Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated, skilled and experienced Partnerships Manager to manage and develop strategic partnerships to achieve key organisational goals. Your focus will be on high value partnerships with industry, managing a portfolio of strategic partners, securing significant income and non-financial value for the organisation. You will support with transitioning partnerships from the new business team to account management team and identify how existing partnerships can be leveraged and developed.

You will prioritise retention and account renewal, working with leaders across the organisation to align partnership goals with organisational goals, manage risk and work with the wider Philanthropy and Partnerships team to develop best practice in terms of account planning, budgeting, staff engagement, grant management and partnership governance. You will be joining an ambitious Philanthropy and Partnerships team at an exciting time as we launch our new outcome focused strategy, which puts partnership at the heart of all that we do.

Interview date: 8/9 February 2021

We would consider flexibility on where this role could be based

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan* (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme* (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

As the Partnerships Manager, you will work closely with the wider Philanthropy and Partnerships team and senior colleagues from across the organisation to identify funding opportunities and areas where we work through existing partners to achieve social impact and strategic goals.

Working with the Business Development Manager and Research and Operations team, you will maximise value from partnership and facilitate cross team working. Your fundraising expertise, strategic vision, relationship building skills, and ability to spot opportunities for existing partners to develop will result in you and the wider team growing income on a multi-year basis.

Ideal Candidate

• A corporate specialist whose experience may have been gained in charity or commercial sector, B2B, company CSR dept. or any other environment involved in developing multi-faceted strategic relationships, resulting in significant financial return.
• Experience managing a portfolio of high value £100k+ partnerships, from income generation to account development
• Excellent relationship building skills, internally and externally
• Strong presentation and writing skills, and experience developing high value tools/assets that can be deployed by a wider team
• Understanding of high value fundraising mechanisms, funding cycles and giving trends
• Experience co-creating partnership opportunities with delivery teams and funders
• Possessing strong budgeting, organisational and planning skills, you will have experience developing and reporting back on account plans that reflect shared objectives and goals

Are you a Corporate Account Manager looking for your next role within a leading healthcare charity? We are delighted to be supporting Diabetes UK to find talented fundraisers to join their team. This role is available because of an internal promotion plus Diabetes UK has the benefit of an excellent leadership team who champion fundraising and are continuing to invest in their team.

We are delighted to be supporting Diabetes UK to find talented fundraisers to join their corporate team. This Partnerships Manager (New Business) role is a really exciting position. You will identify and secure new strategic, long-term corporate partnerships that help this wonderful charity not only with funding but also to achieve their health goals and improve the lives of people with Diabetes. These partnerships will be worth in excess of £50,000, covering a range of fundraising mechanisms and sectors.

You will need experience / be able to demonstrate:

• Experience of managing senior stakeholder relationships, both internally and externally


• Experience securing new high value partnerships in excess of £50,000 in either a charity or commercial environment


• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills with a creative approach to working

Closing Date – 25^th January

Salary - £29,700 - £36,600

Location - Flexible

If you would link to have an informal discussion please call Ashby on 02030 062787 or email [email protected]

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we are experts in charity recruitment and excel at matching fundraisers to charity jobs. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically and supporting people to find their perfect fundraising jobs.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here <https://www.ashbyjenkinsrecruitment.co.uk/our-commitment-to-diversity/> .

Summary

Partnership working is integral to us achieving our strategic goals. As our Senior Corporate Manager, you will lead and manage your team to generate income, raise awareness and achieve charitable impact via our existing corporate partnerships. Diabetes UK has grown our partnership portfolio in recent years and this trend is set to continue. With your leadership and expertise, we can leverage this momentum and work with partners to generate funds, support and inspire the millions of people living with and at risk of diabetes across the UK. With your help, our partners will help us to prevent diabetes, and one day soon find a cure.

Interview Date(s): 29 January & 1 February 2021

We would consider flexibility on where this role could be based

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan* (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme* (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

All of our existing corporate partnerships will sit in your team's portfolio - including our sector leading, £multi-million partnerships with Tesco, Britvic and Pharmaceuticals - and you will work with stakeholders at the highest levels internally and externally to develop these partnerships to the full. You will lead your team to achieve shared partnership goals and grow income generated via corporate partners year on year. Our partners are uniquely placed to change the health of the nation, and the number of partners that want to work with us continues to grow. We are looking for a strategic thinker, with tried and tested experience, to join a successful high value team and help take our corporate partnership programme to the next level.

Ideal Candidate

As our Senior Corporate Manager (Account Management), you will have experience directly managing six and seven figure partnerships. You will have worked on and led partnerships that generate more than just financial return to your organisation, and have experience leveraging partnership channels to raise awareness, build organisational capability and expertise, and deliver value to all parties. You will have management and leadership experience and be able to communicate compellingly, with authority and authenticity. You will be able to inspire and persuade, and have experience innovating approached to deliver additional, sustained value.

Our partner is women’s health and empowerment organisation. They are seeking a financial accountant to join their group finance team.

Responsibilities

• Undertake monthly group consolidation, and maintain the register of intra-group transactions
• Support in the preparation of the year-end group statutory accounts, and in the preparation of the annual global audit.
• Responsibility for intercompany accounts and balance sheet reconciliations
• Support in improving controls, processes and policies, and supporting the management of the global finance data structure for reporting

Requirements

• Qualified accountant or finalist with strong technical skills and a background in audit (in practice or industry), or in financial accounting within a complex international charity, and experience in financial and management reporting.
• Strong systems skills, including intermediate/advanced knowledge of MSExcel
• Understanding of treasury, and experience of working in a multi-currency environment.
• Exceptional business partner, able to work effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong affinity to the cause of the charity

Cognus are seeking to appoint an experienced and innovative Principal Accountant to join the Strategic Leadership Team and to lead and manage an effective finance service for the Company. Reporting jointly to the Managing Director of Cognus and the Assistant Director of finance at the London Borough of Sutton (company shareholder) this role will provide professional Finance and accountancy advice and support to the Managing Director to safeguard the Company’s financial standing and to support delivery of excellent outcomes for customers.

We are looking for a fully qualified Accountant with proven experience of producing or being responsible for the production of accurate statutory financial statements with previous work experience as a senior Financial Accountant or similar role. Knowledge of Local Government Finance along with the experience of financial software and reporting packages such as Xero, Agresso, Approval Max is desirable. As the lead on the financial accounting for the Company, the postholder will be expected to ensure that the Company’s accounts are compliant with best practice, relevant legislation and codes of practice and lead and manage the finance team undertaking all financial activities for the Company including strategic, operational and transactional finance tasks.  The postholder will also lead on the preparation of the annual budget, Medium-Term Financial Plan and presentation of budget to the Board, Cognus Finance Committee and other forums as required and must be confident in dealing with the Board and advising non-financial managers in identifying and implementing savings, value for money improvements and cost mitigation activities.

Cognus is at a very exciting moment in its evolution and growth. We are looking for a professional and experienced individual who is passionate about the inclusion of children and young people in education and society. An individual that enjoys a varied workload, is organised, has great communication skills and has a good understanding of duties in relation to the areas of responsibility detailed in the job description and is committed to delivering with excellence.

You will give us great commitment and in return we offer an excellent package including:

• Regular support and supervision
• An excellent group of leaders as colleagues
• Excellent CPD opportunities
• Flexible working including home working
• Workplace pension scheme
• Salary - Band 5 £52023.40 to £64346.68 (cost of living increase to be applied from 1st April 2021)
• 28 days annual leave pro rata (inclusive of three days between Xmas & New Year) increasing to 30 days with length of service
• Perkbox and Sovereign Healthcare cashback plans
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

If you are interested and would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a CV and covering note (of no more than two sides, minimum font size 11) outlining your suitability. The deadline for receipt is midnight on Wednesday 10th February 2021. Candidates are requested to be available via on-line interview week commencing 15th February 2021.  If you would like more information about this role before applying please email Rebecca Mcgeachy (contact details via our website) to arrange a brief chat about the role.

All offers of employment are subject to successful completion of recruitment formalities which includes an enhanced DBS check. These checks must have been completed prior to commencement of employment. We expect our staff to have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to follow the child protection procedures adopted by the Company and the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board.

Senior Financial Accountant: Interim, £300 - £350 per day | Remote Working

For a global charity, we are recruiting a Senior Financial Accountant on an interim basis to prepare financial statements and accounts preparation for group Audit. The role will lead on group consolidation across multiple countries as well as other year-end duties, inter-company consolidation, and various Audit-facing work.

Main Duties:

• Lead on preparation of year-end schedules for audit for 70+ business units in 30+ countries
• Lead on preparation of financial statements
• Lead on reconciliation of Sun BI data including Opening Balances, Fixed Asset Schedules and SORP Schedules
• Adjust SORP income and net Assets as required for countries
• Inter-company consolidation
• Lead on several data integrity projects such as opening balance and reserves reconciliation, inter-company reconciliation, and differences resolution
• Propose and implement improvement on the balance sheet control and insights at company and Group levels
• Support the management of the Group external Audit
• Provide high quality account reconciliations for all Group balance sheet accounts
• Smooth running of the period end processes, financial statements preparation and Group audits
• Maintain excellent working relationships and effect management of internal and external stakeholders and colleagues

Person Specification:

• CCAB qualified with experience in practice and industry or charities
• Exposure in working on complex year end audits
• Proven track record in delivering projects
• Experience of SUN and Infor BI with excellent Excel skills
• Expert knowledge of preparing financial statements under SORP
• Track record in continuous improvement delivery

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

Your new company

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

Your key responsibilities are:

Financial Accounts:

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

Management Accounts:

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

Other areas:

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

What do I need?

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

What you'll get in return

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

What you need to do now

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Job Description: Associate Partnership Manager 

We are recruiting an Associate Partnership Manager to work within our Partnerships team.

With over 400 schools in our National Network of Excellence and 100 trusts this is an exciting time to join our central team and contribute to the success of our partnership.  The successful candidate will lead the team responsible for managing our relationships with schools and hubs within our Network of Excellence.

This role combines team leadership with strategic oversight of our effectiveness in ensuring hubs and schools receive an excellent experience and help spread the impact and value of effective collaboration across the educational system, in line with our mission. Working directly with school leaders and hub managers, you will have excellent relationship management skills, an attention for detail and a commitment to continuous improvement in all that you and we do.

About Challenge Partners

Who we are: Challenge Partners is a practitioner-led education charity that enables collaboration and challenge between schools to enhance the life chances of all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

How we do it: The Challenge Partners central team works closely with school leaders and other education professionals to facilitate a variety of programmes and activities for schools in our partnership. We ensure the knowledge and skills of the best in our network are available to everyone, reducing the variability in education provision whilst improving the performance of all trusts, schools, leaders, and pupils in the partnership.

Our team: There are currently just over 20 people in our growing team. We are dedicated to working hard for our schools whilst enjoying what we do and who we work with. You will be working in a friendly and dynamic group with backgrounds in education, the wider social enterprise and charity sector, and the corporate world. The majority of roles are school-facing, and team members work closely with leaders in our schools to generate and refine ideas and create maximum value for the network.

Job Purpose:

The Associate Partnership Manager works within the partnerships team alongside an Associate Partnership Manager and the Knowledge Exchange Lead and is line managed by the Partnership Lead.  You will be responsible for the account management of a number of hubs, take a lead on aspects of our network relationship management (e.g communications, event management, customer care) and will work alongside to support the knowledge exchange team and the network development team on recruitment and growth.

This is an exciting and varied role with opportunities to work across the organisation and develop your skill set.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the induction and onboarding of new schools to their hubs and to the national Network of Excellence
• Provide ongoing support to a number of local area Hub Managers to ensure that every school within the hub is engaged in the local and national offer.
• Undertake ad hoc and scheduled phone calls, hub visits, regular surveying and trouble-shooting at local and national level
• Prepare regular and relevant high quality communications to our partner schools on  a cyclical basis e.g. renewals, induction, onboarding, engagement emails and regular hub updates
• Identify, capture and disseminate examples of effective practice, case studies, accredited Areas of Excellence working with our Knowledge exchange team and hub manager network
• Support  the organisation of our National Network meetings, Sharing Leading Practice events and national conference
• Maintain accurate and timely record-keeping on our CRM system
• Use data strategically to enable you to provide bespoke support for hubs, monitor  and evaluate the effectiveness of our support for schools and hubs
• Analyse shared priorities within hub action plans and work with our knowledge exchange team to ensure these are systematically embedded in our knowledge exchange programmes
• Work with colleagues across the Challenge Partners Central Team to ensure our partners receive an excellent experience and to support schools’ understanding and use of the support and programmes available to them
• Other tasks commensurate with the role as appropriate

Person Specifications:

Specific skills and attitudes we are looking for in an applicant are as follows:

• Excellent relationship management skills and a friendly, personable demeanour, ideally with experience of relationship/ account management or business development within the education sector or similar
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to deal with people diplomatically and appropriately, building rapport with those at varying levels of seniority
• Positivity, optimism and agility - we are a small organisation and all staff are expected to contribute across the organisation (and beyond their specific job role) to ensure our success and sustainability. You will therefore need to be flexible and comfortable with uncertainty
• The ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to prioritise effectively to meet competing demands, through excellent organisation and time management
• Excellent computer literacy - confidence and competence in using GSuite, Microsoft programmes and Salesforce (or similar CRM system) would be an advantage
• A willingness to learn and give and receive feedback
• A passion for education, and a desire to make a difference

Personal Characteristics:

Our team is very important to us, and we are looking for someone who shares our key values:

• Excellence- we are always looking for ways to improve because we are determined to achieve the best for every child, teacher and leader.
• Equity- we treat each other fairly, with trust, care and respect. We seek the best for every child, and know that those who have the least, need our combined expertise the most.
• Courageous leadership- we speak up and take responsibility for all children, making sure that we do not harm others in doing our best for our own schools
• Challenge- We expect the best of ourselves and each other, and value challenge which helps us improve
• Collaboration- We listen to, share with and learn from each other, developing our practice together so that every child benefits from our combined wisdom and creativity
• Innovation- We use and generate research, we innovate with discipline and evaluate intelligently in pursuit of better outcomes for all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

​Benefits of working for Challenge Partners

• 25 days of paid holiday per year, plus 8 additional days of bank holiday (pro-rata for part-time)
• An employer contributed pension - we match up to 5% of your own contribution
• Private healthcare
• Flexible working hours
• A school based office in South Bermondsey. There is currently no requirement for staff to work in the office, but you may choose to do so.
• A supportive and friendly team
• A chance to make a real difference to educational outcomes
• The opportunity to progress and develop skills in a dynamic and fast-growing team
• The opportunity to interact with the children at our school (including weekly reading)

How to apply and our recruitment process

If you would like to be part of our team, then please apply with the following:

• A CV of no more than two pages
• A statement of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the  requirements of the role and the person specification

We will be interviewing on a rolling basis and looking to appoint someone to start in January/February 2021. Please apply promptly to be considered for this role. We will close the application process when we appoint.

Start date: ASAP in January/February 2021 although we are prepared to be flexible to ensure that we recruit the most suitable candidate.

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

Responsibilities

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

Experience

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

One of the leading government backed professional body based in London are looking for a Financial Accountant to join their growing team.

This is a permanent role offering a salary between £38,000 - £45,000 per annum based on experience.

You will be managing one member of staff and reporting to the Financial Controller.

Being part of a forward thinking and highly focused team, this is a great opportunity for the right candidate to bring their skills and experience to this amazing £40million turnover organisation.

Your main duties and responsibilities are:
(1) Financial Accounting
(2) Line manage and develop the member of staff
(3) Assist with the preparation of year-end accounts and statutory accounts
(4) Assist the Assistant Accountant with bank reconciliations, sales ledger and other duties
(5) Quarterly VAT return to HMRC and other duties and responsibilities

Key skills and experience required for this role are:
(1) Qualified and Finalist level candidate (Recognised CCAB qualifications ACCA, ACA, CIPFA, CIMA)
(2) Strong leadership skills
(3) Experience in all financial accounting matters
(4) Strong exposure to year-end audits
(5) Experience of financial controls

This role will be closing on 27th January, 2021.
Shortlisted candidates will be required to write a supporting statement.

If you are interested in this role, please apply with a copy of your CV.

Job Description: Associate Partnership Manager (Maternity Cover)

We are recruiting a maternity cover Associate Partnership Manager to work within our Partnerships team.

With over 400 schools in our National Network of Excellence and 100 trusts this is an exciting time to join our central team and contribute to the success of our partnership.  The successful candidate will lead the team responsible for managing our relationships with schools and hubs within our Network of Excellence.

This role combines team leadership with strategic oversight of our effectiveness in ensuring hubs and schools receive an excellent experience and help spread the impact and value of effective collaboration across the educational system, in line with our mission. Working directly with school leaders and hub managers, you will have excellent relationship management skills, an attention for detail and a commitment to continuous improvement in all that you and we do.

About Challenge Partners

Who we are: Challenge Partners is a practitioner-led education charity that enables collaboration and challenge between schools to enhance the life chances of all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

How we do it: The Challenge Partners central team works closely with school leaders and other education professionals to facilitate a variety of programmes and activities for schools in our partnership. We ensure the knowledge and skills of the best in our network are available to everyone, reducing the variability in education provision whilst improving the performance of all trusts, schools, leaders, and pupils in the partnership.

Our team: There are currently just over 20 people in our growing team. We are dedicated to working hard for our schools whilst enjoying what we do and who we work with. You will be working in a friendly and dynamic group with backgrounds in education, the wider social enterprise and charity sector, and the corporate world. The majority of roles are school-facing, and team members work closely with leaders in our schools to generate and refine ideas and create maximum value for the network.

Job Purpose:

The Associate Partnership Manager works within the partnerships team alongside an Associate Partnership Manager and the Knowledge Exchange Lead and is line managed by the Partnership Lead.  You will be responsible for the account management of a number of hubs, take a lead on aspects of our network relationship management (e.g communications, event management, customer care) and will work alongside to support the knowledge exchange team and the network development team on recruitment and growth.

This is an exciting and varied role with opportunities to work across the organisation and develop your skill set.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the induction and onboarding of new schools to their hubs and to the national Network of Excellence
• Provide ongoing support to a number of local area Hub Managers to ensure that every school within the hub is engaged in the local and national offer.
• Undertake ad hoc and scheduled phone calls, hub visits, regular surveying and trouble-shooting at local and national level
• Prepare regular and relevant high quality communications to our partner schools on  a cyclical basis e.g. renewals, induction, onboarding, engagement emails and regular hub updates
• Identify, capture and disseminate examples of effective practice, case studies, accredited Areas of Excellence working with our Knowledge exchange team and hub manager network
• Support  the organisation of our National Network meetings, Sharing Leading Practice events and national conference
• Maintain accurate and timely record-keeping on our CRM system
• Use data strategically to enable you to provide bespoke support for hubs, monitor  and evaluate the effectiveness of our support for schools and hubs
• Analyse shared priorities within hub action plans and work with our knowledge exchange team to ensure these are systematically embedded in our knowledge exchange programmes
• Work with colleagues across the Challenge Partners Central Team to ensure our partners receive an excellent experience and to support schools’ understanding and use of the support and programmes available to them
• Other tasks commensurate with the role as appropriate

Person Specifications:

Specific skills and attitudes we are looking for in an applicant are as follows:

• Excellent relationship management skills and a friendly, personable demeanour, ideally with experience of relationship/ account management or business development within the education sector or similar
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to deal with people diplomatically and appropriately, building rapport with those at varying levels of seniority
• Positivity, optimism and agility - we are a small organisation and all staff are expected to contribute across the organisation (and beyond their specific job role) to ensure our success and sustainability. You will therefore need to be flexible and comfortable with uncertainty
• The ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to prioritise effectively to meet competing demands, through excellent organisation and time management
• Excellent computer literacy - confidence and competence in using GSuite, Microsoft programmes and Salesforce (or similar CRM system) would be an advantage
• A willingness to learn and give and receive feedback
• A passion for education, and a desire to make a difference

Personal Characteristics:

Our team is very important to us, and we are looking for someone who shares our key values:

• Excellence- we are always looking for ways to improve because we are determined to achieve the best for every child, teacher and leader.
• Equity- we treat each other fairly, with trust, care and respect. We seek the best for every child, and know that those who have the least, need our combined expertise the most.
• Courageous leadership- we speak up and take responsibility for all children, making sure that we do not harm others in doing our best for our own schools
• Challenge- We expect the best of ourselves and each other, and value challenge which helps us improve
• Collaboration- We listen to, share with and learn from each other, developing our practice together so that every child benefits from our combined wisdom and creativity
• Innovation- We use and generate research, we innovate with discipline and evaluate intelligently in pursuit of better outcomes for all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

​Benefits of working for Challenge Partners

• 25 days of paid holiday per year, plus 8 additional days of bank holiday (pro-rata for part-time)
• An employer contributed pension - we match up to 5% of your own contribution
• Private healthcare
• Flexible working hours
• A school based office in South Bermondsey. There is currently no requirement for staff to work in the office, but you may choose to do so.
• A supportive and friendly team
• A chance to make a real difference to educational outcomes
• The opportunity to progress and develop skills in a dynamic and fast-growing team
• The opportunity to interact with the children at our school (including weekly reading)

How to apply and our recruitment process

If you would like to be part of our team, then please apply with the following:

• A CV of no more than two pages
• A statement of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the  requirements of the role and the person specification

We will be interviewing on a rolling basis and looking to appoint someone to start in January/February 2021. Please apply promptly to be considered for this role. We will close the application process when we appoint.

Start date: ASAP in January/February 2021 although we are prepared to be flexible to ensure that we recruit the most suitable candidate.

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

Client Details

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

Description

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

Profile

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

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

Experience with SORP accounting is strongly desirable

Job Offer

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

Head of Financial Accounting & Operations required to join a large not for profit organisation. 1 year fixed term contract.

Your new company
This is a multi million pound income organisation with a complex structure encompassing a variety of areas. The finance team operate in a shared service system and are currently in the midst of some exciting changes including around systems and processes. The finance team operate with a collaborative and friendly culture.

Your new role
Reporting to the FD and responsible for Financial Accounting & Control team, Financial Processing team, Tax & Compliance team, Operations and Change Manager, and Payroll. The post has 5 direct reports and 30 indirect reports. You will have oversight of the statutory reporting for four multi-million pound charities, their trading subsidiaries, three multi-employer pension schemes, a common investment fund and a number of other smaller entities. You will lead the delivery of customer-focussed, efficient transaction processing and cash management services within a robust control environment. The Finance team is undergoing significant change, in-step with the changing needs and ambitions of the organisation. This is a 1 year maternity cover opportunity for someone to support the team to embed new roles and responsibilities following a recent restructure, and to adopt two new key business systems due to go live in the year.

What you'll need to succeed
This is a leadership role and requires someone who can take on the operation responsibilities as well as the staff management. The ideal candidate will have experience of both implementing and embedding change. You will have experience of working with larger, complex organisations (open on sector background - happy to consider someone moving into the sector from the commercial world). You will be a qualified accountant with significant post qualification experience.

What you'll get in return
This is a well known, impactful organisation and the contract offers the opportunity to oversee a time of significant change. The organisation will offer work-life balance with some element of working from home available for the long term. The organisation also offers a competitive package of benefits including 28 annual leave days, flexible working opportunities and a pension scheme of 8-15% employer contribution.

What you need to do now
Please apply ASAP to be considered. We will be considering applications before the closing date.

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Forensic Accountants

Salary: £65,448

Permanent , Full Time

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

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

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

On larger cases -

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

The Person:

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

The ideal candidate will have the following attributes:

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

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

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