AP Accountant (6-12m FTC), Central London – Charity, up to £32,000

A new contract has become available in a charitable organisation based in Central London. Due to a big transition period for the team, mostly surrounding a system change over to Business Central, there is a need for an experience AP clerk to come in and take control of the AP function. The appropriate candidate will have extensive knowledge of the purchase ledger and feel confident in training up the Accounts Assistant on basic tasks and processes. This is a great opportunity for someone that likes to have full ownership over their work and wants to help an organisation through significant change. It would be preferable for candidates to be immediately available or on short notice, or failing that able to start early in the New Year.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage supplier relationships appropriately.
• Supervise and advise accounts assistant with the following tasks:
• Ensure invoice register is up to date and complete.
• Set up new supplier and employee accounts on SAP Business One (SAP B1) / Business Central Dynamics 365 and on the internet banking system.
• Code, process and input supplier invoices and employee expenses into SAP B1 / Business Central Dynamics 365.
• Obtain appropriate authorisation for all supplier invoices and employee expenses.
• Review employee expense claims, ensuring they are in line with the employee expenses policy, and resolve queries with individuals and managers.
• Review twice weekly payment runs, as prepared by accounts assistant
• Ensure multi-currencies in SAP B1 / Business Central Dynamics 365 and the online banking system are correct
• Ensure all suppliers and employees are paid accurately and on time.
• Maintain regular contact with other departments to obtain and convey information and/or correct transactions.
• Ensure accounts payable records are filed correctly and efficiently.
• Support a smooth transition between the two accounting systems.
• Identify areas where processes could be made more efficient and offer solutions.
• Regularly review aged creditors and invoices in process and take proactive steps to reduce these as required.
• Resolve payment/processing queries efficiently and on time.
• Develop processes and controls to support the web shop reconciliation process.
• Reconcile payments received in the bank against orders in the web shop system.
• Process refunds for customers when required.
• Create stock reports at month end and reconcile against supplier reports, investigating all discrepancies.

Key Skills & Qualifications:

• Min of 2 years’ experience in an Accounts Payable position, preferably in a SME
• Experience with SAP or Business Central
• Strong Microsoft Excel and Word skills.
• Experience of processing multi-currency transactions is preferred, but not essential.

• Highly organised and focussed, able to multi-task and manage workload to ensure that priorities are met.
• A motivated and customer-focussed team-player, who can work effectively with staff at all levels.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• Ability to be flexible, understanding that sometimes requirements can change.

Your new company
Membership based organisation in central London that offers professional development and training and well as advocacy. This organisation has an income of approx. £11m.

Your new role

• Manage the monthly close in a timely manner to ensure all income and cost streams are correctly recorded.
• Preparing and posting all journals for month end including, accruals, prepay, investment, payroll.
• Provide analysis on cost variance needed for month end reporting
• Produce all Monthly balance sheet reconciliation including, Fixed assets, prepayments, payroll, sales and purchase ledger control, accruals and investments.
• Provide commentary on the balance sheet reconciliation variances
• Monthly preparation of all balance sheet for review by FC
• Cash flow forecast and updating of the forecast with actuals and analysis on the variance.
• VAT
• Assist with audit for yearend preparing schedules for audit pack for external auditors - with a view to leading on this in year 2
• Ad-hoc reports for FC on request regarding sales ledger and purchase ledger control

What you'll need to succeed
You will have previous experience of reconciliations and journals and an understanding of/interest in technical accounting. You will be at finalist or qualified level - ideally ACA or ACCA. If coming from practice, you will have ideally prepared accounts as well well as audited.

What you'll get in return
This is an opportunity to work with a small team where you will get opportunities to gain broader experience than listed in this job description. The organisation also offers a competitive package of benefits including work life balance.

What you need to do now
Please apply ASAP to be considered. The client is considering CVs now.

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A well esteemed regulatory body are looking for a experience Financial Accountant to join their team. This is an exciting role which allows you to have autonomy, creativity and growth to really make the role your own and bring in process improvement.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Lead on the annual and interim audit, including preparing schedules for audit pack for external auditors
• Preparing and posting all journals for month end
• Manage Finance assistant during month end to ensure their journals are completed and review
• Working with Finance business partner to ensure that monthly accounts and journals are posted
• Produce all Monthly balance sheet reconciliation including, Fixed assets, prepayments, sales and purchase ledger control, accruals and investments

The successful candidate will:

• Be a Qualified Accountant (ACCA,CIMA,ACA)
• Have experience with Management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations
• Have a strong work ethic and can do attitude, ability to manage a heavy work load in a fast passed environment
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience from a Audit background or from practice is highly desirable.

Are you ready for a rewarding opportunity to apply your accounting experience while working for a charity that makes a real difference to the lives of homeless people every day?

About the role

This is an exciting time to join the St Mungo’s Finance team as we begin a process of improvement and change to support ongoing development and provision for client services. We are looking for a talented individual who will support the development and change in provision of finance systems and processes across the organisation.  

Initially reporting to the Executive Director of Finance, the core purpose of this role will be to map, manage and significantly improve existing finance systems and related processes; and support in leading the implementation, development and continuous improvement of future system changes. Key responsibilities in this role will include:

• Preparation and maintenance of a map of finance systems showing how they interface with each other and with non-finance systems.
• Management of the technical requirements of all existing finance systems (including Add-Ons such as BACS and VAT) and in particular Open Accounts (general ledger system) and Ebis (accounts payable system) including ensuring that the systems are technically and functionally up to date.
• Working with members of the Finance Directorate to identify and implement process improvement opportunities with existing systems, particularly to eliminate workarounds and to automate currently manual tasks.
• Helping to develop and then lead a business plan for the replacement of the current accounting systems and the potential introduction of new software.

About you

We are looking for an energetic individual with a strong desire to drive process improvement and a willingness to learn; someone with the ability to identify and resolve problems effectively and challenge ideas to reach the most positive outcomes.

You will have good experience of working with finance systems from both a back and front end perspective, demonstrating your track record of delivering pro-active systems support and process improvement that have benefited finance teams and wider organisational development.

Your attention to detail and excellent knowledge of IT applications is as important as your ability to build positive working relationships and effectively communicate technical information to a variety of people. We encourage you to apply if you are an innovative, experienced finance professional interested in working for a charity who makes a real difference to the lives of vulnerable adults.

What we offer

• Flexible and agile Working and other benefits 
• A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place
• Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities

What we do

At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do, and in 2019 – 2020 we supported 32,800 people across all of our services. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.

How to apply

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website and click the ‘Apply Now’ Button at the top of the page to start your online application form.

Closing date: 10am on 7 December 2021

Interview and assessments on: 15-17 December 2021

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document available’ tab at the top of the advert page on our website.

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

About the role:

A well-established children's charity are looking for a Financial Accountant to join their Financial Accounting & Control Team. This is a fantastic, varied permanent opportunity offering hybrid working and the chance to prosper as you support the Financial Accounting & Control Manager with effectively delivering tasks.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working with the Financial Accounting & Control Manager to implement, enforce and monitor internal control procedures, performing relevant tasks in relation to this such as reviewing journals and balance sheet reconciliations
• Supporting the Financial Accounting & Control Manager in the delivery of the Annual Report & Accounts, including meeting the requirements of the external auditors
• Preparing quarterly VAT returns and overseeing tax compliance within the organisation
• Monitoring and forecasting cash flow and maintaining appropriate treasury management procedures and controls
• Reviewing fixed asset reconciliations and reporting, and monitoring the accuracy of the fixed asset register

The successful candidate will:

• Be a newly qualified accountant, ex auditor or experience of working in a complex organisation
• Have solid experience in relation to the key responsibilities of this role and be able to evidence this
• Be passionate about working for a children's charity
• Be ambitious, hardworking and able to meet tight deadlines to a high standard
• Have excellent communication skills, able to convey complex financial information to a wide range of stakeholders

Group Financial Accountant position working for a Membership Body in Central London. The position reports into the Head of Financial accounting and effectively acts as the deputy in the preparation of the organisations statutory accounts.

Client Details

The organisation is one of the largest professional Membership Bodies in the UK with over 35,000 members in the UK and 15,000 worldwide. The organisation is not only involved in providing services for its members but also invests a lot of money into educational charities, to promote education in the financial services sector.

Description

The Group Financial Accountant position will involve the following responsibilities:

• Line management of one finance assistant providing support, training and development opportunities.
• Responsible for the preparation of group reports for a number of commercial subsidiaries.
• Produce cash flow reports and forecasts.
• Liaise with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Produce and review annual reports and month-end balance sheet reconciliations.

Profile

The line manager for the role is open on expereience and would encourage newly qualified accountants to apply for the position. The below requirements are a broad summary of the experience needed for the role:

Essential:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Exposure to the preparation of statutory accounts and ideally hands on experience of preparing them yourself.
• Excellent analytical skills to review data effectively.
• Experience of developing complex spreadsheet models for record keeping and reporting financial information with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills across a range of audiences.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and experience of managing VAT, Gift Aid, and tax matters.
• Experience of working within the charity/membership sector.
• Technical understanding of Charity SORP.

Job Offer

£45,000-£55,000, home working offered, flexible working, 27 days annual leave and 7.5% pension.

This role can be full time remote, so applications across the UK are encouraged.

MLC Partners are working with an international children’s charity to recruit a Grants Accountant to join their high-performing team. The role has huge exposure across the organisation and will be a focal point when dealing with their commercial contracts.

Main responsibilities include:

• Building and developing fee rate models, to analyse different financial outcomes depending on programme performance.
• Ensure accurate and timely reports are delivered to donors and that the information is in line with agreements.
• Tracking financial compliance across a number of projects, providing support across the lifecycle to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Business partner with country offices to facilitate the smooth delivery of projects and upskill local finance teams, whilst always having a clear focus on the commercial delivery of the contracts.

The successful candidate will be:

• Experienced within the international development sector, understanding grant and donor finance.
• A qualified accountant, working towards a qualification or qualified by experience.
• An engaging business partner, who can flex their approach as necessary for the different requirements across the charity.
• Knowledgeable on commercial contracts, or an understanding of them with a willingness to learn and develop this area.

This is a great organisation doing some much-needed work around the world and would be an excellent stepping-stone for a more senior role in the sector.

The position may be filled before the closing date, so please apply today. For more information, please contact Jamie Elliott at MLC Partners.

International Grants Accountant: £25 - 30 per hour Umbrella Co. (3-6 months)

For an international NGO based in central London, we are recruiting an International Grants Accountant for 3-6 months on an interim basis. Reporting to the Grants Finance Manager, this role will support budgeting, financial reporting, financial compliance, and the financial management of grants managed by the organisation including business partnering with grant receiving partners.

Main Duties:

• Support production of financial reporting for Donor requirements
• Produce transactional reports and process and account for expenditure by Grant partners
• Produce reforecasts, working with budget holders
• Support the budgeting of new grant proposals and plan and budget for financial reporting or other Donor requirements
• Support and ensure the compliance of grants with financial policies
• Business Partner with the grant budget holders, including supporting them with activity and expenditure
• Monitor grant cash flow and ensure payment requests are made and processed to the Donor
• Support with audit processes, including project and Donor audits

What will you bring to this role?

• Qualified or part qualified accountant with excellent understanding of accounting for restricted income and expenditure
• Understanding of double entry and how to make corrections and adjustments
• Experience in restricted grant reporting, ideally from an international NGO
• Experience of business partnering with overseas partners and offices
• Excellent Excel skills including VLOOKUP's and sum-ifs
• Experience of FCDO, USAID and EC is ideal
• Ideally experience of Access Dimensions

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Location: Working from home currently, but office is based in London

About ARTICLE 19

Established in 1987, ARTICLE 19 works for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination. Our mission is to promote and defend the universal human rights of freedom of expression and information around the world, through international advocacy, campaigns, legal analysis, and regional and national projects. ARTICLE 19 operates internationally: although our international secretariat is based in London, we have regional teams based in the Americas, Asia, MENA, Europe, and Africa through an established network of offices and personnel.

Role Purpose

This position is a key role for the finance team to increase the capacity during a period of growth. The role will support all  financial aspects of budgeting, reporting, compliance and financial management of grants managed by ARTICLE 19,  including all finance-related work with grantreceiving partners. The role is a key part of improving our programme delivery  by supporting grant budget holders.

For further details and to apply, please click ‘apply’ to be re-directed to our application page.

Closing date: 6th December 2021

Year End Financial Accountant | Interim | 4 - 6 Months | £350 (Umbrella) | London

On behalf of a large NGO, we are recruiting a Year End Financial Accountant delivery year-end accounting. This role will manage the year-end statutory financial reporting and Audit process including the preparation and review of schedules, preparation of the UK reporting pack, conversion of overseas reporting packs so that they are ready for Group consolidation, including financial statements disclosure notes and annual report. This role will also support Regional Offices with audit queries, ensuring they close on time and that the consolidated year end pack is prepared in a timely fashion.

Main Duties:

• Manage and coordinate the year-end process, liaising with external Audit to ensure all queries are responded to
• Prepare all adjusting journals including revenue alignments for income recognition and produce and review accrual schedules
• Preparation of year-end schedules and preparation of the financial statements
• Intercompany review and consolidation; Grant reconciliation including both cash and commodities grants
• Schedules for deferred income and pensions; Adjustments of the SORP income and net assets
• Reconciliation of NetSuite data including Opening Balances, Fixed Assets and SORP Schedules
• Review and analysis of the unrealised gain on foreign exchange
• Propose and implement improvement on the balance sheet control and insights at Group level

Person Specification:

• ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualified with experience in Practice, Industry, or non-profit / charities
• Strong experience in working on complex year end audits
• Expert experience of preparing financial statements under SORP
• Proven experience in Group accounting and multi-currency
• Experience of managing year end accounts for international charities
• Financial accounting experience and reporting in complex, multi-entity organisations
• Ideally NetSuite and advanced Excel skills

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SENIOR MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT (RETAIL)

Salary: £44,000 - £48,000 per annum + benefits

Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week) 

Contract length: Permanent

Location: Stratford with high-flex

Closing Date: Sunday 12th December 2021, 23:55

We will be shortlisting as we receive applications and there is a possibility that this role may close early. We therefore encourage early applications to avoid disappointment. 

Are you a self-motivated and sharp minded individual with significant management accounting experience that can help us beat cancer?

Why we need you

We’re looking for a qualified Senior Management Accountant to join our exciting new team and someone who wants to be a part of change as we strive to make a real difference in our organisation. In this role, you will own and deliver accurate and timely management accounts for CRUK specific business areas which are looking after our 600 shops so experience in the Retail or Wholesale sector is essential to hit the ground running. You will also support and coordinate the workload of the Management Accounting team to ensure effective delivery of month end close. As we are building our new team you will be instrumental in identifying efficiencies and improvements and driving forward our ambition to streamline the finance processes at CRUK. Therefore, successful candidates should be able to present relevant experience in process change management. You'll play a key role in building the management accounting centre of excellence while rotating around business areas periodically to improve your knowledge and experience.

You’ll have excellent relationship-building skills with the ability to thrive in a matrix environment. Ideally, you’ll also have a passion for our cause. 

What will I be doing?

Make an impact every day by…

• Being a key finance point of contact for the Retail business area, ensuring teams are educated on financial processes and are confident in budgetary control

• Owning and delivering timely, high quality and accurate management accounts for retail business area and supporting with the smooth delivery of the annual accounts and audit

• Reviewing existing management information to find efficiencies and improvements

• Working with multiple stakeholders to identify and process transactions needed to ensure accounts are complete and correct

• Taking ownership for identifying and driving improvements in CRUK’s management accounting processes to enable maximum efficiencies in our ways of working

• Supporting the financial planning process by building budgeting and forecasting tools and templates and supporting the process

• Facilitating and supporting budget holders to complete headcount budgets.

What skills we are looking for?

You’ll be able to bring to the role…

• Strong relationship and influencing skills, with the confidence to work with Directors and senior stakeholders

• Significant management accounting experience

• The ability to clearly present and explain financial information

• Experience of helping decision makers understand the impact of their decisions

• An innovative mindset with experience of working in a continuous improvement environment

• Strong problem-solving skills

• You will be a qualified accountant (or by experience) with post-qualification experience.

What will I gain?  

Without you we wouldn’t be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So, we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership and much more. We want to ensure that you have the best work/life balance possible, so we actively encourage a flexible working culture for all of our roles wherever possible. Depending on your role, options for flexibility could include homeworking, reduced or flexi-hours, job shares, job splits, and core hours. For the majority of our office-based roles you’ll only be required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average. You’ll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately, you’ll know that you’ll be changing lives through your work.    

If you’re as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years. 

I am delighted to be working alongside an amazing international poverty support organisation in search of a Senior Management Accountant. This is a great opportunity to be part of a dynamic organisation with the scope to make a significant contribution to the entrepreneurial and innovative culture of the charity.
Located in the Finance Team, the Senior Management Accountant plays a key role in Secretariat downstream contract management responsibilities, working in close partnership with the Partnerships and Communications Team and Global Programmes Teams, and is a key member of the inter-departmental Project Task Force .

Job Description:
The role is responsible for management of the charity's portfolio of restricted funds, for meeting all funders' financial reporting requirements and audits in accordance with funder contracts and compliance rules, for providing technical support in budget preparation to maximise cost recovery within the organisations cost recovery model, coordination of staff time planning, aligning resources to funder and organisational budgets, and supporting good project financial management.
You will play a senior role in the Finance team, contributing to the group's budget setting processes, monthly management accounting, year-end accounting and audit, development of systems and processes, acting as finance business partner, and deputising for the Director of Finance as required.

Main responsibilities & tasks:
Restricted and Broadly Restricted Fund Management
Create a culture of full cost recovery, improving and regularising pooled costs, IT and insurance recharges, specifically:
Responsible for the development of process and systems for management of the charity's portfolio of restricted funds, promoting appropriate and full utilisation of contracted funding.
Maintain organisational data on funding streams and project obligations for organisational budget management purposes.
Identify funding gaps within country programmes and Secretariat Cost Centres, maintaining a general situational analysis and strategy information for the Head of Partnerships & Communications, Director of Programmes and Director of Finance, plus individual project information to the Project Task Force.
Input to the annual organisational budget and budget revisions by provision data on project funds, expenditure and projections of income and spend.
Input to the management of the annual organisational budget though review of management and Cost Centre accounts with respect to fund allocations.
Organisational time planning through management of timesheets and staff allocation to projects, liaising with the Systems Accountant.
Liaising with the Finance Controller, managing restricted fund balances, carrying out necessary project related fund adjustments including exchange adjustments during implementation and at project close.
Reviewing the balance sheet with the Director of Finance and instructing the Financial Accountant and Systems Accountant on any amendments needed

Funder Budgets:
Promote excellence in proposal budgeting throughout the organisation, ensuring accurate costing and full inclusion of relevant allowable costs, specifically:
Responsible for development, promotion and monitoring of budgeting standards, systems and processes, and their application in proposal budgets.
Training staff in the application of agreed systems and processes
Develop and apply standard budget template and process information to capture all relevant costs and ensure cost recovery.
Agree and train Country Finance Leads in new staff budgeting and recovery tool, ensuring these are reflected in the funder reports and forecasts.
Liaise with the Partnerships and Communications Team on the preparation of funding applications.
Work with the Partnership & Communications Team, other Secretariat Teams and Country Programmes to support the preparation of:
proposal budgets, ensuring staffing capacity is available.
financial forecasts supporting the Project Task Force in ensuring relevant financial forecasts are accurately completed.
Ensuring adherence to WSUP policies, particularly on budgeting and cost recovery.
Keep all budget records for all funders in a logical and consistent manner.

Project Financial Management:
Responsible for contributing to the development of a coherent project management cycle, building systems and processes to support the cycle, and the capacity of staff within the Project Task Force and Project Leads in financial management, within the following stages of the project cycle:

Project Launch:
Support the Project Task Force to develop appropriate contract budget management systems.
Provide analysis of budget by Cost Centre and team, agreeing timesheet allocation
Liaise with the Director of Finance and Finance Controller to ensure that the Operational Budget is updated.
Set up new funder analysis codes on Sun Accounts and IPOS purchase ledger system, maintaining updated access

Due to maternity leave, this leading housing and property organisation, based in London, are currently looking to recruit an Assistant Financial Accountant to join their busy team.

Client Details

The client is a Registered Provider of affordable housing across England, working with the largest house builders to deliver new housing for Shared Ownership (part buy, part rent) and low-cost rental homes.

Description

The Assistant Financial Accountant's duties will include:

• Ensure month end close is completed and all balance sheet accounts are reconciled.
• Journal preparation.
• Monthly accruals, deferrals and prepayments.
• Balance sheet and bank account reconciliations.
• Upload payroll reports to Integra.

Profile

The successful Assistant Financial Accountant will be someone who has a strong attention to detail and has previously worked in a similar role.

You will need to be a confident Excel user and have exposure to dealing with Accruals and Prepayments.

This is an ideal opportunity for somebody who is undertaking their ACCA studies and looking to develop their finance skills with the potential to grow into other opportunities in the future.

Job Offer

An excellent salary c£31,000, dependant on previous exposure.

About WSUP

WSUP is a not-for-profit company that helps transform cities to benefit the millions who lack access to water and sanitation. We were created in 2005 as a response to the urban explosion that has left many cities unable to provide basic services, such as access to a toilet or drinking water, to low-income communities.

We work in seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, supported by an office in the UK. Since inception we have helped over 29 million people access better water and sanitation services.

About the role

This is a great opportunity to be part of a dynamic organisation with the scope to make a significant contribution to the entrepreneurial and innovative culture of WSUP.

Please note we will schedule interviews as the applications come in.

For the full job description and how to apply for this position, click on the link below.

Please note: This job is based in London, UK.  Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.  Please do not apply if this is not the case.

Job Description

Overall purpose

Located in the Finance Team, the Senior Management Accountant plays a key role in Secretariat “downstream” contract management responsibilities, working in close partnership with the Partnerships and Communications Team and Global Programmes Teams, and is a key member of the inter-departmental “Project Task Force”.

The role is responsible for management of WSUP’s portfolio of restricted funds, for meeting all WSUP’s funders’ financial reporting requirements and audits in accordance with funder contracts and compliance rules, for providing technical support in budget preparation to maximise cost recovery within WSUP’s cost recovery model, coordination of WSUP staff time planning, aligning resources to funder and organisational budgets, and supporting good project financial management.

You will play a senior role in the Finance team, contributing to the group’s budget setting processes, monthly management accounting, year-end accounting and audit, development of systems and processes, acting as finance business partner, and deputising for the Director of Finance as required.

Computing software

WSUP’s accounting software is Sun Systems v6 (Infor10) with an Excel add-in called Infor Query & Analysis (previously Vision Q&A) used for uploading data into the ledger and for reporting.  Training can be provided on both Sun and Infor Q&A. WSUP’s purchase ledger functions are operated on Sun through the IPOS commitment management and authorisation software.

Excel spreadsheets, often employing advanced functions, are used extensively to produce project budgets, forecasts and monthly reports.  Payroll is outsourced.  All staff complete timesheets.  Data from the payroll and timesheets is used to post staff time to funds in Sun on a monthly basis.

Country Programme finances are organised as follows:

Branch office registration:

• a local bank account is usually maintained;
• local country programme staff are employed directly by WSUP and paid from the local account;
• local office running costs, including contractual payments to local suppliers, consultants and in-local WSUP Members are paid through the local bank account.

No local registration:

• local WSUP staff are usually employed either through a hosting arrangement;
• Contractual payments to local suppliers, consultants and WSUP Members are paid by the WSUP UK Finance Team.

In both instances, WSUP UK may have direct contracts with consultants, contractors and suppliers in the UK or internationally and these are paid direct from the UK.

Person specification

Essential

Qualification and experience

• Qualification: fully qualified accountant (CCAB or equivalent).
• Relevant experience: demonstrable experience of operating at a senior level with experience of preparing funder reports (A+I).

Knowledge

• Accounting principles: Good understanding of fundamental accounting principles and able to apply them in practice (A+I).
• Budgets: Extensive experience of managing, setting and monitoring budgets, creating reports and analysing financial information.
• Computerised Financial systems: Extensive experience of working in a computerised accounting environment, uploading/downloading data and producing reports from Sun, IPOS and Infor Q&A (A).
• Excel: Advanced Excel reporting skills, including experience of using complex formulae and functions (T).
• IT specialist: Good understanding of IT systems and processes, including Microsoft software.
• International context:  Good understanding of accounting in a foreign exchange environment (A, I).
• Management accounting:  Extensive experience of the production and presentation of management accounts (I).
• Funder reports: Extensive experience of managing and reporting funder grants, e.g. USAID, EU or FCDO (A+I).
• Other experience: Preparation of Accounting Policies and Procedures (A+I).

Skills and abilities

• Team management: Good team player (A, I).
• Planning and time management: Meticulous attention to detail whilst meeting deadlines (A+I).
• Problem solving: Ability to resolve problems and issues (A, I).
• Communication: Ability to communicate financial matters clearly to a range of different audiences, including non-finance specialists (A+I).
• Influencing: Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external partners at all levels (A+I).

Other

• Passionate about WSUP aims and ethos: Commitment to the vision and values of Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (A+I).
• Continuous learning: Willing to share learning and build the skills of others (A, I).
• Team player: A team player willing to assist other members of the team when necessary (A+I).
• Resilience: Resilient (I) and Self-starter, able to act on own initiative (I, A).
• Fluent English speaker with very good written communication skills.

Desirable

Qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills

• Accounting experience in the charity or not-for-profit sector (A).
• Working with international projects and staff in overseas offices.
• Experience of grant agreements and contract terms.
• Line management experience.
• Ability to speak and read French, Portuguese or Bangla would be an advantage (A)
• Ability to perform any additional tasks as reasonably requested by the Director of Finance.