Part Time Finance Administrator - 16 hour per week

  • Personnel Selection
  • Frimley, Surrey
  • Oct 11, 2025
Full time Accounting

Job Description

We are seeking a Part Time Finance Administrator to join our Head office team to assist the Finance Manager, ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the Finance Department. Working 16 hours per week (mornings) split over 4 days with the role being based at our Frimley office. We are a UK wide charitable organisation within the education and learning sector and we can offer you a professional and welcoming team environment from our Head Office. The role could suit candidates who are currently working in a similar role and seeking a new challenge, or you could be looking to find a better work/life balance by reducing your hours to part time or alternatively, you might be a returner to work. We can offer on site free parking, 23 days holiday plus bank hols pro rata, pension scheme and a modern and professional working environment.

The purpose of the role is to support the Finance Manager with a range of Finance tasks and your main duties will be as follows:-

Purchase Ledger

  • Securing approval of purchase invoices from various budget holders
  • Coding purchase invoices for processing and posting in Sage 50
  • Preparing weekly and ad hoc payment runs
  • Reconciling purchase ledger
  • Reconciling supplier statements
  • Resolving queries with suppliers
  • Processing and paying employee expense claims

Cash Books & Petty Cash

  • Maintaining cash book
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Petty cash management and reconciliation

General Finance Admin

  • Ensuring all finance department paperwork is filed promptly and digital records are kept up to date
  • Ad hoc departmental administrative tasks to support line manager
  • Attend training, meetings and networking events as and when required

To be successful as our Part Time Finance Administrator you should have the below skills and experience

  • Knowledge of widely used accounting systems
  • A sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office especially Excel
  • Good numeracy and accuracy with an attention to detail
  • Ideally some previous experience of using Sage 50
  • Any experience of working in the charitable sector or an education environment would be an advantage but not essential.

In return we can offer a varied role as part of our finance department, working alongside our wider Head office team with a friendly working environment, 23 days hol plus bank hols pro rata, pension scheme and the chance to get the right work/life balance.

Please submit your CV asap for immediate consideration.