Finance Assistant
The Wallace Collection Closing date: Sun, 06 Sep 2026
- Full time
- £30k-£40k
- Apply now
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Job Summary
Job Description
The Finance Assistant will play a key role in supporting the Finance Team at the Wallace Collection by ensuring the accurate and timely processing of financial transactions, maintaining up-to-date financial records, and assisting in the preparation of financial reports. The role also includes a variety of administrative tasks that contribute to the smooth running of the department. The postholder will demonstrate strong attention to detail, excellent organisational skills, and a high level of professionalism, always maintaining discretion and confidentiality.
The Finance Assistant will work closely with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure accuracy and efficiency in day-to-day finance functions. This position is responsible for processing invoices, expense administration, performing reconciliations, and data entry. The successful applicant must be proactive and willing to take an active role in day-to-day financial procedures and processes.
This role reports to the Finance Manager.
Job Requirements
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- IT literate with strong inputting and spreadsheet skills.
- Excellent attention to details and strong organisational skills.
For further details including a Full Job Brief and how to apply please visit: https://www.wallacecollection.org/about-us/join-team/
Job Responsibilities
Accounts Payable
- Maintain the purchase ledger for the Wallace Collection (Charity) and Hertford House Marketing Limited (Trading Company) by processing invoices and liaising with Heads of Department to ensure accurate coding.
- Process expense claims promptly and accurately, ensuring all required authorisations and approvals are obtained in compliance with policies.
- Resolve supplier disputes promptly and escalate when necessary.
For further details including a Full Job Brief and how to apply please visit: https://www.wallacecollection.org/about-us/join-team/
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Job Overview
- Job Title: Finance Assistant
- Salary: £30k-£40k
- Hours: Full time
- Role: Finance
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Sun, 06 Sep 2026
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Location:
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Job: Finance Assistant
Job: Finance Assistant
Organisation: The Wallace Collection
Postcode: W1U 3BN
How to Apply
Please complete the Application Form, and the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, following the links provided on our website. Please note the equal opportunities form is used for monitoring purposes only and does not form part of the selection process. Both forms should be emailed to [email protected] by midnight 06/09/2026. Please note late applications or applications via a CV will not be considered.
Interviews for the role will take place week commencing, 07/09/2026. Candidates who have been shortlisted for interview will be contacted after the closing date. Due to the large number of applications we receive, it will not be possible to contact or give feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted for interview.
Start date: As soon as possible
Appointment to the role is subject to a satisfactory Basic Disclosure check. The Wallace Collection is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
- Contact name: Zobia Mahmood
- Contact email: [email protected]
About The Wallace Collection
The Wallace Collection is an internationally outstanding collection which contains unsurpassed masterpieces of paintings, sculpture, furniture, arms and armour and porcelain. Built over the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, it is one of the finest and most celebrated collections in the world.
So that it could be kept together and enjoyed by generations of visitors, the collection was given to the British Nation in 1897.