Take our mission of acceptance without exception to the organisations lesbian, gay, bi and trans people work for and the services they use.

For the last thirty years, Stonewall has been working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bi and trans people. As a charity we rely on the generosity of private individuals, communities and organisations. Without it, none of what we do would be possible. Join us as our Client Account Manager in our Workplace team.

Reporting to the Senior Workplace Programmes Manager you’ll focus on helping businesses, charities, public services and educational institutions to develop inclusive cultures through membership of one our innovative Champion programmes. You will work closely with your clients across the Health sector to understand their organisations and provide tailored advice and support to drive best practice that’ll positively impact their staff, service users, customers or clients. You will be involved in all aspects of LGBT workplace inclusion. As the Client Account Manager you will be responsible for supporting our relationships with key stakeholders and providing expert support and guidance.

This role provides an excellent opportunity to develop your skillset and step up as an ally and role model. It’s a varied role in a dynamic environment so you’ll need to be fully up to speed with the principles of LGBT inclusion, intersections of oppression and an understanding of power and privilege in the workplace.

Client Account Manager – Health (Rainbow Badges)

London or flexible with regular travel to London 

£28,940

At Stonewall we want you to feel involved in all aspects of our work and to have amazing opportunities during your time with us. Everyone is accepted for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. In line with Stonewall’s commitments to race equity and trans inclusion, we are particularly seeking applications from People of Colour/ BAME people and/or trans people. Stonewall has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for staff who hold these and other identities.

Deadline for Applications: Monday 8 March 2021

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend any interview, please let us know.

My client is a well-known charity in Bristol who is looking for some part time Interim Finance Director support.

You should have prior experience of working in the Charitable Sector and also at a strategic/board level as your contribution to key decisions making processes from a financial and business point of view will be invaluable.

Working closing with the Chief Executive and Board of Trustee’s you will be responsible for the day to day overview of all finances and also all related finance matters at a corporate and strategic level.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation at a pivotal time of change and transformation where the future looks incredibly exciting.

Chief Executive Officer

Salary: £45 – £50,000 per annuum

Hours: 35

Contract: Full time (but will consider part-time, flexible hours and job share)

Annual leave: 30 days

Pension: 5.6%

We are recruiting a new CEO to join our team.

We are a vibrant, forward thinking law centre co-located in Hammersmith Library. We have a strong reputation locally and nationally for providing people in need with legal advice and representation and campaigning on access to justice issues.

The law centre was established in November 1979 to assist those most vulnerable and disadvantaged to access their legal rights, to promote social inclusion and reduce homelessness and poverty. These goals still remain at the core of our vision to uphold equality and social justice.

We have a 40-year history of providing an excellent service to the community. Our patron is Lady Hale, retired president of the Supreme Court.

Closing date for applications is 5pm on the 20th March 2021

An exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual with exceptional leadership skills to join Citizens Advice Watford as our new Chief Officer.

About the role

As Chief Officer, you will play a key role in enabling the organisation to grow to provide high quality services to clients whilst maintaining and developing relationships with funders to provide the resources to operate on a sustainable basis. You will be at the forefront of our service delivery, identifying opportunities for organisational and technological developments and developing common practices to ensure systems and processes are used effectively.

With a track record of good financial management, you will maintain and monitor service budgets and finance administration systems ensuring these are in line with financial regulations. You will also oversee the timely delivery of financial reports and statements for funding, grant aid, contracts and other initiatives.

Reporting to the Trustee Board, you will present business plan and strategy reports and consult on financial, staffing and service delivery issues as well as on compliance with legislation and requirements of the Citizens Advice membership scheme.

About you

We are seeking an individual with experience of leading and managing an organisation, with a track record of successful income generation through fundraising and marketing and the ability to influence external change with funding bodies and donors. You will have a good understanding of advice service delivery and charity governance.

With demonstrable experience of strategic development implementation and change management, you will be capable of leading staff at all levels, building working relationships with colleagues and have a strong commitment to organisational and staff development.

About us

Citizens Advice Watford is an independent local registered charity and a member of the national Citizens Advice network, one of the most recognised advice brands in UK. Our clients are often the most vulnerable in our local communities, all of whom rely on the high-quality advice and information we provide.

Located in the heart of the Watford community, our team of around 60 dedicated volunteers and 14 staff provides advice and support face to face, over the phone, and by email and webchat.

Citizens Advice Watford is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates from all backgrounds.

Are you looking for that next step in your career? Ready to use your experience, to lead a team?

We are working closely with a higher education organisation that is looking to recruit a newly candidate, bursting with potential, to become their new Finance manager.

Client Details

The client is a prestigious university base in London with operations around the globe. They pride themselves on their fantastic research facilities, accredited academics and intelligent students. To thrive with this organisation you will need to be able to demonstrate academic drive and ambition for your future career.

Description

We are looking for a Finance Manager that can take command of a small team and lead on:

• Statutory reporting on all financial statements
• Preparing the organisations financial statements ahead of the annual audit
• Assisting on year end
• Reconciliation and consolidation of group accounts,
• Use your initiative and expertise to identify opportunities for process improvement,
• Manage 2 direct reports,
• Create KPIs in line with business strategy

Profile

The successful applicant will be newly qualified in ACA, CIMA, ACCA or CIPFA and will be able to demonstrate a strong work ethic and enthusiasm for the higher education sector.

Job Offer

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career in a varied role, with extensive opportunities for internal progression. Additionally, you will be welcome to take advantage of the extra-curricular activities that the university hosts.

Finance Manager required for established Charitable organisation in Brighton.

Qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA Accountant

Client Details

Our client is a well-known, established charitable organisation in Brighton. The charity covers multiple locations across the South East of England, with some truly mesmerising sites

Description

To inspire and lead the Finance Team to ensure timely, accurate and insightful financial information and reports.

Production of monthly and quarterly management accounts, financial and solvency forecasts.

Development and operation of an appropriate system of financial controls subject to oversight from the Director of Finance.

Assisting the Director of Finance and broader Executive team as needed.

Carrying out other roles within the Finance Team as needed by illness, holiday, maternity/paternity or overall resource needs, subject to maintaining an appropriate controls environment.

Oversight of bank reconciliations, debtor and creditor reports, journal entries, ensuring payroll entries are processed in the general ledger, liaising with the payroll bureau, maintaining relationships with the VAT advisory agency.

Maintenance of the general ledger, overseeing the chart of accounts.

Subject to oversight from the Director of Finance, ensuring that the Finance team can:

• Produce appropriate management reports (management accounts, statutory accounts, budgets, re forecasts, cash flows and ad hoc reports, etc.).
• Partner Project Manager's budgets and reports.
• Prepare the statutory accounts of the Trust, Trading company and

Foundation.

• Prepare other relevant external reporting requirements e.g. Charity Commission, VAT, Corporation Tax, etc, etc.
• Support formal external audit processes.

Profile

A qualified CCAB accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or ACIPFA) with demonstrable relevant experience.

Charity or Third Sector experience essential.
Experience of working in a unionised environment desirable.

Possess advanced Excel skills and practical knowledge of integrated financial systems (for example, Sage and IRIS Financials

A demonstrable ability to work on own initiative and to prioritise own workload and that of Team.

Experience of successful project management useful.

Ability to build excellent working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

Ability to influence the attitudes and opinions of others, gaining agreement to ideas and proposals.

Excellent verbal communication skills in order to provide accurate and easily understandable financial advice.

Adaptable, receptive to new ideas and willing to adjust to new demands and circumstances.

Display a high level of personal 'drive' and show a capacity for sustained effort and performance.

Motivated, enthusiastic, tenacious and results orientated.

Job Offer

Flexible working, generous pension. 25 days holiday, friendly team

• A unique opportunity to join a thriving trust of 9 schools at the senior level
• Be part of a forward thinking and dynamic strategic leadership team

About Our Client

The Prospere Learning Trust was formed in 2017 through the merger of two multi academy trusts. They currently employ over 850 staff and are passionate about providing exceptional education for children from any background so that they become happy, confident adults with excellent academic knowledge and qualifications. They believe that their staff play a vital role in achieving their vision: Great schools thrive because of the great people in them. Their values shape their culture and define the character of their Trust.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities will include:

• To provide strategic guidance, leadership and management advising the Trust Board and appropriate committees on all financial matters.
• To lead on managing the overall annual budget taking the lead role in developing, setting and monitoring the annual budget.
• To oversee a monthly reporting timetable across the Trust.
• To use financial management information, especially benchmarking, to identify areas of relative spend, assess trends, develop KPIs and directly advise the CEO and Trust Board.
• To advise the Trust Board and the Trust Strategic Leadership Team on financial strategy that supports the educational aims and ethos of the Prospere Learning Trust, developing a business plan for the future development of the Trust as appropriate.
• To develop and implement robust financial management policies, processes and reporting systems.
• To take the lead on all formal Educational and Skills Funding Agency, Department for Education and any other statutory submissions.
• To ensure that the Trust complies with all requirements of the Academies Financial Handbook, Company and Charity law and the statutory requirements laid out by the Secretary of State for Education.
• Prepare annual statutory accounts and/or prepare working papers as required.
• Coordinate the Trust Resources Committee and Risk and Audit Committee meetings respectively, in conjunction with the Chair of each committee.
• To negotiate, manage and monitor Trust wide contracts, tenders and agreements for the provision of support and operational services.
• To monitor and review Trust wide financial contracts to ensure quality and best value.
• To support the capital works programme across the Trust through sound financial allocations, linked to Trust priorities.
• Full line management of finance team colleagues, including recruitment, probationary period management, performance management, absence management and staff development.

The Successful Applicant

Successful candidates will:

• Be a fully qualified accountant with experience of working in a senior financial management role.
• Have experience of preparing and/or auditing statutory accounts.
• Be experienced in budget management and monitoring working with and reporting complex data in a coherent way for non-finance colleagues.
• Have experience of completing procurement exercises and monitoring performance, ensuring best value for money.
• Demonstrate flexibility in approach, the ability to adapt to changing workload demands and to prioritise.
• Take responsibility for producing accurate results working with diligence, focus and pace.

Previous experience in academy finances would be advantageous but is not essential.

What's on Offer

£55,000-£60,000 basic and competitive benefits package

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. As black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates are currently under-represented at this level in this area, we would particularly welcome applications from BAME applicants. All appointments will be made on merit.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment and that relevant pre-employment checks are completed.

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

Ref Code: MPCYJN0220212-009005Z

My client is a large, complex national charity and a household name. They are looking for a dynamic finance professional to provide high quality support to the finance team.

Reporting to the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis, the Finance Analyst is responsible for taking a lead role in the and analysis of financial information to ensure better decision making and the the future growth of the organisation.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Being responsible for financial monitoring and analysis of the organisation's finances;
• Being responsible for preparing budgets, reforecasts and other reporting of initiatives and programmes;
• Supporting the Financial Planning process and the implementation of new financial planning and reporting tools;
• Continually striving to improve the quality and timeliness of financial information, both to budget holders and senior management

The successful candidate must be a professionally qualified accountant with a driven and proactive approach and robust technical skills. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build rapport with a range of finance and non-finance persons across the organisation. This would be a fantastic opportunity for a an ambitious finalist or newly qualified finance professional. This would provide an excellent platform for a recently qualified ACA looking to make thier first move out of practice.

To apply please send your CV via the link. The client is open to receiving CVs on an ad hoc basis so an early application is highly recommended.

For a further discussion about the role please contact Bryony Feeney via the Allen Lane website.

The IEA is the UK’s original free-market think-tank, founded in 1955. Our mission is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social problems.

The Finance Manager is a position of responsibility at the heart of the Institute of Economic Affairs. Working within the Operations Team, reporting to the COO while supporting all staff and Trustees, you are responsible for all administrative aspects of financial management, while providing support on governance and filings.

You are a qualified bookkeeper or accountant or have well developed ambitions to qualify (with our support). You are comfortable using modern finance systems, with a passion for adapting older systems to new ways of working. Your attention to detail and accuracy are excellent. You are highly organised and good at organising others, with a mission of making their lives easier not more bureaucratic.

You enjoy working with people of all ages and backgrounds, from very junior staff to senior academics and Trustees running large companies. You are calm under pressure, can hit challenging deadlines, and show discretion in your dealings with sensitive data and busy people. You uphold the highest standards of ethical conduct in your professional dealings.

You have a passion for the mission of the Institute, and interest in education and learning in general.

Responsibilities

Your precise responsibilities and how they are shared in the Operations team will be determined by your experience, qualifications, interests and how they develop. But they might reasonably include:

• Undertaking finance processes, controls, providing and improving guidance to staff.
• Income and expenditure processing from multiple sources and systems.
• Managing and processing payroll, benefits, expenses, and company cards.
• Managing relationships with the bank, auditors, and contracted support.
• Supporting the annual financial, governance, and audit cycle.
• Supporting management planning, departmental budgets, and project accounting inquiries.
• Supporting the continuous improvement of systems, processes, and practices.
• Supporting the administration of Trustee meetings and sub-editing papers.
• Supporting statutory filings with Companies House and other regulatory authorities
• Ensuring all of our internal procedures adhere to evolving legal and regulatory standards.
• Ensuring the integrity of our records, archives, and other papers, and modernising their storage.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Previous experience of financial management in the third sector and / or charity accounting.
• Professional qualifications, or a clear plan for their development (with our support).
• Able to demonstrate how you improved financial management in previous roles.
• Outstanding attention to detail and passion for accuracy.
• Excellent organisational, time management and project management skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, comfortable with sub-editing tasks.
• Calm, confident and patient. Comfortable working with very bright, but disorganised people.
• Client-focused in your approach, sensitive to the needs of others
• Good MS Office skills, familiarity with Sharepoint & cloud tools, an advantage
• Understanding of Quickbooks, Salesforce and similar systems, an advantage.
• Understanding of payment systems and bank account integration, an advantage.
• A willingness to work unusual hours, sometimes at short notice, an advantage.

Closing Date: 09/03/2021

Interview/Start Dates

Applicants will be assessed and interviewed on a rolling basis, starting in late February

Application Details

Please send the following to the email provided:

- Curriculum vitae

- Covering letter

Finance Manager

£32k - 35k + NI + 4% pension contributions (pro rata)

14 hours per week

We’re looking for an experienced finance manager to lead our finance team in a new role for LRMN. You will join the leadership team and support the CEO to set the finance strategy.

LRMN is a thriving organisation and one of the most established refugee and migrants’ organisations providing services in London but focusing on south and southeast London boroughs. Our services include provision of specialist legal advice and information on immigration, housing and welfare, therapeutic and practical support to women who survived gender based violence, helping our service users access employment, training and volunteering opportunities, prevention of mental health problems, and helping our clients integrate and engage in their community.

You will have day to day responsibility for the organisation’s finances, working with colleagues to set and manage budgets, maintain accurate financial records and ensure all financial and compliance requirements are met.

With a relevant accounting background and qualification you will have an excellent understanding of, and experience of, financial planning. You will be organised with a high level of attention to detail.

LRMN is an equal opportunity employer and committed to safeguarding and fulfilling its duty of care to people working and volunteering in the organisation and to those we come into contact with.

To apply, please find the job description, person specification and link to the application form on our website.

Deadline: 9am 15th March 2021

Interviews: Afternoon of 22nd March 2021

Harris Hill are proud to be working alongside a fabulous charity who are doing amazing work to help protect a particularly vulnerable group in our society. We are looking for a caring Finance Assistant to join as a trusted member of the team working alongside the Finance Officer to make sure the charity's financial functions are running smoothly. This is a key role because you will also be supporting the work of the charity by assisting your colleagues and clients deal with various day to day financial issues.

Key responsibilities will be:
- assisting the Finance Officer in maintaining databases, accounts and financial records.
- keeping paperwork updated, in order and readily available to access.
- ensuring that all income is correctly recorded and applied.
- sorting bank cards, handling petty cash etc
- assisting the Finance Officer in reconciling the Bank Accounts
- coordinate Benefit Applications and maintain records
- deputise for the Finance Officer as necessary.

Experience includes:
- proven experience of working with financial information (Excel & Sage 50 experience an advantage).
- a flair for finance, cash handling and dealing with donors and staff queries.
- the ability to work accurately and efficiently, prioritising your workload.
- self-motivation, resilience, with excellent organisational and inter-personal skills.
- have a high degree of integrity, tact, diplomacy and working under pressure.

If you are currently working in the finance team of a charity/non-profit or you have the desire to work in the charity sector we would love to hear from you.

Good Luck!

An exciting role for a progressive Finance Assistant looking to gain more exposure with in Finance and Accounting.

Client Details

Based in London this organisation provides accommodation across the Country.

Description

The Finance Assistant will be responsible for the following duties

• Maintaining the Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger.
• Reconciling all Bank Accounts and Payroll journals.
• Assisting with preparing information for monthly Management Accounts.
• Assisting with Annual Audits.
• Maintaining the Fixed Asset Register

Profile

The successful Finance Assistant will have experience in a busy finance team. Exposure to the Sector is desirable but not essential.

Job Offer

An hourly rate of between £12 and £14 pounds per hour plus an opportunity of a longer term position.

A large UK Charity is looking for a Finance Assistant with 1-2 years experience in sales ledger to join their team immediately for an ongoing temp role. Candidates must have used Agresso before.

Client Details

A large UK Charity offering a remote working temp role for 5-6 months

Description

• Ensure that all unallocated items are allocated, being followed up and escalated if needed
• Raise manual invoices
• Bank and receipt cheques received in the post
• Ensure compliance with the charities policies and procedure
• Liaise with stakeholders such as funders and internal staff to ensure queries are resolved
• Support manager with ad hoc requests, reports and recording new streams of income as requested
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as and when required to support the finance team as a whole
• Join the team in video meetings as and when required

Profile

1-2 years in a similar role

Agresso

Charity Exp

Good Excel skills

AAT or Equivalent

Job Offer

£11-12ph and working from home 3-4 days a week

We’re seeking a qualified management accountant who wants to use their skills and experience to help us tackle the climate emergency and relieve the misery of cold homes.

This is a new role designed to expand our capacity to provide day-to-day financial management across the organisation. We are looking for a qualified management accountant with at least 5 years post qualification work experience, including at least 2 years proved experience in a financial management role and experience of using SAGE accounting software on a day-to-day basis.