Vacancy at Herefordshire Wildlife Trust
At Herefordshire Wildlife Trust we are committed to creating an organisation that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We want our people to flourish, just like nature
We are fully committed to Safeguarding for all our staff and volunteers Safeguarding Commitment Statement | Herefordshire Wildlife Trust
Key Finance Responsibilities:
- Process sales and purchase invoices & credit notes, raising funding requests, inter-company recharges, prepayments and posting journals, all using Xledger financial software
- Manage weekly supplier payment runs, ensuring timely and accurate payments aligned with contractual obligations
- Maintain nominal, sales and purchase ledgers
- Credit control, including producing debtor statements and proactively chasing payment for overdue accounts
- Monthly reconciliations for all the Trust’s bank accounts
- Receive cash/cheque/BACS payments, accurately allocating cash to ledgers ensuring correct budget codes are used
- Reconcile and post monthly credit card transactions ensuring accurate coding to relevant expenditure codes
- Assist with the quarterly VAT returns
- Maintain the fixed asset register and post the monthly depreciation journal
- Administer payroll and pension processes using Bright pay, including monthly and year end procedures, P11D submissions, and reporting to HRMC and pension providers. Provide financial guidance and project support to budget holders and project officers, including grant tracking and reporting.
- Handle banking activities, securing deposits of cash and cheques for the Trust as required
- Assist the Head of Finance with the preparation of monthly management accounts, the preparation of the annual budget, quarterly re-forecasts, the financial year end and annual external audit
- Support the Finance Committee with minute taking
- Undertake any other financial tasks as required, such as staff training on Xledger
5% Employer pension contributions
Annual leave 33 days inclusive of 8 bank holidays increasing by one day per year to a max of 38 days
Life Assurance, 2 x basic salary
Enhanced sick pay
EAP 24/7 confidential access to expert services including counselling ,
wellbeing, independent legal and financial advice
Health cash plan with West field health
Volunteering: 2 paid volunteer days each year.
Flexible and hybrid working
Please include your CV and a supporting statement that refers to the person specification in the job description, outlining your relevant knowledge, skills, and experience. The supporting statement should not include any personal details (e.g. name, address) to support anonymised shortlisting.
Both documents should be submitted in an editable format (e.g. Word) to allow for anonymisation.
Closing dates for applications is January 6th 2026
Interviews will be held week commencing 12th January 2026
| Title | File |
|---|---|
| Finance Officer Job Description | JD_Finance_Officer_7-10-2025.pdf |
| Recruitment of Ex offenders Policy statement | Recruitment_of_ex_offenders_policy_statement.pdf |
| Equal Opportunities and diversity policy | HWT_EQUAL_OPPORTUNITIES_AND_DIVERSITY_POLICY.pdf |
| New Diversity Monitoring Form | 05_New_Diversity_Monitoring_Form.xlsx |