Finance Officer Payroll Costing & Process Improvement
Action for ChildrenFinance Officer Payroll Costing & Process Improvement.
Salary: £37,300 per annum.
Location: Remote.
Contract: Fixed Term Contract – 12 months – 35 hours per week.
Benefits:
29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.
Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
Join our Finance Team!
In this new role of Finance Officer Payroll Costing & Process Improvement, you will strategically provide essential support to budget managers and the wider Finance team by ensuring the accuracy and integrity of staff cost data, working alongside operational teams, Payroll, and the Oracle Delivery Team to maintain reliable payroll‑costing data within Action for Children finance and payroll systems (Oracle).
How you'll help to create brighter futures
Accurate reconciliations, timely corrections, managed through effective collaboration that will contribute directly to high‑quality financial reporting.
Contributing to financial reporting improvement initiatives and system/process‑change projects.
Review payroll outputs and apply detailed costing alignment with AfC’s organisational structure and cost centres.
Investigate and resolve payroll costing discrepancies in a timely manner.
Ensure alignment of payroll costing elements across ERP, HCM, and EPM.
Work collaboratively with the Oracle Delivery Team.
Assist with reconciliations of payroll data across system modules.
Maintain clear documentation of costing processes, updates, and changes to support internal controls, audits, and compliance.
Let's talk about you
AAT Level 3 or Level 4, or Business, Finance, or accounting degree, or demonstrable equivalent experience in finance, payroll costing, or financial controls.
Understanding of payroll processes, the Chart of Accounts, and cost‑accounting principles.
Experience with finance, payroll, HR, or business systems, with the ability to learn new tools; Oracle Cloud or similar ERP/HCM experience is desirable.
Demonstrable analytical and problem‑solving skills, particularly in resolving costing issues.
Ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and demonstrable people skills.
Proficiency in Excel; experience with data analysis tools or Power Query is an advantage.
Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.
Contact: email us at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 12865.
Closing Date: Tuesday 7th April 2026.
Interviews will be week commencing 13th April 2026.
Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Diversity, equality, and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.
We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
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