The Administrative Officer ensures the efficient and effective function of the WFSA office, including support to the finance manager. Join our small but busy team and help us to achieve our vision of universal access to safe anaesthesia.

5 billion of the world's 7 billion people do not have access to safe, affordable, timely surgery and anaesthesia. 17 million people die each year from surgically treatable conditions (that's more than 4 times the number who die from HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria combined).

If that sounds wrong to you and you are an experienced office administrator with a desire to make a difference then this could be your perfect job.

Candidate Application Information 

This is a four or five day role (let us know your preference)

Guidance for submission 

• Read the attached Job Description
• Submit a covering letter and an up to date CV including contact details of two referees. 

Note: - we will not take up references before short-listing nor without your express consent.

• Your cover letter should be used to tell us how you think you meet the requirements laid out in the job description. Draw particular attention to experience, skills, achievements and knowledge gained in past employment or other activities which are relevant to the job and give examples to support what you say.
• Ensure your covering letter is no more than 2 pages long (2 sides of A4). 

Applications should be submitted no later than 4th February 2020. Any applications arriving after this deadline will not be considered for shortlisting. 

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview on the 7th of February (this will involve an interview and a short written exercise) with second interviews - if required - over the following week.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday per year (pro rata)

5% employer pension contribution

• Permanent Finance Manager role to join Wakefield Grammar School Foundation
• Opportunity to work for a leading group of independent day schools

About Our Client

Wakefield Grammar School Foundation is one of the country's leading families of independent day schools incorporating Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (QEGS), Wakefield Girls' High School (WGHS) and Mulberry House Nursery. There are five schools in total, as both QEGS and WGHS have a Junior School and a Senior School in addition to the Nursery.

In total there are around 1,950 pupils across the five schools and 430 employees approximately including both teaching and support staff.

Both the Junior and Senior School pupils are taught in a single-gender environment with some A-level subjects being taught jointly in the Sixth Form. Mulberry House Nursery is co-educational for boys and girls aged 3-4 years. Each school within the Foundation has its own Head and Senior Leadership Team with the exception of Mulberry House Nursery, which is managed by the Head of WGHS Junior School. The five schools are all highly individual and are tailored to the needs of their pupils.

There is a single Governing Body for the Foundation comprising Governors with a broad range of skills and experience. The Governors provide strong governance through a committee structure with specific committees for QEGS and WGHS in addition to committees for Risk and Compliance, Land and Buildings and Finance. Total income for the Foundation is just over £20 million annually and the financial position is strong.

The Foundation's aim is to develop and maintain inspirational learning environments at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School and Wakefield Girls' High School, with the schools focused towards the distinctive needs of boys and girls.

The schools maximise the potential and educational opportunity for all those with the academic ability to access the curriculum by encouraging the pursuit of excellence, providing high quality teaching, outstanding pastoral care and an extensive range of extra-curricular activities. They embrace as wide a cross section of the community as possible and support students irrespective of their social or economic background.

Job Description

The Finance Manager is a key role within the Foundation and is accountable for the management of the finances of the Foundation and its compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements. The role also has accountability for managing the finances of the Foundation's trading subsidiary in addition to Wakefield Charities' Homes, a separately managed almshouse charity. We are seeking an experienced, qualified professional, who is a strategic thinker with a strong attention to detail. The Finance Manager leads a team of four being the Payroll Manager, the Fees Administrator, the Purchase Ledger Administrator and Finance Administrator.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Budget preparation, management and presentation
• Preparing the accounts
• Maintaining the financial systems, processes and controls
• Ensuring the Foundation meets its financial regulations
• Preparing financial reports and analysis
• Overseeing the payroll and pension schemes
• Managing the Finance team

The Successful Applicant

The successful candidate will:

• Hold a professional accountancy qualification - ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA
• Hold a degree and/or relevant professional qualification
• Have previously managed staff
• Be confident preparing financial plans and budgets
• Have excellent communication skills
• Be able to build relationships with a wide range of people and stakeholders
• Have a high attention to detail
• Have an empathy and understanding of the values of Wakefield Grammar School Foundation and a commitment towards the protection and safeguarding of children

What's on Offer

• £47,000 - £50,000 (there is further opportunity for progression up to £56,000 subject to satisfactory performance)
• 25 days holiday + 10 statutory days + 3 Christmas closure days
• competitive pension scheme
• free parking
• subsidised school lunches
• 37.5 hours a week
• close to public transport links
• discounted school fees

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: MPCY14074576Z

Itad is a leading international development consultancy providing technical advice to governments, foundations, multilateral agencies and non-profits on how to maximise the impact of their investments. We have a 30-year track record of providing our clients with the information and insight they need to make development work smarter, produce better results and improve people’s lives.

Our knowledge and expertise are grouped around Practice areas including Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings (FCAS), Human Development, Inclusive Growth, Climate Change Social Protection and Livelihoods, and Governance and Institutional Strengthening.We continue to grow in size, commercial performance and professional reputation and we are increasingly recognised as a global leader with a diverse client base including international development agencies and philanthropic foundations.   

Department Overview

Our Finance Department aims to be a true business partner, sitting in the heart of the business, and providing business support and technical expertise to safeguard the company’s financial assets, aid decision making, and support future growth. 

We achieve this through two primary functions.  The Central Finance function provides business support to the Board in the form of financial reporting and commentary, financial projections, and technical advice.  Being primarily Financial Accounting focused, the centralised function’s purpose is to safeguard Itad’s financial assets, and ensure statutory, tax, and filing compliance, maintain a robust internal control environment, promote best practice throughout the organisation, and provide technical expertise to internal customers.

The Finance Business Partnering function provides business support to the Practices to analyse, explain and predict Revenue and Gross Profit performance, with the view to aid commercial decisions.  The Commercial Finance function also contributes to the fulfilment of financial reporting contractual obligations to the customers.

The Role

The Finance Administrator is part of the Central Finance Team.  This supporting role is instrumental to the smooth running of the transactional processing function.  It involves managing the accounts mailbox as well as a number of finance administration duties related, in the main, to purchase ledger.

The role also includes other administration responsibilities such as dealing with petty cash, setting up vendors and payment runs. There are a number of additional ad-hoc tasks such as liaising with the Project Management Unit on invoice or payment related queries, supporting the business on credit card/ expense queries and archiving documents.

The Candidate

You will have relevant experience within a similar role, ideally where purchase ledger has been the main focus. You are comfortable working with accountancy software, preferably Navision. With a keen eye for accuracy you will be able to process high volumes of purchase invoices and credit card expenses daily.

As a relationship investor you will use your good communication skills to liaise with the rest of the organisation in order to get all documentation processed in a timely manner. 

Other key skills that you have include the ability to multi task, prioritise your workload and work within tight deadlines. You will be proactive and have a positive attitude to work, actively learning in a fast-paced environment and demonstrating your ability to be a team player.

The salary for this role is up to £23K, depending on your skills and experience. This role is based at our office in Hove, approximately one hour from London.

In addition, we also offer, 24 days holiday plus additional time off over Christmas, matched company pension up to 5%, and a discretionary bonus.  Other benefits include Cycle to Work scheme, eyecare vouchers, weekly fruit, and subsidised yoga classes in our offices.

The deadline for application is Wednesday 12th February at 9am, however please note we will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Interviews to be held week of the 24th February. 

The opperunity to work as a Finance Analyst, adding value to the organisations long term financial plans, strategising for the overall business plan and engaging with stakeholders across levels.

Client Details

The client is a long standing Arts, Culture, and Heritage institution based in Central London.

Description

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Work co-operatively to build, update and maintain the long term financial plans of the organisation and its main subsidiaries.
• Identification of key financial and non-financial risks, their mitigating actions and the application of appropriate sensitivity and scenario analysis for the long term financial plan and to support strategic decisions.
• Clear communication (written and oral) of intelligent, accurate and timely analysis to support the group's reporting of long term financial plans including the production of I&E, Balance Sheet and Cashflow long range forecasts and the measurement of key performance indicators.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements including related financial analysis where required.
• Development and maintenance of relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
• To ensure that all policies and procedures are adhered to so that consistent and standard
• practice is achieved across the organisation.

Profile

The succcesful candidate will be ACA, ACCA, or CIMA fully qualified.

Job Offer

£50,000 + flexible working.

Salary - £35,635 - £40,248 + £5,000 accountancy allowance (Dependant on qualification status) with offices in Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Swindon and Newport.

The Government Property Agency (GPA) was launched as an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office in 2018. The GPA represents a step change in the way that Government property estate and assets are managed efficiently, by providing innovative and flexible solutions across the Government estate. Our core service is to support departments in business change and workforce transformation. The GPA is the place to be for UK's leading professionals in estates, commercial, project management and beyond.

The Government Property Agency is expected to grow exponentially over the first few years of its existence; this equates to transferring hundreds of assets (worth billions of pounds) onto its balance sheet from Government Departments, as well as gaining responsibility for the running of a large part of the central government office estate.

The On-Boarding Finance Manager is vital to ensuring that GPA successfully on-boards clients and estates to planned timescales. The activities undertaken by the post-holder are varied but will include: the due diligence on transferring assets and liabilities; agreeing accounting treatments for transfers and understanding tax implications. Furthermore, the On-Boarding Finance Manager will also ensure the successful cutover of transactional activity by reviewing estates budgets and forecasts including management costs and making sure the GPA charging model is applied correctly.

The responsibilities of the On-Boarding Finance Manager will include

• Strong client focus, with an ability to establish and maintain good relationships with clients' estates finance function and other key stakeholders.
• Manage due diligence exercises on estate-related financial information provided by the client and interrogate to identify material financial risks to GPA and ensure correct account treatments are applied.
• Work with the client and the GPA's outsourced service provider to ensure that financial transactional activity can transfer successfully from clients, including ensuring correct VAT treatment applied.
• Promote continuous improvement by developing and improving the processes and procedures around the creation of monthly client financial reports and forecasts.

The post holder may be required to undertake additional responsibilities as expected in relation to the role and grade.

Key Skills & Experience

• CCAB, or equivalent, qualified (or with considerable financial/ commercial experience and/or the ability to gain formal CCAB qualifications within a reasonable time.)
• A good level of experience in a financial audit or assurance role.
• Ability to develop productive relationships and effective networks with stakeholders across government organisations.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to analyse and interpret significant amounts of financial data.
• Ability to present reasonable conclusions from a wide range of complex and sometimes incomplete evidence.
• Strong organisational skills to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work in a geographically dispersed team with occasional travel to the Birmingham office a requirement for the role.

The Cabinet Office has a vital role to play at the centre of government. Its purpose is to maintain the integrity of the union, the security of the country and a flourishing democracy, to ensure delivery of the government's programme and the Prime Minister's priorities, and to ensure the delivery of the finest public services by attracting and developing the best public servants and improving the efficiency of government.

The Finance Business Partner is central to the relationship between an individual business area and the finance function. You will use your technical skills and sound understanding of the business unit to provide advice, challenge and scrutiny. You will ensure that budgets are well constructed, managed and monitored and provide support in the production of business cases and plans to deliver improved performance, reduced risk and better value for money.

Commercially astute, you will guide the development of business cases for investment and help the business to reach sound procurement decisions. You will be determined to deliver first class stewardship of public funds and great value for money.

The responsibilities of the Finance Business Partner will include

• Developing a deep knowledge of diverse business areas, their needs and priorities, looking at the bigger picture to make sure that the business understands the financial implications of decisions and available choices.
• Showing effective leadership skills in the line management of a team of assistant business partners.
• Acting as key liaison point between Finance and the business, building in depth understanding of different business areas and performance priorities.
• Providing analysis to support decision making and using benchmarking to highlight opportunities and add value.
• Identifying sustainable cost savings targets and initiatives as part of the business planning cycle.
• Supporting the financial analysis of business areas to prepare for Spending Reviews, risk management and business planning processes.
• Leading on financial reporting, including analysing financial information and preparing summary reporting, ensuring that the leaders of the Cabinet Office are able to make decisions based on accurate financial information.
• Supporting on the construction of business cases through financial challenge and the identification of commercial implications of options considered.
• Assessing accounting implications and providing accounting advice in accordance with international financial reporting standards and central government accounting rules.
• Building financial and commercial awareness of non-finance staff within the business.
• Leading a diverse team to deliver an effective and efficient service, while supporting the development of finance capability across the department.

Key Skills & Experience

• CCAB, or equivalent, qualified (or with considerable financial/ commercial experience and/or the ability to gain formal CCAB qualifications within a reasonable time.)
• A minimum of four years' experience in a finance or strategy role.
• Some knowledge of government finance and the operation of fiscal events
• Well-developed communication, presentation, relationship management influencing and negotiation skills including an ability to engage effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• A high level of competence in budget management, planning, forecasting and risk identification combined with excellent problem solving skills.
• Excellent technical accounting skills across a wide range of financial disciplines and a proven ability to apply them effectively.
• High credibility with senior colleagues and stakeholders and the ability to influence decision-making.
• The ability to analyse and communicate complex financial information in a clear and understandable way.
• Strategic and commercial skills gained from working in other specialist areas such as commercial, policy, IT, HR or delivery.

Salary - £52,500 - £60,635 + £5,000 accountancy allowance (Dependent on qualification status)

Jacksons Lane is looking for a part-time Finance Officer to join our busy, friendly team here at North London's creative space.

The Finance Officer is responsible for maintaining all of the transaction processing and reporting to the point of trial balance, utilising SAGE 50 and reporting to the part-time Finance Manager.

The role will require someone who is willing to work flexibly and independently, with minimal supervision. The ideal person must be comfortable using a multi-user system and be confident and able to adapt their skills to meet the requirements of an organisation in a period of rapid growth and change.

Please visit the Jacksons Lane website to download the Job Description and Person Specification, Application Form, Equal Opportunities Form and some more information about Jacksons Lane. If you have any queries or would like to discuss the post please contact Leslie Daniels

Salary: £28,000 per annum (pro-rata)

Contract period: Permanent. This post is offered on a part-time (22.5 hours or 3 days per week) Core hours on working days are 10:00 to 15:00.

Deadline: 3rd February 2020

Do you want to work for a creative and inspiring organisation whose work impacts the lives of the local community?

Are you a driven and enthusiastic individual with experience in Purchase Ledger?

Want to work under supportive leadership in a role with excellent progression opportunities?

If yes, then look no further!

My client is a Bristol based organisation who is looking for a Finance Officer to join them on a permanent basis. With an excellent benefits package, flexible working arrangements and unparalleled opportunities to develop professionally, this is a fantastic role for someone with experience in purchase ledger and who is excited at the prospect of learning from an experienced line manager who will invest in someone ambitious.

The main responsibilities of this Finance Officer role are as follows:

• Full responsibility for ensuring that purchase invoices are received, processed, coded and entered into the system in a timely manner.
• Take the lead on obtaining invoice authorisations and approvals from relevant stakeholders and preparing the BACS run for approval.
• Sole charge for preparing general month end journals, including entering accruals and prepayments and making any adjustments as required.
• Play a pivotal role in the preparation of balance sheet and credit card reconciliations on a monthly basis.
• Provide invaluable support in the expense reporting procedure for various projects and assist in sales ledger when necessary.

The successfully candidate will have:

• Completed or be actively studying towards Level 4 AAT.
• Previous experience working in an Accounts Payable function.
• The drive and enthusiasm to learn on the job and build a fantastic career in finance.
• Excellent communication skills be a proactive worker and proficient in the use of Excel.
• Ideally experience working in the charity sector. However, candidates without this are still strongly encouraged to apply.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please do not delay in applying as applications are being continually reviewed and the client is looking to conduct interviews as soon as possible.

Michael Page is working with a world leading International Membership Organisation on a Director of Finance and Resources position. This is an ideal role for someone looking to join a ambitious organisation, that is seeking to make significant expansion over the next few years

Client Details

The client is a global medical membership organisation, based in West London, that specialises in women's health. With a newly appointed CEO there are ambitious growth plans in place which the Director of Finance and Resources will play a key part in creating.

Description

As Director of Finance and Resources, you will report directly into the CEO and will be a member of the Senior Management Team. You will have the following responsibilities:

• To lead, facilitate and ensure the implementation of the finance strategy of the organisation.

• Governance and compliance matters and the setting up of systems for financial control and effective planning.

• To lead the efficient and effective delivery of all aspects of finance including financial strategy planning, monitoring, management and reporting.

• To ensure sound management of all aspects of charity finance including budgeting, monitoring performance against budgets

• Interaction with the Senior Management Team, Trustees and to discuss the financial performance of the company.

• To oversee the company's investment portfolio and maximise return on investment.

• Management of three members of staff across Finance and HR

Profile

The successful candidate will have experience operating at either a Head of Finance or ideally a Director of Finance position level.

Essential:

• Proven track record in a senior finance position.

• Experience of effective strategic planning and implementation.

• Demonstrable experience of managing a team.

• Managing complex financial international transactions and previous experience of developing and managing complex finance systems.

• Improvement of processes and internal finance policies.

Desirable:

• Experience of leading an HR function.

• Knowledge of UK Charity finance and charity law.

• Experience of working within a company that operates internationally.

Job Offer

£65,000-70,000

The successful Finance Officer will be responsible for helping to alleviate the pressure on the Finance team as the organisation continues to grow internationally.

You will be assisting the Head of Finance with a variety of duties and will have the opportunity to gain exposure to learn how to do management accounts.

Client Details

The client is an international membership body who have their head office in London.

The environment is friendly and supportive. You'll be working in a close knit team where you will be encouraged to learn more as personal growth is important to them.

Description

The key responsibilities of the Finance Officer will be to:

• Assist with the management accounts/carry out up to trial balance

• Carry out bank, balance sheet, credit card, inter-company and investment reconciliations

• Post the monthly payroll journal

• Assist with the year end close, reporting and audit requirements

• To carry out and assist with other finance duties when required

Profile

The successful Finance Officer will have a keen eye for detail, checking and reviewing processes, the ability to work on your own initiative and a real interest in accounting.

You will be AAT qualified and you will be currently studying ACCA or CIMA.

Experience with Sage 50 and/or 200 will be very desirable. You will be a proficient user of Excel with a good understanding of V Look ups and Pivot Tables.

It is essential that you have experience with and a strong understanding with multi-currency reconciliations as it is an important part of the role.

You will have worked in a similar role where you have carried out bank, foreign currency and VAT reconciliations.

If you have come from a charity or a membership body background this will be highly desirable experience to the employer.

Job Offer

The successful finance officer will receive in addition to their salary, study support, a pension, 25 days holiday excluding bank holidays and flexible working.

Reporting directly into the Financial Director, the Finance Manager will keep the finance department on track during a period of change.

Client Details

This charitable organisation focuses on providing those that are less fortunate, with help and care that they do not receive elsewhere. This can be in a literal and physical sense, aiding in every area of their life that is needed.

Description

• Directly manage the Management and Financial Accountant and lead in their development.

• Being responsible for the annual budgeting and budget monitoring

• Support Internal and External Audit with their work and resolve / investigate findings

• Ensure all journal entries are prepared correctly.

• Prepare P&L forecasts and review balance sheet reconciliation.

Profile

• Qualified accountant

• Good IT skills including strong Microsoft Excel skills

• Strong communication skills

• Experience with SORP accounting standards

Job Offer

Competitive day rate

Package includes 33 days’ annual leave per annum pro rata inclusive of public and bank holidays, health care plan, contributory pension, life assurance, relocation allowance and professional subscriptions by negotiation.

Are you passionate about seeing transformation in the lives of young people?

We are looking for a qualified accountant who wants to put their Christian faith into practice to lead our ambitious charity to grow and develop, maximising opportunities to diversify our income streams so we can deliver more mission.

YMCA Norfolk is a forward-thinking Christian faith-based charity delivering prevention and crisis support across housing, youth work, education, family and community support services.

We are seeking a strategic thinker with great people and financial management skills who has experience of working in a finance-related role at a senior management level, with experience in commercial and/or social housing sectors desirable, but not essential.

Along with the rest of the senior management team, you will live out and enhance the Christian ethos of the organisation. You will take the lead on strategic financial and business planning, as well as governance as Company Secretary. You will also provide strategic oversight for ICT and GDPR.

Due to the nature and context of this role, an occupational requirement under the Equality Act 2010 applies, therefore applicants will be expected to be able to demonstrate their active Christian faith.

For further details and to apply, please download an application form from our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 9am on Monday, 3rd February 2020.
Interview date: Wednesday, 12th February 2020.

YMCA Norfolk welcomes applications that reflect the diversity of the communities within which it works.

YMCA Norfolk is a Registered Charity No. 801606, Company No. 2067523.

The Cabinet Office has a vital role to play at the centre of government. Its purpose is to maintain the integrity of the union, the security of the country and a flourishing democracy, to ensure delivery of the government's programme and the Prime Minister's priorities, and to ensure the delivery of the finest public services by attracting and developing the best public servants and improving the efficiency of government.

The Strategy Team focuses on financial planning across the whole of Cabinet Office. The Financial Strategist will deliver analysis and insight for strategic planning, fiscal events and stock-takes and oversee timely responses to requests for information from HMT, the Finance Director and Permanent Secretary. This includes preparation and delivery of business planning and the Spending Review.

A key focus of the Financial Strategist's work is scrutinising financial and non-financial information received from diverse business areas. The post-holder will also design and manage projects which deliver insight to drive Board level discussions and facilitate strategic level decision-making.

The responsibilities of the Financial Strategist will include

• Accurately consolidate significant volumes of financial and non-financial data for diverse business areas in working documents, ensuring clear documentation of process.
• Assist in producing robust financial analysis to understand impact of decisions made at both a business area level and across the Cabinet Office more broadly.
• Support the business in the preparation and delivery of Spending Review 2020 material, developing longer-term financial plans.
• Ensure effective collaboration with finance business partners and colleagues in Strategy and HR to ensure a joined-up approach to planning across the corporate teams.
• Support other fiscal events such as delivery of Efficiency Reviews, Spending Reviews and financial stocktakes.
• Assist in carrying out strategic analysis in order to ensure value for money in the department and design and implement projects which deliver the necessary analysis and insight.

Key Skills & Experience

• CCAB, or equivalent, qualified or part-qualified (or with sufficient financial/ commercial experience and/or the ability to gain formal CCAB qualifications within a reasonable time.)
• A minimum of two years' experience in a finance, strategy or analytical role.
• The ability to analyse and communicate complex financial information in a clear and understandable way, and deliver consistently high quality work to a deadline.
• Ability to proactively build, maintain and influence stakeholder networks and work collaboratively with others to deliver results.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong technical skills in Excel / Google sheets.

Salary - £32,905 - £38,580 + £2,500 or £5,000 accountancy allowance (Dependant on qualification status)

• Great and unique opportunity to join this exciting conservation charity.
• Strategic role to add commercial value and lead on all aspects of finance.

About Our Client

Every day TCV works across the UK to create healthier and happier communities for everyone - communities where our activities have a lasting impact on people's health, prospects and outdoor places.

We recognise that each community and the people living there have different needs. Whether improving wellbeing, conserving a well-loved outdoor space or bringing people together to promote social cohesion and combat loneliness, TCV works together with communities to deliver practical solutions to the real life challenges they face.

For 60 years we have adapted our work with volunteers to reflect the changing needs of communities in the UK and, by giving people a sense of purpose and belonging, we have empowered them to take control of their lives and outdoor spaces for the benefit of all.

Whilst our activities vary, our inclusive approach has remained consistent; bringing people and places together to create happy, healthy and connected communities for everyone.

Job Description

As Finance Director you will provide strategic support to the CEO and input to the Board, whilst ensuring the organisation's financial systems are robust, compliant and support current activities and future growth.

As Finance Director you will a key part of the TCV Leadership Team which is responsible for delivering TCV's strategy.

You will have overall responsibility for the organisation's financial planning, monitoring and performance and advises the Board, Chief Executive and Leadership Team on financial matters in support of TCV's work to connect people and green spaces.

Key ares of delivery will include:

• Lead the financial planning, monitoring and performance to advise and report to the Board, Chief Executive and Leadership Team on all financial matters, including financial controls, investments, reserves, forecasting, and systems.
• Business development - responsible for overseeing the income generation pipeline process and accountable for preparing the monthly position summary.
• Lead the production of the Annual Statutory Report and Accounts, notes, supporting schedules and audit files.
• Recommend changes to the CEO that will improve TCV's financial performance and financial controls by reviewing accounting procedures and processes.
• Oversee compliance and reporting to HM Revenue and Customs for tax and VAT.
• Fulfil the role of Company Secretary, ensuring legal and regulatory compliance and accurate reporting to Companies House and the Charity Commission.
• Manage key stakeholder relationships such as the bank, auditors, insurance brokers and those not directly linked such as key funders/supporters.
• Lead on the annual budget planning process, including trend and budget analysis.
• Ensure accounting practices comply with relevant accounting standards and group procedures are followed.
• Attend Audit and Risk Committee meetings and liaise with the ARC Chair regarding financial controls, audits and ad hoc issues.
• Lead the Head of IT to oversee TCV's IT and Risk & Compliance functions.
• Lead the Payroll and Property functions.
• Ensure TCV has adequate insurance cover managing and considering the balance of cost and quality of the annual insurance renewals.
• Be the organisational lead for the TCV fleet.

The Successful Applicant

Successful candidates will need to be able to demonstrate the following experience:

• Experience of working in a finance and audit environment, for a large organisation.
• Experience of leading and developing teams
• Hold an accountancy qualification (ACA, CIMA or ACCA)
• A track record of preparing statutory accounts, management accounts, and other financial reports.
• Ability to analyse complex issues and to produce practical solutions.
• Experience of working with teams outside of core finance, preferably including leadership team level.
• Regular travel across the UK will be required (Head office is based in Doncaster)

Core Skills and Knowledge

• Communicating Effectively - Understands and manages the emotional impact of messages powerfully and appropriately. Is able to articulate highly complex concepts to others in a meaningful and relevant way. Is a role model, creating positive personal impact and employee engagement.
• Delivering Results - Role models leadership and understands how people deliver value to the organisation and how to maximise that value. Identifies, prioritises and develops the people capabilities needed to deliver the business strategy. Creates an environment in which recognising and developing talent is seen as a fundamental to managing the business. Has a high level of self awareness and a significant positive impact on others.
• Working effectively as One Team - Knows and understands the overall operating model for the business to leverage performance and maximise business results and customer satisfaction. Works together with peers to share knowledge, challenge appropriately and deliver leadership excellence.
• Understanding TCV and the Strategy - Has a thorough understanding of TCV's strategy, understands the complexity, diversity, strengths and weaknesses of TCV and how to leverage the organisation and resources in order to deliver strategic goals.
• Building Effective Relationships - Is able to lead strategically significant negotiations and relationships on behalf of TCV, and deliver the best outcomes for the organisation, beneficiaries, stakeholders and volunteers.
• Managing Change and Innovation - Drives and defines transformational change to achieve strategic objectives and sets out a clear business case and vision for change that inspires and engages others. Creates a culture in which creativity is actively encouraged by leaders. Leads by example and role models innovation by constantly striving to improve our customer and volunteer experience.
• Valuing Diversity and Integrity - Works continuously to improve working practices to ensure fairness, inclusion and respect. Ensures diverse experiences are used fully in developing new opportunities. Embraces and champions TCV values and ethical standards with integrity and is recognised as a direct and truthful leader.
• Leading People and Building Talent & Capability - Role models leadership and understands how people deliver value to the organisation and how to maximise that value. Identifies, prioritises and develops the people capabilities needed to deliver the business strategy. Creates an environment in which recognising and developing talent is seen as a fundamental to managing the business.

What's on Offer

The package on offer for the successful Finance Director candidate is as follows:

• Salary £62,400- £65,000 per annum depending upon relevant experience
• Car or £5000 car allowance
• Private Medical Insurance
• 31 days annual leave plus bank 8 bank holidays
• 5% Employer pension contribution
• Life assurance (x2 annual salary)

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: MPCY14067914Z