FINANCE OFFICER

REDBRIDGE CARERS SUPPORT SERVICE (RCSS)

Redbridge Carers Support Service (RCSS) is a leading carers organisation offering a range of innovative, holistic services to carers. We are currently seeking to appoint an accomplished, experienced Finance Officer to join our small charity. You will be working closely with our senior management team and assist in providing proactive, efficient and effective financial management of our charitable resources.

You will play a key role in ensuring internal financial systems and procedures are working efficiently, providing accurate and timely reports, as required. Working closely with senior management, the Finance Officer will take day to day responsibility for the finance function and ensure all financial controls are in place and transactions are managed in accordance with internal policies, relevant financial regulations and funders specifications and requirements.

The role will include the management of financial systems, budget monitoring, updating of records and the preparation of accounts for senior management and the RCSS Board of Trustees. The role will include overseeing compliance with authorisation procedures. You will support the work of the organisation, the Trustees, the Executive Director, the Operational Director and staff, including accounts, payroll, invoices and budgets for core work and projects and for funding bids.

RCSS has a 25-year history of providing excellent services for carers. We are a dynamic and enterprising team with a wealth of experience, skills and talent. We are offering a fantastic opportunity for someone who has a talent for finance and experience of the charity sector. We offer training and self-development opportunities to all staff and a workplace pension scheme.

This is a part time post, 18 hours per week, based in Ilford, in the London Borough of Redbridge. Salary: £16,971 p.a. pro rata  (£33,000 FTE)

Please read the Job Description/Person Specification before completing the application.

CVs will not be accepted.

Failure to address the requirements of the Person Specification may result in applications not being shortlisted.

The role of the Service Manager is to provide Melton Mencap with effective leadership and operational management in meeting its charitable objectives and strategic goals.

The Service Manager will work closely with the trustees to deliver the Strategic Plan, employing the resources necessary to ensure sustainability of the organisation. The Service Manager will liaise closely with the Deputy Managers who will undertake specific roles and deputise as required.

Do you share our vision of a world without domestic abuse?

This is an exciting opportunity to join Hampshire’s largest domestic abuse charity.  Stop Domestic Abuse is a unique and innovative provider of all services to people affected by domestic abuse. 

The Finance and Office Manager will provide comprehensive financial management support to the CEO and Trustee board enabling them to make informed financial decisions, manage the head office in Havant and line manage office-based staff.

As an active participant in the organisation’s management team you will prepare budgets, analyse and interpret monthly financial reports, highlighting any variance to agreed budgets.  You will be responsible for Health and Safety in our head office, oversee key functions such as payroll and audit, write and update policies and procedures and provide financial information for grants, tenders and monitoring reports.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of financial and management reporting within a medium sized firm either in the charity sector or commercially
• Experience of preparing end of year accounts including liaising with auditors
• Strong knowledge of SORP, charity law and financial legislation in respect of charities
• Full computer literacy with a good working knowledge of MS Office and computerised accounting systems. Experience of using SAGE would be an advantage.
• Self-motivated with a proven ability to work in a team and to communicate effectively with people at all levels in the charity including Trustees.

Closing date for applications: Monday 24th August, 9am.  We will recruit the first suitable applicant, so apply early as we may close earlier.

We particularly welcome applicants from BAMER communities that are currently under-represented in our organisation.

POSITION IN ORGANISATION    

Reports To:Business Support & Development Director (BSDD) 

Responsible For:Finance Officer, Electronic Systems & Media Officer, Administration Officer 

Budget Responsibilities: Overview of all budgets, specific responsibility for elements of the central Management budget .

Hours:  37 hrs  Working Pattern:TBA

The Board meets on Monday afternoons and evenings so the successful applicant must be available to attend these meetings approximately 5 times a year.

Location:  Stop Domestic Abuse’s services are currently delivered in Hampshire and Portsmouth. This role is based in Havant. 

In return we offer a generous annual leave entitlement rising with length of service, comprehensive training and development programme, pension scheme, employee assistance programme and childcare voucher scheme.  We can offer you a varied, interesting role in our busy and dynamic charity

The Movement Centre is a charity that provides a specialist therapy called Targeted Training, a life-changing therapy that helps children develop functional skills required for head control and sitting, and where possible standing and walking

CEO - JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Chief Executive (CEO)

Hours: 3 days per week

Salary: £45,000 pro rata

Base: The Movement Centre, Oswestry and some home working

ORGANISATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

Responsible and accountable to the Trustees of The Movement Centre for Targeted Training (TMC).

JOB PURPOSE

• To develop, plan and implement the strategic direction of TMC working in conjunction with the Board of Trustees and working closely with the TMC Management team
• To set and outline clear objectives and goals for the clinical and fundraising teams
• Ensure all teams are equipped to focus and deliver on strategic objectives and goals, and to regularly monitor
• Management of staff
• Finance – linking between Treasurer & Bookkeeper
• Governance – ensure all constitutional and legal requirements are met

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy and planning

• Develop, drive and lead the strategic development of TMC to achieve agreed long term organisational goals
• Ensure that appropriate resources and operational systems are available to turn strategy into reality
• Plan budgets and forecasts
• Regularly report back to the Board of Trustees and attend Quarterly Trustee meetings

Management of Staff

• Provide leadership which motivates and inspires staff and volunteers
• Agreeing team and individual objectives and work through regular one-to-one line management, discussions and appraisals
• Ensure TMC has in place effective policies and procedures to manage HR, finance, information, communication, and other resources and that these meet relevant legislative requirements and agreed quality standards
• Oversee the quality and health and safety (including risk management) of all activities carried out at TMC
• Plan and monitor resources, events and staff ensuring TMC achieves an efficient and effective team and culture
• Play a major role in the recruitment and selection of staff and to ensure all new staff are fully inducted

Finance (in conjunction with Treasurer & Bookkeeper)

• Take overall responsibility for financial management and viability, producing budgets and forecasting for Board approval and monitor and explain financial performance
• Maintain robust financial controls, risk management systems and sound administrative processes
• Ensure open communication with the Board on financial and organisational performance against agreed strategic goals

Governance

• Work with the Board to ensure high standards of governance and that the Board fulfills all constitutional and legal requirements
• Provide appropriate and accurate management information and other guidance to the Board of Trustees which ensures they have a clear and accurate understanding of the health and performance of TMC and are able to take informed decisions
• Support the Chair in ensuring the continued engagement and development of all Trustees
• Be responsible for inputting to and overseeing any contracts or agreements at TMC and liaising with the Board of Trustees with regards to any legal documents
• Lead on Data protection at TMC, ensuring the organisation is compliant with up-to-date legislation

External Relationship Building

• Represent The Movement Centre at events and act as spokesperson as required
• Maintain and develop key stakeholder relationships with the clinical and business community
• Ensure the Charity is appropriately represented on relevant external committees

Please note that occasionally there may be some evening and weekend work required.

The successful applicant will be appointed subject to satisfactory references and DBS check

This job description cannot represent an exhaustive list of duties and may need to be amended in the light of experience, development or organisation and service changes.

For a (financially) sustainable future

Job Title:  Head of Finance and Data Analysis

Department:  Finance

Reports to:  Executive Director

Status:  Full time (38.5 hours per week)

Location:  London

Salary:  Competitive salary 

Changing the world takes passion and dedication

Isn’t it time that your passion and dedication be channelled towards a career and community that genuinely changes lives?

If you...

• want to transform your own life by transforming the lives of others

• crave a career that creates opportunity for others

• desire to make dreams come true for those who never thought it possible

• know that education is the foundation from which we can change the world

• believe that today’s young people can transform tomorrow

• strive for world peace and global sustainability

• dare to dream

...then a career with UWC could be the change you need. 

UWC is a global family of schools with a powerful difference. With a shared goal of working towards global peace and sustainability, we bring together young people from around the world to study in one of our 18 schools on four continents. There they don’t just learn how to be great at passing exams. They learn how to communicate across cultural boundaries. They develop the skills to be a changemaker. They design and engage in initiatives that transform their lives and the lives of those around them for the better. And they stay a “UWC-er” for life, becoming part of a global community of over 60,000 changemakers transforming the lives of others. 

Working with us will inspire and challenge you

Driving a mission to make the UWC experience available to tomorrow’s changemakers, irrespective of their background, beliefs and economic means demands colleagues with passion and dedication, and a talent for transformation. If you studied at a UWC, you’ll know why we’re so passionate and perhaps you want to be part of this again. If you didn’t, prepare to be inspired.

We have so much to do, so isn’t it time you got started?

Are you our new Head of Finance and Data Analysis?

Right now, we are searching for a new Head of Finance and Data Analysis to join UWC International in our London Office.

UWC International works with all our schools and stakeholders around the world, serving the movement through:

• Global fundraising

• Global communications, promotion and marketing

• Supporting over 155 UWC national committees in their daily work and growth

• Global strategy development and implementation

• Assisting UWC schools and colleges 

The position is a challenging one. Our mission is global peace and sustainability, and our success depends on our own sustainability as a movement. That’s where you come in. Your purpose is to drive the financial sustainability of a movement that:

• Offers financial assistance to over 80% of the young people who are offered a place at one of our schools - and supports our aim to offer even more financial assistance in future

• Is supported by a network of mostly volunteer-led national committees in over 155 countries and territories around the world 

• Is a UK registered charity, with a subsidiary in Berlin, Germany. 

As our Head of Finance and Data Analysis, you’ll be responsible for:

• Financial planning and budgeting, financial control, reporting and financial analysis of UWC International and across both the London and the Berlin office

• Providing the UWC International Board, Executive Director and other colleagues with relevant, accurate and clear financial management information

• Managing financial data collection and analysis across 18 UWC schools and colleges to support financial sustainability and transparency.

• Overseeing our financial systems and procedures are effectively implemented and run in order to meet auditing requirements working with the Senior Financial Accountant

You’ll be working closely with UWC International’s Finance and Audit Committee. And while you won’t be responsible for financial oversight of individual schools (who are all separate legal entities), you will be working closely with them and our 155 national committees in the collection and analysis of data to improve our global financial sustainability. 

As you’d expect in a streamlined team working for a charitable organisation, our colleagues all perform a broad range of duties requiring a flexible approach to your work.

This means that we’re searching for someone who:

• Knows how to manage a broad finance function, including financial data collection and modelling, financial forecasting, budgeting, and overseeing the annual audit process

• Has an excellent grasp of technology and how it can serve us

• Has led and loves leading and managing team members and projects

• Knows how to work with and in support of stakeholders and colleagues, including directors, board treasurers and trustees

• Understands the world of grantmaking and reporting to donors 

If this is you, read on for further details…

Key responsibilities

• To manage the full financial cycle with support from the senior financial accountant. This includes annual budgeting and budget approval with the finance and audit committee as well as the board, financial reporting and management accounting, annual audit and submission to Companies House and Charity Commission.

• To oversee the processing of payments, income, disbursements and international transfers and to monitor cash flow and recommend and implement action when necessary.

• To support teams and senior managers with financial management and planning, including contingency planning for unforeseen events, donor reporting and management, financial reporting to the executive director and the board.

• To act as secretary and provide support to the Finance and Audit Committee of the board, in close collaboration with the board treasurer. This includes drafting agendas for regular meetings, producing papers and coordinating minute taking and follow up to meetings, including escalation to the board for decision making. 

• To support the Executive Director and senior management team with preparation of papers for board meetings and taking the lead on papers relating to finances, compliance and data reporting.

• To act as the key liaison with fund managers, auditors and banks to ensure the smooth functioning of the finance function at UWC.

• To oversee internal control processes. 

• To maintain contact with and support the group of college finance directors, act as lead for data gathering, management and reporting on the finances of the 18 UWC schools and colleges as well as the national committee system. This includes refining and launching annual reporting tools, managing data collection and data cleaning as well as working independently and with the help of external consultants to produce interactive data dashboards for internal office use, as well as presentations for external and internal stakeholders.

• To line manage the senior financial accountant. 

Person Specification

Essential

• Excellent financial skills and proven ability to drive budgeting and financial management at an organisation level and in a multi-currency environment. 

• Strong financial planning, modelling and analysis skills.

• Excellent communication, writing and reporting skills, including presenting financial information to the board, senior audiences and non-technical stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.

• Proven experience of acting as business partner support to senior management and their teams on issues related to finances and technology in a dotted management environment. 

• Experience in designing and implementing agile operational policies and procedures fit to the management of a charity operating in a distributed setting.

• Experience in managing direct reports effectively and collaboratively.

• Ability to influence external stakeholders in areas related to financial planning. 

• Knowledge of financial software (Sage preferred) and data visualisation software (MS PowerBi preferred) 

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written), in particular the ability to communicate in a confident and engaging manner at all levels, in culturally very different contexts and in challenging contexts or situations.

• Self-motivation, flexibility and adaptability. A proactive attitude and ability to work independently as well as a member of a team.

• Excellent interpersonal and diplomatic skills and cross-cultural sensitivity with a high level of comfort operating in an international and multicultural environment.

• Excellent spoken and written English (ideally equivalent to native speaker)

• Comfort operating in an international and multicultural environment and ability and desire to travel internationally.

• A deep interest in UWC’s mission and values, and a willingness to engage with issues of relevance to the UWC movement.

It is expected that the job holder will travel to UWC schools and colleges. For that reason a basic DBS check (Disclosure barring statement) or international equivalent will be required before any job offer is made.

Desirable

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA), MBA or equivalent 

• Experience with financial management of consolidated accounts

• Experience working across offices and legal entities in different jurisdictions

• A mix of charity and commercial experience 

• Ideally strong command of additional world languages beyond English

• Knowledge of data protection regimes in the UK and EU.

Are you excited about this? Then apply!

Please send your CV with a covering letter (each no more than two pages) that relates your experience to the requirements of the role to the email address stated. Please state your current salary and salary expectation for this role. Also please include in the covering letter what it is that attracts you to the role and why we should recruit you. Please also indicate how you have heard about this role. 

In your application, please also provide the name, roles and contact details of two referees. We will not contact them without letting you know. Please note that applications without a cover letter will not be considered. 

Deadline for application:  9am 31st August (UK time)

The first stage interviews will take place the week beginning 7th September

This is clearly an extraordinary time and a difficult point at which to change jobs - but we are committed to making this as easy as possible for candidates. We will arrange interviews by video-conference and ensure inductions can be done in a way which makes the successful candidate feel like a valued part of the organisation.