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To support the Programme Finance Manager in running efficient and effective programme financial accounting, programme financial management and programme financial reporting processes in relation to AKF (UK)’s programmes and grants. To provide support to the full life cycle of grants: from donor concept notes/proposals to final reports. To maintain a close working relationship with AKF (UK) finance and programme teams and relevant staff from across the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) agencies and external donors as required.
4. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND CORE TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
4.1 Programme financial planning, management and reporting
In close consultation with the programmes/partnerships team:
• Support the design and implementation of effective quality controls to ensure compliance with donor requirements and to maintain appropriate donor stewardship, including through manuals, checklists, templates, and other tools
• Monitor spending and activity implementation and ensure regular scheduling of grants management meetings, alerting the Programme Finance Manager and Programmes/Partnerships team about significant under or overspend on a timely basis
• Maintain internal tools that track active grants, cost recoveries and cash balances and ensure they are kept up-todate
• Maintain internal tools tracking pipeline and secured funding (Awards Information Management System -AIMS) and ensure they are kept up-to-date
• Prepare financial information for internal reporting purposes, including (but not limited to) the quarterly CEO report, monthly dashboard and quarterly cash balances (co-finance) report.
4.2 Grants management and compliance
• Maintain the grants management tracker so that grants are properly recorded and monitored, ensuring that input from the Programmes/Partnerships team and the Programme Finance Manager are incorporated on a timely basis
• Undertake administrative tasks related to grants, including setting up of grant codes (pipeline and secured), collecting and forwarding information to different units and executing follow up tasks as required
• Review budgets for concepts/proposals, ensuring the inclusion of AKF(UK) costs, make recommendations for improvements and liaise with the programme/partnerships team and field units to ensure these are complete, accurate, consistent with the narrative, compliant with donor requirements, and correctly formatted for presentation to donors
• Support the preparation, review and submission process for donor financial (and narrative as relevant, e.g. ECHO) reports to ensure compliance with donor requirements; ensure reports are produced on time to a high standard and are consistent with the narrative
• Ensure timely submission of cash requests as required by donor contracts and internal sub-grant agreements
• Prepare donor and internal sub-grant agreements with AKDN agencies, field units, and implementing partners, including (but not limited to) those with co-financing
• Ensure that donor and AKDN rules are being adhered to regarding procurement, accounting, project expenditure, and implementation of activities through regular reporting, engagement with the field, and remote spot checks
• Carry out monitoring visits and audits on specific projects as necessary
• Assist in the preparation, support, and follow up of internal or external grant audits and expenditure verifications of AKDN field units, including direct liaison with auditors as required, and ensure that management (programmes and finance) is apprised, including through maintaining and updating the audit and disallowance summary
• Develop and deliver relevant training and reference material on grants management, including procurement, donor regulations, IATI, finance and reporting for Programme, Finance, and other field-based staff; act as a resource for agencies/field units on donor regulations and compliance
• Ensure all AKF (UK) direct grants are reflected on the IATI system, and update the required information on a quarterly basis
4.3 Audit, internal controls and risk
• Contribute on programme finance to all audits and statutory compliance in line with UK and AKF/AKDN regulations and compliance requirements
• In collaboration with field units, prepare due diligence assessments for potential new partners or donors and ensure these are refreshed periodically
• Troubleshoot financial, donor compliance and procurement-related queries identified through monitoring grants or as raised by management or field units
Carry out any other duties as assigned by the Programme Finance Manager or the Head of Finance and Operations. The role will involve travel to countries in which we operate grants. Normally this could be 2 – 3 trips per year.
5. QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, BEHAVIOURS, ATTRIBUTES
5.1 Qualifications
• CCAB qualified accountant (desirable).
5.2 Experience
• 3 years relevant experience in financial accounting and financial reporting
• Experience of designing and managing effective administrative systems and procedures
• Experience of budgeting, forecasting and cash-flow management
• Experience working in international organisations or donor agencies including field-level implementation highly desirable
• Experience working with EC, ECHO, DFID or equivalent and familiarity with the various compliance rules and regulations highly desirable
5.3 Skills
• Good interpersonal, customer care and liaison skills with a wide range of stakeholders
• First rate oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to manage competing priorities and deliver to tight deadlines
• Ability to problem solve, working with both internal and external stakeholders to deliver results
• Ability to work in a multi-institution network within a multi-cultural environment
• Fluent in oral and written English
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel
• Excellent numeracy, financial analysis, and financial presentation skills
• Ability to synthesise complex operational and financial details for reporting and presentation
5.4 Knowledge
• Broad understanding and experience of development issues and organisations
• Understanding of and appreciation for ADKN’s goals, values and ethics
• Knowledge of charity accounting
5.5 Attributes
• Committed to international development, improving the quality of life and promoting pluralism through civil society
• Demonstrates equity, transparency and integrity with high personal and organisational ethical standards; is fair, honest and trustworthy with respect for confidentiality; inspires and builds trust and respect
• Respectful of diversity; sensitive toward others, open and understanding toward other people’s cultures, values, autonomy, and faiths; demonstrates compassion and empathy; is courteous to others with respect for their background, religion, gender and age particularly when on international visits to the countries in which we operate
• Committed to acting ethically and upholding safeguarding standards towards all staff, volunteers and beneficiaries of the organisation.
5.6 Behaviours
• Communicates clearly and concisely, individually and across a broad scope of stakeholders and communities; expresses complex ideas and concepts in simple terms; listens to the views of others; changes communication styles to meet individual and audience needs; encourages dialogue and effective communication by others.
• Builds, maintains and deepens constructive and effective relationships with stakeholders, changes approach to achieve desired results if required.
• Has a customer focused approach, is flexible and always puts the good of others at the centre of decision making; optimises the culture of volunteerism and respect for others and is dedicated to AKF’s purpose and fulfilling the mission.
• Is a supportive team player, collaborates creating a culture of knowledge sharing and team learning. Is proactive in teamwork.
• Inspires self and others to greater performance, professional standards and results; likes to get things done; accepts new challenges and opportunities to enable self-reliance and achievement of full potential; gives and receives timely balanced feedback.
• Acknowledges creativity; adapts established methods for new uses; is focused on improving systems and processes; open to change; analyses, synthesises and challenges conventional thinking.
• Enterprising attitude that is quick to search out alternative solutions to needs or problems; creates and participates in communities of practice to establish networks of problem solving and organisational learning
Application Details:
• Must have right to work in the UK
• Must include CV and a supporting statement that outlines why they want the role, why they want to work for AKF(UK) and how their experiences and skills to date will make them the most suitable applicant for the role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Who we are:
Muslim Aid is a UK faith-based international development organisation that provides support to communities around the world affected by disasters, conflict, or endemic poverty without regard to their social, religious, or ethnic background.
Established in 1985, Muslim Aid has facilitated the engagement of the British Muslim and non-Muslim community in support of its work in a variety of ways. Over the years, its humanitarian work has included responses to major crises around the world including, famine in East Africa, earthquakes and flooding in Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as conflicts in Syria and Yemen.
We place strong emphasis on long-term development projects that build the capacity of local people helping themselves. In addition to the 5 country offices worldwide we also work with multiple partner offices focusing on sustainable Development Programmes and providing humanitarian relief during times of crisis.
Summary of the role:
The Procurement & VFM Manager reports to the Head of Finance, serving as a technical lead on procurement and logistics matters. The role involves introducing, developing, and implementing best practices across our UK headquarters, providing technical support to Country Offices. The aim is to support Muslim Aid in delivering high-quality, accessible, and reliable emergency/humanitarian aid across its UK headquarters and Country Offices, involving challenging and encouraging engagement in the ongoing development of procurement and logistics systems, policies, procedures, and associated planning.
The post holder will manage the procurement and logistics framework and tools to strengthen the capabilities and knowledge of all stakeholders, ensuring the adoption of best practices and industry standards across global operations. Working closely with key stakeholders, the Procurement Manager will help identify and develop a robust system and framework across business operations to support ongoing logistics and procurement activities. The role also includes overseeing all education and training provided to staff, volunteers, consultants, and those associated with Muslim Aid.
About the Role:
- Manage and develop the procurement and logistics resource and strategy for UK headquarters, offering technical support to Country Offices for local strategy and planning aimed at strengthening local procurement capacity and resources.
- Assist and support UK and Country Office Focal Points, as well as wider staff, in establishing and developing local procurement networks to support local implementation
- Set up and maintain a supplier database, conduct relevant due diligence checks for Muslim Aid suppliers, partners and other stakeholders.
- Apply critical analysis to ensure that we meet and exceed our commitment to building a transparent, standardised, ethical and safe supply chain for all internal and external stakeholders and all those connected to Muslim Aid.
- Periodically review Muslim Aid’s Global Procurement policy and procedures, reporting mechanisms, risk registers and other procedures managed/supervised by UK and Country Office teams and partners.
- Lead the development and implementation of value for money strategies to ensure that the charity delivers its services efficiently and effectively.
About You:
To be successful in this role:
- Education to degree standard with a professional qualification in a relevant field.
- Experience of procurement and logistics practices within developing countries.
- Proven experience designing, facilitating, and evaluating procurement training programmes/workshops in different cultural and organisational contexts and at a range of levels.
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate and form effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, demonstrating patience, tact, diplomacy and sensitivity to culturally diverse environments.
- Ability to accurately and systematically assess/evaluate environments, with an eye for detail and the ability to spot inconsistencies and potential threats thereby developing solutions and tools to improve risk assessments.
- Good organisation, coordination and project management skills.
Why you should apply:
If you have a passion to support in delivering high quality, accessible, and reliable emergency/humanitarian aid across its UK headquarters and Country Offices as a Procurement and VFM Manager, then we would like to hear from you.
Benefits you will enjoy if you work for us:
- 37 days holiday (including Bank Holidays and Privilege days)
- Hybrid working
- Paid time off for medical appointments
- 2 hours lunch break on Fridays
- Time off in Lieu (TOIL)
How to apply:
Please submit your CV and Cover Letter.
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Civitas Recruitment are delighted to be working with a fantastic major UK charity who strive to create a just world, free from poverty. An exciting opportunity exists for a Head of Finance to join the team on a fixed term contract (maternity cover). As Head of Finance, you will ensure the right cost structure, financial operating platform, systems and controls are in place to deliver the charity’s vision and strategy. You will ensure robust financial controls and policies are in place and functioning effectively. This is a full-time, maternity cover contract, hybrid working in London.
Who are we looking for?
Ideal candidates will be a qualified accountant with relevant post qualification experience and have a good understanding of financial systems and processes. You will have extensive experience of using finance systems eg Xledger and Adaptive Insights would be desirable. You will have good knowledge of Charities SORP, statutory accounting regulations, VAT, PAYE and other payroll taxes and Gift Aid. Experience of operating at and presenting ideas at senior level including at Board level is essential for the role. With excellent communications skills, you will have proven experience of coaching and training both finance and non-finance staff. An understanding of the voluntary sector would be a bonus however it is not essential for the role.
If the above role description sounds of interest and you feel like you meet the criteria; please apply immediately or for further information, please contact Syed at Civitas Recruitment for a full JD and informal discussion. Early applications are encouraged.
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Financial Accountant (UK and Ireland)
Up to £34,000 + benefits
Permanent
21 hours per week (flexible working)
Wimbledon
We’ve been championing better work and working lives for over 100 years. We help organisations thrive by focusing on their people, supporting our economies and societies. We’re the professional body for HR, L&D, OD and all people professionals – experts in people, work and change. With almost 160,000 members globally – and a growing community using our research, insights and learning – we give trusted advice and offer independent thought leadership. And we are a leading voice in the call for good work that creates value for everyone.
There has never been a more interesting or important time to join us. We offer an inclusive and stimulating culture and a wide range of professional development opportunities, as well as excellent benefits such as 28 days’ holiday with an option to buy and sell days, £125 personal development allowance, access to an award winning pension scheme and a commitment to wellbeing including a cashback health scheme.
The Role
Are you a highly skilled and detail-oriented Financial Accountant? This role is ideal for a candidate who is part-qualified and is ready to play a pivotal role in managing financial transactions, reconciliations, and supporting compliance within the central finance team.
You will also have responsibility for maintaining the accounts of CIPD Ireland and providing financial support to the team in that region. Whilst this is a hybrid UK-based role, travel to Ireland to build relationships, support the team and understand the business will be required once or twice a month.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Using our accounting system to process and manage financial transactions.
- Owning day to day accounting activities to include managing payroll process, accounts receivable, accounts payable and credit control for CIPD Ireland.
- Posting transactions and month end journals in NetSuite including prepayments, accruals and revenue deferrals.
- Reconciliation between Netsuite and billing system.
- Collaborating with colleagues to understand revenue expectations for current and future months.
- Financial reporting, preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, and providing insights into our financial performance.
- Preparation of tax returns and compliance reporting and participation in budgeting and forecasting activities.
- Collaborating with external auditors.
What You’ll Need To Be Successful
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field. Part-qualified (e.g. ACCA or equivalent) or qualified by experience.
- Accounting experience in a similar role, with a focus on ERPs such as Oracle (NetSuite), SAP, Microsoft.
- Experience of financial accounting and statutory reporting.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel (vlookups, sumifs and pivot tables) and other relevant software applications.
- A working understanding of Netsuite and its technical capability. Proficient in using larger company accounting systems for financial transactions and reporting.
- Ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks concurrently, manage own time and meet all deadlines particularly around month end and audit.
- Strong analytical, attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills, especially in cross-cultural settings.
- Well organised with the ability to work independently and collaboratively with remote teams.
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CIPD: valuing everyone as an individual!
The CIPD define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value all our employees, customers and clients as people. Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everybody feels valued, where their talents are fully utilised and organisational and personal goals are met.
We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
Please note, we reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore, we would urge you to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Our partner is a well-respected advocacy INGO. They are seeking to recruit a Project Accountant to provide financial management support to project managers and the broader programmes teams.
Responsibilities
- Finance business partner to project teams and partners, offering financial management support.
- Prepare project budgets, monitor expenditure and cashflows, and prepare management accounts, including variance analyses and supporting narrative reports.
- Grant management, compliance and reporting – preparing financial reports to donors, ensuring that these meet their requirements.
- Ensure the integrity and operational effectiveness of project accounting procedures, developing, and maintaining these as required.
- Supporting the broader finance team, including junior finance staff, in any ad hoc analysis, reporting and project work as required
Person Specification
- Accountant, qualified or QBE, with at least 5 years of experience in accounting, an understanding of accounting & finance principles and management accounting & reporting.
- Experience of project accounting, grant compliance & management is desirable; an understanding of the grant compliance & reporting requirements of the EU and German government grants is desirable.
- Strong IT skills, including advanced MSExcel skills. Competence in SQL an advantage.
- Strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, including ability to communicate financial matters to non-finance staff.
- Quick learner, organised and flexible, able to meet tight deadlines.
- Fluent in English, with excellent spoken and reporting writing skills. Working knowledge of French or Spanish is highly desirable. Knowledge of German is not essential or required.
- Culturally sensitive
This is an excellent opportunity for an accountant looking to get good grounding in project accounting & grant management within a large, complex INGO. For the right candidate, the organisation will offer sponsorship For those candidates outside of Germany, some relocation costs, including the cost of obtaining a permit (if required) will be covered.
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Our partner is seeking an experienced internal audit professional to lead and undertake a series of UK-based as well as partner audits overseas. The expected audits are expected to cover financial controls, governance and IT system.
Requirements
- Qualified accountant with significant post qualification in internal audit, including leading the internal audit function of an international organisation not for profit organisation.
- Demonstrable experience and understanding of governance, and working with international donors.
- Experience of undertaking partner governance audits, and in special investigations.
- Excellent communication & negotiation skills, experience of working with senior management, board members and Finance & Audit Committee members.
They are seeking someone to start as soon as possible. They anticipate the contract to be initially for 6 months, with the possibility of extension or a longer-term arrangement. They are open to someone working part-time, a minimum of 3 days/week. This role is mostly home-based, with a requirement to attend meetings in the UK office, and for travel overseas to undertake partner audits in eastern and southern Africa.
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Our partner, a humanitarian organisation, has programmes focussing on peacebuilding initiatives, improved quality of and access to education and the opportunity to earn livelihoods. They are seeking an experienced Country Finance Manager for their growing programme in CAR.
Responsibilities
- Provide full financial oversight of the operations in CAR, covering the main office in Bangui and field operations, ensuring that these are properly compliant with local tax & other regulatory requirements.
- Develop, strengthen and implement strong controls, processes and policies in all the offices, ensuring that staff understand these and offer coaching on them as required.
- Lead on the financial accounting and reporting, including the year-end accounts and audit preparation.
- Lead on country financial management, including preparation of management accounts, analysis, developing the organisational budget and cashflow forecasts and re-forecasts.
- Lead on full cycle grants management, including cost recovery, donor compliance, management & reporting, and preparing for donor audits.
- Provide oversight on HR, including ensuring compliance to the local laws & requirements, developing staff policies, and managing staff growth.
- Provide oversight on procurement.
Requirements
- Qualified accountant, or experienced accountant with an accounting/finance degree, with at least 5 years of experience leading the finance function of a growing INGO working in a complex/fragile state.
- Strong experience of developing controls, policies and processes in a complex/fragile state, and in an organisation with HQ and field operations.
- Strong grants management & compliance experience – specifically of institutional grants, including government grants as well as UN agency funding.
- Experience in procurement, HR & administration.
- Strong systems skills (ERP) and advanced MSExcel skills.
- Developed organisational, communication and negotiation skills.
- Resilient and adaptable.
- Bilingual – English & French
The benefits package is extremely generous, with additional hardship & accommodation allowances, R&R and additional 30 days of annual leave. The successful applicant will be based in Bangui, with some travel to field offices
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Our partner is a global charitable foundation with programmes spanning across different areas including education, health & nutrition, empowering agricultural communities and establishing sustainable livelihoods. The UK office is responsible for raising funds from institutional donors and governments across Europe, and works with partner organisations around the world to identify, apply for and manage these grants.
Key Responsibilities
- Designing and strengthening financial systems, procedures and controls on grant management and compliance, regularly reviewing and updating these; and training staff as required
- Monitoring programmatic activity and spend, and maintaining the grants management tracker tool.
- Preparing financial information for internal reporting, and assisting in the preparation of the programmes finance elements on statutory financial statements
- Overseeing the financial administration of programmes grants. This includes reviewing concept notes and proposals, preparing donor and sub-grant agreements, setting up grant codes, and preparing donor reports.
- Supporting on budget proposal development and refinement for new grant proposals; and ensuring that donor and the foundation rules on accounting, procurement and project implementation are adhered to.
- Supporting in reviewing and approving due diligence assessments on potential partners, and carrying out monitoring visits and audits of projects.
- Supporting in the preparation of and implementing the recommendations of donor grant audits.
- Undertake overseas travel (around 2-3 trips a year)
Person Specification
- Accountant with at least 3 years of experience in programmes financial accounting & reporting; developing and managing administrative systems; and budgeting, forecasting and cashflow monitoring.
- Experience of institutional grant budget proposal development, compliance, monitoring and reporting; this includes experience in managing DfID, EU, ECHO, German government, Swedish government, and USAID funding.
- Excellent numeracy & financial analysis skills
- Intermediate/advanced knowledge of MSOffice, especially MSExcel
- Excellent command of the English language, both in a written and oral capacity.
- Strong business partnering skills, including experience of working with field staff in an INGO setting.
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and meet deadlines.
The organisation offers hybrid working with the successful candidate expected to be in the office in London 1-2 days/week.
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These unique and rewarding freelance audit opportunities would suit experienced experienced audit professionals that are flexible, love diverse travel experiences, supporting worthwhile causes and inspiring people. AfID is recruiting on behalf of a leading specialist in international NGO grant audit services for development donors such as the UN and the World Bank. Assignments would suit experienced qualified audit professionals with grant audit / management experience, ideally in a not-for-profit/ international development context
Role overview.
Complete international grant expenditure audits for a diverse range of projects (grant recipients) funded by international donor institutions ranging from emergency aid, to long term development in areas such as agriculture, health or infrastructure or technical research. Assignments are 1-3 weeks in length and based across the European mainland and the developing world. These are offered on an assignment by assignment basis, one to two months in advance.
Contractors can be based outside the UK
Requirements
- Qualified ACA / ACCA or equivalent – 5+ years post qualified experience
- Grant management and audit and reporting experience with international institutions. Preference given to individuals that have worked on UN or EC grant assurance assignments
- Diplomacy and cultural sensitivity while working with a hugely diverse range of clients and beneficiaries
- A real interest in international development and associated funding structures
- Ideally but not essential fluency in a second language such as Spanish, German, French, Arabic & Portugese
- Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills in English.
- Resilience and adaptability
Personal attributes:
- At least 5-10+ years of relevant audit experience
- Ability to work under pressure; Strong planning, organisational and time management skills
- Sound technical and analytical skills, report writing and presentation skills
Passionate about international travel and development and willing to work in international locations. Individual must be prepared to travel to challenging locations when it is deemed safe to do so. Individuals must also be able to demonstrate effective past working practices when working remotely with a range of clients.
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Read moreCome and join our growing and ambitious team. It is an exciting time to be part of Team Toybox as we continue to build our organisation and deliver our ambitious vision of a ‘just and fair world with no street children.’
Our strategy, quite simply, is to make the world a better place for street children. Despite the many challenges of Covid-19 and the current cost-of-living crisis, we are on track to grow this financial year, enabling us to continue to deliver this vital work.
As the Finance Officer, you will provide an outstanding support service to the whole organisation. Daily tasks will see you processing transactions, maintaining and improving systems as well as providing information for management reporting. You will be required to support the preparation of budgets (particularly in International Programmes) and monitoring and evaluating the financial reports of our overseas partners.
We are looking for a candidate who is flexible in how they work, who is skilled at proactively engaging and developing collaborative working relationships across all teams within the organisation.
The value you can add:
You will embrace innovation; constantly striving to improve current systems and adopt new approaches to ensure that the department fully supports the vision of the charity
Additional information
At Toybox we strive to hire the best. If you are driven to change the world for street children, you will fit right in. We are courageous in what we do, always looking to innovate and improve. We learn from our mistakes and celebrate our wins. Everyone is welcome - as an inclusive workplace, our employees are comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. Toybox values diversity and therefore we encourage and welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates from all backgrounds.
We want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please let us know and we will contact you to discuss how we can help.
We will only use the information you provide to process your application. For more information about how we use your information, see our Privacy Policy. In submitting an application for this role, we will deem that you have read and understood this Policy.
Toybox is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff, trustees and volunteers to share this commitment.
To apply for this role you must have the right to work in the UK.
When applying for this role, please ensure you submit a full CV, and a covering note of not more than two pages, summarising why you want to work for Toybox, and your proven ability related to the attached job description.
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MannionDaniels wishes to strengthen its Fiduciary Risk Team with the recruitment of a Francophone Fiduciary Risk Officer (FRO) to work between two of our funds:
· Gavi CSO Fund
· AmplifyChange Fund
The Fiduciary Risk Team works on the financial management of the funds and the grants. The team is responsible for ensuring that funds under our management reach beneficiaries and are used for their intended purpose. In doing this, the team carries out due diligence assessments on all prospective grantees, analyses the financial reporting and forecasts of grant holders, and works to prevent and investigate fraud across the portfolio.
This is a very rewarding role where the successful candidate will work closely with both the grant management team in MannionDaniels as well as the grant holders themselves. The role will provide support to a Fiduciary Risk Manager and will be responsible for leading on the financial management of a portfolio of grants. The position includes the opportunity for travel to visit grant holders and beneficiaries.
We are looking to strengthen the management of our francophone portfolio, and as such French language skills are an essential requirement.
Ivy Rock Partners is delighted to be supporting a leading global development organisation with the recruitment of two Program Finance Officers to support the Programme Finance Manager in running an efficient and effective programme financial management and reporting processes in relation to their programmes and grants.
About the role
As Programme Finance Officer you will provide support to the full life cycle of grants: from donor concept proposals to final reports. You will maintain a close working relationship with all finance and programme teams and relevant staff across their international network and external donors. You will prepare financial information for internal reporting purposes, including the quarterly CEO report, monthly dashboards, and quarterly cash balance reports.
You will oversee the grants management and compliance processes, including maintaining the grants management tracker to ensure they are properly recorded and monitored. You will review budgets for proposals and make recommendations for improvements and liaise with the programme/partnerships team to ensure they are complete, accurate and compliant with donor requirements.
You will also carry out any other duties as assigned by the Programme Finance Manager or the Head of Finance and Operations. The role will involve travel to countries in which we operate grants. Normally this could be 2 – 3 trips per year lasting 7/10 days.
About you
- Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)
- Experience working within international charities or donor agencies and have a good understanding of grant accounting
- Experience working with EC, ECHO, DFID or equivalent and have familiarity with compliance rules
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work with a variety of stakeholders
- Experience working within financial accounting and financial reporting in a charitable context
- Broad understanding and experience of development issues and organisations
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Salary: £44,106 to £60,375 plus £4,000 London Weighting if applicable. If the successful candidate is outside of the UK, salary will be paid in local currency
Location: Newcastle, London, UK or Nairobi, Kenya
Transform Trade works for trade and climate justice. In South Asia and Africa, we support farmers, workers, and artisans to benefit from more sustainable and equitable trade, and in the UK, we advocate and campaign for changes to business practices and government policy.
It is an exciting time to join our organisation. Following a strategic review, we embarked on a process of change to shift power to groups in the global south, and to rethink the way we work in the UK. We are committed to equality and providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. We particularly welcome applications from those who are significantly underrepresented in our sector, including persons with disability and individuals from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities.
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Head of Finance and Administration. As a member of the wider leadership team, you will provide direction on all things related to Finance and Administration, working closely with colleagues based in the UK, South Asia, and Africa.
To thrive in this key role, you will be proactive, organised, and systematic in your approach. You will bring your technical skills together with an ability to communicate clearly and will have very high levels of integrity ensuring we reflect the highest standards in our organisational accountability. You will role model behaviours that underpin our values.
Interested? Further details including a full job description and application form can be found on our website
Only completed application forms will be accepted.
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Procurement Manager
We are excited to welcome a Procurement Manager who will play a pivotal role in enhancing the procurement function within Muslim Hands.
About this job
As Procurement Manager, you will:
Lead the implementation of a procurement function and policies, which will involve working with a number of teams across the charity to shift perception and embed cultural change,
develop processes and skills throughout the charity, through mentoring and coaching, empowering managers to make cost-effective decisions,
lead on the development and maintenance of a contract register, with a focus on driving savings, and reviewing existing agreements
Support and monitor procurement compliance of international partners through delivering training on the charities policies that partners must comply through to compliance based on international standards and best practice
About you
To be successful in this role, you’ll need considerable experience in a senior procurement role, with a commercial focus, experience of dealing with international aid agencies and advanced negotiation skills to ensure Muslim Hands gets the best value for money. You’ll need strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate often complex information to lay audiences, while also having excellent attention to detail. A professional procurement qualification is desirable.
Job Description:
Develop and lead function of recently established procurement function, embedding cultural change, and work cross collaboratively across the charity
Embed the procurement policy and processes, review and improve internal processes and guidance for users, and report back on the KPI’s to Senior Management
Develop processes and skills throughout the charity of how to negotiate value for money deals and how to adopt a commercial mindset through providing training, mentoring and coaching
Work closely with all departments with a strong focus on international programmes to support best practice of value for money, ethical procurement, and compliance to international standards
Develop the procurement part of the compliance framework including the management of a contract register, approved suppliers framework and compliance of partners to these practices for managing gifted funds
Review existing contracts with the aim to generate realistic and sustainable savings through restructuring of the contract or negotiation with the supplier
Challenge/ support new vendor requests ensuring contracts are commercially robust and establish good value for money, leading tender processes and establishing best practice and guidance in this area
Review existing contracts with aim to restructure where required
Provide appropriate ad hoc procurement support and advice where required
Any other reasonable duties to support the charity
Person specification:
Essential
Considerable procurement management experience
Experience of procurement management in international charities/ aid agencies
Good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to convey complex information clearly, tailored to the audience
Positive attitude, proactive and team player
Ability to travel internationally when required
Able to work flexibly and juggle competing demands to meet deadlines
Graduate level qualification in Management, Financial Management, Supply Chain, Project Management or related
Desirable
Professional Procurement Qualification or Qualified by Experience
Alignment with charity sector values and culture
Salary
Up to £40,000 commensurate with experience
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Position type:Full time, permanent, 37.5 hours per week
Responsible to: Deputy Director of Finance
Direct reports: Finance Officer x 2
Location: ShelterBox HQ, Truro, Cornwall (Remote UK will be considered)
Role purpose:
A senior member of the finance team and member of a collaborative organisation wide team of managers. Manage the financial accounting team whilst maintaining and developing systems to support the operation of a modern, progressive and supportive financial accounting function.
Responsible for monitoring and managing all financial legal, technical and compliance issues, including gift aid, VAT and other tax compliance, preparation of statutory accounts and managing external & internal audits.
The role reports to the Deputy Director of Finance and will be a key business partner across the business for all financial compliance matters.
The role manages two finance officers.
Who are we looking for?
ShelterBox is seeking a qualified accountant, with 10+ years PQE in relevant roles.
The successful candidate will have great communication and interpersonal skills and enjoy providing a service to assist internal customers and the charity in meeting their goals. Must be passionate about developing a modern, progressive finance function.
Extensive experience and knowledge of audit, banking, foreign currency, Gift Aid and VAT is required together with exposure to payroll and accounts payable.
With assistance from direct reports, duties will include but not be limited to:
• Responsible for ensuring the financial accounts department meets the needs of users of their services and the requirements of the charity.
• Develop and maintain efficient and effective financial systems and controls.
• Manage financial accounting team (2 X Finance Officers) to ensure a high level of service is provided by the team.
• Significant role in supporting the design and implementation of new ERP and Payroll systems.
• Development of appropriate policies to support role for use by the wider organisation and monitoring adherence with those policies.
• Preparation of annual statutory accounts and supporting audit schedules for parent charity and 2 subsidiaries
• Management and co-ordination of external audit
• Annual return submissions to Charity's Commission.
• Ongoing management of all treasury functions including cash management, foreign currency, banking relationships and banking disclosure requirements for transacting in high-risk foreign countries.
• Maintaining due diligence requirements of financial institutions we deal with.
• Monitor and manage long-term financial investments.
• Monitor and manage short-term financial investments, monitor weekly cash requirements and draw down cash to meet cash flow needs.
• Responsible for all aspects of VAT, including quarterly returns for all entities and irrecoverable VAT calculation.
• Chair of the Gift Aid working group. Responsible for Gift Aid compliance and coordination of Gift Aid compliance across the charity.
• Responsible for monitoring the external environment for changes in a range of compliance issues notably corporation tax, VAT, gift aid and audit.
• Support the wider finance team with the management of restricted funds as required, including monitoring the processing of restricted fund income and system configurations for restricted income processing.
• Maintenance of the nominal ledger structure and system configuration within the finance system.
• Oversight and leadership on payroll although this individual will not process payroll (with the exception of providing processing cover).
• Oversight and responsibility for accounts payable.
• Will ensure all overseas deploying staff are adequately resourced from a finance perspective in either foreign currency cash or company credit card.
• With support from the Finance Officers will manage any emergency requests for funding from overseas deployed staff
• Will ensure appropriate controls and reporting mechanisms are in place in relation to cash voucher programmes in the country.
• Assists Head of Legal and Risk with information provision in relation to insurance cover.
Other responsibilities
• Any other duties as required which are deemed appropriate to the level and grade of the post.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.