SENIOR MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT (RETAIL)

Salary: £44,000 - £48,000 per annum + benefits

Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week) 

Contract length: Permanent

Location: Stratford with high-flex

Closing Date: Sunday 12th December 2021, 23:55

We will be shortlisting as we receive applications and there is a possibility that this role may close early. We therefore encourage early applications to avoid disappointment. 

Are you a self-motivated and sharp minded individual with significant management accounting experience that can help us beat cancer?

Why we need you

We’re looking for a qualified Senior Management Accountant to join our exciting new team and someone who wants to be a part of change as we strive to make a real difference in our organisation. In this role, you will own and deliver accurate and timely management accounts for CRUK specific business areas which are looking after our 600 shops so experience in the Retail or Wholesale sector is essential to hit the ground running. You will also support and coordinate the workload of the Management Accounting team to ensure effective delivery of month end close. As we are building our new team you will be instrumental in identifying efficiencies and improvements and driving forward our ambition to streamline the finance processes at CRUK. Therefore, successful candidates should be able to present relevant experience in process change management. You'll play a key role in building the management accounting centre of excellence while rotating around business areas periodically to improve your knowledge and experience.

You’ll have excellent relationship-building skills with the ability to thrive in a matrix environment. Ideally, you’ll also have a passion for our cause. 

What will I be doing?

Make an impact every day by…

• Being a key finance point of contact for the Retail business area, ensuring teams are educated on financial processes and are confident in budgetary control

• Owning and delivering timely, high quality and accurate management accounts for retail business area and supporting with the smooth delivery of the annual accounts and audit

• Reviewing existing management information to find efficiencies and improvements

• Working with multiple stakeholders to identify and process transactions needed to ensure accounts are complete and correct

• Taking ownership for identifying and driving improvements in CRUK’s management accounting processes to enable maximum efficiencies in our ways of working

• Supporting the financial planning process by building budgeting and forecasting tools and templates and supporting the process

• Facilitating and supporting budget holders to complete headcount budgets.

What skills we are looking for?

You’ll be able to bring to the role…

• Strong relationship and influencing skills, with the confidence to work with Directors and senior stakeholders

• Significant management accounting experience

• The ability to clearly present and explain financial information

• Experience of helping decision makers understand the impact of their decisions

• An innovative mindset with experience of working in a continuous improvement environment

• Strong problem-solving skills

• You will be a qualified accountant (or by experience) with post-qualification experience.

What will I gain?  

Without you we wouldn’t be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So, we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership and much more. We want to ensure that you have the best work/life balance possible, so we actively encourage a flexible working culture for all of our roles wherever possible. Depending on your role, options for flexibility could include homeworking, reduced or flexi-hours, job shares, job splits, and core hours. For the majority of our office-based roles you’ll only be required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average. You’ll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately, you’ll know that you’ll be changing lives through your work.    

If you’re as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years. 

Charity People are working in partnership with a £35million turnover Education charity helping them to recruit an Accountant (Grants). You will be working closely with the Management Accountant and the Head of Finance where you will be responsible for reporting to the Department of Education on all the grants awarded to this organisation.

This is a wonderful opportunity for an Assistant Management Accountant to develop and bring their skills and interpersonal skills to the role and team.

The role is a full time permanent role where you will be initially working two days a week based in London. The role offers a salary between £35,000 - £40,000 per annum plus amazing benefits. Operations.

Your main duties and responsibilities:
- Work closely with the budget holders
- Ensure costs incurred and income are correctly stated in the monthly management accounts
- Analyse variances
- Ensure timely and accurate supply of financial information to the Management Accountant
- Assist budget holders in preparation of the annual budget and re-forecast

Candidates applying for this role must have the following skills:
- You must be an active studier and working towards a recognised CCAB qualification or a finalist (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)
- Experience working within the charity or not-for-profit sector
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Experience in budgeting and forecast
- Experience working with non finance budget holders
- If you have worked on Department of Education grants this will be an added advantage

First stage interview will be held on 13th December, 2021
This role will be closing on 6th December, 2021

Candidates shortlisted will be required to write a supporting statement

If you have the required experience and skills, please apply with a copy of your CV.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

About the Royal United Services Institute

The Royal United Services Institute (“RUSI”) is the UK’s leading independent think-tank on international defence and security. Its mission is to be an analytical research-led global forum for informing, influencing and enhancing public debate on a safer and more stable world.

Founded in 1831 by the Duke of Wellington, RUSI has its prestigious headquarters in Whitehall. It is a registered Charity which now employs over 75 staff in London, who work in the areas of research, events, publications and member services. 

About the Role

The purpose of this role is to manage all aspects of the purchase ledger and sales ledger on the SUN accounting system, to administer the monthly payroll (SAGE Payroll) including preparation of journals and reconciliation of all pay related balance sheet accounts and to carry out monthly bank reconciliations of all bank accounts.

Duties and Responsibilities of this role

The specific duties and responsibilities of the position are as follows:

• To manage the Accounts inbox, ensuring that purchase invoices are processed with suitable authorisation, entered on to the system (Kissflow) and paid within terms.
• To raise sales invoices as required, ensure that they are entered on to the system in a timely and accurate manner, record and post payments and ensure debtors are managed in a timely fashion.
• To monitor and manage employee expense and credit card claims (Kissflow), ensuring they are promptly and accurately entered and reconciled to payment.
• To manage the payroll process on Sage, including the posting of payroll journals and reconciliation of all pay related balance sheet accounts.
• To reconcile all sterling and foreign currency bank accounts at least monthly for submission to the Financial Accountant for approval.
• Other ad hoc duties as required.

**The above list of is not exhaustive, the post holder will be required to undertake such duties that may reasonably be expected within the scope and grade of the role**

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

• A part-qualified accountant or experienced book-keeper.
• Previous experience managing payroll, purchase and sales ledgers, strong reconciliation skills and the ability to hit the ground running.
• Good computer literacy and excel spreadsheet skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Sun Accounting experience (essential).
• Sage payroll experience (desirable).

Hours and Remuneration

This role is a permanent full time (37.5  hours/week) position reporting to the Financial Accountant.

The salary range is £25,000 to £30,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

RUSI offers several additional benefits, including additional days off during Christmas (RUSI’s Christmas closure days), a pension scheme (6% employer contribution), free access to RUSI's world leading programme of events and conferences, research materials and library, travel season ticket loan (after successful completion of probationary period), and rental deposit scheme (after successful completion of probationary period).

RUSI is based in Whitehall in the heart of London, close to government and the amenities of central London. Charing Cross station (underground and national rail) and other underground stations are a short walk away.

Equal Opportunity and Values

At RUSI you will be appreciated and valued. Our stakeholders, transactions, and projects are international and diverse, so we work hard to create inclusive teams that support our efforts and each other. We are committed in promoting equality and diversity in our workforce and employment practices and take reasonable steps not to unfairly discriminate in any way in our recruitment practices. We therefore encourage you to apply regardless of your socio-economic background, ethnicity, sexual preference, gender or physical disability.

To ensure equality of opportunity in our employment policies and monitoring of our recruitment practices, we ask candidates to complete our equal opportunity monitoring form which can be found here – Equal Opportunity Monitoring Form

Please note this will open in a separate browser, you will need to return to the vacancy page to complete your application.

We must stress that any information you provide will be strictly confidential and will not form part of the selection process.

Application Process

Use the apply button at the top of the page on our website, to submit your CV, and a statement of interest (no more than one A4 page) addressing the three following questions:

- Tell us about your most recent experience in managing payroll, purchase/ sales ledgers, reconciliation, and how you prioritised /balanced your workload?

- How do you ensure accuracy and error-free work while multitasking?

- What appeals to you most about the position of Assistant Accountant, and what appeals to you least? 

You will receive a notification that your application has been received. Submit completed application no later than 23:59pm, Tuesday 30 November 2021. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the closing date brought forward if needed. Early application is encouraged.

Due to maternity leave, this leading housing and property organisation, based in London, are currently looking to recruit an Assistant Financial Accountant to join their busy team.

Client Details

The client is a Registered Provider of affordable housing across England, working with the largest house builders to deliver new housing for Shared Ownership (part buy, part rent) and low-cost rental homes.

Description

The Assistant Financial Accountant's duties will include:

• Ensure month end close is completed and all balance sheet accounts are reconciled.
• Journal preparation.
• Monthly accruals, deferrals and prepayments.
• Balance sheet and bank account reconciliations.
• Upload payroll reports to Integra.

Profile

The successful Assistant Financial Accountant will be someone who has a strong attention to detail and has previously worked in a similar role.

You will need to be a confident Excel user and have exposure to dealing with Accruals and Prepayments.

This is an ideal opportunity for somebody who is undertaking their ACCA studies and looking to develop their finance skills with the potential to grow into other opportunities in the future.

Job Offer

An excellent salary c£31,000, dependant on previous exposure.

Our Financial Planning & Analysis team are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and driven to become the new Management Accountant.

The Financial Planning & Analysis function is responsible for strategic, commercial financial advice and financial performance management for the Trust including management accounting, financial bid support, budgeting, and forecasting activities. The team provide key analysis and insights for budget holders and senior leaders to inform decision making and drive effective, sustainable, and commercial planning.

This role has responsibility for the provision of accurate monthly management accounting and analysis to support decision making. The role also supports Budget holders with performance reviews and forecasting.

You will initially be based from home and then based at one of our key centres with the opportunity to work flexibly. There will also be opportunities for you to work with Young People and witness the fantastic work of the Trust.

The vacancy

We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief. We actively encourage people with Parkinson's to apply.

About the role

You’ll be an Assistant Financial Accountant responsible for managing the charity’s financial ledgers, including income, payables, cash book and banking, across all entities. Maintain monthly balance sheet reconciliations and assist with the month-end/year-end reporting processes, this includes supporting both internal and external audits. 

What you'll do 

• Be responsible for a key financial ledger along with peers e.g. Purchase /Income /Cash etc. and provide first line support to colleagues in managing the Ledgers.

• Assist in monitoring and maintaining accurate purchase orders within the Finance system including resolving invoice queries and supplier disputes.

• Process payments and expenses to ensure that they are accurately recorded and paid through BACS. 

• Be responsible for the day to day cash and cheque banking including posting to the ledger and reconciliations.

• Reconciliation of income (c£30m) to the Charity’s CRM/ fundraising database to ensure accurate receipt and reporting.

• Assist with the quarterly VAT return.

What you'll bring 

• Experience of managing financial ledgers, double entry bookkeeping and understanding of how the chart of accounts operates

• Experience of working in a financial accounting team with a good working knowledge of accounting principles and a basic understanding of VAT for charities

• A good understanding of using accounting packages and other databases e.g. Open Accounts, Finance Central, Raiser’s Edge (CRM)

• Excellent numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills with hands-on experience in Excel and G Suite

Closing date: 2 December 2021

Interviews will be held on 8 December 2021

We have an exciting opportunity for a Financial Accountant part time  on 3 days per week, to join our Finance team, across England, Wales and Northern Ireland as we move to hybrid working this role can be based in our offices or at home, visiting London a few times a year if not based in the London office.

You will be responsible for preparation of year end accounts for the Charity and Limited company. This will include ensuring we have all balance sheet accounts reconciled during the year, providing required deliverables and evidence and completion of the financial statements to the Auditors, you will be the focal point for the auditors. 

We work in a complex charitable environment the successful applicant must have good experience with VAT and Corporation Tax. 

The ideal candidate, will be a qualified accountant, with strong technical skills and the ability to build relationships within the team and with external advisors. 

Closing Date: 3rd December 2021

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture. 

We are an equal opportunities employer and are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environment movement, including people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and disabled people and other marginalised or oppressed communities 

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all. 

Project Accountant

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Part Time - 28 Hours over 4 days

Your new company

A charity that is focused on promoting health and wellbeing to make a difference to people's lives.

Your new role

As the project accountant you will be supporting individual small voluntary, faith and community oragnisations with budget development, management accounts and sourcing independent examinations of accounts. You will also be working with in individual and community organisations to recover the trading and donation income that they have not obtained during the COVID pandemic. Another key part of the role will be to advise on financial systems, accounting practice and budgeting for funding bids and to support organisations to adapt and enhance their fundraising practices particularly in areas such as trading, legacies and donations.

What you'll need to succeed

To be successful you will need or be working towards a relevant professional in accountancy (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, CIPFA). You will also need experience in a similar position where you have provided solid financial information and understand the financial needs of small voluntary, faith and community organisations. You will need to have excellent communication skills as you will be regularly speaking to and advising other organisations and you must have at least intermediate excel skills.

What you'll get in return

This organisation offers significant flexibility with majority home working and a pro rata annual salary of £31,000.

What you need to do now

Please apply ASAP to be considered.

Financial Accountant | 12-month FTC | £52,000

On behalf of a large NGO, we are recruiting a Financial Accountant to manage a small team of 3 staff who manage the financial transactions and payments to partners and suppliers. The Financial Accountant will deliver high-quality financial accounting and reporting and will improve internal controls, financial systems, and other key deliverables. The Financial Accountant will lead on the month-end and balance sheet control process as well as the closure of Regional Offices and production of consolidated management accounts.

Main Duties:

• Lead the month-end process, ensuring the month-end checklist is adhered to and closed
• Review and sign-off balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly bass
• Lead and manage the quarterly cash advance process to regional offices
• Review the cash and commodity grants issued to Member Associations
• Manage cashflow projections and reporting
• Ensure grant related payments to Member Associations are correct and reconciled
• Review, recommend and implement changes to processes and systems including master data cleansing and improvements to NetSuite
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of 3 staff
• Prepare analysis for external Audit

Person Specification:

• ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualified
• Proven experience in Group accounting, multi-currency ledgers and financial accounting and reporting in a complex multi-national organisation
• Proven experience in leading and managing a team is essential
• Experience from the international NGO sector would be welcomed

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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.

If you know anyone looking for a new role, your referral could earn you £250

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Group Financial Accountant position working for a Membership Body 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.

Client Details

The organisation is one of the largest professional Membership Bodies in the UK with over 35,000 members in the UK and 15,000 worldwide. The organisation is not only involved in providing services for its members but also invests a lot of money into educational charities, to promote education in the financial services sector.

Description

The Group Financial Accountant position will involve the following responsibilities:

• Line management of one finance assistant providing support, training and development opportunities.
• Responsible for the preparation of group reports for a number of commercial subsidiaries.
• Produce cash flow reports and forecasts.
• Liaise with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Produce and review annual reports and month-end balance sheet reconciliations.

Profile

The line manager for the role is open on expereience and would encourage newly qualified accountants to apply for the position. The below requirements are a broad summary of the experience needed for the role:

Essential:

• 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 charity/membership sector.
• Technical understanding of Charity SORP.

Job Offer

£45,000-£55,000, home working offered, flexible working, 27 days annual leave and 7.5% pension.

This role can be full time remote, so applications across the UK are encouraged.

Group Financial Accountant position working for a 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.

Client Details

The organisation is one of the largest housing associations in the UK with over 70,000 properties in the UK and is currently developing 1,500 new properties a year.

Description

The Group Financial Accountant position will involve the following responsibilities:

• Line management of one finance assistant providing support, training and development opportunities.
• Responsible for the preparation of group reports for a number of commercial subsidiaries.
• Produce cash flow reports and forecasts.
• Liaise with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Produce and review annual reports and month-end balance sheet reconciliations.

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 charity/membership sector.
• Technical understanding of Charity SORP.

Job Offer

£48,000-£55,000, home working offered, flexible working, 27 days annual leave and 7.5% pension.

Are you strong on processes and Year-end? If you are available immediately, this is an exciting role for someone to bring their strong finance technical skills and work closely with the Head of Finance.

Charity People are very pleased to be partnering with a £20million professional examination body based in London to help recruit a Year-end Accountant.

This is a six months contract role offering a salary circa £55,000 per annum.

Your main duties and responsibilities are:
- Lead on the annual audit exercise and support the Financial Accountant
- Provide timely and accurate responses for auditors
- Responsible for preparing analysis to support the statutory disclosures in compliant with Charity SORP
- Establish and develop schedules
- Draft the fundamental framework of the report
- Work closely with the Head of Finance on projects
- Improve controls and processes
- financial planning and management accounts

Candidates applying for this role must have the following skills and experience:
- Experience working for a Charity and preparing accounts according to Charity SORP
- Very strong experience in reporting, budgeting and forecasting
- Very strong analytical and financial skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Very strong influencing skills
- Able to manipulate complex spreadsheets and set up easy to read Excel reports
- Holds a recognised CCAB qualifications - ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA

This role may close early if we have suitable candidates.
First stage will be held w/c 6th December or earlier, 2021

If you have the necessary skills and experience, please apply with a copy of your CV.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Ref: FAS-211

Are you a proactive, analytical and organised individual with a experience of working in a professional and efficient Finance team? Looking for a highly rewarding new career opportunity?

If so, St Giles Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Finance Assistant to join our high-performing Finance team, where you will provide a high level service to staff across the organisation, external funders and stakeholders. 

About St Giles 

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

Our Finance department is one of the key teams that fall under our Central Services department which also houses HR, IT and Support Services. The work in which our finance team carry out is integral to the organisation and not only do they provide a high level of service to our staff, external partners, suppliers and clients but they also help to plan, organise, audit and carry out all accounting functions to control St Giles finances. 

About this key role
As one of the Finance Assistants in the team, you will be responsible for providing day to day accounts and to process all transactions to Trial balance level.  As part of your role your duties will include but are not limited to: producing a daily reconciliation of bank accounts (receipts and payments), advising the Finance Manager of weekly balance, raising customer invoices in a prompt manner, managing and monitoring all direct debits and processing monthly payroll and weekly wages.

What we are looking for:
•  Significant experience of working in a similar finance role, including producing financial claims, monitoring finances and reconciling payments against claims
•  Experience of working with Sage Line 50 or similar finance accounts package
•  Experience of operating office and information systems such as diaries, word processing, spreadsheet, e-mailing, information searching
•  Knowledge of relevant computer packages such as Word, Excel, Access, Power point and Outlook, with a minimum of intermediate level in MS Excel and Word 
•  Able to demonstrate a significant level of financial literacy 
•  Excellent communication skills

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, childcare vouchers, season ticket loan 
and much more.

For further information, or to apply, please visit our website via the ‘Apply’ button.

Closing date: 11pm Sunday 12th December 2021. Interview date: Friday 17th December 2021.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

Prospectus is delighted to be working with The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts to recruit a Finance Assistant who will be responsible for supporting financial processes across all of the trusts and companies of SFCT, as well as general organisation and office related duties.

The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts is an exceptional group of grant-making charitable trusts working in several fields such as the environment, education, international development, disability, art and social inclusion.

The overall purpose of this role is to process the organisations accounts payable to overheads, manage and report travel expenses and credit cards and collate staff time sheets. You will also assist in the recording of all investment activity on the accounting stem. Collaboration and business partnering will also be a key role for the post holder, supporting organisational change projects and supporting the promotion of diversity in the workplace.

To be successful as a Finance Assistant you will have experience in a finance support role, with the proven competence of using accountancy software systems (eg. PS Financials) and an ability to deal confidently and expertly with the processing of high-volume transactions. Overall, you will have excellent time management and communication skills, withhold a good problem-solving approach and ideally, you will also have some experience in processing grants.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

In order to apply, simply submit your CV. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and arrange for a call to assess your suitability and discuss the role further. Please note that the role may close earlier than the date advertised.