Income Accountant

£36,000-£40,000pa

London

The Income Accountant ensures that Comic Relief’s income is accurately recorded and tracked and that the investment portfolio is accounted for correctly.  

Key responsibilities:

· Ensure all income due to Comic Relief is accurately recorded in the finance system including donations, royalties, licensing fees, contributions to operating costs, grant income, Gift Aid and interest on investments.

· Ensure all income balance sheet accounts including bank accounts and current asset investment accounts are reconciled.

· Track all income receivable to ensure requests for settlement are made on a timely basis and chase unpaid income with appropriate teams.

· Maintain day to day oversight of Comic Relief’s investment portfolio, ensuring accounting entries have been correctly recorded and the portfolio remains in line with the Investment Policy.

· Support the Gift Aid claim process.

· Oversee the social investment loans ensuring interest and capital charges are invoiced in accordance with the contract terms.

· Liaise with Campaign teams and wider business to manage payment methods for receipt of income and advise on VAT treatment for income where necessary.

· Support year-end audit process.

· Line manage and support the Income Finance Assistant and Officer.

Essential Skills and Competencies:

· Part qualified accountant.

· Experience of using finance systems (Great Plains is desirable).

· Knowledge of Charities SORP.

· Experience of line management or supervising junior staff.

· Analytical thinker with the ability to see the bigger picture and make appropriate and effective decisions.

· Confident communicator that understands and relishes cross-functional / collaborative working.

· Strong manager with excellent planning, flexibility and resilience to navigate the unexpected.

· A fun, positive and engaged professional that demonstrates high proactivity.

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.

Role closes - 12:00pm, 18th Dec 2019 GMT (Europe/London)

Are you looking to apply your tax expertise in a role that will allow you to grow? Do you enjoy being considered a subject matter expert and being able to apply your in-depth Tax knowledge? Are you looking for an opportunity that will enhance your VAT understanding and contribute to the effective running of a well respected organsiation?

My client, a large public sector institution with key links to the Arts, is recruiting for a knowledgable Tax Accountant to join their friendly and dedicated team. As an organisation with multiple sites and revenue streams, the complexity and opportunity to grow in the role stands out above similar posts. The role has line management of one junior member of staff and reports to a long-serving manager with an excellent history of developing the skills of those reporting to them.

Key accountabilities include:

• Being the first point of contact for VAT and other tax queries by operating the helpdesk, responding to wide ranging ad hoc enquiries made by internal customers at all levels
• Providing verbal advice to inform on best practice, and following up with written confirmation to a highly professional standard
• Assisting with the successful delivery of new income streams by ensuring that upcoming events and other business opportunities are correctly prepared for from a tax perspective
• Supporting one direct report in their day to day workload, dealing with escalated queries, and encourgaing their ongoing development
• Analysing complex data sets, gathering data effectively and applying core accountancy skills to be contribute to a smooth month end process.

On offer is the chance to work in a bright, modern office in an easily accessible Central London location, surrounded by urban attractions and cultural hotspots. Many employees report the satisfaction of representing a well respected organisation and there are regular opportunities to engage in high profile events, making this an excellent CV enhancing role.

To be considered, you'll need to meet the following key criteria:

• Demonstrate up to date VAT knowledge and have experience giving detailed, technical written tax/VAT advice, with exposure to complex VAT areas
• Hold a full or part accountancy qualification
• Be a great relationship builder, posess excellent written skills and be able to explain complex taxation terminology to those without a Finance/tax expertise.

Applications are under review every day - apply now to be considered.

Job Overview

Temp to Permanent

£45,000

Immediate Start

A Globally Renowned Charity is looking for a Senior Management Accountant to specifically liaise with their budget holders.

• Daily duties include providing high quality management information, performance monitoring and reporting while planning, budgeting and forecasting effectively, enabling faculties to achieve their objectives. The role is largely collaborative and will give you the opportunity to influence departmental decision making, creating an integrated finance support service.

Responsibilities

• Managing the faculty reporting, forecasting and year end processes
• Working with faculties to create and monitor operational and finance plans
• Providing financial advice on a range of topics including performance management and resource allocation
• Providing mentoring/training through improving the financial knowledge of the staff within the team
• Developing business cases, costing and pricing for new initiatives

Required Qualifications

• Qualified accountant
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Significant management accounting experience
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to analyse complex financial, business and management information in a commercial environment.

Salary- £45,000

Excellent benefits

The successful Accountant will be responsible for helping to alleviate the pressure on the Finance team as the organisation continues to grow internationally.

You will be assisting the Head of Finance with management accounts and a variety of other duties.

Client Details

The client is an international membership body who have their head office in London.

The environment is friendly and supportive.

Description

The key responsibilities of the Accountant will be to:

• Assist with the management accounts/carry out upto trial balance

• Carry out bank, balance sheet, credit card, inter-company and investment reconciliations

• Post the monthly payroll journal

• Assist with the year end close, reporting and audit requirements

• Carry out a monthly review of the fixed assets and capital expenditure and preparation of depreciation calculations

Profile

The successful Accountant will have a keen eye for detail, checking and reviewing processes, the ability to work on your own initative and a real interest in accounting.

You will be AAT qualified and/or ACCA/CIMA part qualified.

Experience with Sage 50 and/or 200 will be very desirable. You will be a proficient user of Excel with a good understanding of V Lookups and Pivot Tables.

It is essential that you have experience and a strong understanding with multi-currency reconciliations as it is an important part of the role.

You will have worked in a similar role where you have carried out management accounts up to trial balance.

If you have come from a charity or a membership body background this will be highly desirable experience.

Job Offer

The successful Accountant will receive the option of two pensions and flexible working hours.

Are you seeking a Financial Accounting role within a £100m turnover organisation? Would you enjoy being a part of a high performing team? Are you a newly qualified Accountant now keen to gain experience in the charity sector? If yes - this could be your next role!

Reporting into the Head of Financial Accounts this permanent Financial Accountant role based in central London will offer a great challenge for a newly qualified Accountant working within one of the most prestigious brand names in the charity sector.

Main responsibilities of the Financial Accountant will be:

• Manage the year end process, working closely with the Head of Financial Accounts.
• Prepare corporation tax calculations and act as one of the main points of contacts for any VAT related queries.
• Provide analysis and closely monitor audit adjustments.
• Write commentary for balance sheet reviews to support the monthly management accounts.
• Manage cash flow reporting on a weekly basis and carry out reviews of balance sheet reconciliations and journals.
• Oversee the accurate and timely documentation of financial procedures and processes.
• Oversee cash flow monitoring and forecasting and ensure effective treasury management is maintained at all times.
• Deputise for the Head of Financial Accounts when necessary.

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant ideally with experience in audit. Additionally, this position requires someone to have experience handling and analysing large volumes of data. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone looking to make their first move into a role in industry.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, or equivalent).
• Have proven financial accounts experience.
• Have excellent communication skills.
• Be technically sound.
• Have strong system skills including advanced levels of Excel.

Knowledge of charity SORP from time in audit is preferred but not essential.

If you feel this post could be of interest to you then please do not delay in applying.

Are you looking for a Systems Accountant role where you can take ownership and deliver a range of projects across finance?

Do you want to work in a developing team and hold responsibility for second line support for users?

Does working for a commercially aware charity pique your interest?

This is a newly created opportunity in the Finance System's team of a well-known and commercially aware charity is critical to providing quality service to users on Business World as well as developing functionality.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Working towards and take ownership of multiple change projects, including annual system upgrades and other cross-organisational implementations
• Working as second line support for a large and complex finance function to help support and develop the system for end users
• Responsibility for maintaining and monitoring the day-to-day system performance, identifying and working towards KPI's
• Ensuring effective use of utilising Business World for the finance function's purpose
• Providing training and development for Business World end users

The candidate:

• Have an understanding Business World and its functionality
• Have an understanding of financial functions such as P2P, fixed asset reporting and bank reconciliations
• Ideally have an accountancy qualification such as ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA/AAT. QBE will be considered
• Experience of working on other financial systems upgrade/implementations
• Proactive nature with excellent communication skills

Benefits of this role:

• Excellent working culture including flexible working options and modern offices
• Opportunity to take ownership of change projects
• Many opportunities for internal progression in the team
• Generous annual leave entitlement

Applications are being considered as soon as possible with interview dates of 16^th, 17^th and 18^th of December so please apply now

New finance role in Cheshire based charity that works in the UK, India and East Africa. Great opportunity to contribute to the continued growth of our work helping vulnerable children who are alone and at risk on the streets.

You should be part qualified CIMA, ACCA or AAT. Strong Excel skills and knowledge of web based accountancy systems are essential with knowledge of charity accounting an advantage.  A self starter with good people skills and a willingness to travel to our overseas programmes, you will be able to represent complex financial information to colleagues in a meaningful way.

Senior Financial Accountant Job paying £35000-£40000 per annum on a Permanent basis

Your new company
Your new company is a leading organisation with offices based in Belsize Park. The role is for a part-qualified or qualified by experience person and will report to the Head of Finance.

Your new role
Your new role will consist of the following duties;
* Assisting with month end processes by processing various income and expenditure items inc. their reconciliation
* Responsibility for all capital expenditure including budgets, maintaining the fixed asset register and posting monthly depreciation
* Assisting with the preparation of the statutory accounts including auditors lead schedules

What you'll need to succeed
You will need to be part-qualified or qualified by experience finance professional. Beaming a team player and having solid excel skills is integral for this role - Sunsystems and Vision experience.

What you'll get in return
In return, you will be receiving a great competitive salary of 35-40K and have the opportunity to work for a world-class national company recognised internationally for the standard of our work.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Want to work for a prestigious organisation that impacts the lives of the local community?

Are you a determined and ambitious individual looking to gain exposure to year-end accounting?

Looking for a rewarding role with excellent flexibility and the opportunity to work in a close-knit team under supportive leadership?

If yes, then read on!

My client is a South London based organisation that is looking for an Assistant Accountant to join them on a permanent basis.

The mains responsibilities of this role are as follows:

• Take the lead on preparing reconciliations for the balance sheet and the organisation's main accounts.
• Full responsibility for raising invoices related to accounts receivable for designated income streams and posting journals, prepayments and accruals in a timely manner.
• Provide invaluable support in the year-end process and play a pivotal role in the production of monthly reporting.
• Sole charge for preparing data related to cashflow.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation to support on financial queries and deputise for various members of the finance department in a variety of ad hoc tasks.

With flexible working, an excellent benefits package and fantastic opportunities to develop professionally, this is the perfect opportunity for a proactive and ambitious individual who is looking to further their finance career in a dynamic and prestigious environment.

The successful candidate will have:

• Part-qualified or be actively studying towards a relevant accountancy qualification.
• Experience working in a finance role of a similar capacity.
• Fantastic communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently.
• The ambition and determination to build a fantastic finance career and enthusiasm to learn on the job.

If you are interested in this position, please do not delay in applying as applications are being reviewed daily and the client is looking to conduct interviews ASAP.

An iconic cancer charity are looking for a Business World expert with experience of working in a finance role who can support the finance department optimise their use of the system.

In this role you will be supporting your colleagues to identify training needs, providing second line support and promoting the benefits of the system. You will be supported by an analyst and will sit as part of the finance systems and projects team. The role is paying £35,000 - 40,000 DOE

This role requires a person familiar with a finance environment because you will need to be able to understand and empathise with the problems your core finance colleagues face, and be able to offer them practical, functional solutions in the system.

In addition to ongoing support and continuous improvement of the system, you have the opportunity to be innovative and impactful at this evolving charity, getting involved with long and short term projects, and having an influence on the evolution of best practice. This is a forward looking finance systems role and is exemplary of the culture of change and growth within the organisation

Requirements:

• Part qualified in an accountancy qualification including AAT, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, etc
• Business world experience is essential, ideally exposure to Milestone 7, and no lower than M5
• An understanding of and ability to demonstrate all core financial modules including P2P, R2R, S2C, Fixed Assets, Bank reconciliation and System Administration

Benefits

• Flexible working and working from home available
• Excellent L&D facilities as well as good opportunities for internal progression at our large organisation
• Health and wellbeing are a priority with a cycle to work scheme, life assurance and season ticket loans
• An emphasis on work life balance plus discounts near the offices, generous annual leave entitlement

You will recieve a full candidate application pack with full information on the role and responsibilities aspart of your application. Interviews will be held on the 16th, 17th or 18th of December and are being scheduled as soon as applications come in. In order to be considered please apply now or contact Emma at Allen Lane.

Finance Systems and Projects Accountant

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm - Flexible working requests considered

Location: London, Stratford International

Salary: £32,000 - £40,000

Closing date: Midnight 15th December 2019

Interviews: 16th, 17th and 18th December 2019

Are you a self-motivated, systems accounting professional looking to move into cause driven environment working for the world's leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research?

What will I be doing?

This role is a new role in our Finance Systems and Project Team, not only supporting the operational business work, but also has the opportunity to work on and lead on various finance system projects.

Make an impact every day by...

• Monitoring performance of finance systems
• Providing second line sypport to end users
• Managing the reporting nneeds with the function functions and design of reports creation
• Delivering training to end users
• Working closely with the team to promote efficient system usage and process automation
• Working on finance systems projects

You can help us beat cancer through your….

• Experience of working in a complex finance function
• Expertise in Business World.
• Knowledge of all core financial; modules in Agresso Business World
• Worked on system implementations or upgrades.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate effectively in laymen's terms.

To be successful in the role, you will be a proven systems accounting professional with extensive exposure in working across accounting functions

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What will I gain?

• You'll be making a real difference to people's lives - we're the largest global Cancer Research charity.
• There's plenty of career progression and training opportunities, through internal and external L&D.
• Benefits: Pension (employer contributions of up to 12%), 25 days annual leave plus 1 CRUK day, life insurance and a great benefit discount platform.

Full role profile can be found in the candidate pack

My client is a busy and growing charity. They are looking for an Assistant Accountant to join their team.

Your new company:
My client is a busy and growing charity based in the City which supports local as well as national projects. They are looking for an experienced Assistant Accountant to join their busy team.

Your new role:
This new and exciting role will support the finance team dealing with:
Assisting the Financial Controller with:
Budgeting and forecasting
Variance reporting
Producing reports in Excel
Investigating variances and providing commentary
Fixed assets
Complex reconciliations, including balance sheet reconciliations and reconciliations of several bank accounts
Multi-currency work
Use of Excel and internal systems

What you'll need to succeed:
In order to succeed, you will need to have prior experience in accounting duties. My client is also ideally looking for someone who is studying for a professional qualification. Previous experience in using financial software is also required.

What you'll get in return:
In return, you will have the opportunity to work for a well-regarded local charity which makes a real difference in the local and wider community.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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London Business School (LBS)

Financial Reporting Accountant

Location: Regent's Park, London

Permanent Role 

Ivy Rock Partners has been selected as exclusive recruitment partner by LBS.

This role is ideal for a part-qualifed or recently qualifed auditor or financial accountant (ACA/ACCA).

We’re looking for an ambitious, part-or-fully-qualified Accountant to help shape best practice financial reporting for one of the world’s leading business schools. Working proactively with every part of the School, you’ll help deliver the insight and analysis that underpins our bold plans for the future.

Shape our strategy and Add your financial acumen to our world-class business brains.

The Role

Accounts is a key department within our Operations team, delivering a range of financial services, helping to drive change across the School and supporting our long-term planning goals. As Financial Reporting Accountant, you’ll make a key contribution to external financial reporting for the School and its associated companies, as well as maintaining a strong internal control environment.

That means you’ll:

• Help to produce year-end financial statements and reports to the Office for Students and other bodies.
• Produce a monthly internal accounting controls pack, identifying and mitigating risks.
• Assist the Finance and Reporting Manager on a range of reporting, treasury matters and technical queries.

Share our knowledge

We generate research and ideas that have a real, lasting influence on people, businesses and markets around the world. To do that, we have to make sure we’ve got the people, tools and infrastructure to share our thinking globally. Working in a great environment, you’ll help to make our bold plans a reality by embracing change and having a real influence on the way we work financially.

Who We Are Looking For:

• A part-qualified or fully qualified ACA accountant, (ACCA also considered).
• Audit experience and a track record of preparing financial statements, statutory accounts, monthly management accounts and reports.
• A driven, hands-on, proactive approach with great relationship building skills.
• Technical financial accounting knowledge and, ideally experience on Inforsun or similar software.

Be part of an international network

We’re a global institution: 94% of our students and 86% of our faculty members are international. Together, we’re changing the way the world does business. Based in London’s Regent’s Park, this is an opportunity to work at the heart of Europe’s digital capital – and in one of the world’s most important financial, entrepreneurial and cultural centres.

Why London Business School?

Our vision is to have a profound impact on the way the world does business. This can only be achieved through our people; with 93% of our staff saying they are proud to work here and being consistently ranked among the best in the world for our MBA, global Executive MBA and Masters in Finance programmes you will have an opportunity to be part of this journey.

Benefits We Offer:

As an employee at London Business School you will enjoy a generous holiday entitlement, on site swimming pool, sauna and gym, automatic enrolment to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (a defined benefit workplace pension scheme) and season ticket loan facility. There is also a wide range of professional development opportunities to support your career path. 

For more information please contact Michael Quest at Ivy Rock Partners directly or apply for this role now.

Are you a driven and ambitious accountancy professional that is looking to assume extra responsibilities over time?

Looking for a role within an exciting organisation with an excellent progression path?

Want to be part of a forward-thinking and rapidly growing organisation that has recently been through a period of change?

If yes, then read on!

My client is a Gloucestershire based organisation who is looking for an Assistant Management Accountant to join them on a permanent basis. With the fantastic opportunity to develop professionally and assume more responsibilities over time, this is a brilliant opportunity for someone who is looking to further their management accounting and line management skills in a closely-knit team and is excited about the prospect of learning from an experienced line manager who will invest in someone ambitious.

The main responsibilities of this role are as follows:

• Provide invaluable support in the production of the monthly Management Accounts to aid financial decision making, with the view of taking full responsibility for them over time as you develop.
• Full responsibility for ensuring that all restricted and unrestricted funding records are maintained accurately and to provide reports as required to the funding bodies.
• Line management of a small team, including workflow management and review, providing support and giving them the opportunity to reach their full potential.
• Build strong relationships and work collaboratively with non-financial stakeholders across the region to support on financial matters and improve understanding.
• Play a vital role in year-end procedures, including preparing information and being the key point of contact for external auditors.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and ambitious individual with experience in management accounts, who really wants to push themselves and shape their finance career within a collaborative and vibrant environment.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience in supervising members of staff.
• Ideally worked in the charity sector previously. However, candidates without this are still strong encouraged to apply.
• Previous experience in assisting or leading on the production of the Management Accounts.
• Fantastic communication and interpersonal skills, be a proactive worker and proficient in the use of Excel.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please do not delay in applying as applications are being continually reviewed and the client is looking to interview as soon as possible.