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Closing Date:

15 May 2026

Closing Date:

15 May 2026

Annually:£24,479 - £25,064
Region:London and South East
Location:London - Weston House
Department:Financial Accounting and Operations
Vacancy Type:Permanent
Working hours per week:35
Closing Date:15 May 2026

Are you looking for a role within an organisation where the work you do makes a real difference to children's? If the answer it's yes, Finance Officer could be exactly what you're looking for.

Join us and help make every penny count.

At the NSPCC, we believe every childhood is worth fighting for. With over 100 years of experience, and the collective strength of our staff, volunteers, supporters, and partners, we're working to end child abuse and neglect for good.

At the heart of everything we do, our Finance team plays a pivotal role in stewarding our resources to focus on helping as many children and young people as possible.

In this current climate where more children and young people than ever need our support, our entire team are committed to making sure this is achieved by guaranteeing strong financial management and control.

From managing resources to supporting teams across the organisation, we provide the insight and stewardship that keeps the NSPCC strong, sustainable, and focused on impact.

If you're passionate about making a difference and want your work to have real purpose, this is the place for you, so join us as a Finance Officer .

What is the purpose of the Finance Officer ?

This role is key to ensuring financial integrity and supporting strategic decision-making across the organisation. You'll contribute by:

Assisting the Financial Accounting & Control Manager in ensuring the integrity of the nominal ledger and subsidiary ledgers including the fixed asset register.
Undertaking core processing tasks including weekly and monthly journals andmonth end procedures.
Management of payment runs, cash flow, and daily treasury requirements.
Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations and proactive resolution of issues.
Ensure accurate VAT coding for income and preparation of VAT returns.
Preparation of financial information for audit, statutory and internal purposes.

Your work will help us maximise resources and deliver on our mission to protect children.

What will I be doing as a Finance Officer ?

The Finance Officer supports the integrity, accuracy, and compliance of the NSPCC's financial records and reporting. Reporting to the Financial Accounting & Control Manager, the role delivers core financial processing, balance sheet control, cash flow and treasury management, VAT compliance, and fixed asset accounting. The post holder plays a key role in month‑end, audit preparation, and statutory reporting, working closely with internal teams and external stakeholders.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Manage daily cash flow and treasury activities, including bank balances, surplus fund placement, and investment monitoring.
Maintain strong balance sheet control through timely reconciliations, issue resolution, and clear financial commentary.
Deliver accurate month‑end processing, including journals, payroll reconciliations, and adherence to reporting timetables.
Own fixed asset accounting, including capitalisation, depreciation, reconciliations, and capital expenditure reporting.
Oversee payment processes, acting as an authorised bank signatory and ensuring compliant, well‑controlled payment runs.
Ensure VAT compliance through accurate income coding and preparation of quarterly VAT returns.
Support statutory reporting and audits by preparing year‑end schedules and working directly with external auditors.
Contribute to continuous improvement by maintaining documentation, supporting finance systems, and adapting to policy or legislative change.

What skills do I need to be a Finance Officer ?

Experience of working in a financial environment, or sufficient education infinance and accounting with a desire to gain practical experience. Soundknowledge of general accounting principles and bookkeeping to trial balance. level, e.g. double entry, accruals, prepayments, reconciliations, and VAT.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and good interpersonal skills.
Positive, proactive, takes the initiative and is willing to learn and develop newskills.
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines, whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy.
Demonstrates a focus on customer service and ability to adapt to changing departmental/organisational requirements.
Good Excel and data manipulation skills
Experience of working in a computerised accounting environment. Knowledge of SunSystems, Proactis, and TM1 desirable.

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 Sarah Akinlade [sarah.akinlade@nspcc.org.

If you are interested in applying for this role, we encourage you to apply early. To help us manage the process we may close the vacancy before the advertised closing date should we receive a strong response to the role.

In keeping with our values and our policies, if any individuals who are regrettably at risk of redundancy 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 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

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

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