Assistant Accountant

We are looking for an Assistant Accountant to join our Finance team at Samaritans. As Assistant Accountant, you’ll oversee the day-to-day accounting for Samaritans’ branches and regions, support local Treasurers with banking, budgeting, financial reporting and queries.

You’ll be part or fully qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA or equivalent) or an Accounting technician (AAT), with proven finance experience. You’ll be a strong communicator and have advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

• Permanent role
• £37,000-£40,000 per annum plus benefits
• Full time (35 hours per week)
• We are passionate about flexible working, talk to us about your preferences
• Hybrid working – linked to our Surrey office (Ewell) with home and office working
• In-office working – once per week in the office is preferred (the team often work together on a Tuesday)

The Team

The team is supportive, friendly and has a positive energy. The workload is varied and by working with volunteers and treasurers, you’ll support those at the forefront of our service. If you want to make a real difference to people’s lives – this is the role for you!

The Role

We have 201 branches across the UK and Ireland. This role ensures the complete and accurate reporting of branch finances, in turn ensuring that Samaritans maintains statutory compliance. The role is crucial in providing support to Branch Directors and Treasurers, ensuring that they are able to, and understand how to, complete their financial responsibilities and ultimately, ensuring branches can continue to operate effectively.

Job Description and Person Specification here

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply. You’ll be asked to upload your CV and Cover Letter as attachments. Please include within the cover letter, how you meet the essential skills and experience, outlined within the job description.

Samaritans recognises the enormous benefits and the social justice imperatives of ensuring diversity at every level of our organisation. We are wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are.

If you’re interested in applying or would just like to find out more, then we'd love to hear from you. This role will close for applications on 18 June, with video interviews scheduled to take place from w/c 26 June. There will be an Excel exercise as part of our recruitment process.