This position will support the Finance Manager as a volunteer worker for CANsign. CANsign assists climate and biodiversity groups by providing merchandise for their campaigns. CANsign also sells corflute signs, stickers etc. directly to members of the public via an e-commerce online shop. The position is to provide assistance to the Finance Manager role which is essential to maintain the business integrity of CANsign and be trained to a level that can provide backup support as and when needed.

Key responsibilities & duties The main responsibilities are to undertake on-the-job training with the Finance Manager with a goal of :-

• assisting the Finance Manager in the maintenance of the accounting system, and the provision of invoices and reports to the Management Committee and Clients.
• working on small tasks set by the Finance Manager
• attending CANsign committee member meetings held monthly by Zoom
• becoming competent over time to work more independently with a view to being capable of executing Finance Manager roles at select times, effectively sharing parts of the Finance Manager role. For example, filling in when the Finance Manager may be unavailable for short periods.
• Activities include, but not limited to, understanding and assisting with:
• Maintaining the dispatch register in accordance with the day-to-day dispatches
• Manage accounts receivable including invoicing, payments, and reconciliations
• Assist with preparing monthly financial reports and statements
• Liaising with clients for timely payment receipts
• Any other activities required by the Committee with respect to the financial records.

Optional Volunteer work

• This role has a status of CANsign Committee Member and is separate from other members of CANSign who are purely volunteers and do not attend committee meetings and have executive roles. Members of the executive can also choose of their free will to also volunteer their time to CANsign to do other volunteer work, such as helping in the dispatch depots at certain times. This is totally optional and would be welcomed by the team should you wish to do these extra activities in CANsign. You would become familiar with these works by understanding the throughput discussed at committee meetings or with individual team members.

• Any extra volunteer work, if undertaken, should not interfere with your primary role as Assistant Finance Manager