This is an exciting opportunity to help drive the growth of the co-operative and voluntary sector and put your skills to good use in truly meaningful, interesting and rewarding work. We will not consider your application unless you send a cover letter explaining why you might want to work for us rather than any other accountancy practice.

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In 2017, Third Sector Accountancy formed to change the world of accountancy for co-operatives, charities and social enterprises, providing friendly and expert help and advice to other organisations striving for positive social change. 

Committed to team development, all of our colleagues are either training for formal ICAEW ACA qualification or continuing their professional development within the firm.

Our rapidly growing client base value our understanding of the sector and our commitment to providing services that support their needs, and they appreciate that we share their desire to make the world a better place. Our clients are extremely diverse in activity, ranging from micro-enterprises to multi-million turnover co-operatives and charities.

We are looking for a new colleague, qualified (ACA/ACCA/AAT) or unqualified, who is keen to work with a variety of amazing clients. If you are unqualified (ICAEW or ACCA) then you will need to take on the challenge of training for the ICAEW ACA qualification to complement our team and support our growth. Are you an ethically and socially motivated individual with financial experience and commitment to personal development? If you are excited by the idea of joining us and engaging with our clients and are able to rise to the challenges and rewards of working in a non-hierarchical team, please send your CV and a letter saying why you want to work for us.

Our partner has played a key role in supporting the most vulnerable people during the COVID-19 crisis in the UK. As a result of an increase in the demand for the crucial services they provide, they have grown rapidly. They have received a large number of new funds; additionally, they have incurred a large amount of unusual expenditure for pandemic-specific projects, some funded by restricted funds and some not. With this, they require additional support around income recognition and accounting for restricted funds; they are seeking an experience financial accountant to support them in getting ready for the year-end and audit.

Responsibilities

• Review restricted funding received to determine the correct income recognition and allocation of costs, to ensure that the restricted reserves position for the year is materially correct in the accounts and individual donor/grant reporting is correct.
• Undertake monthly review of control accounts to help ensure integrity of the general ledger.
• Support with VAT returns.
• Support Head of Finance with the preparation of statutory accounts and with the statutory audit.
• Review fixed asset register and ensure correct capitalisation of new assets purchased during the year, and that depreciation rate is in line with policy
• Support on generation of some monthly reporting for budget holders, management accounts.
• Support Head of Finance with other ad hoc tasks that may be required.

Requirements

• A qualified accountant with experience in fund accounting, income recognition and VAT requirements in charities. 
• Experience of looking after a general ledger, performing balance sheet reconciliations, reviewing control accounts, preparing statutory accounts (charity SORP), and preparing for an external audit.  Experience of grants management and charity finance is desirable.
• Good systems experience, intermediate/advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, specifically  experience of preparing and presenting reports to a wide range of audience and stakeholders.
• Experience of working in a growing, changing organisation.

They are seeking someone to start within 2-3 weeks, so we can only consider applications from those immediately available to start a new role. Whilst this role is home-based, it is for a UK-based charity, and therefore we can only consider applicants with the right to work in the UK. 

Forensic Accountants

Salary: £65,448

Permanent , Full Time

The Role:
The role involves assisting in the investigation of breaches of regulations and potential misconduct on the part of accountants, accountancy firms or actuaries.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Working with limited supervision on individual investigations into misconduct/ breaches of relevant requirements by fellow professional accountants, audit firms or actuaries.
• Determining the avenues of enquiry; using expertise to identify sources of evidence and requesting provision of documentation and information.
• Undertaking significant or complex areas of an investigation.
• Identifying and working with internal experts to clarify relevant accounting, audit, actuarial or professional standards.
• Using forensic skills to determine the approach to the review and analysis of all material obtained including experience in the use of electronic search platforms.
• Preparing and conducting disciplinary interviews with subject partners and external lawyers.
• Preparation of an objective report of investigation findings to form the basis of instructions to the expert and external counsel and of further action on the case.
• Agreeing and meeting deadlines for investigation work and working with the case lawyer to meet deadlines for the case.

On larger cases -

• Assisting more senior forensic accountants in the conduct of investigations including undertaking personally specific areas of the investigation and contributing to overall work product.
• Where appropriate, supervising the work of more junior team members.

The Person:

The role requires specialist skill and expertise. Individuals holding this position are expected to be capable of operating with minimal supervision on smaller cases and take sole responsibility on those cases for the accuracy and quality of the work product.

The ideal candidate will have the following attributes:

• Qualified accountant with significant depth and breadth of experience
• Skilled in conducting complex financial investigations involving high volumes of material.
• Skilled in investigating complex financial data.
• Proven ability to identify and focus on key issues.
• Proven ability in being able to recognise valuable lines of enquiry
• Skilled in planning and conducting technical interviews of senior individuals.
• Significant skill (written and oral) in communicating the results of investigation to a non-accounting audience.
• Solid understanding of the requirements of a regulatory disciplinary process.
• Understanding of audit.
• Experience of staff supervision and development.
• Ability to remain calm and act in a professional manner at all times.
• Determination and self-motivation to pursue complex and difficult cases.

The role is based in Central London. The post holder should be able to work flexibly to support the team's activities.

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A leading health focused membership charity is seeking a Financial Accountant on an urgent basis for a 3 month fixed term contract role.

Candidates must be available to interview and start the role within 1-2 weeks.

This is a salaried role (not a day rate) and is paying between £38-42k per annum.

There is a chance the role may develop into something more permanent but this cannot be guaranteed.

The role involves:

-Process & Treasury Management (income & expenditure, month-end journals, management accounting journals, balance sheet reconciliations)

-Internal Systems & Controls (updating Proactis & Sage, chart of accounts)

-Payroll, Pensions & Tax Compliance (dealing with HMRC, VAT calculations & compliance, running internal payroll via iTrent software for 150 employees, processing pensions and benefits calculations)

-Create and update internal process documentation

-Assist with statutory accounts for main charity and 2 other entities

Candidate requirements:

-Payroll experience is essential. The role will involve taking the lead role in processing the internal payroll for around 150 staff. Use of iTrent payroll software is desirable but not essential.

-Part or fully-qualified ACCA, CIMA or ACA

-Experience in a similar financial accounting role covering month-end journals, balance sheet reconciliations and banking/treasury management

-Strong experience with tax and VAT

-Experience with calculating and processing pensions

-Charity experience is desirable but not essential

Initial closing date: Tuesday 12th January

Please send your CV for immediate consideration.

Our partner, an award-winning organisation, focusses on a range of different areas to offer children and adults opportunities to be educated, have access to proper healthcare and wellbeing, earn sustainable livelihoods and become empowered to take their place in society as leaders. They are seeking a project accountant to take on a broad role focussing on support in developing project proposals for grants and project reporting; this role has scope for career progression once the probation period has been successfully completed.

Responsibilities

• Support in the development and preparation of budgets for donor proposals, and review the financial implications of donor contracts.
• Oversee the control environment, accounting processes and restricted funds to ensure that these meet grants compliance and reporting requirements.
• Produce quarterly donor and other reports
• Support in the development of the annual budget for the UK office.
• Prepare quarterly reports for the trustees and board members, and monthly management accounts and cashflow forecast.
• Prepare the statutory accounts for filing with the Charity Commission and Companies House.

Experience

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant with extensive experience in project and management accounting & reporting, specifically within the not for profit sector.
• Experience of preparing statutory accounts and in year-end audit preparation, specifically experience of Charity SORP.
• Experience of developing suitable controls and accounting systems.
• Able to manage a varied workload with different priorities and deadlines.
• Strong IT and systems skills, including Excel, Quickbooks and Salesforce.

Forensic Accountant (Level 4) - London

£85648

• Are you a fully Qualified accountant with significant depth and breadth of experience and expertise in forensic investigation.
• Expertise in managing complex financial investigations involving high volumes of material. As well as significant expertise in investigating complex financial data.
• Do you have audit understanding and experience of the regulatory disciplinary process?

If so, read on.

Our Client is seeking an experienced Forensic Accountant to assist the Executive Counsel in investigating and prosecuting the most serious cases of accountancy and actuarial misconduct and breaches of relevant requirements for statutory audit in relation to matters that are in the public interest.

As a Forensic Accountant, your duties will include -

• Conducting forensic investigations into potential misconduct or breaches of relevant requirements from Accountants, actuaries, or Audit firms
• Manage investigations on behalf of Executive Counsel
• Support the Snr Forensic Accountant on the latest and most complex investigations
• Responsible for the allocation of case team resources; and the quality of work product from more junior members of the case team.
• Responsible for undertaking personally significant or complex areas of an investigation.
• Use expert forensic skills to determine the approach to the review and analysis of all material obtained including experience in the use of electronic search platforms.
• Responsible for preparing and conducting disciplinary interviews with subject partners and external lawyers. Interviewees are frequently amongst the most senior members of the profession, advised by leading law firms
• Liaise with the expert, case lawyer and external counsel in preparation of the Initial Investigation Report / Complaint. Responsible for ensuring that the results of the investigation and any expert opinions are clearly and accurately reflected in these documents.
• Responsible for agreeing and meeting deadlines for investigation work and working with the case lawyer to meet deadlines for the case.
• Working with the case lawyer in liaising with other regulators in sharing information.
• Identifying areas where processes and best practice for investigations can be improved and developed and working with Senior Forensic Accountants and Enforcement Division management in agreeing and implementing these.

To be considered for the role of Forensic Accountant, you will have the following -

• Qualified accountant with significant depth and breadth of experience and expertise in forensic investigation.
• Expertise in managing complex financial investigations involving high volumes of material.
• Significant expertise in investigating complex financial data.
• Skilled in planning and conducting technical interviews of senior individuals.
• Significant skill (written and oral) in communicating the results of investigation to a non-accounting audience.
• Solid understanding of the requirements of a regulatory disciplinary process.
• Understanding of audit.

In return you will enjoy working for an organisation that exists to protect the public interest, in a supportive, professional, and family-feel environment with a very healthy work/life balance. You will also work with experts within their fields. This is a very exciting time to join this organisation as they involve into a new body

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Spurgeons is one of the UK's leading children's charities, firmly supported by Christian beliefs and values, helping to support disadvantaged children and their families through delivering projects to support children, young people, their families and communities to find long-lasting solutions to the challenges they face.

We are passionate about the work we do and need equally committed members on our team to help us achieve those goals.

The successful candidate will have overall responsibility for providing excellent, timely, accurate and value added financial management and reporting across both accounting and operational finance at Spurgeons with direct financial responsibility for a portfolio of projects.

They will own the budgeting process, overseeing and producing annual budgets working with children’s services managers, operational finance, heads of departments, applying healthy challenge to provide robust budgets for consolidation and submission to the HoF&CS & the Executive Team.

They will also line manage the finance team (2 direct members) and to take overall responsibility for the quality of service delivered by these individuals. To be an effective business partner within the organisation.

Full information about this role can be viewed in the job description.

Interviews will take place w/c 25th January 2021.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people we serve. This post is subject to necessary safeguarding checks including an appropriate level DBS Disclosure.

Spurgeons is a Living Wage Employer

The SORP Accountant will report to the Financial Controller and will support in maintaining a strong and effective control environment for the Organisation, ensuring compliance with financial policies and procedures, as well as compliance with governance.

Client Details

The Organisation is the UK's leading disability charity. They provide information and support, improve care, fund research and strive to make changes to support people with these illnesses or disabilities.

Description

The responsibilities of the SORP Accountant include but are not limited to:

• Providing effective financial management and control organisations and its Subsidiaries.
• Preparation of the year-end statutory accounts in accordance with the Charities SORP, FRS102 and UKGAAP.
• Liaise with external auditors and ensure on time completion of the year-end audit
• Preparing analysis and reporting to meet regulatory matters

Profile

The Successful SORP Accountant must be Part-Qualified and/or close to being a CCAB Finalist with an in depth knowledge of statutory accounting and audit control requirements in accordance with Charities SORP, FRS102 and UKGAAP.

The SORP Accountant must also have strong technical skills and a proven track record working in a similar role, as well as strong written and verbal communication skills. The Accountant will also be expected to have advanced excel skills and strong IT skills.

Job Offer

On offer for the successful SORP Accountant is a Salary of up to £41,000 per annum as well as a competitive benefits package.

My client is an inspiring and innovative Charity that focuses on uniting the best of science and healthcare to fight cancer head on. They are currently looking for a qualified accountant to join them for a 6 month period, supporting them through the year end and audit period. The work will encompass all aspects of financial accounts, with particular emphasis on:

• Ensuring bank reconciliations are completed according to agreed timelines;
• Ensuring the purchase ledger is up to date and that there is a robust system for reconciling supplier statements and following up queries;
• Supporting financial transaction processing and reconciliations within the charity, ensuring that robust controls are in operation;
• Identifying improvements to financial processes and procedures;
• Working with other members of the team to produce the year end statutory accounts.

Person Specification:

• You’ll be a qualified accountant with experience of year end statutory accounts preparation
• You’ll have the drive and ability to deliver against high pressured deadlines, with the ability to adapt and operate flexibly to support the business, as required.
• You’ll be ‘hands-on’ when needed to pick up tasks from team members to ensure processing stays on schedule.
• You’ll be an excellent communicator with an understanding and empathy around the challenges faced by the colleagues you support.

The successful management accountant will be assisting the finance manager with budgeting and planning, financial reporting as well as analysis work.

Client Details

My client is an international health care charity providing assistance worldwide.

Description

• Producing management accounts
• Assisting the finance manager with budgeting and forecasting
• Analysis of income and expenditure

Profile

The successful candidate must be part-qualified or finalist CIMA/ ACCA as well as having previously worked for a charity.

Strong Excel skills are required as well as being confident with finance systems.

Experience with SORP accounting is strongly desirable

Job Offer

This is an ongoing temporary role offering between £17-20ph depending on the level of experience.

Reference:HQ00178027

Location:UK and The Netherlands

Salary:£36,491 per annum

Contract type:Contract

Date closing:18/12/2020

Prospectus are pleased to be partnering with The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) to recruit a Management Accountant. This role is being offered for a tenure of 1 year with a view to extend and can be based in The Hauge or the UK.

ICM is an accredited non-governmental organisation who supports, represents and works to strengthen professional associations of midwives throughout the world to achieve common goals in the care of mothers and newborns.

As the Management Accountant, this role will support the Finance and Quality Controller and Senior Leadership Team in managing ICM’s financial function and is key in maintaining robust financial systems as well as ensuring the sustainability of ICM. This role will support the end to end finance processes such a preparing journal entries, completing ledgers and preparing budgets, forecasts and monthly reports. This role will also ensure regular oversight of cash levels so that appropriate funds are available to support day to day activities together with assisting with running payroll for ICM staff.

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified CCAB Accountant and will have previously worked as a Management Accountant or in a similar financial role. Knowledge of the use of information technology in the management of financial systems is key to the success of this role as is practical experience of developing and maintaining good working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, partners and customers. It is expected, you will have exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to make decisions based on accurate and timely analysis/management information as well as knowledge of Dutch tax laws and experience of working with a Dutch banking system.

Please initially apply with a Word Copy of your CV - more information about the role and the organisation will be provided to suitable candidates.

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Senior Forensic Accountant - London

£100,192

• Are you a fully qualified CCAB Accountant (Or equivalent)?
• Do you have significant post qualification experience as a forensic accountant working with complex and high profile cases?
• Have you managed and led a team?

If so, read on

Our Client exists to serve the public interest in setting high standards in corporate governance, audit and accounting as well as holding to account those organisations responsible for delivering such services.

This organisation undertakes investigations and takes enforcement action where necessary in cases involving accountants, audits and actuaries. These are complex, large and high-profile cases which require work with other regulators and bodies.

The Role:

To act as a Senior Forensic Accountant in our team of experienced case lawyers and forensic accountants led by Executive Counsel. The role will involve the investigation of potential misconduct on the part of accountants or actuaries and alleged breaches by a statutory auditor or statutory audit firm of a relevant requirement of the Audit Regulations. The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Planning investigations into complex accounting, auditing or actuarial matters
• Identifying sources of evidence
• Working with internal experts to identify relevant accounting, audit, actuarial or professional standards, and ensuring a thorough understanding of technical issues
• Managing and conducting the review of material obtained in the course of the investigation including use of electronic search platforms
• Preparation and conduct of formal investigatory interviews of senior accounting, audit and actuarial professionals
• Preparation of objective reports of investigation findings
• Supervision and development of junior professional staff

The Person:

The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with significant forensic accounting experience, who understands the requirements of working in a multi-disciplinary team in a contentious legal environment. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate the following competencies:

• Excellent ability to identify key issues
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to explain complicated technical concepts to non-finance professionals
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Highly organised, and able to plan and lead on more than one significant investigation at a time
• Ability and confidence to work autonomously
• Experienced in development of junior staff
• Enthusiastic and flexible, with a good team player ethic
• Experience of audit would be an advantage

This is a very exciting time to join this organisation as they transform to become a new body which reflects post Brexit Britain with new powers and responsibilities. This organisation offers a strong work/life balance, excellent benefits and a supportive, collaborative and "family feel" culture. You will also enjoy working with experts in their field and make a real difference to the sector ensuring public interest in protected and remains

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Management accountant role for a newly qualified accountant at a London Museum.

Client Details

This Museum is a national institution and is one of the most widely recognised organisations in the country, with visitors from all over the world.

Description

• Produce management accounts for business units, including detailed analysis
• Business partner key stakeholders to support decision making
• Contribute to the museums annual year end process
• Work on key projects across the organisation as financial lead

Profile

You will be a newly qualified accountant from accountancy practice (ACA, ICAEW, ICAS or similar) and have a strong understanding of technical finance, alongside dealing with key stakeholders at a senior level.

An understanding of the arts or not-for-profit sector and government department based reporting would be extremely helpful.

Job Offer

Salary c£45,000 plus benefits

Senior Financial Accountant job on a 12 month fixed term contract working in Central London

Your new company

My client is a non-departmental public body based in Central London. They are looking to recruit a Senior Financial Accountant on a 12-month fixed term contract.

Your key responsibilities are:

Financial Accounts:

• Assist with the ongoing IFRS project work and any future technical accounting projects.
• Preparation of monthly IFRS 9 workings, journals, and loan balances for inclusion in the monthly accounts to be submitted.
• Monthly Balance sheet reconciliations and Fixed Assets management
• Assist with the preparation of statutory financial statements for the year end and the audit working papers.
• Supporting with technical accounting advice.
• Providing support for Finance Systems implementation.

Management Accounts:

• Assist with the production of monthly management accounts.
• Assistance with the preparation of annual budget

Other areas:

• To work with members of the finance team and other relevant teams on the review/update/or preparation of finance policies and procedures
• Continuous improvement of the finance systems and processes

What do I need?

You will be a CCAB qualified accountant with proven experience of financial accounting which includes preparation of statutory accounts or group reporting for consolidation purpose and familiar with accounting standards (especially IFRS). Excellent knowledge of Excel, Word, Power Point, SUN accounting software desirable but not essential.

What you'll get in return

In return you will be placed on a 12 month fixed term contract and will be paid between, £45000 - £50000 per annum, plus an excellent benefits package, working in an excellent Central London location.

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