Finance Assistant Vacancy

Finance Assistant - Part-Time

Halifax, West Yorkshire

We are recruiting for a part-time Finance Assistant here in Halifax to support the Finance Manager working with numbers and people.  If you have experience of accounts and admin and like to work in a small team, we would love to hear from you.

About Us

Community Foundation for Calderdale (CFFC) is a multi-award-winning Halifax based charity and one of 47 UK Community Foundations.

Every year we award grants supporting hundreds of charities and volunteer groups across our area/district, addressing inequalities, investing in brighter futures and enabling positive change.

Working with generous individuals, businesses and public sector organisations, we have distributed over £36 million in grants to a diverse range of causes in local communities across Calderdale.

We are looking for a Finance Assistant to join us on a part-time basis, to support our financial activities and admin.

The Benefits

– Salary Range £24,500 – £26,000 (FTE) pro rata dependant on qualifications and experience
– Employer’s contribution to your pension of 8%
– 20 days holiday * (pro rata) plus Bank Holidays
– Extended Easter and Christmas breaks
– Flexible working available, mainly office based

* one day holiday added for every year of service for the first five years to a maximum of 25 days per year

The Role

As a Finance Assistant, you will support the Finance Manager to maintain our accounting records and ensure the efficient running of the accounts function in-line with all current legislation.

Accounting and Record Keeping:

  • Maintain banking records and bank reconciliations and update the cashbook in Microsoft excel and post to the accounting system
  • Maintain nominal reconciliations including to our CRM system
  • Process transactions in the CRM system on a regular basis

Membership and Donations:

  • Manage membership records in our CRM system and liaise with team members
  • Prepare gift Aid claims and manage donor forms
  • Produce letters to thank donors

Financial processes and payments:

  • Provide documents to support all payments including grants via our safe portal and create bank payments within online banking
  • Produce Sage cloud invoices for tenants, members and events and chase for overdue amounts
  • Process purchase ledger invoices onto Sage Cloud

Reporting and Budget Monitoring:

  • Prepare quarterly VAT submissions to HMRC
  • Assist in preparing financial reports and committee meeting papers
  • Monitor spend against budget in reports

Payroll Processes:

  • Prepare monthly payroll records using sage cloud for review
  • Generate year end reports

Audit and Year-End Support:

  • Assist in the preparation of year-end accounts and produce working papers for audit
  • Work with the auditors at year-end to support their information gathering

Ad Hoc Financial and Admin Support:

  • Support the wider team on ad hoc projects
  • Other admin and financial duties as required
  • To respect the values and ethos of CFFC and to comply with policies, procedures and regulations

About You

To join us as a Finance Assistant, you will need:

  • Microsoft Excel spreadsheet skills
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft word and outlook and co-pilot
  • An accountancy qualification and/or good experience of working within an account’s department
  • Experience of using accounting and CRM systems i.e., Sage, Xero and Salesforce
  • Great work ethic and time management
  • Excellent communication and listening skills
  • Good attention to detail and organisational skills
  • Ability to work without supervision and to work in a team
  • Understanding the importance of confidentiality

Ideally, you will have accountancy and/or finance experience from within a charity environment, but this is not essential.

This is a part-time role, working 17.5 hours per week, over agreed three days, however these hours can be worked over four or five days.

The closing date for this role is Friday 20th November 2026.

CFFC reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Please apply with your CV and a supporting letter either via email or post to

The Finance Manager,
CFFC,
9 Clare Road,
Halifax,
HX1 1HX

Email:  amanda@cffc.co.uk