CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

ONE TRUST : Maximising the potential of people with profound and multiple learning disability (PMLD)

Start date :July 2020 (tbc)

One Trust’s vision is to lead the way in creating, “A world where people with profound and multiple learning disability (PMLD) and their family carers are valued, can realise their potential and live their lives the way they choose”. We do this through providing leading edge services, opportunities, therapies and respite, currently in South West London. We offer safe, proactive and flexible services that enable recipients, carers and adults with learning disability, to reach their full potential and live fulfilling lives. One Trust was incorporated in 2015 and, following a successful start-up phase, now has a turnover of £3.3m/ annum and employs 80 people across 5 service sites.  We are now looking to recruit talented individuals to deliver on a 3-5 year strategy focused on the next phase of our development . One Trust has ambitions to reach as many people as possible. There is a shortage of first class (PMLD) provision across South London and One Trust is dedicated to filling that void and looking to expand our services. One Trust is now looking to skilled and experienced people who can make that happen.

Chief Operating Officer (COO) . £48,000-£55,000.

Full time employee on a Permanent Contract

35 Hours/ week, Monday to Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm.

Wandsworth/ South London.

COVID-19

We serve some of the most vulnerable people in our society. Given the current Coronavirus Crisis our priority is to protect, shield and care for our Service Users and help our Carers within Government and PHE guidelines. Our new COO will be critical in helping to manage our way through and out of the crisis so that the Trust returns smoothly and safely to ‘business as usual’ providing the critical care our Service Users need, with a motivated team in full support and on a sound financial footing.

We will then begin an important and exciting new phase of One Trust’s journey. The Chief Operating Officer will be responsible for significant input to the overall strategic oversight of One Trust and day-to-day responsibility for all financial and operational aspects of the business. As a member of the senior management team they will work closely with the CEO, Board of Trustees, Quality Audit and Communications Manager, Finance and Administration Manager as well as service managers and frontline personnel.

The COO will assist the CEO, Board and other senior managers with delivering the mission, vision and values of One Trust. The COO will take care of the day to day, but will also work alongside the CEO, exploring opportunities to expand the reach of One Trust.

Key requirements: 

• an accomplished leader, inspirational, innovative and strategically astute
• experience of financial management and control and a CCAB accountancy qualification
• a track record of successful at managing teams and operations for a similar sized organisation
• a self- starter who is empathetic towards our service user needs and dedicated to One Trust’s mission, impact and future

The head office is located at 21 Church Lane, Tooting, London, SW17 9PW, however there is scope for the successful applicant to periodically work remotely from the other sites across SW London, in Tooting, Putney, Sutton and Southfields.

For questions about One Trust and the COO role, please contact our Chief Executive Will Olmi.

Process:

If you are interested in the role and our mission please send a covering letter and statement of interest and current CV.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 3rd May 2020.

Interviews  will either be held on site at One Trust’s head office in Tooting, or remotely via Skype or Zoom depending on the government’s mobility restrictions .  

Come and join us at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust - we are looking for a Band 6 Fundraising Officer - if you love involving local communities in feel-good fundraising and enjoy seeing your endeavours translate into transformations in patient care, then this is the job for you!

West Hertfordshire Hospitals Charity has recently rebranded as Raise, and we feel that this uplifting, positive and active name now reflects the love and loyalty that local communities have for their local hospitals.  We have been evolving and have launched a series of strategic appeals for state-of-the-art technology, environmental enhancements, staff development and the extra comforts that make such a difference to our patients, day after day.

Much development work has been achieved over the past year in strengthening the charity’s infrastructure, policies and procedures, and with the rebrand we have been raising our profile among local communities and across our hospitals.

We are excited to be offering this new post of Fundraising Officer - the post is an  important link between Raise and the local community. Does this sound like you?  You will require a good knowledge of fundraising and considerable energy and enthusiasm that will inspire patients, visitors and the local community to choose Raise as their preferred charity to support. You will also work with local businesses, staff and volunteer networks to develop fundraising initiatives, activities and events.

The purpose of this role is to ensure that fundraising ideas and events are in place that will have high profile and will generate funds to agreed targets. The ideal candidate will have an outgoing personality, be keen for direct contact with people, be good at motivating and be confident as well as a self starter, able to work with minimal supervision.  

We want to take our new momentum and go on to bigger and better things and we are looking for someone who can form a formidable team with our Charity Director to expand the charity’s scope for increasing income, particularly in instigating a capital appeal to support our three hospitals prepare for the future.

So if you’ve got vision, drive, creativity and a real commitment to supporting patient care, then we’d love to hear from you – come and make this job your own!

Department: Funded Programmes

Contract Duration: Until 31st March 2021

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. 

As an Account Officer, you’ll be the face of service delivery within the Help to Claim programme team and for local Citizens Advice. In this role you’ll be working across the organisation and with local Citizens Advice, helping to run our service delivery function. 

You’ll be the main point of contact for local Citizens Advice and will support them to deliver a high profile, national multi channel service to our clients. 

You’ll also work with them to solve problems and help them find solutions, including for complex problems as they arise. You’ll be able to draw on a range of resources to help this happen including the wider account management team. 

Our roles are open to discussion about flexible working, which may include arrangements such as part-time working, formalised flexitime, fixed (non-standard) working hours, working from home and job-sharing.   Flexible working - while our teams are office based, it's fine to work from home regularly, and we welcome discussions about working part-time.

Ranked by Indeed as a top 10 non-profit employer in the UK (December 2018)

We welcome applications from Local Citizens Advice staff and are open to arranging secondments.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates. 

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

The purpose of the Accounts Receivables Officer is to be responsible for administering the AR process of invoicing clients and managing any associated debt collection activities.

Client Details

The client in a not for profit organisation that is the professional association representing and governing professionals of England and Wales. It provides services and support to professionals in a certain field.

Description

The responsibilities of the Accounts Receivables Officer include:

• Raising sales invoices
• Setting up new customer accounts
• Assist with the management of the direct debit process
• Credit control

Profile

The Successful Accounts Receivables Officer will have 18 months of experience working in a similar role doing accounts receivables and credit control duties.

The Accounts Receivables Officer must also have great communication skills, be proactive and a team player as well as being polite, punctual and professional.

Job Offer

On offer for the successful Accounts Receivables Officer is a salary of up to £24,000 depending on experience. Also on offer in a competitive benefit package including flexible working.

Credit Control and Accounts Receivable Finance Officer

Permanent

£30,000 - £32,500 + Benefits, Croydon

For a global education company, we're recruiting a Credit Control and Accounts Receivable Finance Officer on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Transactions Manager, the Credit Control and Accounts Receivable Finance Officer will deliver Credit Control and Accounts Receivable duties and support AP as necessary. This role will work closely with the UK and Ireland operation team and will need excellent stakeholder management skills and meet the core debt management targets as well as working on process improvement.

Main Duties:

• Credit control duties from start-to-finish including achieving monthly cash collection targets
• Recording debtor communication on the debt collection software
• Liaise with debt collection agency to review payment plans; organise effective chasing cycle
• Reduce aged days by managing ledgers and maintain ledger allocations and reconciliations for UKI and Overseas
• Complete monthly customer statement runs for all products, capturing trends in the market dashboard and analysis of performance and variances
• Oversee the Accounts mailbox and maintenance of ledgers including posting of journals and performing reconciliations
• Bank and control accounts reconciliations including Sun Systems reconciliations
• Assist with Year-end activities
• Support with ad-hoc AP tasks as required.

Person Specification:

• Extensive experience of Credit Control and Accounts Receivable
• Very strong communication skills and ability to work effectively to targets
• Advanced MS Excel skills and working knowledge of Sun Systems (ideally)
• Able to be based in Croydon but with occasional travel to London site.

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Department: Funded Programmes

Contract Duration: Until 31st March 2021

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

As an Assistant Account Officer, you’ll be vital in helping our team of account managers and officers support a large network of local Citizens Advice on the Help to Claim programme. Account Managers mainly help manage relationships, resolve issues and track and monitor local Citizens Advice performance. You’ll be able to support this important work and in turn make sure that our clients get good quality help and support when they need. 

In this role you’ll be giving support to the account management team. You’ll help prepare reports and documents and check everything is in order - keeping the team working efficiently. This is a role that can have a real impact on the work that we do. 

Our roles are open to discussion about flexible working, which may include arrangements such as part-time working, formalised flexitime, fixed (non-standard) working hours, working from home and job-sharing.

Flexible working - while our teams are office based, it's fine to work from home regularly, and we welcome discussions about working part-time.

Ranked by Indeed as a top 10 non-profit employer in the UK (December 2018)

We welcome applications from Local Citizens Advice staff and are open to arranging secondments.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

An exciting role for an Accounts Payable Officer looking to work in a fast paced and dynamic Organisation.

Client Details

Based in Central London this Organisation is a pioneer in Scientific Research.

Description

The Accounts Payable Officer will be responsible for the following duties

• Processing over 100 invoices per day.
• Supplier reconciliations.
• Answering Queries
• Coding, matching, batching invoices.
• Ad-hoc duties.

Profile

The successful Accounts Payable Officer will have exposure to a busy Finance Department in an Accounts Payable Role. Exposure to the Education sector and knowledge of Agresso is desirable but not essential.

Job Offer

A salary of between £22,000 and £26,000 plus benefits including study support.

There is great demand for our services and we are seeking to expand the team so that we can serve more clients. Alongside this we are also seeking to develop the services we provide so that we can serve our clients more effectively. 

The role involves the preparation and independent examination of year end accounts for our client charities whilst being alert to broader issues (be they related to internal controls, taxation, regulation or communications on finance) that may need to be brought to the attention of our clients.  The applicant may also, depending on their skills and experience, be asked to provide other ad hoc advice and assistance to clients and be asked to assist with education and training.  Our clients are churches and other Christian charities with income below the current audit threshold of £1,000,000.

Responsibilities:

Key (applicable to all applicants)

• Undertake the preparation of year end accounts for our client charities.  For charitable companies and larger charities, this will mean preparing accounts that comply with the Charities SORP.
• Undertake, or review, independent examinations of charity accounts. 
• Review the information we receive to identify any significant financial and regulatory issues that need to be brought to attention of our client charities.

Ancillary 

• Provide ad hoc advice to client charities on a whole range of technical issues (which may include advice on accounting issues and arrangements, internal controls, gift aid, taxation and regulatory compliance).
• Help to develop educational resources and / or deliver training that will assist the team and / or our client charities.

A children's charity based in London is looking for an Accounts Assistant to take on a full-time temporary role within a fast-paced environment.

Client Details

A children's charity based in London with good transport links.

Description

The successful Accounts Assistant will be responsible for:

• processing regular payments including invoices and expenses
• preparing accruals and prepayments
• reconciling payments to supplier statements
• monitoring petty cash

Profile

The Accounts Assistant will be immediately available for interviews, and have previous exposure to working within a similar position for a Not for Profit organisation.

You will be a confident user of different accounting systems, namely Agresso, Sage or Quickbooks, with an ability to work under pressure within a team-based environment.

Excellent levels of communication and organisation are essential for this role as you will be dealing with budget holders and a high task load on a daily basis.

Job Offer

An hourly rate of £11-£14 p/h dependent on previous exposure to both the duties the role requires and a history of working within a similar industry.

One of the UK’s leading charities is seeking a strong Head of Financial Accounting and Treasury to lead a team of 7 and oversee a broad remit.

This is a great role for a fully qualified accountant (ideally having qualified in audit) with relevant post-qualified experience of having overseen financial accounting and led a small team. Whilst sector experience is not required, you will need to have a genuine passion for the charity sector and helping the vulnerable.

In this diverse post, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring delivery of comprehensive, accurate and compliant month end and year end accounts closure processes
• Ensuring robust balance sheet and cash flow planning, tight control of the cash movements and short-term investment management
• Analysing financial data to provide reports using benchmarks and recommendations on the cash flow and financial position of the organisation
• Ensuring all required policies / procedures are developed, documented and implemented in order to help deliver strategic objectives and to safeguard assets and reputation of the organisation
• Implementing, communicating and monitoring an effective set of internal controls
• Providing leadership to maintain an efficient and effective financial function including development of effective financial systems and to streamline processes and operations
• Working with the CFO to develop the long-term finance and investment strategies and to be responsible for their implementation, including the evaluation, periodic reporting of performance and management of risk
• Overseeing and preparing statutory income statements, coordinate external audit process and prepare the annual financial report for publication

Developing and implementing plans to improve the quality of services and timely delivery from the Finance department to both internal and external stakeholders.

Please submit your CV or contact Michael Quest at Ivy Rock Partners directly to find out more.

There will be a check point on applications on Friday 17th April so it is best to make an early application to avoid missing out on timing.

The successful Accounts Payable Clerk will be helping the finance department to keep up with incoming invoices over a busy period of growth.

The role is expected to last for 2 months but could be extended.

Client Details

The organisation you'll be working for has brand new offices in the centre of London and are currently going through a period of growth.

Description

The key responsibilities of the Accounts Payable Clerk will be to;

• Help clear a backlog of invoices
• Help to keep on top of incoming invoices
• Assist in weekly payment runs
• Contact suppliers regarding any queries

Profile

The successful Accounts Payable Clerk will ideally come form a property or housing association back ground.

You'll be experienced in accounts payable and you will have a pro active approach to your work.

You will be capable of efficiently processing high volumes of invoices daily.

Job Offer

The successful applicant will be working in a brand new office with a great team and the contract has the opportunity to be extended.

An opportunity for an account cxecutive to gain more experience in the charity sector.

Join a fun, friendly and high-performing account management team, looking after a varied portfolio of accounts.

The role will be the sole account manager on three exciting accounts worth up to £75,000 each. They are all very bought into the cause and are great accounts to manage. One account is due to come to an end so there will be the chance to extend this partnership at the end of the year.

We are looking for someone very personable, who’s comfortable leading their own accounts, holding conversations with senior stakeholders and presenting to a range of audiences. We are happy to consider candidates with a commercial background.

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Emily Birch at QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment. If your experience is a good fit, we will send you a job description and arrange a briefing call or meeting that will provide you with all the information required to formally apply. QuarterFive aims to proactively support your job search, so we may also consider your details for other job vacancies to enable us to find a position that is most suitable for you.

Education Support, a well-established mental health and wellbeing UK charity is looking for a part-time Management Accounts Assistant.

This is a new role to provide timely and accurate management information. You will be managing a transaction officer, and you will be responsible for all accounting records being recorded in a timely and accurate manner, produce reports on all aspects of financial activity including monthly management accounts for review by the Head of Finance.  As you would be working in a small finance team, you will need to be able to hit the ground running with good excel skills and be able to handle tasks without extensive supervision.

A job description is available for you to download.  To find out more about Education Support and to apply follow the apply link below.  You will need to provide a CV and a cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the job. 

The responsibility of the Payroll Accounts Assistant will be to help cover the workload in between a period of transmission.

You will play a vital role in ensuring that processes do not fall behind and there is the opportunity for the contract to be extended.

Client Details

The client is a housing organisation in London.

Description

The key responsibilities of the Payroll Accounts Assistant will be;

• To handle all payroll queries
• To post payroll journals weekly and monthly
• To carry out bank reconciliations
• To assist with month end duties
• To carry out other financial duties when required

Profile

The successful Payroll Accounts Assistant will have experience in both payroll and other areas of finance such as bank reconciliations, VAT returns and transaction processes.

Coming from a housing back ground would be desirable but not essential.

You must be immediately available or on a one week notice.

Job Offer

The successful applicant will have the chance to work within the finance department during a period of transition where this temporary contract has the possibility of being extended.