via Indeed · 14 September 2026 ·5 days ago

Finance and HR Operations Officer

SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE
Covent Garden Full-time
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HR and Recruitment

  • Maintain accurate data on our HR system including starters, leavers, holiday and other absences

  • Report on key employee metrics including sickness absence, holiday, TOIL, diversity

  • Support line managers with recruitment activity including making effective use of the Applicant Tracking System to ensure a good candidate experience and to report recruitment metrics to enable continuous improvement

  • Manage onboarding for new starters including reference requests, pre\-employment checks, induction processes

  • Coordinate arrangements for training sessions for staff

  • Support Head of Finance with monthly payroll processes

  • Support Director of Finance and Operations in maintaining and publicising HR policies, keeping the Employee Handbook current

  • Maintain up to date employee guides and templates for key HR processes including appraisals, mid year reviews, recruitment, induction, flexible leave
Finance Administration
  • Maintain appropriate employee access to Finance Systems, including being able to claim staff expenses and raise sales invoice requests, and support employees in using these systems.

  • Respond to queries in the central accounts mailbox, liaising with internal and external stakeholders.

  • Support Head of Finance and Finance Officer with Purchase Ledger, including posting and payment of supplier invoices in a timely manner, ensuring accurate coding and authorisation in line with limits, maintenance of supplier accounts, reconciliations and remittances.

  • Support Head of Finance and Finance Officer with management of company credit cards and virtual cards, including reconciling statements and accurate posting to the ledger.

  • Assist in raising sales invoices and accurately recording income.

  • Assist with Credit Control, chasing overdue debts and reporting to the Head of Finance.

  • Support Head of Finance with analysis of financial data from the finance system (Xero) for reporting and other ad\-hoc purposes

  • Assist in maintaining up to date procedures.
There is an opportunity to attend theatre press nights where appropriate and to take advantage of trade tickets when offered

Pay: £31,000\.00\-£43,500\.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Company pension

  • Free flu jabs
Work Location: In person

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