days per annum plus bank holidays for full-time employees (pro-rata for part-time). 32 days per annum after five years' continuous service.
• Employee discounts- Our discounts portal gives you online access to over 3,000 discounts and offers.
• The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)- an independent, free, personal support service. It can provide information, support and advice to support your health and wellbeing.
• Pension- building up a good pension is something we want to help you achieve with our flexible, tax-efficient pension schemes.
• Life assurance scheme- All employees will be given life assurance of one times their salary, unless they join the NSPCC Group Personal Pension Scheme, where members are given life assurance of five times their salary.

Join us and make a difference. You'll grow, be challenged, and help change millions of young lives for the better.

Ready to apply?

If this is the role for you, please click the button ‘apply' to start your journey. You can find more information on all recruitment stages on the Career page.

Still have questions about the role?

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Rachel Lees rachel.lees@nspcc.org.uk

We have a number of employees at the NSPCC who are regrettably at risk of redundancy, following a significant restructure. In keeping with our values and our policies, if any of these individuals apply for a role and meet the minimum essential criteria, they will be given priority consideration. We hope that you understand our position on this and that this will not discourage you from applying. We cannot predict who, internally, will apply for a role, or whether they will meet the minimum essential criteria. Where no at risk candidates meet the minimum essential criteria, all applications will be considered as normal.

Supporting Documents

• Policy on storage handling use retention and disposal of DBS PVG and Access NI disclosures (227.92 KB)
• Our Benefits (5.84 MB)
• Recruitment of ex-offenders policy (268.33 KB)
• Safeguarding Statement (455 kB)
• Inclusive Recruitment Practices (943 kB)
• EDI Action Plan (677 kB)
• Becoming Trauma-Informed (3 MB)

As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.

At the NSPCC we are on a journey to becoming a trauma-informed organisation for the children, young people and families that we work with, as well as our staff and volunteers. To be trauma-informed is one of the guiding principles that shape and guide our 2021-2031 Strategy. This means understanding the nature of adversity, trauma, and resilience so that we can work towards reducing and preventing further harm and promoting recovery and healing. Coming to work at the NSPCC will provide the opportunity for you to join us in our commitment to becoming a trauma-informed organisation.

NSPCC is that the NSPCC highly embraces,

encourages and promotes diversity and

inclusiveness of staff.

Siobhan Walters / Children's Services