Finance Officer - Sight for Wight

Job Posted: 6 August 2025

• Contract Term: Permanent
• Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Part time
• Salary: £15- £17 per hour dependent on experience.
• Industries: Accounting

Sight for Wight, the Island’s oldest charity, supports people living with and affected by Sight Loss. We are looking to appoint a Finance Officer to manage all aspects of our accounts and Charity compliance.

Thank you for your interest in the role, the Isle of Wight Society for the Blind is the oldest working charity on the Isle of Wight, celebrating 160 years this year. We have two distinct brand here at the Chairty, Sight for Wight which offers lifelong support to anyone living with Sight Loss and Wight Sense which offer rehabilitation services and support to people living here on the Island with Sight and or Hearing loss on behalf of the Isle of Wight Council.

In 2020 we decided to totally review the work of Sight for Wight. We reached out to our members and really questioned them on what they needed from us. As a result of all this work, the Board of Trustees and Staff have developed the 2020 Strategy, a summary of which is below. We have now mapped out Island wide provision for Visually impaired people, in line with the needs of our members and identified gaps which we are working towards filling along with the partner organisations that we work with across the Island.

The Finance Officer role will need someone with proven solid accounting experience who can work both alone managing the accounting function in its entirety (payroll is external) and with myself to continue to keep tight control of every penny spent. Managing costs on fundraising events and new projects are very important parts of the work which will require working as a team with other staff members.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The primary focuses of the Finance Officer for both the main Chairty and the trading company are:

·       * ·     Process all accounting transaction including purchase, sales and nominal ledger.

·       * ·     Produce and Analyze Quarterly reports including Income and Expenditure, Balance and Budget performance.

·       * ·     Ensure all transaction are recorded against project codes and grant funding requirements

*     * ·      Prepare and manager the cash flow and collate information on investment performance

·       * ·     Prepare annual budget and report on and manage variances

·       * ·     Embed existing and develop robust financial procedures

·       * ·     Produce year end accounts for submission to Independent examiners

·       * ·     Compliance work to ensure the Charity works within its own governance and wider legal infrastructure.

Further you will need to:

 * ·     maintain an excellent level accuracy, timekeeping, personal presentation and professional standards.

 * ·     engage with the office team as a whole, putting the needs of members at the forefront at all times

Please apply by sending us your completed application form and CV that will set out how you feel you will meet the requirements of this role. Please ensure that:

·        * ·     there are no unexplained gaps in your employment history.

·       * ·    you supply two references including current or past employers.

·       * ·    any referee for self-employments must know the quality of your professional work.

Applications should be sent via email to [email protected] and the closing date for receipt is 5 pm Friday 15th August 2025 Interviews will be held the following week with an immediate start available.

Good luck with your application.

J.D Viette - CEO Sight for Wight