Networks Assistant (part-time 0.6 FTE)
We are recruiting a Network Assistant to support the delivery of our Trust Leaders Network and other programmes run by Challenge Partners.
The role is for 22.5 hours a week
About Challenge Partners
Who we are: Challenge Partners is a practitioner-led education charity that enables collaboration 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 services 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 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:
You will have an important role to play in supporting the delivery of our work with school trusts by providing administrative support to ensure the smooth running of our Trust Leaders’ Network. You may also be asked to contribute with other administrative tasks that support the delivery of our organisational priorities. You will report to the Head of Network Development.
Key Responsibilities
- Liaise with trust partners to communicate programme activity and assist with meeting preparation
- Upload files, meeting papers or reports to Dropbox and GoogleDocs, update our Trust Leaders Network directory and manage our inbox, using our escalation process to redirect and respond to queries
- Provide technical support for virtual meetings for the Trust Leaders Network and other events as required
- Manage bookings and provide relevant information to the finance team for invoice generation, send out contracts and prepare expense claims for processing
- Maintain our Salesforce CRM system, upload data as directed and maintain other programme dashboards used internally for planning, monitoring or evaluation purposes
- Support across other networks, programmes and activities as required e.g. arranging virtual or in person national recruitment events
Person Specifications:
Specific skills and attitudes we are looking for in an applicant are as follows:
- Good written and oral communication skills, with the ability to build rapport, express yourself concisely and appropriately with senior leaders
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise and multi-task effectively
- High computer literacy - confidence and competence in using GSuite, Microsoft programmes and Salesforce (or similar CRM system) would be an advantage
- A willingness to learn, take initiative, identify and provide solutions and improvements
- Attention to detail and pride in your work
- 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
- A passion for education, and a desire to make a difference
Experience of either administrative support or project management, communications, account management, business development, relationship management within the education sector or similar is desirable.
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
Challenge Partners is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
If you would like to be a part of our team, then please apply with:
- A CV of no more than two pages
- A cover letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the requirements of the role and the person specification.
Please note that we will disregard your application if we do not receive a CV and role-specific cover letter.
Appointment will be dependent on receipt of satisfactory references and completing a DBS check.
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.
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To build a fair education for all, we need to unlock the potential in all children – not just some. Together, we’re making it happen. Every day, our work takes us closer to a better future. But we need to do more. It’s a big challenge – and we need your help to take it on.
This role provides strategic analysis to support and challenge our stakeholders in making the right decisions for our growing organisation. We are a critical friend to the organisation, ensuring that we are maximising the impact of our income and expenditure for our social mission. You’ll understand and support the programmes we work with, adding value to decisions. The focus of this role will be budgeting, forecasting and management reporting as well as representing our team in organisation-wide projects and driving consistent improvement in processes to add value to Teach First.
- Are you a part-Qualified accountant (CIMA, CIPFA, ACCA or ACA), or are qualified by experience in business partnering roles?
- Can you convey complex issues with clarity, brevity and confidence?
- Can you promote dialogue with stakeholders through active listening and effective questioning and can adapt style to maximise support and engagement?
- Can you maintain a broad and strategic perspective and an awareness of details?
Yes to the above? Then we want to hear from you. You might be our next Finance Business Partner
Please be aware that ‘Total Pay’ for this role includes a Recruitment Premium of £2,490 per annum. This brings total pay to £36,490. A Recruitment Premium is paid when market pressures prevent us from being able to recruit for a job at the normal salary for a role of that level. As Recruitment Premium payments are not part of an employee’s basic (or normal) pay they are independent from the Annual Salary Review and will not reviewed or uplifted during that process. If there are changes to the labour market conditions or an employee moves role, the premium will be reviewed and may be withdrawn.
Please note that interviews will be conducted on a first-come first-served basis, so early application is strongly encouraged.
Take a look at the job description and then complete an application on our careers website. Make sure you’ve got your CV and cover letter showing how you meet our essentials ready to upload.
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Finance Business Partner: £55,000 + benefits, London | Croydon (12 Month FTC)
For a global education company, we are recruiting a Finance Business Partner on a FTC basis for 12 months. Reporting to the Head of Business Partnering, this role will deliver a high-quality finance service to decision makers across the UK and Ireland Regions. This will involve management and project accounting, performance monitoring (financial and non-financial), budgeting and forecasting, providing insightful analysis and recommendations, business cases and tenders. Based in London or Croydon, this role will have regular travel to either office as well as occasional travel overseas.
Main Duties:
- Key player in growth plans by supplying the business with expert financial and management accounting services
- Build relationships with Directors, budget holders and Departmental Heads
- Provide direction and robust challenge to non-finance staff
- Oversee general financial management and ensure the maintenance of accurate financial records, reconciliations and processing of journals
- Production of monthly management reporting packs, commentary and analysis of performance and trends
- Provision of regular insightful analysis for decision making including project and product performance reporting
- Work with stakeholders to complete financial forecasting, annual budgeting, business cases and tenders
- Implementation of new processes, systems and reporting techniques
Person Specification:
- ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified
- Advanced MS Excel skills and working knowledge of Sun Systems (ideally)
- Strong experience in a finance business partnering role
- Experience of working in a mutli-cultural and mutli-site organisation
- Experience of applying commercial principles to their analysis and recommendations
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Allen Lane has been retained by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) as their recruitment partner in the recruitment of a new Head of Finance Business Partnering.
About SOAS
SOAS is part of the University of London and is the leading Higher Education institution in Europe specialising in the study of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East. SOAS courses are taught by highly respected academics engaged in research that influences government policy and the lives of individuals across the globe, with 5200 undergraduate and postgraduate students studying on campus and a further 3000 registered on distance and online programmes.
About the role
The Head of Finance Business Partnering reports to the Director of Finance and Planning and leads a team of four Finance Business Partners. The team aims to collaborate closely with budget holders, often Heads of Department, academic leaders and Directors of Professional Services, in communicating financial information to aid in business planning and reporting.
You will provide leadership, management and support to the team in ensuring that the needs of budget holders and that of the senior management team are being met and broadly speaking ensure continuous improvement of the business partnering function. You will be tasked with preparing SOAS’ annual budget and forecast, managing the preparation of monthly management accounts and commentaries as well as monthly income and expenditure reports.
In addition, you will provide strategic and operational advice to the Director of Finance and Planning, Executive Board and other committees and support the strategic development of SOAS as a whole.
About you
You will be a fully qualified (CCAB) accountant with a demonstrable track record in leading and developing a team of Finance Business Partners previously. You don’t need prior experience of operating in a higher education environment (although that would be advantageous), but you do need to demonstrate an ability to quickly grasp the context of operating at this level within higher education. An ability to simply present financial information to non-finance stakeholders is key, as is a clear and effective communication style.
You must be free to interview in the third week of December.
Applications will be reviewed prior to closing date and as such immediate application is recommended. For further information, contact Andy Thomas or Ed Stroud at Allen Lane.
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It will be in the FBPs remit to drive growth for this renown charity, making recommendations on investment analysis conducted by the finance team. The ideal candidate will be able to present their suggestions in a clear and concise manner to budget holders.
Client Details
Recruiting a Finance Business Partner position for a renown non-profit organisation in Greater London. This established organisation needs a Finance Business Partner to contextualise the financial statements to budget holders and conduct variance analysis. This is an inclusive organisation that will welcome a team player to join their unified finance department
Description
They will be responsible for:
- Producing management accounts
- Leading on month-end
- Involved in the preparation of the budget
- Organising regular meetings with budget holders
- Strategising with senior stakeholders on opportunities for growth
- Setting KPIs to drive improvements in performance
This is not an exhaustive list and successful candidate will need to adapt to the changing needs of the organisation.
Profile
This client is looking for a proactive, qualified accountant that will drive productivity and growth with the organisation. They will need:
- To be a fully qualified account (ACA, ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA)
- To have proven experience in a management accounting role
- Experience communicating with stakeholders
- Advanced Excel skills
- Excellent presentation skills
- You must have worked in the not-for-profit sector before. It is beneficial if this experience was within the charity sector
- Proven adaptability
Job Offer
This is the ideal position for someone looking to test their technical capabilities and improve their skill set, in what is a challenging role.
Do you have a passion for equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and would like the opportunity to help shape and develop an open, diverse workplace improving equality and inclusion for everyone?
This may be the role for you as we are looking for someone with the drive to help us to implement an organisational wide EDI strategy and plan to improve equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace
We're looking for someone who can make a difference in the organisation by using their ideas to help develop and implement our EDI strategy and plan to ensure we attract, recruit and retain a diverse workforce where difference is valued. Is this you?
You'll need to have experience of implementing a strategy and action plan to increase equality, diversity and inclusion and be able to articulate and communicate the case that looks to transform culture embracing valuing difference.
This is a one-year fixed term contract. The successful candidate will predominantly work from home during covid-19 but will require some travel to our sites.
In return, we offer an excellent opportunity to make a difference. We also offer a range of benefits that include our commitment to continual personal development (CPD) and a wide ranging wellbeing offer. You can find a full list of benefits on our website.
If you would like more information about the role or would be keen to have a confidential chat, please contact Stephen Vickers
The closing date is 13th December 2020
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Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
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Business Partner reporting into the Head of Business Partnering with responsibility for the management, budgeting and business partnering activities for a number of key departments.
Client Details
The organisation is a Membership body based in South East London. The membership body is one of the largest medical bodies in the UK and is heavily involved in the national response to the Coronavirus. The company is going through a significant period of change and as a result is looking to strengthen their finance team.
Description
The key responsibilities of the Finance Business Partner are:
- Providing support to Managers on all aspects of budgeting, financial performance reporting, forecasting and financial business analysis.
- Support the Manager to develop a series of Dashboards or other suitable reporting frameworks which provides insightful management reporting.
- To challenge business assumptions in forecasting and planning.
- Participate in a programme of cost/business reviews which delivers meaningful, timely and relevant financial business analysis.
- To take a key role to support the annual budgeting exercise for your business area and to develop a more responsive budgeting system which is aligned to strategic plans and delivers improved bottom line performance.
Profile
Business Partnering across multiple work streams is huge part of this role - the successful candidate must have exposure of this in a similar role. You will have a track record of engaging with management with the gravitas to support and influence decision making in the business, demonstrating tangible benefits. A self-starter approach is key, with a 'can-do' attitude and the ability to recognise opportunities and drive forward.
- The successful candidate for the Business Partner role, will be a CCAB qualified accountant with exposure to operating at similar level to the position.
- Ideally you will have exposure to working within the Membership, Not for Profit or Public Sector.
- Track record of engaging with management with the gravitas to support and influence decision making in the business, demonstrating tangible benefits.
- Ability to distil complex analysis and succinctly present findings.
- Previous experience of creating management reporting process and implementing financial controls across multiple departments.
Job Offer
£49,000-50,000, 26 Days Annual Leave and 9% Employer Pension contribution
HFT is a national charity that supports more than 3000 people to live with independence, choice, and with all the support they need and provides services to 1000’S more through our projects: Love2MeetU, personalised technology and Family Carer Support.
In response to the changing landscape across the learning disability sector, we are developing a new and exciting business strategy, which provides a framework detailing how we run our business support activities, processes and systems across the organisation.
As part of this new and exciting strategy HFT are looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner to the Northern Division based in our Wakefield office to help support our transformational journey over the forthcoming years.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new vision and influence and shape the direction of the charity with the wider finance team
As a Finance Business Partner you will:
- Support the management team and stakeholders from a financial and commercial point of view, helping to drive optimal business decisions and to deliver better financial performance.
- Support the management team and partner with key stakeholders in the relevant region, helping to improve overall service performance. The FBP will produce fee costings to maximise fee rates and insightful analysis to help to drive improvements in the cost base.
- Support the budget and forecast processes, helping to build realistic targets engaging with and working alongside operations and central stakeholders.
- Develop and deliver focused reporting and analysis to the operations and central teams.
- Support the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis and the wider Finance team as needed.
About you:
- Have experience of working in a finance business partnering role with a commercial
and pragmatic outlook, balancing financial targets with competing priorities. - Be a good relationship builder, who is supportive, able to build rapport and work
collaboratively with key stakeholders at all levels of the organisation. - Be a Qualified accountant - CIMA/ ACCA/ACA who has strong analytical and interpretation skills and flexible, and able to deal with changing and competing priorities
- Be organised and thorough, with an attention to detail and see things through to completion and be able to challenge in a constructive way
- Be self-motivated, resilient and have managed multiple workstreams over a successful career to date
- Have experience of budgeting and forecasting in a complex organisation and be able to work with stakeholders to deliver a budget in line with expectations
Up to £40,000 salary for a 35 hour week
car allowance of £320 per month
contributory pension scheme
up to 25 days holiday
private health cover
Finance Business Partner
Permanent
Salary up to £40,000 plus £320 per month car allowance and benefits
Multiple Locations across the UK
HFT is a national charity that supports more than 3000 people to live with independence, choice, and with all the support they need and provides services to 1000’S more through our projects: Love2MeetU, personalised technology and Family Carer Support.
In response to the changing landscape across the learning disability sector, we are developing a new and exciting business strategy, which provides a framework detailing how we run our business support activities, processes and systems across the organisation.
As part of this new and exciting strategy HFT are looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner to the Northern Division based in our Wakefield office to help support our transformational journey over the forthcoming years.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new vision and influence and shape the direction of the charity with the wider finance team
As a Finance Business Partner you will:
- support the management team and stakeholders from a financial and commercial point of view, helping to drive optimal business decisions and to deliver better financial performance.
- support the management team and partner with key stakeholders in the relevant region, helping to improve overall service performance. The FBP will produce fee costings to maximise fee rates and insightful analysis to help to drive improvements in the cost base.
- support the budget and forecast processes, helping to build realistic targets engaging with and working alongside operations and central stakeholders.
- develop and deliver focused reporting and analysis to the operations and central teams.
- support the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis and the wider Finance team as needed.
About you:
- Have experience of working in a finance business partnering role with a commercial and pragmatic outlook, balancing financial targets with competing priorities.
- Be a good relationship builder, who is supportive, able to build rapport and workcollaboratively with key stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
- Be a Qualified accountant - CIMA/ ACCA/ACA who has strong analytical and interpretation skills and flexible, and able to deal with changing and competing priorities
- Be organised and thorough, with an attention to detail and see things through to completion and be able to challenge in a constructive way
- Be self-motivated, resilient and have managed multiple workstreams over a successful career to date
- Have experience of budgeting and forecasting in a complex organisation and be able to work with stakeholders to deliver a budget in line with expectations
For more information please contact our retained consultant Nicola Shaw
Closing date 29th November
Interview date 14th December
Finance Business Partner: £55,000 + benefits, London | Croydon
For a global education company, we are recruiting a Finance Business Partner on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Head of Business Partnering, this role will deliver a high-quality finance service to decision makers across the UK and Ireland Regions. This will involve management and project accounting, performance monitoring (financial and non-financial), budgeting and forecasting, providing insightful analysis and recommendations, business cases and tenders. Based in London or Croydon, this role will have regular travel to either office as well as occasional travel overseas.
Main Duties:
- Key player in growth plans by supplying the business with expert financial and management accounting services
- Build relationships with Directors, budget holders and Departmental Heads
- Provide direction and robust challenge to non-finance staff
- Oversee general financial management and ensure the maintenance of accurate financial records, reconciliations and processing of journals
- Production of monthly management reporting packs, commentary and analysis of performance and trends
- Provision of regular insightful analysis for decision making including project and product performance reporting
- Work with stakeholders to complete financial forecasting, annual budgeting, business cases and tenders
- Implementation of new processes, systems and reporting techniques
Person Specification:
- ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified
- Advanced MS Excel skills and working knowledge of Sun Systems (ideally)
- Strong experience in a finance business partnering role
- Experience of working in a mutli-cultural and mutli-site organisation
- Experience of applying commercial principles to their analysis and recommendations
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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.
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If you are looking for a true Finance Business Partnering role focusing on analysis, strategy and business development, this position with an established international organisation might be the right next step for you.
Offering a top benefits package and the chance to be involved in an exciting development project, this role offers a great chance to step into a role focused on the analytical and strategic side of finance.
Reporting into the Head of Financial Planning, the Finance Business Partner will be responsible for;
- Building relationships with key senior stakeholders, driving financial understanding and working proactively to drive efficiencies and identify opportunities for income generation
- Managing budget setting and forecasting for key directorates
- Overseeing the management accounting and financial reporting for directorates
- Providing analysis and decision-making support for projects
The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA or CIMA) with a track record of Business Partnering in industry, either commercial or Not for Profit. Experience business partnering in an organisation with a significant property portfolio would be beneficial, but excellent analytical, relationship building and strategic skills are key.
If you are interested in this position, please apply early as interviews are being held as suitable applicants get in touch and this role may be filled before the closing date. For more information, contact Kate Marriott at Ivy Rock Partners.
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Finance Business Partner required to work with a prestigious not for profit organisation in London.
Your new company:
A charity with an income of over £40m. Although a not for profit organisation they have some commercial elements. This organisation would suit a candidate with an interest in education and cultural spaces.
Your new role:
- Deliver monthly and ad-hoc management reports
- Deliver an annual directorate budget
- Assist with and improve organisational business case preparation and tailoring of resources to achieve optimal strategic effectiveness
- Define and manage key stakeholder relationships to deliver improved financial performance, including technical financial support
- Improve the use of metrics within the Directorates to enable delivery of strategic objectives
- Implement and embed benchmarking to assist with performance assessment
What you'll need to succeed:
This role will suit a qualified accountant with previous experience in a similar role - Finance Business Partnering, Management Accounting or Project Accounting.
What you'll get in return
8% employer pension contribution, onsite gym, 27 days annual leave. A vibrant workplace with a diverse range of activities.
What you need to do now
Please apply ASAP to be considered. The organisation is considering applications now.
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Full-time (35 hours per week) job share or substantial part-time applications welcome
Society Building, London N1, with flexibility to regularly work from home/home-based, with occasional travel to the office
Closing date: 10am Wednesday 9 December 2020
Interviews: Thurs 17th 13.00 – 17.00; Fri 18th 09.00 – 17.00; Mon 21st 09.00 – 17.00
NCVO is transforming the way it works. With a new strategic direction and leadership team, we are determined to work with our members so that charities and volunteering can thrive. As the country recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic and renews itself, charities and volunteering aren’t just vital support systems for communities in need – they’re at the heart of how people want to lead their lives.
As Director of Finance and Services, you will play a key role in the ongoing business transformation of NCVO as well as contributing to the strategic leadership of NCVO. As part of our new leadership team and a director of our trading board, you will take lead responsibility for NCVO’s income generation and financial sustainability, including managing our largest financial asset - our building in King’s Cross. You’ll lead our thinking on how to adapt commercially to a post Covid-19 world, making best use of our technology and assets, identifying new opportunities for sustainable growth and impact. Working alongside our members and our corporate partners. you’ll also lead and shape the future of the services that we provide to our growing body of 15,000 members, helping us to refocus our digital services offer as we shift to different models of delivery.
This is a fantastic challenge at a time of considerable change and uncertainty. We’re looking for an experienced leader who can combine financial acumen and commercial awareness with an open and supportive style. As our lead financial professional you will have an accountancy qualification, allied with an ability to see the big picture, spot opportunities, and manage risk. You will have considerable experience working at a senior level. While we do not have preconceived ideas about what sectors the successful candidate will have worked in, it is essential that you have an understanding of and passion for the voluntary sector.
You’ll be comfortable with change, and able to inspire the confidence of staff, trustees and other stakeholders at all levels, and from all backgrounds. Like many organisations, at present, that includes being able to build and support teams remotely. We’re changing how we work in other ways too, and you’ll bring a strong commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, as well as an open and collaborative approach that sees NCVO as part of a wider network for change.
NCVO is fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in our sector. We want this to be reflected in the diversity of the people who work for us and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and identities. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are under-represented in NCVO, particularly at senior level. As part of our commitment to employing disabled people, all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirement for all competencies on the person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.
How to apply
Please visit our website for further information and to apply.
About NCVO
NCVO supports volunteering and charities.
We believe that the work of volunteers and charities make our communities stronger and the world around us better, for everyone.
Our members are at the heart of our mission. We work collaboratively with our 15,000-strong network of national and local organisations. We share practical support and new insight so that people and organisations can focus on making a difference. And we work alongside our members to ensure that the essential role of volunteers and charities is widely recognised.
NCVO is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone.
Benefits for NCVO employees
NCVO offers attractive benefits including: 25 days’ annual leave (for full time staff and pro-rata for part-time staff) and the option to purchase up to 5 more days each year, take 35 hours of volunteering leave per year, subsidised gym membership, season ticket loan, flexible working including opportunities to work from home/off-site, generous contributions to a stakeholder pension scheme and training and development opportunities. We are located a short walk from London King’s Cross station in a modern accessible building, overlooking Regent’s canal.
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Our partner has played a key role in supporting the most vulnerable people during the COVID-19 crisis in the UK. As a result of an increase in the demand for the crucial services they provide, they have grown rapidly and are at an interesting phase in the development of their finance function. Specifically for this role, they are seeking a candidate to offer full financial management of a substantial new grant received, and additionally support them through the current phase of growth, increased volume and complexity of activity.
Responsibilities
- Lead on the full cycle management of the grant, including designing and strengthening processes and controls, providing oversight of coding and entering transactions, making corrections as required, and reconciling data.
- Supporting budget holders in all aspects of grants compliance, monitoring and reporting.
- Undertake programmes finance analysis and support in the development of reports for internal and external stakeholders.
- Support in the preparation of the donor audit.
- Act as a business partner to the programmes team, providing accounting & financial support, analysis and identifying risks in order to better assist resource allocation and decision making within the organisation.
Requirements
- An experienced accountant (qualified or finalist) with experience in a finace role delivering a large, complex project.
- A commercial background, ideally within logistics or retail, and a strong understanding of charity finance, including grants compliance and monitoring.
- Good systems experience, intermediate/advanced knowledge of Excel.
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work successfully with finance and non-finance staff, and engage a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Whilst this role is home-based, it is only open to those candidates who have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship. This is a 6 month contract. Immediate start preferred, with the organsiation open to candidates who are able to start latest by early January 2021.
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Location: London, scope for home-working
Salary banding: £22-24k depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Overview
Street Child are looking for a Finance Assistant to support across all Street Child Group financials. You will be responsible for compiling, analysing and processing all Street Child Group financial transactions, providing vital support to our core finance team. We are looking for an individual with good book-keeping knowledge, a strong attention to detail and experience working in a similar role. Street Child is a growing organization and this junior role will provide an excellent opportunity for a positive ‘can-do’ candidate to gain experience within a fast moving international development charity.
Organisational Background
Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 338,000 children to go to school and learn and supported over 29,000 families to set up businesses so they can afford the cost of educating their children.
Key Responsibilities
Accounts Receivable (40%)
- Supporting with work on accounts receivable including accessing, downloading and saving in a systematic manner reports from donor portals.
- Analysing the data from the donor portals to summarise the information in Excel so that it is in the correct format to be uploaded to the Finance system.
- Maintaining details of cheques received.
- Issuing donor receipts.
- Raising donor invoices and requests for payments.
- Any other responsibilities relating to Accounts Receivable.
Accounts Payable (40%)
- Recording all approved supplier invoices and staff expenses in the accounting system ensuring that they are all appropriately coded to the correct cost centres and projects and invoices are uploaded into the finance system.
- Ensuring that all invoices for payment are appropriately approved by budget holder.
- Setting up payments on online banking platforms and sending out requests for payment approvals from payment authorisers.
- Reviewing staff expense claims to ensure that all supporting documentation is provided before payment.
- Managing monthly staff credit card reconciliations.
- Any other responsibilities relating to Accounts Payable.
Month end support (20%)
- Complete bank reconciliations each month for all group bank accounts.
- Ensuring supporting information for transactions is correctly stored in electronic format such as bank statements, remittance advices and credit statements.
- Assist in preparation of internal reports.
- Entering Gift Aid data onto Gift Aid returns and assisting with compilation of information for Gift Aid returns.
- General support and assistance to the team including administrative duties.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- 5 GCSE at Grade C or above including English and Maths
- Post-GCSE qualification such as A-Level or T-Level or equivalent
- Good book-keeping knowledge
Desirable
- Part qualified AAT
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- IT Literate with strong excel skills
- Experience of working in a similar role
Desirable
- Charity or third sector experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Attention to detail
- Highly organised and self-motivated
- Flexible and able to manage multiple tasks at one time.
- Good written, verbal and presentation skills
Desirable
- Shows initiative in identifying problems and posing solutions
- Persistence and tenacity
Other
Essential
- Proactive communication style including keeping team-members informed and updated as necessary
- Not afraid to ask for help!
- Work cooperatively and collaboratively with other departments and other external contacts
- Good interpersonal skills
How to apply
Please click 'Apply' to view contact information and how to submit your CV and Application Form for consideration. We will review applications as they are received and reserve the right to bring forward the closing date. Our interview process will involve a written assessment, followed by two interviews. Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy. Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
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