This is a fantastic opportunity for a finalist or qualified finance professional to join a wonderful charity as a Financial Accountant, gaining support and development in post.

Marie Curie helps people living with a terminal illness and their loved ones make the most of the time they have together by delivering expert hands-on care, emotional support, research and guidance. The underlying income of the charity is just over £140m per annum, and the Financial Accountant will be an important and broad role, best suited to someone offering a background in financial accounting for a medium/large sized finance function or audit firm.

Job Responsibilities

• The purpose of this role is to support the Financial Controller in ensuring the accuracy of the Trial Balance by preparing regular reports and analysis for review. You will co-ordinate the monthly process to review Balance Sheet Reconciliations and to ensure a strong control environment, particularly through regular review of key processes.  You will also be required to carry out any changes required to the Chart of Accounts and check regularly to ensure that it remains fit for purpose.  Ensure accurate reporting of the Balance Sheet and reserves for the Consolidated Monthly Accounts and other ad hoc reports.
• The postholder will maintain an accurate Fixed Asset Register through regular postings, based on review and liaison with Budget Holders. Prepare capital expenditure reports and support in ensuring that all payroll costs are accurately reflected in the Trial Balance.
• Preparing timely and accurate VAT returns any handling other tax related queries whilst supporting the year end process to deliver a clean audit and accurate and timely Annual Accounts, including preparation of audit schedules and accounts for Financial Controller review.
• Preparation of cash flow reports and forecasts for Financial Controller review is also part of this role.

For more detailed information on this role, please contact Michael Quest of Ivy Rock Partners to discuss in detail and request the job description.

Key Timings:

• Closing Date:  31st July 2020 (subject to change)
• Interview date: 5th - 7th August 2020

Financial Accountant position working for a leading Housing Association in central London. The position reports into the Head of Financial accounting and effectively acts as the deputy in the preparation of the organisations statutory accounts. This is a great role for someone that had recently qualified and is looking for a broad technical position.

Client Details

The organisation exist to provide affordable housing to those that need it and has over 20,000 homes in London and the South East. Housing associations are seen as a key market to protect in the current environment, as they often looks after some of the most vulnerable within our society.

Description

The Financial Accountant position will involve the following responsibilities:

• Line manage 1 finance assistant providing support, training and development opportunities.
• Responsible for all the financial accounting activities and financial control monitoring
• Maintain and develop accounts payable and receivable services.
• Produce cash flow reports and forecasts.
• Manage all restricted funding and ensure all funds are agreed and utilised in line with business aims.
• Manage payroll accounts
• Maintain compliance with HRMC gift aid requirements and prepare VAT returns for the organisation.
• Produce and review annual reports and month-end balance sheet reconciliations.
• Liaise with external advisors on tax efficiencies

Profile

Essential:

• Newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Exposure to the preparation of statutory accounts and ideally hands on experience of preparing them yourself.
• Excellent analytical skills to review data effectively.
• Experience of developing complex spreadsheet models for record keeping and reporting financial information with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills across a range of audiences.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and experience of managing VAT, Gift Aid, and tax matters.
• Experience of working within the property/housing sector.
• Technical understanding of Housing SORP.

Job Offer

£50,000-55,000 + Excellent benefits

I am currently looking for an experienced part qualified ClMA/ACCA (or equivalent body) Finance Assistant for 3 months, to work for an amazing international animal charity. You will be responsible for supporting the Assistant Financial Accountant in ensuring the month-end is processed timely, effectively and efficiently that supports the accurate reporting of the financial accounts. Provide first line cover for Income Processing and support the team in automating the monthly income reconciliation process.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:
Payments:
Communicate and coordinate the timely receipt of grant payment requests from country Finance teams in accordance with the Finance timetable.
Review the grant payment request with associated backup for accuracy and revert to country finance teams for any clarifications.
Ensure any deductions to country programmes grants are processed accurately and cross-charging by country programmes to UK departments are processed accurately.
Ensure the grant is processed in line with the Restricted Funds tracker and reconciled on a quarterly basis.
Submit grant payment requests for approval by FBP International Programmes

Balance Sheet:
Prepare the monthly reconciliation of all Balance Sheet accounts (except: Suppliers Statements) and ensuring the timely processing of any correcting journals.
Maintain a file of all balance sheet reconciliations with appropriate backup for review on a
monthly basis.
Preparation of the quarterly VAT returns and related calculations and journals.

Fixed Asset Management:
Maintain the SUN fixed asset register, ensuring that depreciation is correctly calculated and posted to the accounts.
Reconcile the SUN fixed asset register to the IT listing of assets monthly for review.

Statutory Audit:
Support the Assistant Financial Accountant in addressing the points raised by the auditors as a result of any assurance work they have conducted or the annual statutory audit.

Financial Processes:
Reconcile and post investment income to SUN on a monthly basis.
Provide first line cover for Income Processing.
Provide second line cover for the management of Petty Cash.
Actively participate in Finance Team meetings.

If you have the above skills and experience and are immediately available, please apply online today!

A medium-sized charity are looking for a technically gifted financial accountant to support the finance team, are you a part qualified accountant, familiar with the nuances of charity accounting?

The requirements for this role include:

• Familiarity with Charity SORP
• Advanced excel skills (including VLookups, Pivot tables and ideally macros)
• Experience of working within the finance function of a charity or non profit organisation

In this role you will utilise your high level of technical finance skill to further the charitable activities of this well known organisation. The finance team is small and in the medium term, there will be opportunities for line management and progression.

Benefits for the role include:

• An annual salary of £35,000 - £40,000 depending on experience
• Study support as you complete your accountancy qualifications
• Working from home up to 2 days a week when the organisation is back in the office

If you are interested in this role, please apply with an up to date CV to be considered.

 

Marie Curie provide care and support for people across the UK living with any terminal illness. An opportunity to join this life-changing charity has arisen, as Marie Curie are looking for a finalist or qualified Financial Accountant to join the finance team alongside the new Financial Controller.

This role will be ideal for a person who is a finalist or fully qualified with experience in either an audit firm or in a large finance function.

Responsibilities

• Support the Financial Controller in ensuring the accuracy of the Trial Balance by preparing regular reports and analysis for review, coordinating monthly process to review balance sheet reconciliations and to ensure a strong control environment, particularly through regular review of key processes.
• Maintaining an accurate Fixed Asset Register through regular postings, based on review and liaison with Budget Holders. Prepare capital expenditure reports and support in ensuring that all payroll costs are accurately reflected in the Trial Balance.
• Preparing timely and accurate VAT returns any handling other tax related queries whilst supporting the year end process to deliver a clean audit.
• Preparation of cash flow reports and forecasts for Financial Controller.

Requirements for the role:

• Extensive financial accounting and tax experience in roles within a medium/large sized finance function or audit firm
• Knowledge of key principles and concepts needed for strong financial controls (Charity sector specific knowledge is desirable)
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Recognised accountancy qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or CIPFA)
• Ability to understand complex processes and drive through improvements

Timings:

• Closing Date:  31st July 2020 (applications being reviewed on a rolling basis)
• Interview date: 5th - 7th August 2020

To find out more, please contact Emma Jaggs at Allen Lane for an informal conversation, or apply below to be considered.

Senior Financial Accountant, 40 - 45K + Benefits, London | Remote

For a renowned international charity, we are recruiting a Senior Financial Accountant to lead in the development and integration of financial reporting in Overseas Offices and in ensuring the Regional Office finance functions and reporting methods are fit for purpose. Reporting to the Financial Accounting Manager, this role will liaise with Overseas Finance teams, Regional Directors, Management Accounts, Procurement, Global Operations, Audit, and Legal Team.

Main Duties:

• Work with overseas offices in developing statutory financial reporting
• Coordinate overseas offices Year-End financial close process
• Prepare templates for consolidating overseas offices financial results into the Statutory Accounts, resolving any technical reporting issues
• Design and conduct internal Audits in overseas offices and reporting to Finance and Audit Committee and overseas office Directors
• Develop and improve internal Audit delivery for overseas offices and manage implementation of Internal Audit Function
• Review monthly balance sheet reconciliations and improve balance sheet controls
• Ensure intercompany transactions are recorded and reconciled
• Promote improvement of financial accounting processes and strengthening of controls in London and overseas
• Point of contact for financial queries including accounting treatment, reporting issues, technical systems, and payroll
• Provide assistant with the use of IS systems and support AP decentralise system processes
• Review and approve payment requests, international payments, and supplier BACS submissions

Person Specification:

• ACA or CCAB qualified with strong financial accounting and controls experience
• First-rate communication skills and the ability to liaise with dispersed stakeholders whilst maintaining influence and emotional sensitivity
• External or internal audit experience and preparation of Statutory Accounts
• Experience in a large international dynamic organisation
• Ideally advanced Excel, Sun, and Vision experience
• Development of training materials and best practice procedure guides

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We are delighted to be partnering with the English National Opera, a nationally recognised arts charity, renowned for both their breath-taking productions and outreach work.

Currently going through a finance transformation project, this is a very exciting time to join as Financial Accountant, as you will be part of an established charity that is devising and implementing fresh ideas.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Running month end processes by processing various income and expenditure items including their reconciliation
• Preparing balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly basis
• Preparing and submitting the quarterly VAT and withholding tax returns
• Overall responsibility for all capital expenditure including budgets, maintaining the fixed asset register and posting monthly depreciation
• Assisting with the preparation of the statutory accounts including auditors lead schedules
• Preparing the monthly cashflow
• To challenge financial processes and work with the HOF to improve the control environment in the organisation

To be the right person for this role, you will have had experience of different accounting cycles and will be methodical with strong problem solving capabilities. Your excel skills will be excellent and you will be a qualified finance professional who is keen to learn and progress their career.

Video interviews are being held in the second week of August, however outstanding candidates may be able to be seen early, so apply now or contact Emma Jaggs at Allen Lane to find out more.

Senior Financial Accountant

For the past 50 years Amnesty International (AI) has brought people together to fight for human rights. Joining us as our Senior Financial Accountant, you will provide financial control and support for our human rights activity across the global organisation.

About the role

Building relationships with finance managers and regional directors in many different countries and cultures, you will be a vital support to help them embed excellent financial processes. Using your experience of financial accounting and controls, you will standardise and streamline procedures across the Global Finance Function. Communication skills and the ability to write briefly, clearly and persuasively are essential to develop training materials, manuals and checklists to ensure overseas colleagues work effectively and consistently. You will design and conduct internal audits and report findings directly to the Finance and Audit Committee. You will further influence key decision makers through working closely with the Senior Director of Global Operations and regional directors. Keen analytical and IT skills will be needed to troubleshoot issues and ensure systems and processes are efficient and effective.

To be successful in this role you will need to be:

• willing to challenge accepted practice and to continuously improve ways of working;
• able to build productive and collaborative relationships with colleagues around the world; and
• a competent project manager, with the ability to innovate

About you

Key competencies required include proven experience of leading organisational change and applying good practice in financial controls, preferably in an international environment. The ability to build trust and collaboration with colleagues at all levels internationally is essential.

Providing critical support to the Financial Accounting Manager, you will demonstrate that you are a team player who can manage your own workload, prioritise effectively, and achieve multiple tasks within tight timelines. A solid experience of Excel is essential.

ACA (or equivalent) qualified with a strong technical background and an eye for detail, you will be ready to take full advantage of the range of opportunities to put your excellent relationship skills and technical knowledge into practice.

About us

Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. We reach almost every country in the world and have:

• more than 2 million members and supporters who drive forward our fight for rights
• more than 5 million activists who strengthen our calls for justice

Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they're denied. And whether we're applying pressure through powerful research or direct lobbying, mass demonstrations or online campaigning, we're all inspired by hope for a better world. One where human rights are respected and protected by everyone, everywhere.

At Amnesty International, we are passionate about what we do and we are proud of our achievements as a movement. To compensate our employees for the wonderful work they do, we reward them through a combination of an attractive and sector competitive salary and benefits package, high levels of engagement and involvement, and a commitment to employee development.

Benefits include 37 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays and grace days), pension scheme, employee assistance programme, life assurance and many more benefits designed to suit your own personal lifestyle. All of this, in a professional, engaging environment.

For further information on our benefits, please visit

What we hope you will do next

If you are talented, passionate about human rights and want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to change the world then we would encourage you to click 'Apply for this Role' below.

Freedom, Justice, Equality. Let's get to work.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.

Management Accountant

An exciting opportunity for a part qualified management accountant has arisen at one of London’s fastest growing educational charities. A commercially minded and forward organisation, this role will suit someone who has experience in either the charity or education sector. If you are a part qualified finance professional, with excellent management accounting experience, this could be the right role for you!

The responsibilities for this role include creating the monthly management packs by liaising with mid-level and senior stakeholders across the organisation, working with budget holders on their accruals, deferments and budgets, supporting the Head of Finance as necessary. You will sit as part of a fairly small finance team, so must be able to work outside your job description, gaining exposure to a range of charitable financial activities.

Requirements:

· You must have at least 2 years management accounting experience, with exposure to the full management accounting pack and ideally have written or produced commentary

· You will be part qualified, with the desire to qualify in the next few years (there will be opportunities to work outside your job description on other exciting projects)

· You have worked with accruals, deferments and journals, and are able to apply your technical knowledge in ways that are easily understandable to non-finance professionals

· You will be articulate, emotionally intelligent and bright, with excellent attention to detail and organisation skills

Benefits:

· Study support including 5 extra days leave a year and money towards your studies

· Salary of £32,000 to £37,000 per annum

· Working in a close knit, friendly team in an artistic and expressive space

If you are interested in this role, please apply to find out more.

Finance Manager, reporting to the Assistant Director of Finance and responsible for crucial management reporting, analysis and finance business partnering for a key business area of a large housing and property business in East London.

Client Details

This organisation is one of the leading housing organisations in London and the UK, owning and managing over 100,000 homes across the UK. The organisation is known for its excellent treatment of its staff and has be awarded various prizes for this.

Description

• Budgeting and forecasting

• Finance business partnering across various key stakeholders, at all levels.

• Preparing accurate and timely management accounting

• Ad hoc analysis and reporting as required

• Medium/Long term planning, financial modelling

Profile

You will be a CCAB qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA,CIMA or Similar) with strong technical and commercial finance understanding. An ability to work closely with non-finance stakeholders and support decision making is absolutely crucial for success for this role and experience working in a business partnering position would be highly beneficial.

Job Offer

Salary £45,000 to £50,000

Excellent benefits including pension, annual leave, medical provider

Our partner is a leading humanitarian and development organisation. They are seeking a Management and Project Accountant to support and establish sound financial systems in line with the needs of the organisation. 

Key Responsiblities Include:

• Monthly management accounts preparation.
• Quaretly financial report preparation - for both Trustee and Board approval.
• Maintain integrity of the financial information; review grant agreements, transfers and international invoice payments; review accounting processes & controls, and propose actions to mitigate any risks and implement process improvements as appropriate.
• Provide finance support and financial management surge support to international teams as required.

Person Specification

• Qualified accountant with experience of working in international development and/or non-profits.
• Experience of developing financial systems to support international operations
• Experience with institutional donors, including budget proposal development, budget management, grants compliance & reporting.
• Flexible, able to adapt to workload and changing priorities as required
• Excellent communication skills – able to communicate to finance and non-finance staff.
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*Please note this role is only open to candidates with the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship. Our partner is considering candidates on a rolling basis, and therefore early applications are strongly advised.

Please note that the salary range for qualified candidates will be £37,922-£44,336, plus £4,000 accountancy allowance.
The salary range for part-qualified candidates will be £33,107-£38,618, plus £2,000 accountancy allowance.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is at the heart of the government’s economic and social agendas. A quarter of UK businesses are in our sectors and are among the most exciting and fastest growing of the whole economy. They provide 5.2 million jobs and deliver £38bn worth of exports. Our mission is to drive growth, enrich lives and promote Britain to the world. 

The Reporting & Management Accounting Manager is a new role which is being created as part of a transformation of the DCMS Finance team. This change involves bringing management accounting and reporting tasks out of the Finance Business Partnering (FBP) team and into a central hub. This will facilitate more consistent, efficient and dynamic reporting, as well as greater efficiency in routine management accounting tasks. It will enable the Finance Business Partners (FBPs) to focus on value-added activities supporting the department’s policy teams and over 40 arm’s-length bodies.

This role is an opportunity to help establish and shape the MA Hub function. Most of the reporting within the remit of this role currently resides within the FBP team and needs to be centralised and overhauled. The role-holder will also work with the FBPs to design and produce new reporting to address currently unmet needs. They will develop a broad understanding of DCMS’s core policy areas and systems and be challenged to make newly-centralised routine management accounting processes as efficient as possible.

Key responsibilities are as follows:

• Produce monthly core department budget holder reports and Director General reports, ensuring that these reports fully and accurately reflect actuals, forecasts and budgets; reconcile to department funding and agreed delegations; and enable sufficient insight for review by various stakeholders
• Coordinate and optimise the process flow for the monthly update of core budget forecasts, and upload forecasts to the finance system
• Work with the Finance Business Intelligence team to test, trial and design more dynamic, efficient reporting using data infrastructure improvements currently in the pipeline, such as a database and business intelligence tool.
• Improve reporting by providing insight into predicted future performance and the robustness of forecasts through analysis of run rates and prior year comparisons
• Prepare and post journals, including re-accruals, reallocations and payroll adjustments.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Be a fully- or part-qualified CCAB or CIMA accountant with excellent spreadsheet skills 
• Have a collaborative approach and the ability to work well with others, as well as working well under own initiative
• Knowledge of central government accounting and budgeting rules (desirable)
• Experience of creating reports in reporting tools like Power BI, Tableau, Qlik or Google Data Studio (desirable)
• Experience in an FP&A or other reporting-focused role, and/or in a management accounting role with a significant reporting element (desirable).

For more information or an informal discussion, please apply via the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Stuart Thomson at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

Finance Administration Assistant – Contract
Central London (currently remote based due to COVID-19)

Are you a finance professional with great multi-tasking skills? Want to take on an engaging contract with an organisation that’s making a positive impact on the UK education system? If so, read on.

About Us

We are the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), an independent grant-making charity that is committed to ensuring that children from all backgrounds can fulfil their potential and make the most of their talents.

We offer grants to a variety of organisations, such as schools, local authorities and charities, to trial new ways of helping 3 – 18 year olds succeed, whether that’s improving their educational performance, giving them valuable life skills or preparing them for the world of work or further study.

COVID-19 has had a significant impact on pupils’ learning. In response to the unprecedented closure of schools to most pupils, we’ve helped launch the National Tutoring Programme, as well as a range of resources to support home learning.

We’re currently looking for a Finance Administration Assistant to join us on a 12 month fixed-term contract and provide additional finance support to all areas of the National Tutoring Programme and EEF’s work.

The Benefits

- Salary of £20,000 - £27,000 per annum DOE
- Flexible start and end working times (core hours between 10am and 4pm)
- Flexible working opportunities
- 27 days’ holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays
- Pension matched with a 5% employer contribution
- Life insurance cover
- Interest-free season ticket loan and cycle scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave pay (conditions apply)
- Confidential Employee Assistance Programme to help you deal with any personal and professional problems

This is a brilliant opportunity to gain experience in the charity sector while supporting the day-to-day running of an organisation that’s striving to break the link between family income and educational achievement.

You’ll join our talented Finance and Administration team, who are integral to our success. As part of this team, you’ll help to maximise the impact of our resources and ensure that we deliver a service that’s high performing, agile and focused on delivering excellent results.

The Role

As a Finance Administration Assistant, you will support the smooth running of our Finance function.

Working with the Finance Officer and Head of Finance & Operations, you will:

- Act as the first point of contact for finance-related queries
- Process a high volume of invoices and expense claims
- Reconcile supplier statements
- Process agreements with tutoring organisations
- Maintain accurate records

About You

To join us as a Finance Administration Assistant, you’ll need:

- Previous experience as a finance administrator/assistant or similar
- Experience with accounting software, such as QuickBooks, Salesforce or Concur
- A good understanding of financial procedures
- Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel to create spreadsheets, charts and formulas
- Strong numeracy skills and acute attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A genuine interest in the education sector and a commitment to the aims and mission of the EEF

Ideally, you will be educated to degree level and working towards an accountancy qualification. Experience of working in an education, charity or not-for-profit environment would also be an advantage, as would experience of working in a fast-paced finance function, ideally in the charity sector.

Other organisations may call this role Finance Administrator, Finance Assistant, Accounts Assistant, Accounts Administrator, or Finance Clerk.

The EEF is committed to creating a diverse environment and ensuring that all qualified applicants receive equal consideration for employment. We are committed to fair and inclusive recruitment practices (and are open to job shares, secondments, part time and flexible working schedules).

So, if you are seeking your next challenge as our Finance Administration Assistant, please select the apply button shown to be brought to our website. 

You will be asked to submit your CV and a covering letter. Your covering letter should be no more than 700 words and should outline (1) your particular interest in this position at the EEF, and (2) how you think you match what we’re looking for, drawing on specific examples.

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Allen Lane is working with a high profile charity in the recruitment of an interim Director of Finance.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer this post is the key role in providing financial information and strategic advice to the treasurer and trustees. This interim will lead a review of the financial controls and procedures to ensure that they are appropriate for a more flexible way of working and will support the Head of Finance in optimising the performance of the accounting software. The delivery of yearend accounts (September) and subsequent audit is a key deliverable.