Salary: £20,160 per annum (£25,200 FTE).

Hours: Part time 0.8 FTE. Alternative working patterns will be considered.

Location: Hybrid working arrangement, home working & Tamworth (2 days per week, pro-rata for part-time)

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 7^th December 2025

 
Are you an organised and detail-oriented administration professional with a passion for numbers and a keen interest in finance? Do you thrive in a supportive, collaborative environment and want your work to make a real difference in the charity sector? If so, we’d love to hear from you!.

nasen is looking for a proactive and enthusiastic Financial Administrator – Sales Ledger to join our friendly Finance team. In this pivotal role, you’ll take ownership of the full end-to-end sales ledger process from raising accurate invoices and managing cash collection, to completing period-end reconciliations and reporting.

Your work will be instrumental in ensuring our sales ledger processes run smoothly and consistently across the organisation.

This is a part-time role (28 hours per week), the successful candidate will work within our hybrid working policy, with a blend of home working and office time in Tamworth.

About us

nasen is the National Association for Special Educational Needs – a charitable organisation that exists to support and champion those working with, and for, children and young people with SEND and learning differences.

We seek to ensure that all education practitioners across early years, schools, post-16 and wider settings are equipped to understand, identify and support those with SEND and learning differences, and provide Continuing Professional Development (CPD), resources, advice, information and much more to enable all staff to meet the needs of all their learners.

nasen brings organisations together, whether locally or nationally, to share practice, shape solutions. Our priorities are those that matter to the education and SEND sector, drawing on our direct engagement with practitioners, school leaders, SENCOs, local authorities and hearing from the lived experience of children and young people.

For further information, visit www.nasen.org.uk

About the role

nasen is looking to recruit an individual experienced in administration to have responsibility for all aspects of sales ledger administration. You will provide support to the wider nasen team and to customers to make sure the sales ledger runs smoothly.

Please refer to the attached job description for the full details of this role. 

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We aim to be an inclusive employer – let us know if you have any access requirements for the recruitment process. We are happy to offer interviews online or in person. The interview process will include a conversation with prepared questions.

Enquires

If you would like a conversation about the role advertised, please contact Carol Mahon on recruitment@nasen.org.uk

Application process and interview timetable

To apply for the role, please send your CV along with a short statement via our online portal to say how you meet the requirements in the job description provided in no more than 1000 words.

Applications are open until 7^th December. We will be reviewing applications as they come in. We reserve the right to close recruitment earlier than this date if we receive sufficient quality applicants. Interviews are expected to take place the week beginning 15^th December.

*Please note that applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK*

Employee Benefits

• 30 days annual leave per year, pro-rata for part-time

• Christmas Closure - additional to annual leave allowance

• Hybrid working (policy available on request)

• 8% employer contribution pension.

• Flexible start and finish time, Friday early closure

• Employee Assistance Scheme

• Life Insurance Policy x3 of your salary

• Cycle to Work Scheme available

JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION 

Financial Administrator – Sales Ledger

Salary £20,160 0.8 FTE (£25,200 FTE)

Department Finance

Reports To Management Accountant

Direct Reports NA

Role Objectives

• To perform finance tasks according to nasen specifications, timelines and requirements.
• To build excellent relations with suppliers and internal staff.
• To provide clear, up-to-date, accurate financial information on a timely basis

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to, the following:

• Sales ledger administration and raising sales invoices
• Debt collection
• Daily transfer of CRM extract to SAGE
• Processing bank transactions
• Administration and re-billing of expense claims to relevant customer
• Period-end processing, reconciliations and support
• Preparation of ad-hoc reports and analysis
• Administer and assist with reporting on funded projects and contracts
• Assist with preparation for and administration of year-end external audit and other key requirements
• Authorised SagePay administrator
• Regular back ups of SAGE accounting system
• Resolving customer queries related to invoices
• Administer access to customer invoicing portals as required

Other responsibilities

• To provide cover for the Financial Administrator – Purchase Ledger as and when required following appropriate training
• To undertake relevant training and development, as required
• To undertake other duties and responsibilities as required, appropriate to the grade of the post, as agreed with management
  

Education and Qualifications

• GCSE passes in English Language and Mathematics or equivalent.
• Related training and appropriate certification in finance, administration or IT skills (desirable)

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Voluntary or paid experience in a similar sized organisation
• Competent in working with Microsoft Excel including basic formula
• Experience working in a finance role (desirable)
• Experience working with multiple income streams of various sizes (desirable)
• Experience of working with accounting and/or CRM systems (desirable)
• Experience of working with external online platforms (desirable)
• Experience of working in the voluntary/third sector (desirable)
• Experience of working in an education environment (desirable).

Person Specification

• Able to work within deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy and a close attention to detail
• Able to communicate clearly (both written and verbally) with internal and external stakeholders
• Able to follow and improve upon existing processes and problem solve arising issues
• Able to work independently where required and identify when issues need to be raised to line management
• Familiarity with business principles and practices
• Committed to diversity and inclusion
• Understanding of data privacy standards

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