Finance Assistant

Full-time (37.5 hours a week) temporary role for 6 months

Salary £24,570 pa

Office-based role in the HfC building (Truro)

We’re looking for a keen and methodical Finance Assistant to join our small Finance Team.  Our ideal candidate will excel at doing the numbers – so that our organisation can deliver its cultural goals.  Relishing the opportunity to advance your accounting knowledge in a charity environment you’ll be working on purchase, sales, and nominal ledger transactions while gaining knowledge of charity VAT scenarios and the technical accounting aspects of our stage programme to add additional strength in depth to our experienced Finance Team.

Who we’re looking for, ideally someone who is…
  • Methodical and numerate, with great attention to detail
  • Confident in working to tight deadlines
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel
  • Collaborative and approachable within the wider non-finance team
 What it’s like to work here

As a team, we’re all in!  We’re inclusive and open, kind and welcoming, meeting people as they are and responding to their needs and interests.  We’re enthusiastic, committed and constantly encouraging people to feel the power of performance in their lives.  Whether watching or taking part, we know what performance can do and we want to help every person in Cornwall feel it too.  We’re proud of our audience and how we programme the work they crave at a quality they deserve.  We’re restlessly curious about the world around us and the ways we can draw on that to make what we do even better.  We’re drawing on modern tools and technology as well as our deep-rooted heritage to make our new home the very best it can be.

 More information and how to apply

Please download and review the job description and person specification – click here for pdf or click here for Word.

To apply, please complete the following and send to Zoe via email, [email protected]:

  • Application Form – pdf or Word

  • Equal Opportunities Form – pdf or Word

Deadline for applications: Midnight Sunday 1 December

Interviews: Friday 6 December

 We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace culture, and welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences.  We particularly welcome global majority and disabled applicants as they are under-represented within HfC – we will interview all those who identify this way, who also meet the essential criteria in the job description.  If this applies to you, please state this on your application form.

 If you need any assistance when applying, or if you would like to apply in a different format (for example by a recorded message), please email us on the above address for support with the process.

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