Finance Officer (Part-time)

Job description

Finance Officer (Part-time)Z-arts is Manchester's venue for children and families and delivers a broad range of performing arts events, performances, exhibitions, activities, workshops and participatory opportunities. Our mission is to inspire and enable generations of young people from Manchester and beyond to use creativity to achieve their potential.

PURPOSEThe Finance Officer will support the Finance Manager with the day-to-day tasks of the finance department. This includes maintaining and updating all financial records and assisting with the preparation of management accounts.

HOURSThe role is 15 hours per week. Z-arts is proud to be a flexible employer and family focused, and therefore happy to discuss a flexible working arrangement that suits both the right applicant and Z-arts. This may involve undertaking the work across fewer days, and/or term-time-only working, but ideally the candidate would be able to attend the office Monday-Friday for 3 hours per day.

RESPONSIBLE TOFinance Manager

MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Sales Ledger: daily processing of sales invoices, credits and receipts on Sage accounts

Cash Takings: daily accounting for the cash takings from Box Office and Café/Bar

Purchase Ledger: daily processing of purchase invoices

Bank: daily inputting and banking of sales and cash receipts, pay suppliers or cash purchases by bacs or cheque, and daily reconciliations of all bank accounts

Petty Cash and Expenses: as and when required, advancing petty cash and processing staff expenses, completion of expenses/petty cash forms ensuring receipts are correct, approved by appropriate person, weekly input to Sage and reconciliation

Nominal Ledger: inputting and recording of journal entries including prepayments and accruals

Credit Control: produce and send monthly statements, calling debtors on the telephone, dealing with queries and disputes from the debtors in a systematic manner

Month-end: assist with reconciliations and preparations for producing quarterly management accounts and VAT returns

Data Records: Maintaining all necessary records, including quantitative data of attendance and KPI targets – creating and managing a data dashboard

OTHER DUTIES

Any other duties as directed by the Finance Manager, including admin support for all departments

To work with the entire staff team to support and deliver Z-arts strategic and creative vision

To understand, actively promote and adhere to Health & Safety legislation and Z-arts Health and Safety policy

To adhere to all Z-arts policies and procedures

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Finance/accountancy-related qualification or at least two years' experience in a bookkeeping or finance assistant role

Working knowledge of Sage 50 Accounts software

Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Excel

Strong organisational and time management skills

Ability to demonstrate attention to detail

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work within a diverse team

Excellent communication skills both verbal and written

Interest in working in a creative environment.

The following attributes would be desirable

Understanding of Charity accounting

Experience of box office systems

Knowledge of the arts and cultural scene in the Northwest

AAT (or equivalent) part-qualified

To comply with legislation covering the activities at Z-arts, it is required that all staff undertake training as directed by their line manager. It is also essential that all staff carry out their duties in a safe manner in accordance with the current Health and Safety at Work legislation.

Application ProcessAs part of our recruitment process, applicants are asked to complete ourofficial two-part application form, which can be found on our website:https://www.z-arts.org/about-us/work-with-us/.The page also includes therecruitment packwith further information about the role and the organisation.

Deadline: Tuesday 7 April, 9pm

Interviews: Tuesday 14 April

Salary: £26,447.72 per annum (pro rata)

Hours: 15 hours per week

Get in touch in whichever way works best for you. Email:jurgita@z-arts.org/ Call: 0161 226 1912

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Manchester

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

03-04-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English