FINANCE OFFICER
Watford Palace Theatre Closing date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026
- Full time
- £30k-£40k
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Job Description
Finance Officer is part of a team responsible for daily financial activities and supporting wider financial planning and reporting. The team processes payroll, payments, income and banking transactions and ensures compliance with statutory requirements and providing data to support decision-making.
Job Requirements
Essential Requirements :
- Experience of Microsoft Dynamics D365 Business Central (formerly Dynamics Navision) or similar accounting software/package
- Strong Excel and Microsoft 365 skills
- Experience of implementing or improving finance processes through the use of technology, automation or AI tools
- Committed to high standards and always ready to lend a hand
- Good with people and passionate about your work
- Good organisational, multi-tasking and prioritisation skills
- Being flexible and proactive in your approach, and able to work both independently and as part of a team
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Basic payroll knowledge
- Accounts payable/receivable experience
- Experience in cash handling
Job Responsibilities
- Sales Ledger - Processing sales invoices and contras
- Spektrix/Box Office Sales Processing - downloading and drafting monthly sales invoices, reconcile bank and cash receipts
- Lightspeed / Bar Sales Processing - drafting monthly bar sales
- General Banking - Processing weekly banking
- Petty Cash - Support and assist the Finance Supervisor on issuing petty cash to budget holders
- Company Credit Cards - Process monthly invoices and issue to budget
holders
- Maintain the Financial System
- Miscellaneous - General finance and accounting tasks
- Inputting - Assist with generation and inputting of new project codes, as required by the Finance Team and at the request of other departments
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Job Overview
- Job Title: FINANCE OFFICER
- Salary: £30k-£40k
- Hours: Full time
- Artform: Theatre
- Role: Finance
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026
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Location:
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Job: FINANCE OFFICER
Job: FINANCE OFFICER
Organisation: Watford Palace Theatre
Postcode: WD17 1JZ
How to Apply
Please email an up to date CV and cover letter
- Contact name: Samantha Ford
- Contact email: [email protected]
About Watford Palace Theatre
Watford Palace Theatre is a successful, inclusive, and ambitious theatre. We have a beautiful Edwardian 600-seat proscenium arch Theatre. We receive core funding from ACE and strong partnership support from Watford Borough Council, with whom we have a successful working relationship.
As a midscale production house we have a progressive history as one of the most respected and artistically ambitious midscale regional theatres in the UK and a pioneer of Theatre in Education/Community engagement.