We’re seeking a Finance Admin Assistant to work alongside the Office Manager within the Communications, Operations and Research & Evaluations (CORE) team to provide finance admin support across the organisation to ensure the smooth running of Youth Music’s operations,.
We are looking for someone with strong finance admin processing skills, interested in
gaining experience in the charity sector and in grant management administration. The
successful candidate will be a proactive individual with an eye for detail, commitment to achieving deadlines and will have at least one year’s continuous experience working in a similar role.
You’ll be excited by the opportunity to join the UK’s largest young people’s music charity,
working in a varied and busy role within a collaborative, supportive environment.
About Youth Music
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Age UK Lewisham and Southwark (AUKLS) has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager to join our senior management team. Working closely with the CEO and the Leadership Team, the successful post holder will to provide advice and strategic financial input in achieving the charity’s mission and aims.
This is an exciting and influential role in a busy and growing charity. We are looking for someone who can bring attention to detail and great financial management skills, an understanding of the work of the charity and the role of finance as integral to the delivery of great services and who finds it easy to work with non-finance managers. You will need good working knowledge of charity finance, SAGE 200 (or similar) as well as friendliness and enthusiasm.
AUKLS enjoys an open and participative working environment. We work to our core values of being fair and equal as a service provider, employer and partner. These are reflected in the way we work with older people, with each other and with our partners. Teamwork, collective responsibility and delegated authority are central to this process. A key element of all roles is to develop and maintain the organisation’s working ethos and culture.
AUKLS is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
The deadline for applications is 9:00am Wednesday 29th July 2020.
Interviews will take place the week commencing 3rd August 2020
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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.
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Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) are looking to recruit a Management Accountant to ensure that CACT’s financial records are maintained accurately and kept up to date. The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring financial performance and explaining variances to budget, and together with the Director of Finance, ensuring that statutory reporting requirements are complied with.
Applicants must be part or fully qualified professional accountants and have experience of ledger management and reconciliations, as well as management accounts preparation.
For further information please download an application pack.
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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.
*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.
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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.
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Project Accountant role working with an International Development charity in North London.
Your new company
International Development organisation with projects operating all over the world. The organisation has an income of approx. £6m.
Your new role
The Project Accountant will work alongside the Finance Business Partner to support the delivery of timely finance donor reports, provide structured finance technical support and assist with generating monthly management reports.
- Provide business partnering and support to teams, including providing technical finance assistance and taking part monthly meetings.
- Assist in the investigation of Budget versus Actual variances as highlighted by budget holders or teams.
- Working with the Finance Business Partner and programme teams, prepare interim and final financial donor reports as they fall due.
- Provide technical support and assistance to budget holders during the annual budget planning process
- Create project and donor codes on the accounting system for new projects/donors
- Working with the Finance Business Partner, deliver accurate and timely comparative management reports to the teams
What you'll need to succeed
The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role, ideally with experience of donor reporting.
The client will consider qualified or part qualified candidates.
What you'll get in return
The organisation will offer work life balance on an ongoing basis. It is a dynamic organisation with a competitive package of benefits.
What you need to do now
Please apply ASAP to be considered!
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A prestigious and well known international organisation is looking for a qualified accountant to join their high-performing team, to provide all-round finance project support whilst they undergo a period of change. This newly-created role will enable the team to meet the challenges and risks created by both the already-underway finance and systems change project, and COVID-19.
Main responsibilities will include:
- Reviewing finance-specific risks and undertaking discrete pieces of work in response (for example, their approach to VAT/Corporation tax, reviewing the financial sustainability of key suppliers, cashflow forecasting)
- Investigating areas for, and implementing improvements to, budgeting, reporting and analysis tools whilst also improving processes and controls efficiencies
- Working with the Finance Manager and Project Manager to implement the new finance system, which will include process definition and documentation, functional testing, UAT testing, data migration/cleansing, system implementation and ad hoc training
- Working with the Fundraising and Project teams to develop, design and maintain policies and procedures supporting integration between the fundraising CRM and the finance system
- Re-forecasting and re-budgeting in light of the impact of COVID-19
The successful candidate will:
- Be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent) with experience working in a similar project-focused role
- Have experience carrying out discrete time-bound project work and of acting as the business partner for organisation-wide projects
- Be knowledgeable of Charity SORP
- Have excellent exposure to accounting packages and strong Excel skills, with proven experience assisting with a system implementation
- Be agile and adaptable in your ability to work on multiple different projects simultaneously
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- A 12 month role working for a globally recognised charity at the forefront of the pandemic.
- Work on a number of exciting new projects from day one and form lasting relationships with stakeholders.
Client Details
This organisation is a leading international development charity located in the heart of London. They have been on the front line of the pandemic and are extremely busy at present. They are looking for a skilled finance professional to join them for 12 months to assist with high priority projects.
Description
- Working closely with the Finance Manager and Project team on a variety of new projects.
- Continuously look for and suggest improvements that could be made to internal processes.
- Make efficiencies to the budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Effectively build relationships with key stakeholders.
- Work as part of the team responsible for the a new system implementation. This will involve the process definition and documentation, functional testing, VAT testing, data migration/cleansing, system implementation, communication, participate in training and contribute to preparing training materials.
- Ad-hoc finance tasks.
Profile
- A fully qualified CCAB accountant.
- Posses exceptional communication skills.
- Experience working on a number of simultaneous projects.
- Experience working in the charity sector or a keen interest in working in the sector.
- Experience working with basic controls, VAT and tax.
- Highly IT literate.
Job Offer
- Up to £47,000 p/a.
- Generous pension contribution
- 28 days annual leave
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.
Working in conjunction with our over 40 Arm’s Length Bodies we strive to create the conditions for everyone to enjoy our national culture, play sport, make the most of new technologies and have access to effective communications. Our sectors are critical to ensuring we have a strong place in the world - creating a global UK whose cultural, technological, creative, community and sporting assets mark us out as an essential partner for trade and investment. And making places that people want to live in, work in, invest in and visit.
As Team Leader in the Financial Accounting and Control Team (FACT), this role has overall responsibility for the National Lottery Distribution Fund (NLDF), supports the production of the DCMS group consolidated annual report and accounts and also manages the core department’s fixed asset register. This role is also expected to provide high quality technical advice to the wider business as required. The role involves line management of one Financial Accountant and indirect management of an apprentice
This is an exciting role which will provide the successful applicant with opportunities to work with a diverse group of Arms Length Bodies (ALBs), following a number of financial accounting frameworks including pure IFRS, UK GAAP and the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice.
Key responsibilities include:
- Planning and delivering the NLDF year end accounts
- Supervising the regular payments by the NLDF to the Lottery Distribution Bodies (LDB) and the monthly NLDF reporting to the LDBs
- Reviewing the year end data collection packs submitted by ALBs for the DCMS Group accounts to ensure these are complete, accurate and the submitted data passes all validations
- Preparing, reviewing, sense checking and proofreading of final DCMS Group accounts, including commissioning other sections, challenge and review and collation into a single cohesive document.
- Liaising with the National Audit Office and ensuring all necessary documentation is available for audit
- Managing of the Fixed Asset Register, ensuring all month end and year end fixed asset journals are posted and all reconciliations are completed on time, along with preparing the monthly depreciation forecasts
- Line managing a team of finance staff
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:
- Qualified financial accountant with significant experience of delivering in a large finance team
- Experience of preparing (or auditing) accounts in conformity with relevant accounting standards
- High level exposure and use of complex accounting systems, along with Advanced Excel skills
- High level management and interpersonal skills
- A background in audit (desirable) and experience of central government accounting (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.
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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!
Emmaus Communities offer homeless people a home, work and the chance to rebuild their lives in a supportive environment by running successful social enterprises.
Emmaus Greenwich, a well-established social enterprise providing a home and work to 35 residents, is seeking a Finance Manager on a part time basis (3 days / 24 hours per week) to manage the charity's finance operations.
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Job Title: Finance Manager
Location: Emmaus Greenwich Community
Reports To: Chief Executive
Responsible for: Finance Assistant and volunteers
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Job Purpose
- To manage the financial operations of the Emmaus Greenwich Community comprised of Companions, Staff, Volunteers, and Trustees
- To support the Chief Executive, Treasurer, and Trustees so they can manage the Community’s finances efficiently
- To Line Manage the Finance Assistant and finance volunteers
- To work as part of the management team delivering the organisation’s objectives, including promoting Emmaus internally and externally, collaborating with other Emmaus Communities and organisations to achieve wider strategic plans and objectives
Duties and Responsibilities
Specific Responsibilities
- Managing the Charity’s financial and accounting operations using QuickBooks financial management software and Microsoft Excel
- Producing accurate monthly Management Accounts for Chief Executive and Board of Trustees, including commentary on significant areas and variances from budgets
- Preparing detailed annual budgets for approval by the Chief Executive and Trustees and overseeing cash flow management
- Processing payroll/pensions on a monthly basis including monthly returns, payments to Inland Revenue and year end returns
- Preparing and submitting VAT returns, reviewing partial exemption calculations and ensuring payment or refunds are made or received on time
- Processing journals, accruals and prepayments
- Preparing regular trial balances and investigating miscellaneous accounting issues
- Maintaining the Fixed Assets Register
- Production of the year end accounts, liaising with auditors and assisting with annual audits
- Preparing and submitting regular Gift Aid claims, including overseeing all correspondence with donors
- Record and monitor restricted and unrestricted donations and claiming of tax relief on Gift Aid
- Filing of all accounting and corporate documentation, manually and electronically
- Line managing the Finance Assistant
- Overseeing the administration of Housing Benefit income; calculate and check receipts, chase arrears with the Housing Benefit office, submit returns and reconcile payments
- Overseeing the charity’s petty cash, including processing and reconciling of monthly petty cash sheets and recording of top-up of petty cash amounts, and issuing petty cash
- Overseeing the banking of all cheques, credit/debit card payments and cash as required. Preparing deposit slips and posting to the accounts. Checking that the amount banked agrees with the lists prepared on the opening of the post or the shop takings
- Overseeing the processing of all payments and maintaining accurate records of authorisation for the cheques raised
- Overseeing Companions’ allowances, savings and financial records – ensuring funds are available, schedules of payments, savings, loans and making payments on behalf of Companions
- Overseeing sales invoices as necessary. Controlling all outstanding invoices and ensuring prompt payment
- Managing the EPOS system to ensure accurate recording of all stock items and sales
- Managing the PDQ/card payments system
- Auditing reported shop takings against till receipts and sales records
- Performing monthly bank reconciliations
- Maintaining and checking of direct debit and standing order payments
- Providing financial information, reports and modelling exercises to support and assist the Chief Executive with grant funding applications and other projects
- Dealing with staff / supplier financial queries and requests
- Other ad-hoc accounting and financial duties that may be reasonably requested and as may arise from time to time necessary for financial integrity
General Responsibilities
- Attend meetings and contribute to the charity’s strategy and policy making
- Put in place robust financial systems and processes
- Improve on efficiencies and work towards reducing charity costs
- Perform any other duties as required by the Chief Executive, including additional duties and responsibilities to cover for holidays and absences
These duties are not exhaustive, and are subject to review with the postholder according to future developments within the charity
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Personal Specification
Essential Skills / Experience
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of financial accounting (preferably part or fully qualified with any of the major accounting bodies)
- At least three years’ experience in the review and production of accounts
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of VAT
- Excellent IT skills with extensive experience of working with online accounting systems, Excel and MS Office
Desirable Skills / Experience
- Experience of using QuickBooks online accounting system
- Experience and understanding of Charity financial management (SORP)
- Experience of dealing with auditors and a clear understanding of their requirements
- Knowledge and experience of Gift Aid claims
- Willingness to be flexible, tolerant, and non-judgmental
- Understanding of Emmaus’ ethos
Personal Qualities
- A willingness to learn new skills as systems and needs develop
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Methodical approach and ability to maintain accurate and transparent data systems
- Highly organized and effective time manager with excellent prioritization skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and with diverse people
- Understanding and commitment to equal opportunities
- Self-motivated and responsible
- Great professionalism with high respect for confidentiality
- Adaptable / flexible
- Willingness to provide details for a DBS check
- Ability to embrace the values and aims of Emmaus Greenwich
To apply, please send your CV along with a covering letter outlining your relevant skills and experience.
Closing date: 5pm on 15th July 2020
For more information please visit our website
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Finance Manager
A prestigious performing arts school in South London is looking for a bright finance manager to join their tight-knit team. This role is ideal for a finalist accountant, looking for a broad role with development opportunities and a clear path to management. If you have experience of financial accounting in a charity or arts setting and are looking to broaden your experience and grow your career, this role could be great for you!
If you are part qualified, this role comes with study support as well as progression to line management and greater responsibilities. The salary for this role is £36,000 - £38,000.
Key Responsibilities:
- Overseeing month end
- Business partnering with key stakeholders in the organisation (the plan is for the successful candidate to take on more complex departments as they develop into this role)
- Responsibility of monthly and quarterly reconciliations of key control accounts
- Liaising with HR to process monthly payroll in line with all internal and external procedures
- Supporting the Head of Finance with the upcoming audit in September (you may be asked to come into the office for a few days in September for this, other than this it is estimated you will be working from home until early 2021)
Person Specification:
- A solutions-focused and adaptable personality is essential, this is a small finance team so co-operation is essential for the smooth running of the department
- Outstanding communication skills
- A solid grounding in financial accounting theory
Required experience:
- ACA/ACCA/CIMA part qualified or qualified
- Exposure to one of: Charity SORP, VAT partial exemption, charity or arts finance team (this exposure can be external e.g. through auditing accounts prepared in line with Charity SORP)
- Financial Accounting experience with either some exposure to, or desire to progress into business partnering responsibilities
- Experience of ledger management and complex reconciliations
A note on COVID-19:
- This organisation has already on-boarded someone remotely during lockdown and are on secure financial footing.
- All interviews will be held remotely and you will be working from home for the foreseeable future
Interviews are being held in the week commencing the 20th July, to find out more contact Emma at Allen Lane.
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