Assistant management accountant jobs
Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge in Finance? A position has arisen at SolarAid for a UK Management Accountant to provide key accounting support for SolarAid UK and the SolarAid Group.
Location: London, UK (Hybrid working possible)
Contract: Full time
Salary: Either £36,600 to £41,300 (depending on experience) if you are fully qualified or £27,300 to £31,500 plus a contribution towards your study package if you are not
Closing date: Midnight on 31st October, 2025
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join SolarAid’s dynamic and growing team. This is key role within the organisation, working with the Director of Finance and Organisational Effectiveness, Group Financial Controller and with the Finance Teams in Malawi and Zambia. The role would particularly suit someone who is taking professional accountancy exams either CCAB or AAT.
The successful candidate will be used to working within a busy and fast paced environment and have the ability to work with colleagues of all levels across the business.
There is no time like the present to take a stand for people and the planet. We can’t wait to have you join the SolarAid team.
At SolarAid, our mission means we strive to ensure everyone has the chance to thrive & find their place in the world. This means we celebrate diverse communities and different individuals' cultures. As an equal-opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring we create a supportive environment where everyone can succeed.
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The Trainee Assistant Accountant will support the Finance Director in maintaining accurate financial records, preparing budgets, and producing financial reports. This role includes a fully funded training pathway toward an AAT qualification, incorporating structured day-release study.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in maintaining accurate financial records and accounting systems, ensuring compliance with financial regulations and internal controls.
- Support the preparation, monitoring, and reporting of organisational budgets.
- Assist in preparing and distributing regular financial reports to internal team members and the board of directors.
- Provide administrative and practical support for the month-end and year-end accounting processes.
- Assist with the management of purchase and sales ledgers.
- Maintain organised filing systems (both electronic and paper-based) for finance documentation.
- Support routine reconciliations of bank statements and accounts.
- Contribute proactively to financial process improvements and efficiency initiatives.
- Engage fully with the AAT qualification, managing coursework and exams effectively.
The VCS Alliance is a dynamic and collaborative organisation dedicated to transforming health and social care across Bradford District and Craven. Our mission is to work in partnership with local health, social care, and support providers to create a more integrated and effective care system.
We manage Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) representation in different partnership groups associated with health and social care, and co-ordinate the local VCSE Sector to deliver different health and social care projects across Bradford District and Craven.
Our four strategic aims are:
- We will remain a transforming force in Health, Social Care, and the community.
- We will nurture our team and put them at the heart of everything we do.
- We will develop a robust internal infrastructure.
- We will create a culture of continual learning and development.
Details
Job Title: Trainee Assistant Accountant
Department: Finance
Reports To: Finance Director
Location: Hybrid working (Bradford office, college, remote working)
Hours: Full-time (Flexible working hours between 8am–6pm, Monday to Friday)
Salary Range: £23,000–£25,000 per annum, dependent on experience
Contract Type: Permanent
Application Deadline: 3pm Monday 27th October 2025
Interview Date: Wednesday 5th November
Applying: Read the full Job Description and then the Job Application Pack below for how to apply
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Assistant Accountant
Department: Finance and Services
Responsible to: Finance Manager
Location: South Kensington, London SW7
Working Pattern: 35 hours a week (2 days in the office)
Terms: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: £34,000 - £36,000
The Society
The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) is the learned society and professional body for geography and geographers. It is also a charity and a membership organisation. The Society was founded in 1830 and has been one of the most active of the learned societies ever since. It was pivotal in establishing geography as a teaching and research discipline in British universities and continues to play a key role in geographical and environmental education.
The Society is a leading world centre for geographical learning – supporting education, teaching, research, professional practice and scientific expeditions, as well as promoting public understanding and enjoyment of geography and providing advice to policymakers.
The Society offers professional accreditation to members through Chartered Geographer status. The Society is based in a listed building in its own grounds in Kensington opposite Hyde Park, and operates nine regional branches in the UK and two overseas.
The Position
We are seeking a full time Assistant Accountant to support timely processing of financial transactions, accurate accounting, consistency of financial records, supporting the year-end close.
As the Assistant Accountant, you will become an integral part of our dedicated team, ensuring the smooth functioning of financial operations.
Duties and responsibilities
- Maintain and improve accounts receivable processes – review and issue of sales invoices, and debt recovery, and follow-up invoicing queries.
- Recording receipts – subscriptions, legacies, grants, gift aid and investment income.
- Manage and reconcile payments, including direct debits, credit card expenses, and PDQ receipts.
- Perform accurate cash and bank reconciliations and updates of bank and deposit balances.
- Reconciliation of receipts in the financial system and the CRM system.
- Perform monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts, including prepayments, accruals, and other key ledger accounts.
- Assist with VAT returns, ensuring compliance with accurate coding and reporting.
- Support the Finance Manager with the month-end process, including posting month-end journals and assisting with the preparation of month-end reports.
- Assist with year-end processes, including preparing schedules and supporting documentation for auditors.
- Oversee and manage multiple shared finance mailboxes.
- Support internal stakeholders with finance queries.
- Undertake ad hoc general accounting tasks as required.
Salary and Benefits
This is a permanent, full-time post subject to successful completion of a probationary period of three months. The salary range for this post is £34,000-£36,000 per annum depending on experience and qualifications. The post is based in Kensington, London.
There are a range of benefits at the Society which include the following:
- 35-hour working week with core working hours between 10.00am and 4.00pm.
- Flexible working arrangements are available with a mix of office based and home working.
- 25 days annual leave per annum, pro rata, plus public bank holidays.
- Society closure between Christmas and New Year, in addition to the basic annual leave allowance.
- Pension scheme - 3% employee, 7.5% employer.
- Group Life Assurance at four-times basic annual salary.
- Corporate eye care vouchers.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Free 24-hour Employee Assistance helpline with available counselling support.
Closing date: 5.00pm on 31 October 2025.
Interviews are planned to take place on 3 November 2025.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
The Society aims to be an equal opportunities employer.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. The Society is unable to offer work visa sponsorships.
We thank, in advance, all candidates for applying and regret we are unable to write separately to those who are not selected for interview.
No agencies please.
Senior Financial Accountant - Restricted Income
Reference: OCT20254404
Location: Flexible in UK
Contract: 12 months, fixed term
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £47,313.00 - £50,309.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
Are you a qualified accountant looking to make meaningful impact? This is an exciting opportunity to join the RSPB’s dynamic Finance team and contribute to one of the UK’s most influential conservation charity. With an annual income exceeding £170m and over 1.15 million members, the RSPB combines charitable impact with a substantial commercial operation - offering you both challenge and opportunity.
This role plays a pivotal part in embedding the Overhead Cost Recovery (OCR) internal recharge mechanism into our financial operations. The OCR initiative is designed to improve how we cost projects and recover overheads, aiming to deliver a net financial benefit of approximately £1million annually. By supporting this initiative, you will help drive financial sustainability, improve cost transparency, and enable better decision making across the organisation.
As a Senior Financial Accountant - Restricted Income, you will be a key member of the Financial Planning & Reporting team. Your responsibilities will include:
- Implementing the OCR mechanism: - set-up coding structures and integrate overhead recovery into financial systems and reporting templates.
- Project-level financial management: - Execute debits/credits, track overhead recovery, and monitor funding gaps using a standard 15% OCR rate.
- Stakeholder engagement: - Collaborate with Project Managers and Fundraisers to assess and communicate OCR funding status.
- Financial Planning and modelling: - Prepare and present budgetary analysis, support strategic decision-making, and contribute to long term financial planning.
- FCR tool ownership: - Maintain and update the Full Cost Recovery Projects costing tool and associated guidance, ensuring effective training and usage.
This role offers the opportunity to influence financial strategy and improve operational efficiency across a complex and diverse organisation.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
Qualification:
- Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
Skills:
- Strong analytical and financial modelling skills.
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance audiences.
- Advanced excel skills.
Knowledge:
- Solid understanding of financial management and processes and double-entry accounting.
- Familiarity with financial management standards and charity sector regulations.
Experience:
- Proven management accounting experience.
- Track record of delivering projects that improve profitability or efficiency.
- Experience preparing reports for external stakeholders (e.g. HMRC, Charity Commission)
Desirable Attributes:
- Experience with accounting software within a medium sized organisation.
- Experience of liaising with auditors, trustees, and regulatory bodies
Additional information:
- This role is remote, but occasional travel to RSPB HQ in Sandy and other UK locations may be required. Overnight stays may be necessary.
- This is a 12-months fixed-term full-time role for 37.5 hours per week.
- The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.
- You will be expected to support our Environmental Policy and promote sustainability in your work.
- Volunteers are integral to the RSPB’s mission - staff are encouraged to support and collaborate with them.
Closing date: 23:59, Sunday, 2nd November 2025
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 10 November, 2025.
Please note that we will be actively recruiting for this role and reserve the right to close this vacancy should sufficient applications be received.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.
The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.
As part of this application you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete a short form with cover letter. Please use the cover letter section to explain how you meet the criteria set above. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.
No agencies please.
The RSPB brings people together – people like you – to protect the things that matter to us all.



Assistant Financial Accountant
£37,264 pa plus excellent benefits
London WC1 and home-based - hybrid with expectation to work at London office 60% of the time
35 hours per week, full-time
Permanent contract
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Financial Accountant to support the financial accounting and compliance functions of the College.
This is an important role within the Finance team, supporting the College’s mission to improve child health by ensuring the integrity of financial information, robust financial controls, and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
Working closely with the Financial Accountant and wider finance team, you will take responsibility for key accounting processes including payroll, tax, treasury management, and monthly financial reconciliations. You will play a vital role in maintaining accurate and timely financial records, supporting audit preparation, and ensuring that all financial operations run smoothly.
Key responsibilities include:
- Maintaining the integrity of financial systems and ensuring accurate, timely accounting entries and reconciliations
- Supporting the Financial Accountant in preparing key balance sheet reconciliations, including fixed assets, investments, accruals, prepayments and deferred income
- Assisting with internal and external audit processes and the preparation of group statutory accounts
- Processing monthly payroll and pension submissions, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulatory requirements
- Supporting VAT, corporation tax and Gift Aid returns, and ensuring all submissions are completed on time
- Managing banking and treasury activities, including cash flow monitoring and reconciliation of company credit cards
- Providing administrative support for finance systems, including user access and coding updates
- Supporting continuous improvement initiatives, including system developments and process efficiency projects
Essential skills and experience:
- Part-qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, CCAB or equivalent)
- Minimum of 2–3 years’ experience in financial accounting or operations roles, ideally within the charity, not-for-profit or public sector
- Experience supporting statutory accounting, audit preparation, payroll, pensions and VAT returns
- Strong understanding of financial controls and reconciliation processes
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
- Proficiency in financial systems and advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams and departments
- Highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
Desirable:
- Knowledge of charity accounting and regulatory requirements, including SORP
- Experience using Business Central or similar ERP/financial systems
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your finance career in a supportive and high-performing team.
The RCPCH has more than 25,000 members and fellows and employs around 200 staff, most of whom work in our London office in Holborn. We have a Devolved Nations team operating from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Our College values: Include, Influence, Innovate and Inspire, are important to us. These values ensure we bring out the best in each other, strive forward together to make the College a positive and dynamic place to work.
The RCPCH champions Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Our workplace is inclusive, offering a supportive environment where staff can thrive. The College is keen to accept applications from people with protected characteristics. We believe that our staff should represent all of the diverse communities we serve. Join us to help realise our vision of a world where every child is healthy and well.
The College operates a flexible and modern working policy, whereby our colleagues work in the office for a minimum of 40% over a 4 week cycle and the remainder from home.
The RCPCH is committed to safeguarding the children, young people and adults it has contact with in the exercise of its functions and responsibilities. The RCPCH expects all staff to share this commitment – we place a high priority on ensuring only those who do so are recruited to work for us.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records.
Closing date: 10 November 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health advocates on child health issues at home and internationally.



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Ivy Rock Partners is proud to continue our partnership with King’s College London in recruiting best in class finance professionals, with the recruitment of a new Senior Management Accountant – Reporting & Compliance.
King’s College London is at the forefront of education, research, and societal impact. As we continue to grow and expand, our Finance team is undergoing an exciting transformation to support the university’s strategic ambitions. With a turnover approaching £1.5 billion, we are modernising our financial operations, enhancing our capabilities, supporting King’s to grow sustainably and fostering a culture of excellence to meet the demands of a rapidly changing landscape.
This is an exciting time to be part of King’s Finance. Our finance development programme focuses on delivering innovative solutions, improving processes, and enhancing a high-performing, forward-thinking finance function. We are expanding Financial Strategy, Planning & Performance with dynamic, talented individuals in new areas of work who will contribute to this journey, helping us ensure the university’s financial sustainability while driving value for money.
The Senior Management Accountant (Reporting & Compliance) will play a pivotal role in delivering accurate, timely and insightful financial information that meets the university’s strategic and operational needs.
This role will support across a range of key projects including on automation initiatives. This role will support the development and implementation of a financial management reporting strategy. The Senior Management Account will speak to colleagues in finance, and the wider organisation, to understand reporting needs, and then use their finance expertise to ensure robust, accessible, and timely financial reporting. This will allow the Senior Management Accountant, and wider team, to provide clear, actionable insights for decision-making.
The role will ensure alignment with university’s financial policies, simplify complex financial practices wherever possible, and enhance transparency in reporting structures.
Please note, the salary for this role includes London Weighting.
For more information about the role, please contact Phil Southern at Ivy Rock Partners.
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Harris Hill is delighted to partner exclusively with Consumers International, the only global membership body for consumer organisations, to recruit their new Lead, Management Accountant on a permanent, part-time (2 days per week) basis. Consumers International unites over 200 member organisations in more than 100 countries. As the independent voice for consumers worldwide, it works with Members and partners to advocate for safer, fairer, and more sustainable markets, from energy to digital goods, from food systems to circular economy solutions.
The purpose of the role is focused on generating and developing monthly management accounts information and providing insight and direction to the Director General and Leadership Team. Reporting directly to the Head of Finance and Organisation Development, you will play a key role across the business in improving data capture and managing reporting across the team.
Please note, for this role you can be based remotely. Additionally, the salary on show is the FTE.
As Lead, Management Accountant, you will:
- Prepare monthly management accounts, including comparatives to budgets, trends and forecasts
- Compile Balance sheet reconciliations
- Prepare quarterly Project Income and Expenditure reports for Project Managers
- Prepare interim/final financial Project reports for submission to Funders
- Prepare quarterly VAT returns
- Provide accurate and timely financial information to support the organisational financial strategy and decision-making process
The successful applicant will:
- Have demonstrable experience in finance within the charity sector, in a similar role
- Be Qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA or Part qualified on final stage
- Have a strong understanding of charity accounting principles, including SORP
- Have experience of managing financial ledgers, systems and processes
- Have strong IT skills, particularly in Excel, and the ability to manage large amounts of data
- Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
If this sounds like you and you're keen to hear more, please do get in touch ASAP!
Please note, only successful applicants will be contacted with further information.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
Are you a reliable and dedicated individual, who understands the importance of customer focus and who is keen to learn and support colleagues? The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity is seeking a Finance Assistant to step into a fixed-term maternity cover contract and hit the ground running.
About the Role: The Finance Assistant role is a key member of the Finance team, supporting all aspects of financial operations and management. The role provides support to fundraisers and other staff across the charity and there are lots of opportunities to get involved in ad hoc projects, such as the development of the Charity’s SharePoint, so it is a very varied and interesting role.
Why Join Us? The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity supports one of the world’s leading cancer centres, funding ground-breaking research, cutting-edge equipment, and extraordinary patient care. We’ve exceeded our fundraising goals in recent years and aim to raise at least £215 million over the next five years. This is an exciting opportunity to further establish and develop the finance function so that is it well positioned to support the Charity through its five-year strategy, as well as the chance to really improve the lives of those living with cancer. This is an excellent career opportunity for someone looking to join a dynamic and high performing finance team and to play a key role in its success.
Ideal Candidate: You have a proactive attitude, willingness to learn and support colleagues, as well as excellent organisational and numerical skills and attention to detail. You have a positive customer focussed attitude along with excellent communication skills and a commitment to RMCC’s purpose and objectives.
What We Offer
· 27 days annual leave + bank holidays
· Generous pension scheme with up to 6% employer contribution
· Flexible working options
· Life insurance, employee assistance programme, and more
· Bright, modern offices in Chelsea and Sutton with subsidised canteens
Inclusion Matters
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and walks of life.
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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To work closely with the General Manager to provide high quality support within the finance department. Suited for someone seeking a long-term role in a supportive, flexible and family friendly work environment with scope for progression and taking on more responsibility.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Purchase Ledger: input and maintain supplier information on Sage/Xero, responsible for authorisation of payments by Senior Management, preparation of weekly payment runs for review & sending monthly remittances
- Sales Ledger: input and maintain customer information on Sage/Xero, raise sales invoices & credit notes for all departments in accordance with deadlines
- Petty cash: banking of cash and cheques, monthly petty cash counts & reconciliations for review
- Responsible for credit control in accordance with policy, including chasing outstanding debts and monthly debtor reporting
- Responsible for monthly income & recharge reporting for review
- Monitoring, processing and approving of daily bank transactions and regular reconciliation of all bank accounts
- Assisting with finance related queries, filing & other finance and administration tasks as deemed appropriate to the post
- Assist and support project to move the Scotts accounting system from Sage to Xero
Person Specification:
- AAT qualification or qualified by experience of working within a finance department
- Working knowledge and experience using Xero and Excel
- Very good knowledge of all areas of accounting and cash flow management
- Fluent in English (both written and spoken)
- Ability to work under pressure & meet deadlines
- Excellent communication skills
- Calm, patient and professional demeanor
- DBS check
- Willing to work at the office site with only one day per week remote working
- Own vehicle for commute due to location
Company Benefits:
- Pension
- Free parking
- Paid annual leave starting at 22 days pro rata
- Paid sickness (after qualifying period)
- Wellbeing support programme
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Posts subject to pre-employment checks and enhanced DBS. We are an equal opportunities employer and would particularly welcome applications from under represented groups.
We reserve the right to interview prior to the closing date should we find a suitable candidate. If you do not receive a response from us by 14 days after the closing date you should assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
To ensure those with learning disabilities are cared for and support to lead fulfilled, happy lives, reaching their full potential




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About the Role
Ally Pally is looking to recruit 2 Accounts Assistants to provide support to the finance team, working across purchase and sales ledgers in both the Trust and Trading Subsidary. You will hold an AAT qualification at level 3 or 4 or have equivalent work experience, with proven experience working in a similar accounts generalist role preferably in retail, hospitality or the leisure sector.
About Ally Pally
We are a major event, heritage and cultural destination in North London. We host live music, live sport, theatre productions and Park events all year round. All the money that is generated by events goes back into maintaining and restoring the Park and Palace, to celebrate and share the past, deliver extraordinary ecperiences at present, and regenerate for the future
Key duties
Purchase
- Match invoices with purchase orders checking for completeness and accuracy
- Ensure direct debits and regular payment invoices are received, approved and processed
- Upload payments on bank ready for authorisation
- Send out remmittance statements
Sales
- Reconcile and record sales transactions from EPOS system
- Post receipts to customer account
Bank
- Record ank transactions in the accounting system
- weekly bank reconciliations
Payroll
- Support with the monthly payroll processing schedule
- Ensure timesheets are received from departments on time and follow up queries
- Prepare and upload chargeable costs journey into finance system
General
- Assit with year-end audit
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records including ledgers and journals
- Assist in the preparation and monitoring of budgets
- identify and mitigate financial risks such as fraud or financial discrepancies
This is not an exhaustive list. Please see the JOB PACK attachment for further details.
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter outlining how you meet the reauirements of the role with reference to the job descripton and person specification.
The deadline for applications is 9am Wendesday 22 October 2025
Our mission is: To repair, restore and maintain the park and palace for the recreation and enjoyment of the public forever.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified accountant to join a large charity on a temporary basis, supporting the Finance team with the production of statutory accounts and the Annual Report. This role will involve working closely with senior finance colleagues and auditors to ensure a smooth and accurate year-end process.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the Finance Manager and Assistant Director of Finance to prepare statutory accounts from draft to final signed accounts
- Review draft accounts, including cash flow statements, control account reconciliations, and supporting working papers
- Prepare accounting adjustments as requested by auditors
- Assist the Finance Team with financial data cleansing in line with data retention policies
- Undertake other duties as reasonably required to support the finance function
Ideal Candidate Profile:
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CIPFA)
- 3–5 years post-qualification experience in senior financial roles, preferably in the charity or public sector
- Proven experience preparing statutory accounts and managing audit processes for large organisations
- Strong knowledge of FRS102 and Charity SORP
- Excellent ability to communicate complex financial information to non-financial audiences
- High proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and other standard office tools
- Professional, collaborative, and methodical approach, with a commitment to continuous development
Job Title: Year-End Accountant
Location: Central London
Day Rate: £250 - £300 (paid via an Umbrella company)
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Contract: 3 months initial contract
Working Pattern: Hybrid
This vacancy is being actively shortlisted, so early applications are encouraged. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
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Based at the magnificent Hampton Court Palace, the Royal School of Needlework is a registered charity and the international centre of excellence for the art of hand embroidery. Our renowned Embroidery Studio creates stunning bespoke embroidery for fashion, art and royalty, as well as expertly restoring and conserving valuable and historical embroidered pieces. We also offer an online and onsite shop that stocks a full range of embroidery kits and merchandise.
We are recruiting for an experienced Finance Assistant, qualified to a minimum AAT Level 2 with experience in the charity sector, who will have responsibility for the RSN’s accounting records. The Finance Assistant will perform day to day processing tasks for the sales and purchase ledgers, balance sheet reconciliations. Experience of Sage accounting package essential.
Primary purpose
To perform day-to-day processing tasks for the sales and purchase ledgers, and certain balance sheet reconciliations
Job responsibilities
- Receive, log and record all purchase invoices and post onto Sage.
- Maintain customer and supplier records in the sales and purchase. ledgers, including verifying details of new suppliers and changes of supplier bank details for existing suppliers.
- Set up fortnightly payment runs and generate and send remittances to suppliers.
- Create occasional sales invoices for various departments.
- Post all entries into banks and reconcile banks.
- Prepare monthly PayPal audit trail for website transactions. Code these and import to Sage.
- Create monthly PayPal import spreadsheet from data provided by the IT department. Adjust and correct as necessary and import to Sage.
- Create monthly Square import spreadsheet from data provided by the IT department. Adjust and correct as necessary and import to Sage.
- Code and post all Bookeo transactions into Sage.
- Check and post all credit card transactions onto Sage and ensure all relevant approvals done.
- Maintain the prepayments and accruals schedules and prepare nominal journals for prepayments and accruals as part of the monthly management accounts process.
- Prepare certain balance sheet reconciliations monthly for review by the Finance Manager
- Review and analysis of Sage VAT posting reports for incorporation into the quarterly VAT return
- Use of the GoCardless system to collect direct debit payments
- Provide holiday and absence cover for the Finance Officer for RSN Enterprises Ltd
- Participation in project work as required
- Any other activities as required such as assistance with year end audit.
Qualifications and experience required
- Minimum AAT level 2 qualification
- Experience of working in the charity sector and the relevant accounting and tax regulations applying to charities, including VAT.
- Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel
- Systems experience – ideally Sage 50 but also experience of other systems interfacing with the main accounting system.
Personal Skills
- High level of numeracy and literacy
- Good analytical skills
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Good communication skills
- High level of attention to detail
- Efficient and fast paced worker
This is a full-time role for 35 hours per week, to be worked Monday to Friday based at Hampton Court Palace, with at least three days per week in the office. This is non-negotiable.Salary is £30,000-£32,000 depending on experience.
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Finance Manager with a legal advice charity on a permanent, full-time basis. As Assistant Finance Manager, you will provide support to the Finance Manager by assisting with financial operations, budget preparation, and financial reporting. You will also contribute to strategic financial planning and ensure compliance with regulations.
Please note, hybrid working is in place with this organisation after an initial 6-month period, with 3 days per week required in the office.
As Assistant Finance Manager, you will:
- Assist the Finance Manager to develop and manage the annual budget, working closely with the senior management team and department heads
- Assist the Finance Manager to prepare and present accurate and timely financial reports, including monthly management accounts, annual financial statements, and reports for trustees
- Assist the Finance Manager to monitor and manage cash flow, ensuring sufficient funds are available to meet operational needs
- Assis the Finance Manager to implement and maintain strong financial controls to safeguard the organisation's assets
- Assist the Finance Manager in payroll processing, ensuring accuracy and compliance with employment regulations, including National Living Wage and pensions
The successful applicant will:
- Have demonstrable experience in finance within the charity sector, in a similar role
- Be qualified as an Accounting Technician or equivalent
- Have experience in the production of management accounts and producing accounts up to trial balance
- Be experienced in the use of spreadsheets, preferably Microsoft Excel
- Have a full understanding of double entry bookkeeping
- Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
If this sounds like you and you're keen to hear more, please do get in touch ASAP!
Please note, only successful applicants will be contacted with further information.
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Finance Manager
We are seeking a Finance Manager to join the growing Reaching Higher team and bring our finance function fully in-house. We are looking for a skilled and detail-oriented professional who will play a pivotal role in ensuring strong financial systems, accurate reporting, and sound financial planning. The successful candidate will demonstrate a proven track record in financial management and governance, budgeting and forecasting, payroll and pension oversight, and the ability to provide clear strategic insight and analysis to support organisational growth and sustainability.
Purpose of this Role
Our finance functions are currently partially outsourced to an external contractor. Our income has grown significantly over the past five years and our Board have now decided to employ a Finance Manager and bring financial expertise in-house. In this new position as the Finance Manager at Reaching Higher, you will play a vital role in ensuring accurate financial reporting and planning, payroll and pension management, and financial governance and compliance. You will support all aspects of Reaching Higher’s work and development through ensuring strong financial systems.
You will work closely with our team to ensure that all day-to-day finance requirements are met, including accurate grant finance monitoring and reporting to multiple funders. You will also work closely with our senior leaders and board to build the charity’s financial resilience and the financial awareness of our wider team.
You will work closely with the Executive Assistant & Administrator and report to the Executive Director, as well as working closely with the Executive Team, Treasurer and wider Board.
About Reaching Higher
Reaching Higher is a youth organisation which works with over 2000 young people aged 9-21 each year across Croydon and surrounding boroughs. Developed in partnership with local churches, we are a youth-led charity with a Christian ethos and this role is restricted under basis of faith.We have a particular emphasis on providing mentoring support to young people and supporting their development as leaders. We have established strong links with key local, London and UK-wide organisations and our approach leads us into regular working contact with partner schools, community groups and churches.
Please see our job specification table below for more information.
Qualification
-AAT or Accountancy body qualified preferred, with at least 5 years’ experience
Experience
-Experience of maintaining accounting ledgers
-Experience of charity accounting & SORP principles
-Experience of a Finance Manager role
-Experience of using Microsoft packages with excellent IT skills
-Experience of working in a small team
-Experience preparing monthly / quarterly management accounts
-Experience preparing annual statutory accounts and being involved with audit processes
-Experience managing financial operations, planning, reconciliation, reporting and analysis
-Experience of working with and co-ordinating income and expenditure across multi-project budgets
-Experience running monthly payroll
-Knowledge of a range accounting software – preferably Xero
-An understanding of our work and the sector Reaching Higher operates in
-An understanding of good financial management and the importance of care and accuracy
-Knowledge of financial governance, including accounting regulations and best practice
Skills
-Well organised, efficient and accurate
-Able to maintain confidentiality and deal with sensitive information
-Articulate with good verbal and written communication skills – ability to work with and support non-financial officers and managers
-Ability to propose new and maintain existing controls within the organisation
-Ability to work independently on multiple projects, organise own workload and prioritise
-Ability to take responsibility for the finances of the charity, and work with the senior team to ensure financial stability and/or growth
Personal Qualities
-Demonstrable commitment to working in ways which promote equality of opportunity
-Commitment to continuous professional development
-Confident in working alone or at home
-Strong work ethic, results-motivated and solutions-focused
-Ability to work on own initiative, be pro-active, consider implications and make decisions.
-Capable of working to tight deadlines
-Ability to take an agile, flexible and responsive approach to management and responsibilities
-Willing to strive for quality and excellence, setting high goals and committed to continuous improvement
-Commitment to equality and diversity and an understanding of how to promote them in your work
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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As a Finance Assistant, you will play a crucial role in supporting the financial operations of our organisation by working closely with our Finance and Resources team to ensure the smooth and efficient management of our financial resources, enabling us to continue our mission.
Key responsibilities:-
- Financial data entry of invoices and weekly bank statements.
- Payment of suppliers and expenses through reconciliations of invoices against purchase orders, preparation of regulars BACS payments and management of petty cash system
- Income processing through reconciliation and banking of daily income and processing third party donations.
- Preparation of bank accounts
- Assisting the maintenance of finance policies and procedures
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.