The AHOY charity’s mission is to change people’s lives through sailing and rowing.From our base on the River Thames in Deptford, London, we provide opportunities for young people and the local community including those at-risk, disadvantaged or with learning disabilities. We offer the opportunity to participate in water activities not usually accessible in this area of London by using London’s greatest natural resource – the river Thames. Through sailing, rowing and related learning activities we aim to break down social barriers, develop essential life skills, confidence and pride. We bring together people from many walks of life to work together as a community helping others. Our activities and programmes are focused on teaching transferable and employable skills.

We are seeking a Finance and Charity Support Manager who will play a crucial role as a member of the Senior Leadership Team reporting to the Board of Trustees.

You will have overall responsibility for all financial activities, supported by the Finance Assistant. You will work with colleagues and trustees to agree and monitor budgets, maintain financial records, provide support for fundraising and ensure effective financial controls and compliance.

You will be a part qualified or qualified accountant with experience of charity financial management.You will be well organised, able to work on your own initiative as well as collaboratively and have excellent interpersonal skills.

This is a part-time role for 3 days per week with flexibility over hours.

During the COVID pandemic this role is home-based.

With 25 million members, and approx one billion pound annual income, the Church Of England is one of the largest and most complex non-profit organisations in the UK. A broad and multi-faceted charity, the National Church Institutions’ central Finance team supports their grant giving charity, a multi-billion pound permanent endowment fund and a large housing service in addition to the Church’s spiritual activities. Working as part of this large finance team, this crucial role helps pull together financial information, manipulate and analyse the data to provide insight and supporting decision making and will be heavily involved with project work within the charity. You will be a confident Excel user, with strong data manipulation skills. You will be able to use Excel to design and build management reports which can be quickly and easily produced.

This is a finance role where truly no two days are the same as this position involves a minimal amount of cyclical accounting. The position is mostly project based work, so the ideal candidate will therefore relish the challenge of such a varied role and have a passion for asking questions and suggesting improvements based on data they have interrogated.

Requirements

• Essential: You must be a fully qualified accountant, or part qualified and actively working towards your qualification
• Excellent IT skills including advanced Excel and data manipulation skills
• Able to analyse information and extract pertinent information for management
• Excellent attention to detail with a strong focus on quality presentation
• Well organised and able to prioritise competing demands
• Customer-focussed and able to partner effectively with key stakeholders
• Ability to work calmly and effectively under pressure
• Excellent interpersonal skills to achieve cooperation and results from others
• Customer focused and good communication skills (written and oral), able to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including those with limited financial literacy
• Proactive, self-motivated and enthusiastic

Responsibilities:

• To develop financial templates and simple financial models to analyse and provide insight and support decision making
• Undertaking regular financial planning and reporting processes for relevant businesses
• Spotting trends, providing statistical insight, and working with the business partners to provide financial support for a range of projects
• Support for NCI capital projects, preparing budgets and reforecasts, ensuring the provision of regular financial information to project managers, and enhancing the quality of business case information
• Financial planning and reporting for NCI trading businesses – currently Pathways Recruitment and Parish Buying
• Supporting a broad range of projects including but not limited to transformation projects, funding and grant applications, annual analysis, and new projects as they arise
• Supporting wider church financial analysis to support best use of resources

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with a final application deadline of Sunday the 21st February. If you would like to find out more, please contact Emma Jaggs at Allen Lane.

An exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to oversee all financial aspects of an industry charity and City livery company.

We are recruiting for a self-motivated Financial Controller to manage and supervise the accounts of The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers, and its subsidiaries, supported by a full-time bookkeeper so as to ensure the finances are effectively managed and accurate and timely information is available for those who require it. While providing support and advice to the Chief Executive and Treasurer. The position is for 2 days per week and is highly flexible.

Project Accountant / Analyst: £50,000 - £55,000 + benefits, London

For a global education company, we are recruiting a Project Accounting Business Partner for 12 months on an FTC basis. Reporting to the Head of FP&A, this role will act as the gatekeeper to the Project Investment and project finance structure and processes. The role will lead on the production of cost forecasts and variances as well as project accounting P&Ls, working capital and project profitability.

Main Duties:

• Work closely with project teams, challenging where necessary
• Prepare and review financial data for Project Managers and budget holders to identify project costs
• Prepare cost forecasts and analyse variances to forecast and between forecast and actual cost
• Support the project team with investment appraisals, bids, and investment requests
• Run and prepare flash reporting, P&L's, monthly costs for budget holders
• Medium term planning for project working capital
• Provision of regular insightful analysis for decision making including project and product performance reporting
• Implementation of new processes, systems and reporting techniques

Person Specification:

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified
• Advanced MS Excel skills and working knowledge of Sun Systems (ideally)
• Strong experience in Project and management accounting
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural and multi-site organisation
• Experience of applying commercial principles to their analysis and recommendations

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Build Up is seeking a Finance Lead to set up and run data-driven financial systems to help scale our organisation’s social impact.

Who we are

You’ll be joining an ambitious young charity that supports young people to shape their local area. On our practical construction projects, young people practically design and build permanent, high-quality and accessible spaces for local communities.

Who you are

We are looking for someone that can both set up new systems and understand the needs of a small growing organisation for them to have maximum impact. You will understand the potential of good quality data and have a practical user-friendly approach to harnessing it.

Responsibilities 

1) Set up efficient financial systems and processes to provide Build Up with good quality data to optimise our performance and scale our social impact.

2) Manage monitoring, processing and forecasting of Build Up’s finances

Work Pattern

You will be working 4 days a month on a flexible basis, initially from home. Build Up will be returning to our workspace later this year and are open to discussing working arrangements going forward.

To find out more, please view the full job description. Applicants are welcome to discuss the role with Build Up's Director Huan Rimington before making an application (contact details on our website).

This role is an excellent platform to develop your own career; you will have regular contact with company directors and be managing a small team. Therefore, we are keen to attract driven and hands-on candidates that can evidence exceptional communication skills.

Client Details

An exciting opportunity for a newly qualified accountant, working for a well-established and government funded charity, that is supporting vulnerable children across the UK. The position will be based in a vibrant borough of East London, surrounding you by a whole host of independent cafes, restaurants, craft shops and more. It will be the perfect way to spend you lunch break and reconnect with society, moving past the pandemic. In addition to all of this, your employer has advocated flexible working since before the pandemic and is set to continue doing so when we return to the office.

Description

As the finance business partner you will contextualise the organisations financial position to the budget holders. You will be responsible for creating the budgets, liaising with departments heads, company directors and external auditors. You will create the forecasts, conduct scenario analysis and produce adhoc reports. This role will be varied and interesting from day one! No two days will look the same!

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Please apply to this advert if

You are a qualified accountant (ICAEW, ACA, ACCA, CIPFA, CIMA)

^ This is absolutely essential and unfortunately, we cannot consider applications from finalist or part qualified candidates.

• You can demonstrate your drive to learn and grow,
• You had had exposure to management accounts in a professional setting,
• You have excellent communication skills to unite finance with other departments within the charity and
• You are a team player; one who will roll up their sleeves and lead by example.

Job Offer

Details

• £45,000-£50,000
• 30 days annual leave
• Remote working
• Resources to support working from home.

Senior Audit Advisor - Enforcement

• Are you a qualified accountant with substantial experience at director level or above in the audit of listed and other public interest entities?
• Do you have strong technical audit and accounting skills?

• Do you have a good understanding of the requirements of a regulatory or disciplinary process including a thorough understanding of the difference between the requirements of audit and investigation?

If so, our client may be interested in speaking with you. A regulatory body who set and enforce accounting and audit standards and codes in the UK, are entering an exciting time in their mission as they involve to become a new body.

This is a new important advisory role, which will help to support delivery of the Enforcement Division's objectives. The Senior Audit Advisor will help to ensure that investigations and enforcement action are conducted efficiently, effectively and to the highest standard.

The Senior Audit Advisor will provide audit expertise to support the Enforcement Division's casework and case strategy in complex and often high-profile investigations under the Audit Enforcement Procedure. The role will involve advising across a portfolio of investigations and enforcement proceedings handled by multi-disciplinary teams of forensic accountants, lawyers, and legal assistants.

Many of the investigations are large, complex, and high-profile and our cases regularly require liaison with other investigators including the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Insolvency Service, and the Pensions Regulator.

The role includes:

• Assisting in identifying issues of potential non-compliance with the regulatory framework, including Auditing, Ethical and Quality Control Standards and Audit Regulations
• Assisting investigation case teams to determine key focus areas at the commencement of an investigation
• Liaising with forensic accountants and lawyers during the investigation and advising on any change in focus or additional lines of enquiry
• Reviewing sections of complex audit files and aspects of firm-wide policies and procedures as necessary
• Drafting reports/advisory memoranda for case teams or external advisors as required to explain complex accounting or auditing issues
• Advising case teams on the seriousness/significance of breaches identified
• Assessing the reasonableness of judgements made by fellow audit professionals on cases under investigation
• Advising case teams of issues requiring external expertise
• Considering the external expert's initial conclusions and providing insight on possible areas for clarification or expansion
• Helping investigations to progress in a fair and professional manner

The Person:

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with substantial experience at director level or above in the audit of listed and other public interest entities.

Candidates will be expected to demonstrate the competencies set out below:

• Strong technical auditing and accounting skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including drafting reports/memoranda on individual investigations to be used by internal case teams and external advisors
• Ability to explain complex accounting and auditing concepts in an easily comprehensible manner to a non-accounting audience
• Capable of working with minimal supervision and taking sole responsibility for the accuracy and quality of the work product
• Ability to challenge the judgements and quality of work performed by engagement partners and other members of the audit teams whose files are subject to investigation, including the largest and most complex audits
• Effective project and time management skills to complete assignments within the timetable set and meet a complex series of deadlines for the different stages of an investigation
• Ability to provide valuable and timely input into drafting precise and challenging questions for audit team members, for either written or oral questioning
• Good understanding of the requirements of a regulatory or disciplinary process including a thorough understanding of the difference between the requirements of audit and investigation

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Business Partner reporting into the Head of Business Partnering with responsibility for the management, budgeting and business partnering activities for a number of key departments.

Client Details

The organisation is a large Housing Association based in London, which owns and manages 40,000 properties. Over the last few years, it has increased its development pipeline seeking to construct 1000 new homes in the next two years and continues to invest into the local area. On top of the housing services it provides it also works closely with the local community and grass root charities.

Description

The key responsibilities of the Business Partner are:

• Providing support to Managers on all aspects of budgeting, financial performance reporting, forecasting and financial business analysis.
• Support the Manager to develop a series of Dashboards or other suitable reporting frameworks which provides insightful management reporting.
• To challenge business assumptions in forecasting and planning.
• Participate in a programme of cost/business reviews which delivers meaningful, timely and relevant financial business analysis.
• To take a key role to support the annual budgeting exercise for your business area and to develop a more responsive budgeting system which is aligned to strategic plans and delivers improved bottom line performance.

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Business Partnering across multiple work streams is huge part of this role - the successful candidate must have exposure of this in a similar role. You will have a track record of engaging with management with the gravitas to support and influence decision making in the business, demonstrating tangible benefits. A self-starter approach is key, with a 'can-do' attitude and the ability to recognise opportunities and drive forward.

• The successful candidate for the Business Partner role, will be a CCAB qualified accountant with exposure to operating at similar level to the position.
• Ideally you will have exposure to working within the Housing, Not for Profit or Public Sector.
• Track record of engaging with management with the gravitas to support and influence decision making in the business, demonstrating tangible benefits.
• Ability to distil complex analysis and succinctly present findings.
• Previous experience of creating management reporting process and implementing financial controls across multiple departments.

Job Offer

£55,000-60,000, 30 Days Annual Leave and 7.5% Employer Pension contribution

My client is a large, complex national charity and a household name. They are looking for a dynamic finance professional to provide high quality support to the finance team.

Reporting to the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis, the Finance Business Partner is responsible for taking a lead role in the and analysis and communciation of financial information to ensure better decision making and the the future growth of the organisaiton.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Providing clear communication and in-depth support by building and maintaining excellent relationships with the business and ensuring budget holders are supported on all financial issues.
• Being responsible for delivering monthly management accounting and other reporting of initiatives and programmes; continually striving to improve the quality and timeliness of financial information, both to budget holders and senior management.
• Supporting the organisation with planning and forecasting throughout the annual budgeting process, and be confident in your ability to critically evaluate their assumptions to ensure that a robust and realistic budget is set in line with the Charity's financial objectives.

The successful candidate must be a professionally qualified accountant with a driven and proactive approach and robust technical skills. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build rapport with a range of finance and non-finance persons across the organisation. This would be a fantastic opportunity for a recently qualified ACA looking to make thier first move out of practice, or a recent CIMA graduate.

To apply please send your CV via the link. The client is open to receiving CVs on an ad hoc basis so an early application is highly recommended. 

For a further discussion about the role please contact Bryony Feeney at Allen Lane.

Harris Hill are recruiting for a Finance Manager for this Faith Based, East London Community Human Rights Charity,

* The position is currently working from home. Once the pandemic has calmed down. The role will come with flexible working.
* The position is part of the Senior Management Team and reports directly to the CEO and COO
* The position is open to Part Qualified or Fully Qualified Accountants

Salary is £35,000pa

About the Role
This is an exciting role for a professional with strong accounting and charity finance experience to join a small but growing charity.
You will have excellent understanding and experience of financial planning and implementing systems. Organised and with a high level of attention to detail, you will enjoy managing this function, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and as part of the SMT (Senior Management Team).
You will lead on all financial activities: accounting, budget setting and forecasting, financial management control policies and procedures, gift aid, banking and support donor management activities.

Key Accountabilities
Financial Management

* Ensuring all financial information held supports the SMT and ultimately the trustee board to make sound decisions
* Responsible for all month end processes, prepare key account reconciliations
* Set up of budget systems and support budget holders to prepare and manage their budgets, including advising on expenditure coding
* Prepare information (monthly, quarterly and annually) e.g. on budget spend and forecasting for funding bids and generation of new income.
* Review and analyse financial reports and budgets with SMT, reporting on trends and performance against budgets to inform management decisions and strategic planning processes
* Work with Fundraising & Partnerships Manager (to be appointed) and Marketing Manager to present financial information in a meaningful way for annual reports, grant and impact reports etc.
* Ensure efficient financial management systems and planning to inform business development, fundraising strategies and demonstrates value for money across all activities
* With the Treasurer, ensure efficient preparation of annual financial accounts and budgets
* Proactively ensure financial policies are adhered to and kept up-to-date. Ensure an appropriate financial control environment is in place.
* Take a proactive lead on financial risk management

BACKGROUND

Over the past 80 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities to rebuild. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.

The International Rescue Committee UK is part of the IRC global network, which has its headquarters in New York and London. The IRC is on the ground in more than 40 countries, providing emergency relief, relocating refugees and rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster. Through over 20 regional offices in cities across the United States, the IRC also helps refugees resettle in the US and become self-sufficient.

The IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we serve. The IRC is a tireless advocate for the most vulnerable.

IRC-UK

Our European headquarters, IRC-UK, were established in London in 1997 to support the organisation’s global activities and particularly to diversify its donor base and be able to better advocate with European policy-makers on behalf of the people we serve. Since its establishment IRC-UK has grown rapidly and is now acknowledged for its high quality project management, technical expertise in governance and rights and economic recovery, and innovative thinking on early recovery and gender based violence. IRC-UK comprises approximately 130 staff.

In Europe, the IRC also has offices in Berlin, Bonn, Brussels, Geneva and Stockholm.

The Purpose of the Role

The purpose of the role is to assist the finance team in delivering its objectives and providing effective support to our Awards Management Unit programmes and country offices.

Scope and Authority

Authority:

This position assists and works closely with the Head of Finance. The position has no line management authority

Key Working Relationships

• Reports to Head of Finance
• Close coordination with other members of the Finance team including Finance Assistant and Financial Accountant
• Working relationship with the wider Finance & Operations department and the Awards Management Unit (AMU)

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Grants income Allocations and Transfers (30%)

• Donor receipts: ensure all donor income are identified and allocated to the correct grant and country codes and inform AMU UK, New York and country offices on a timely basis.
• Field Grant transfers: prepare international fund transfers batches to New York twice a month; ensure grant funding balance is checked using the Funds Available and Bank running balance spreadsheets.
• Maintain digital files for grant transfers and international invoices with full supporting documentation attached.
• Assist in providing Intercompany supporting documents on UK and Technical Unit grants/transactions as required by country offices for Field Audits.

Grant Balances Reconciliation (50%)

• Reconcile transfers and field expenditure data and between UK and New York for all UK grants by end of each month.
• Raise all issues arising from the reconciliations with the Head of Finance for quick resolutions with New York and country offices by end of each month so the corrections can be made promptly.
• Ensure each grant is reconciled monthly and added to the main Grants Schedule.
• Prepare grant revenue recognition journals entries ensuring completeness and accuracy every month.
• Assist in fund balances reconciliations for all restricted grants and resolution of issues with Head of finance.

Transactions processing (10%)

• Assist in creating and uploading new account and financial codes (T codes) into SUN.
• Process international invoices and expenses ensuring correct coding and authorization.
• Assistant with processing of supplier invoices, staff expenses and credit notes in SUN.

Payments (10%)

• Maintain UK office bank account templates held in on-line Bank software; ensure dormant accounts are removed and amend templates when necessary.
• Ensure all digital bank statements are received from the bank and filed in the correct location on the server for all periods.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications:

• Good knowledge of accounting demonstrated by an accounting qualification such as AAT or part Qualified Accountant
• Strong IT skills including excellent Excel skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Data driven
• Able to work independently and also as part of a team
• Has strong communication skills, including communicating with staff in the UK and New York Offices over the phone, in person and email in a clear and professional way

Experience:

• Experience of working with accounting software such as SUN or Microsoft Dynamics.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

The application deadline will be 17:00GMT on 5th March 2021.
Interviews will take place week commencing 9th March 2021.

IRC-UK strives to be an equal opportunities employer. IRC-UK is committed to equality of opportunity and to non-discrimination foralljobapplicantsandemployees,andweseekto ensureweachieve diversityinourworkforceregardlessofgender,race,religiousbeliefs, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.

IRC-UK welcomes applications from all candidates, including underrepresented groups and refugees who have the right to work in the UK.

IRC UK will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application and/or interview process, and for essential job functions if appointed to a role. Please contact us if you may need such adjustments.

In the early stages of a change programme and their exciting new strategy, with further growth ahead, this ambitious organisation is looking for someone with pensions experience to join their Finance Business Partnering team in this newly created role. With a new supplier contract going live in 2023, this will be a varied role with great project opportunities.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Assisting the Finance Business Partner (Pensions) with the costing and budgeting for the unit area
• Documenting the design and data flows from the Admin system to the Finance system, ensuring all financial data required to produce accurate and compliant accounts for the Pension Scheme are provided by the supplier
• Delivering timely and accurate month-end reporting for the Pensions unit area, which will include liaison with the FP&A team
• Devising a finance test and assurance plan, carrying out the testing and assurance, documenting findings and working with the supplier to resolve issues
• Assisting the Head of Pension Scheme Accounting with the design of the service requirement around the General Ledger, Payments, Cash and Banking and Charges design

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have proven experience of providing testing and assurance to pension scheme accounting systems
• Be knowledgeable of pension scheme SORP and its requirements
• Have advanced Excel skills, and experience of defining accounting systems and processes
• Be a qualified accountant, or finalist (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)
• Have prior experience of month end management accounting processes

My client is a large, complex national charity and a household name. They are looking for a dynamic finance professional to provide high quality support to the finance team.

Reporting to the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis, the Finance Analyst is responsible for taking a lead role in the and analysis of financial information to ensure better decision making and the the future growth of the organisation.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Being responsible for financial monitoring and analysis of the organisation's finances;
• Being responsible for preparing budgets, reforecasts and other reporting of initiatives and programmes;
• Supporting the Financial Planning process and the implementation of new financial planning and reporting tools;
• Continually striving to improve the quality and timeliness of financial information, both to budget holders and senior management

The successful candidate must be a professionally qualified accountant with a driven and proactive approach and robust technical skills. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build rapport with a range of finance and non-finance persons across the organisation. This would be a fantastic opportunity for a an ambitious finalist or newly qualified finance professional. This would provide an excellent platform for a recently qualified ACA looking to make thier first move out of practice.

To apply please send your CV via the link. The client is open to receiving CVs on an ad hoc basis so an early application is highly recommended.

For a further discussion about the role please contact Bryony Feeney via the Allen Lane website.

Are you looking for your next role in the Charity sector?

TPP Finance and Accountancy are working in partnership with a £2.6million turnover charity, looking to recruit their Finance Manager.

This is a permanent full time role based in London offering a salary between £48,000 - £52,000 per annum based on experience.

This is a perfect role for a strategic, commercial minded Head of Finance / Finance Manager who also will be able to work very closely with the Finance Officer.

Your main duties and responsibilities are:
- Management of all financial aspects of the group
- Leading and developing an effective finance team
- Production of monthly management accounts, cash flow forecasts, budget monitoring and variance analysis
- Provide financial advice, planning and modelling of financial strategy
- Support the directors with revenue and spending
- Support the annual audit process, preparation of annual accounts and other duties

Candidates applying for this role must have the following skills and experience:
- Qualified Accountant
- Strong knowledge of Charity SORP
- Delivery of group, SORP and management accounts and leading annual audits
- Leading and working closely with the Finance Officer
- Financial modelling and data analysis to drive commercial decisions and appraise associated risks

The client is holding interviews next week. If you are interested in this role, please apply immediately with a copy of your CV.