Department: Funded Programmes

Contract Duration: Until 31st March 2021

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

As an Assistant Account Officer, you’ll be vital in helping our team of account managers and officers support a large network of local Citizens Advice on the Help to Claim programme. Account Managers mainly help manage relationships, resolve issues and track and monitor local Citizens Advice performance. You’ll be able to support this important work and in turn make sure that our clients get good quality help and support when they need. 

In this role you’ll be giving support to the account management team. You’ll help prepare reports and documents and check everything is in order - keeping the team working efficiently. This is a role that can have a real impact on the work that we do. 

Our roles are open to discussion about flexible working, which may include arrangements such as part-time working, formalised flexitime, fixed (non-standard) working hours, working from home and job-sharing.

Flexible working - while our teams are office based, it's fine to work from home regularly, and we welcome discussions about working part-time.

Ranked by Indeed as a top 10 non-profit employer in the UK (December 2018)

We welcome applications from Local Citizens Advice staff and are open to arranging secondments.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

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 London 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
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Working alongside a 0.4 FTE Management Accountant, this role has joint responsibility for the operation of an effective and efficient management accounting function, including many aspects of monthly reporting and forecasting. The role gives support to the annual budgeting process and 5-year planning and may also involve scenario modelling and preparing reports for stakeholders.

Client Details

The client we a working with is a leading religious charity based in London operating across the whole of the UK comprising of parishes, cathedrals, churches and religious bodies.

Description

The responsibilities of the Assistant Management Accountant include:

Finance Accounts Processes:

• Weekly processing of purchase requisitions/expenses on Navision for payment
• Reconciliation of supplier/vendor accounts
• Direct debit payment and invoice postings

Management accounts and budget processes:

• Coordination of the monthly management accounts process, in consultation with the management accountant
• Supporting the management accountant in the production of the monthly management accounts
• Supporting the process to set the Parish Standard Cost (Setting timetable and deliverables schedule, meeting with key stakeholders and producing final Parish Standard Cost figures)
• Supporting the management accountant with the production of the annual budget and 5-year plans

Profile

The successful Assistant Management Accountant must be at least part qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA with at least two to three years experience working in an accounts function.

The Assistant Management Accountant will also have excellent communication skills, great attention to detail, able to work to deadlines, be proactive as well as being positive and a team player.

Job Offer

On offer for the successful Assistant Management Accountant is a salary of up to £28,400 pro rata as well as a season ticket loan, 15% employer pension contribution, flexible working and much more.

Are you a qualified accountant looking for your next move into a progressive organisation in the charity sector? Does working in a changing environment excite you and inspire you to drive improvement? If this sounds like you, please read on!

Robertson Bell Finance are working with a well-known international development charity to recruit an Interim Management Accountant - Systems for a minimum period of 5 months. Based in Central London, the organisation are going through a period of transformation and will have a lot of change in the wider team.

The main responsibilities of the Interim Management Accountant - Systems are as follows:

• Produce accurate and timely monthly management accounts for a number of subsidiaries in the organisation.
• Carry out detailed analysis of variances between the actuals and the forecasted numbers - addressing these with stakeholders.
• Ensure the completion of a range of complex reconciliations and assist with any year end requirements in the wider team.
• Work with senior stakeholders across the organisation to produce annual budgets and forecasts.
• Be the go-to person in the team for all system related queries, acting as the super-user for the ERP.

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant who has led on the production of monthly management accounts in a previous role - assisting with this will not be enough. In addition to this, it is highly preferable to have worked in the charity sector so that you are able to hit the ground running. Finally, you will be well experienced with producing budgets and forecasts and communicating these with senior budget holders.

You will need to be immediately available or have a short notice period to be considered. Applications will be reviewed daily, so please do not delay in applying.

A growing mental health charity in London requires an Interim Management Accountant.

Client Details

A growing mental health charity based in London with good transport links.

Description

The Interim Management Accountant will be responsible for:

• managing the month end process
• generating management reports to be used in board meetings
• producing budgets and preparing forecasting reports with the Head of Management Accounting
• building relationships with stakeholders to support business partnering.

Profile

The successful Interim Management Accountant will have a familiar background of working within a similar role, and have the ability to demonstrate high levels of organisation and management skills.

You should be part qualified or equivalent and uphold great communication skills.

Job Offer

A salary of between £17-£20ph dependent on previous knowledge of working within a similar Interim Management Accountant role in an excellent office space based in London.

Millennium Journal of International Studies aims to publish the most innovative peer- reviewed articles from the discipline of international studies, as well as original thinking from elsewhere in the social sciences with an international dimension. Interdisciplinary and wide-ranging in scope, the journal provides a forum for discussion on the latest developments in the theory of international relations.

Millennium is seeking an accountant to assist on a range of activities including year-end statutory accounts, monthly management accounts and other statutory returns and month/year end processing and reconciliations.

Main responsibilities:

• Assist the Business Manager in the year-end statutory accounts (Companies House and Charities Commission).

• Advise and improve on Millennium’s current budget and expense tracking mechanisms.

• Advise on how best to keep the accounting records of the charity and develop financial policy recommendations to Millennium on its accounting processes.

• Prepare accounts for independent examinations.

Ad-hoc duties:

• Provide assistance with monthly reconciliations.

• Generate management reports to be used in Board of Trustees meetings.

• Produce budgets.

Person specification:

• Part or fully qualified accountant (depending on experience).

• Problem solver with a curious mind.

• Ability to prioritise work and meet tight deadlines.

• Experience working in small charity.

• Experience and/or interest in working in a small team in a university environment.

Hours: The Accountant will be engaged on a casual basis with between 5 to 10 hours of work required per week in May and August 2020. Outside of these time periods, Millennium may engage the Accountant for ad hoc assistance, up to 10 hours per week.

Remuneration: The Accountant will be remunerated on a hourly basis at the rate of £21 per hour.

This Finance Assistant role aims to bring about a positive change, and is offering £11-£14ph for the successful candidate dependent on prior exposure to the duties of the role.

Client Details

A leading environmental charity committed to becoming an inclusive, community-led charity.

Description

The successful Finance Assistant will be responsible for:

• VAT returns and analysis
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Being a point of contact for auditors, HR and the external Payroll
• Reviewing the management accounts.

Profile

The Finance Assistant must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. They must be confident in there approach and have a keen eye for detail.

They will also have an outstanding understanding of excel and have prior exposure to a role within the public sector.

Job Offer

A 3-month interim Finance Assistant role based in London offering £11-£14ph.

Do you want a role within a rapidly growing organisation with an excellent progression path? Are you a driven and ambitious individual in the early stages of your finance career? Looking to work for an organisation that encourages and nurtures the development of their staff?

If yes, then look no further!

My client is a London based charity who is looking for a Finance and Admin Assistant to join their team on a permanent basis. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who is in the early stages of their finance career, who has the drive and determination to learn and push themselves in this supportive environment.

The main responsibilities of this Finance and Admin Assistant role are as follows:

• Full responsibility for ensuring that all transactional data is uploaded into the system accurately.
• Take the lead in the processing of sales and purchase ledger invoices, ensuring that all payments are made in a timely manner.
• Provide invaluable support in the preparation of the monthly management accounts, including the preparation of journals and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Sole charge for gathering requested financial data, liaising with the business partners or external stakeholders where appropriate.
• Play a pivotal role in the wider resources team, providing ad hoc administration support as required.
• Attend wider organisational meetings, booking rooms and taking minutes where necessary.

This role is for a forward-thinking charity and offers a brilliant opportunity for candidates looking to join a close-knit finance team within a rapidly growing establishment. The successful candidate will be offered a competitive benefits package, including flexible working hours, an excellent annual leave allowance and numerous opportunities to develop professionally.

The successful candidate will have:

• Started actively studying towards a relevant accountancy qualification.
• Related work experience within a finance team, however candidates without are still encouraged to apply.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently.
• The determination and ambition to build a fantastic finance career and enthusiasm to learn on the job.
• Ideally, previous experience using Quickbooks or another system of equal complexity.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now as applications are being reviewed daily and the client is looking to interview candidates as ASAP.

Allen Lane’s client is a major force in the battle against climate change. Focussing on educating young people through their social outreach programmes, this client seeks to empower a new generation of environmentally minded people in order to drive innovation and long term change.

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and driven Finance Assistant to support their international finance function. With an emphasis on best practice they are seeking a candidate to share their values and ambitions.

Working closely with the Financial Controller and central and local finance teams, your key responsibilities will include providing a range of finance services such as purchase orders, purchase invoices and bank reconciliations.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A relevant degree or equivalent professional qualification
• Previous experience working in a finance department
• Excellent communication, analytical, organisation and time management skills
• Ability to deliver collaboratively and challenge where necessary
• Enthusiastic and self-motivating
• Great excel skills and knowledge of other accountancy software

Why work with us?

CARE International is one of the world’s leading humanitarian and development charities. We fight poverty and injustice in the world’s most vulnerable places.  We save lives in disasters and conflicts. We stand with women, girls and their communities to achieve lasting change for a better future.

About the role

We are looking for a Management Accountant to work with our Fundraising, Partnerships and Communications, and Resources teams. This role reports directly to the Chief Operating Officer and provides finance business partnering support to team leaders on all aspects of financial planning, reporting and analysis.

About You

You will excel at building strong relationships with your peers, using your financial analysis skills to support data-driven decision-making, and have a broad knowledge of sector best practice to help us respond to changes in our external environment.

Safeguarding

CARE International UK has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or a child by any of our staff, representatives or partners. Recruitment to all jobs in CARE International UK includes, in particular, criminal record checks and the collection of relevant references. Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do.

Please note that in compliance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, all job offers at Care International UK are conditional on eligibility to work in the UK

Closing Date: Friday,17 April 2020. 

We are committed to Equality and value Diversity. We are a Disability Confident Employer and particularly welcome applications from disabled people. We guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job (see person specification).  If you require the candidate brief or need to submit your application in an alternative format, because of a disability, please do get in touch.

A DBS disclosure will be requested for the successful candidate.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparing monthly management accounts for RCVS and the VAT returns for RCVS and RCVSK in accordance with relevant RCVS policies and UK legislation
• To provide a narrative around the changes in figures to the accounts each month.
• To cover for the Deputy Head of Finance in preparing the monthly payrolls and Knowledge management accounts.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Experience working in a similar role
• Experience of professional regulation is desirable
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong IT skills and experience
• The ability and presence to represent the organisation with a range of audiences
• A co-operative, consultative and collegiate personal style

Essential Criteria

Qualifications

Accountancy qualification and experience of preparing management accounts

Use of SAGE 200 would be useful

The RCVS is an equal opportunities employer & Stonewall Diversity Champion

We offer flexible working, 2 days paid volunteering per year, Holiday Trading, Loyalty Bonus, Babylon Health app free, Employee Assistance program, Free eye tests, In House Staff Massages and a generous pension and benefits package. 

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

We are an equal opportunity employer and Stonewall Diversity Champion and have featured in the rankings of the Great Place to Work Awards for the past 5 consecutive years (2014 – 2019).

Your new company:
My client, a £15m turnover educational charity and company limited by guarantee based in Covent Garden with an income of approximately £15m and a student population of approx. 8000 from over 150 countries. The revenue generating part of the organisation has an income of over £4m and generates £1.3m income. It is a growing part of the organisation with ambitious plans.

Your new role:
This is a part time role requiring someone to work 1 day per week. The Accountant will work with the Director of commercial operations to work towards increasing the profitability of the department. Duties will include:

• Acting as the management accountant for the Department
• Monitor activity and profitability by product
• System changes to improve the efficiency of the department
• The role will be both analytical/strategic and hands-on

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Management Accountant: £45,000 - £48,000 + Benefits, London

For a global company, we're recruiting a Management Accountant on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Head of Management Accounting, this role will produce and deliver management accounts along with accurate and insightful management information to senior stakeholders as well as acting as a Business Partner to the Service Directorate. The Management Accountant will be instrumental in helping transform the finance function by improving month-end processes, improving the quality of management information and the timeliness of reporting and checks and controls.

Main Duties:

• Act as Finance Business Partner for the Press Directorate, providing advice and guidance to the Press team.
• Liaise with the Director and Press Team to produce robust budgets and forecasts; Support on ad-hoc business cases, projects and analysis
• Prepare regular monthly financial income and expenditure reports to managers including narratives, variance analysis and year-end forecasts.
• Completion and ledger posting of prepayments and accruals; Monthly ledger balance sheet analysis; Reconciliation of income and expenditure adjustments
• Support Head of Business Partnering in preparation for monthly financial meetings with budget holders to review accounts, forecasts and queries
• Provide forecasts and commentaries to help decision making and to challenge forecasts
• Actively lead on continuous improvement of financial processes and controls
• Prepare templates for forecast and budget and support Head of Business Partnering in analysing and reviewing year-on-year variances
• Assist production of year-end accounts and financial returns and support during interim and final external audits

Person Specification:

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA finalist or newly qualified
• Advanced MS Excel skills and working knowledge of Sun Systems (ideally)
• Strong experience in preparing year-end and monthly management accounts including year-end forecasts and budgets
• Experience of consolidation of management accounts packs for management reporting
• Experience of working in a multicultural and multisite organisation
• Proactive, solution oriented with experience of process improvement

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Looking to develop your career in finance within a large charity with a household name? Want to gain exposure working with stakeholders and developing your management accounting skills? Are you looking to take the next step that offers support and progression? If so this could be the next job for you!

This incredible opportunity as a Management Accountant will report to the Finance Business Partner and work in a varied and diverse environment with no two days the same. They will work to assist in a number of areas within the charity with the following key responsibilities:

• Work closely with budget holders offering support and advice whilst ensuring all policies and procedures are followed.
• Oversee the monitoring of results against forecasts and budgets preparing reports as requested by senior management.
• Prepare budgets and assist throughout the forecasting process working closely with the Finance Manager.
• Assist with financial projects providing evaluation of financial information as and when required.
• Provide month end commentary and variance analysis to aid management reporting.
• Carry out reviews of processes suggesting necessary improvements.
• Act as one of the main points of contact for queries related to the directorate.
• Use the financial system to extract information to enable the development of commentary and models for monthly presentations to a range of audiences including budget holders.
• Ensure all budget holders have access to necessary training and that they have adequate knowledge of all organisational processes and policies.

The successful candidate will:

• Be fully a qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA or ACA) or at the later stages of their qualification.
• Have solid excel experience in order to work on multiple spreadsheets.
• Be a confident communicator.
• Have some experience of working in a finance function.
• Aspire to develop your career within finance.
• Show ambition, determination and enthusiasm to gain exposure in a multi-faceted role in finance.

This permanent Management Accountant vacancy is for a well-known charity with many opportunities to progress up in the finance team. The position would be based full time in central London and will offer the opportunity to learn and grow at an early stage in your career, this is an excellent opportunity to work in a reputable and opportunistic environment.

Applications will be reviewed on a daily basis however the client is looking for candidates ASAP so please don't hesitate in applying!