Would partnering with executive level stakeholders for multiple areas interest you?

Do you want to add value through strong analysis and make an impact in organisation-wide decision making?

Are you looking to deliver a strong business partnering service for a large and commercially aware charity?

This excellent opportunity as a Finance Analyst for an amazing charity that work all across the UK in a number of regions across to deliver fundraising activities and commercial benefits to the public. The newly created Finance Analyst position will have the following key responsibilities:

Key responsibilities

• Delivering sound advice to budget holders by supporting and coaching them through the decision-making process to improve financial performance across a number of exciting projects
• Collaborate with stakeholders in the annual budget setting process and appropriately forecasting to communicate financially to non-finance staff at a Senior level
• Embed this role in the team for budget holders as a key source of advice and knowledge to support business planning
• Actively add value and drive forward communication through business partnering across departments
• Prepare accurate and relevant management reports for budget holders

Benefits

• Very flexible working opportunities including condensed hours
• Working from home opportunities
• 25 days holiday rising to 30 after 5 years of service
• Pension of up to 10% employer contribution
• Healthcare plan
• Many other excellent benefits

The successful candidate

• A fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA) or significant experience (QBE)
• Significant experience as a confident and collaborative Business Partner to challenge budget holders
• Experience of working on income and cost analysis
• Ideally experience within the charity sector but not essential
• Knowledge of SAP accounting with drive to find the most efficient and effective way of reporting to add value to the business
• A proactive and 'outside-the-box' thinker
• A tenacious and ambitious individual

This is a brilliant opportunity for a strong Management Accountant/Finance Analyst who is looking for their next step in their career, which will not only utilise your existing stakeholder engagement skills but also develop areas on a more strategic perspective.

Applications are being reviewed daily so please apply today!

Are you looking to deliver a strong business partnering service for a £200m commercially aware charity?

Would partnering with executive level stakeholders for multiple areas interest you?

Do you want to add value through strong analysis and make an impact in organisation-wide decision making?

This excellent opportunity as a Finance Analyst for an amazing charity that work all across the UK in a number of regions across to deliver fundraising activities and commercial benefits to the public. The newly created Finance Business Partner position will have the following key responsibilities:

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders in the annual budget setting process and appropriately forecasting to communicate financially to non-finance staff at a Senior level
• Delivering sound advice to budget holders by supporting and coaching them through the decision-making process to improve financial performance across a number of exciting projects
• Embed this role in the team for budget holders as a key source of advice and knowledge to support business planning
• Prepare accurate and relevant management reports for budget holders
• Actively add value and drive forward communication through business partnering across departments

Benefits

• Very flexible working opportunities including condensed hours
• Working from home opportunities
• 25 days holiday rising to 30 after 5 years of service
• Pension of up to 10% employer contribution
• Healthcare plan
• Many other excellent benefits

The successful candidate

• A fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA) or significant experience (QBE)
• Significant experience as a confident and collaborative Business Partner to challenge budget holders
• Experience of working on income and cost analysis
• Ideally experience within the charity sector but not essential
• A proactive and 'outside-the-box' thinker
• A tenacious and ambitious individual
• Knowledge of SAP accounting with drive to find the most efficient and effective way of reporting to add value to the business

This is a brilliant opportunity for a strong Management Accountant/Finance Analyst who is looking for their next step in their career, which will not only utilise your existing stakeholder engagement skills but also develop areas on a more strategic perspective.

Applications are being reviewed daily so please apply today!

Do you want to add value through strong analysis and make an impact on organisation-wide decision making?

Are you looking to lead a small team as well as deliver a strong business partnering service for a £200m commercially aware charity?

Would partnering with executive level stakeholders for multiple areas interest you?

This excellent opportunity as a Senior Finance Analyst for an amazing charity that work all across the UK in a number of regions across to deliver fundraising activities and commercial benefits to the public. The newly created Finance Business Partner position will have the following key responsibilities:

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders in the annual budget setting process and appropriately forecasting to communicate financially to non-finance staff at a Senior level
• Lead a team to deliver on the financial elements of the projects that the charity is responsible for
• Delivering sound advice to budget holders by supporting and coaching them through the decision-making process to improve financial performance across a number of exciting projects
• Embed this role in the team for budget holders as a key source of advice and knowledge to support business planning
• Prepare accurate and relevant management reports for budget holders
• Actively add value and drive forward communication through business partnering across departments

Benefits

• Very flexible working opportunities
• Working from home opportunities
• 25 days holiday rising to 30 after 5 years of service
• Pension of up to 10% employer contribution
• Healthcare plan
• Many other excellent benefits

The successful candidate

• A fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA) or significant experience (QBE)
• Experience of staff management previously
• Significant experience as a confident and collaborative Business Partner to challenge budget holders
• Experience of working on income and cost analysis
• Ideally experience within the charity sector but not essential
• A proactive and 'outside-the-box' thinker
• A tenacious and ambitious individual
• Knowledge of SAP accounting with drive to find the most efficient and effective way of reporting to add value to the business

This is a brilliant opportunity for a strong Senior Finance Business Partner/Analyst who is looking for their next step in their career, which will not only utilise your existing stakeholder engagement skills but also develop areas on a more strategic perspective.

Applications are being reviewed daily so please apply today!

Insight Analyst

A brand-new role has recently arisen for an Insight Analyst to join a very well-known organisation in their head office based in Horsham, West Sussex. As the Insight Analyst you will be responsible for the reporting and analysis to help develop and inform the design of services, customer journeys and income. This role will offer you excellent career progression as they will provide in depth training and will give you the chance to become an expert in Salesforce and other tools such as PowerBI.

The Insight Analyst will be working within a small and supportive team which will help you to quickly progress within your career and learn new skills. If you have some sort of finance related analysis skills from either a commercial or charity background and have the ability to produce insights on various data sets then you will be the perfect candidate for this role. Working for this organisation you will get to utilise their flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home 1 day a week.

Skills required for the Insight Analyst are:

• Ability to provide in-depth insights into data sets.
• Strong communicator and the ability to present findings to senior stakeholders.
• Can pick up new skills quickly.

Insight Analyst / Data Analyst / Salesforce / Power BI / Insights

Salary: £31,500 + Excellent benefits

Location: Horsham, West Sussex

Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity.

Understanding Recruitment is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy.

An international development organisation in south-west London is currently seeking a Financial Analyst to join their head office team as part of a growing commercial finance function.

• Production of reporting packs for country programme operatives
• Production of budgets and forecasts to key internal stakeholders and senior management team members
• Analysis and commentary on current international programmes
• Support in the financial analysis of new commercial contracts with external suppliers

This is an exciting role, suited to candidates who are either newly qualified or up to 3 years post-qualified experience. As a newly created position, you will be joining an expanding team at an exciting time of transformation and growth.

You will be CCAB qualified or equivalent, have a demonstrable interested in the Charities sector (though previous experience not a prerequisite), and ideally some experience within financial analysis.

Resonance, Senior Investment Analyst,  Birmingham (Permanent) &  Manchester (12-month FTC, part time option considered)

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in the ambition of Resonance to strengthen social enterprises and develop the eco-system which enables social investment to thrive. Resonance is a leading Social Impact Investment company and the Senior Investment Analysts, based in Birmingham and Manchester, will contribute to its growing prominence in the sector.

The Role of Senior Investment Analyst within the West Midlands SITR Fund or the North West SITR Fund

Purpose: To support Resonance’s Investment team with a focus on the West Midlands SITR (social investment tax relief) Fund or the North West SITR Fund . The ultimate goal of these Funds is to dismantle poverty and disadvantage in the West Midlands and the North West by providing affordable investments to social enterprises so they can grow their business and scale up their impact. 

Key Function: 

Support the deployment and operation of the Fund. 

Responsible for coordinating and contracting with new business opportunities and ensuring projects are delivered to a high standard. 

Core responsibilities:

• Sourcing social enterprise investment opportunities 

• Assisting social enterprises with understanding SITR, the loans we can offer and how we work 

• Supporting social enterprises who are considering social impact investment to fund their growth 

• Managing ongoing relationships with both current and potential investees 

• Carrying out due diligence and financial analysis to assess investment opportunities
• Preparing investment papers and presenting recommendations to the Investment Committees 

• Supporting investees to meet their loan conditions 
• Executing deals from the Funds 
• Monitoring investments made 

• Helping to build the Resonance network in the West Midlands and the North West.
• Actively sharing the learning from projects across the Resonance team 


Secondary responsibilities: 

• Representing Resonance at events and other profile-raising activities 

• Developing relationships with investors and other partners 

• Assisting with reporting to Resonance’s leadership team and board of directors 

• Deputising for other team members 


Person specification 


The ideal candidate will have relevant experience to be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience: 


Key Strengths 


This person will be: 


• A team player; working with people in and outside of the organisation to get the job done 

• Resilient; capable of maintaining motivation and focus despite setbacks 

• Strong on execution; able to bring together and orchestrate numerous moving pieces and drive things forward in order to get the project delivered 

• Financially literate but socially motivated; not “in it for themselves” but still highly skilled in shaping commercial solutions to best fit the social goals of client enterprises 

• Empathetic in seeing the other side of the story and yet also holding people to account 


Essential experience and skills: 


• Desire to help address social issues through impact investment 

• Fully subscribes to Resonance’s vision, mission and values 

• Ability to understand, interpret and advise on business and impact strategy within the context of a values-led enterprise 

• Commercial acumen and ability to creatively identify and execute business opportunities 

• Strong financial modelling skills 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

• Strong networking, interpersonal, and influencing skills 

• Able to prioritise work towards clear goals and performance targets 

• Able to work independently and demonstrate initiative and tenacity in seeing tasks or projects through to conclusion.
• Thorough and detailed approach to organising work and maintaining accurate records 

• Highly professional and ethical approach in representing the company and marketing its products 

• Willing to travel within the UK and work with colleagues in multiple locations using appropriate communications technology 

• Enthusiasm to work in an entrepreneurial and innovative environment 


Desirable:

• Educated to degree standard 

• Other relevant professional qualification 

• Knowledge of social enterprise sector 

• Knowledge of social investment sector 

• Knowledge of 1) the West Midlands region 
or 2) the North West region
• Experience in social investment either from the social enterprise perspective or from the investor side (if very hands on experience) including deal structuring, executing and ongoing management 

• Experience of the development and implementation of social impact management frameworks 

• Experience in the implementation of systems and performance measurement processes 

• Strong project management skills 


Important functional relationships - internal:

• Funds Team; Central Team (finance, people, compliance); Communications Team 

Important functional relationships – external:

• Social Enterprise clients; Social Enterprise networks and support organizations; Investors; Financial Advisors and Wealth Managers, Resonance West Midlands SITR Investment Committee or Resonance North West Investment Committee

Mandatory Questions for Candidates:

1. Are you based in the West Midlands or North West?

2. Do you have FCA approval or other Professional qualifications (please specify?

3. What has led you to apply for a social investment role specifically rather than a mainstream investment role?

4. Have you worked with social enterprises or third sector organisations before? If so, please give a brief summary.

5. Are you willing to travel across the UK?

6. How would you rate your experience in using Microsoft Excel 1 – 4 (1 being basic and 4 advanced).

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity please send your CV, Cover Letter and answers to the Mandatory Questions to Sheena Pentin at Careers4Change.

Resonance:

Our Vision 

A world where... 

• capital serves people and communities 

• all are empowered to invest in enterprise for positive social impact 

• resources are stewarded for future generations 


Our Mission 

• To connect capital to social enterprises
• To find creative solutions matching transformational enterprises with investors who share their values 
• To shift market motivations, aligning commercial returns with social impact

Our Values 

• We are a bridge, not an institution 

• We believe there is always a solution 

• We build trusting and transparent relationships, one investment at a time 

• When we strive for mutual profit, all of society benefits 
​

Would business partnering with Director level stakeholders and delivering quality information to better inform decision making be an interesting role for you?

Are you looking to direct a key area of the business partnering strategy across investment in a newly created role?

Do you want to lead a team of Financial Analysts and drive a high-quality standard of reporting and business partnering?

The role

This excellent opportunity as a Finance Business Partner for an amazing charity that work across the UK in a number of regions across to deliver fundraising activities and commercial benefits to the public. The newly created Finance Business Partner position will have the following key responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders in the annual budget setting process and appropriately forecasting to communicate financially to non-finance staff
• Lead a team of Financial Analysts to drive quality reporting for Director level stakeholders across specifically across investments for the charity.
• Delivering sound advice to budget holders by supporting and coaching them through the decision-making process to improve financial performance
• Prepare accurate and relevant management reports for budget holders
• Actively add value and drive forward communication through business partnering across departments

Benefits

• Very flexible working opportunities
• Working from home opportunities
• 25 days holiday rising to 30 after 5 years of service
• Pension of up to 10% employer contribution
• Healthcare plan
• Many other excellent benefits

The successful candidate

• A fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA) or significant experience (QBE)
• Significant experience as a confident and collaborative Business Partner to challenge budget holders
• A proactive and 'outside-the-box' thinker
• Knowledge of SAP accounting with drive to find the most efficient and effective way of reporting to add value to the business

This is a brilliant opportunity for a strong Finance Business Partner who is looking for their next step in their career, which will not only utilise your existing stakeholder engagement skills but also develop areas on a more strategic perspective.

Applications are being reviewed daily so please apply today!

Are you looking to direct a key area of the business partnering strategy in a newly created role for a large charity?

Would working partnering with executive level stakeholders and delivering quality information to better inform decision making be of interest to you?

Do you want to lead a team of Financial Analysts and drive a high-quality standard of reporting and business partnering?

The role

This excellent opportunity as a Finance Business Partner for an amazing charity that work all across the UK in a number of regions across to deliver fundraising activities and commercial benefits to the public. The newly created Finance Business Partner position will have the following key responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders in the annual budget setting process and appropriately forecasting to communicate financially to non-finance staff
• Lead a team of Financial Analysts to drive quality reporting for Executive stakeholders across Fundraising, HR, Strategy and Development and IT.
• Delivering sound advice to budget holders by supporting and coaching them through the decision-making process to improve financial performance
• Prepare accurate and relevant management reports for budget holders
• Actively add value and drive forward communication through business partnering across departments

Benefits

• Very flexible working opportunities
• Working from home opportunities
• 25 days holiday rising to 30 after 5 years of service
• Pension of up to 10% employer contribution
• Healthcare plan
• Many other excellent benefits

The successful candidate

• A fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA) or significant experience (QBE)
• Significant experience as a confident and collaborative Business Partner to challenge budget holders
• A proactive and 'outside-the-box' thinker
• Knowledge of SAP accounting with drive to find the most efficient and effective way of reporting to add value to the business

This is a brilliant opportunity for a strong Finance Business Partner who is looking for their next step in their career, which will not only utilise your existing stakeholder engagement skills but also develop areas on a more strategic perspective.

Applications are being reviewed daily so please apply today!

Project analyst, rics, analyst, higher education, design, commercial, financial, spreadsheet

Your new company
An internationally renowned design institution situated in multiple locations across London.

Your new role
The Project Analyst role is primarily to instigate, maintain and monitor the commercial aspects of Capital Projects.

Broadly speaking the Project Analyst, reporting to the Head of Capital Projects, will lead on three distinct activities:

• Process & Monitor all expenditure and forecast future expenditure in collaboration with the Quantity Surveyor(s) & Project Manager(s).
• Challenge spending decisions within the Programmes to ensure that the organisation gets good value for money from each transaction and that the programme's/project budget is managed carefully.
• Provide an effective reporting link between the Project team and the Finance Department, acting as the programmes point of contact to the B&E Finance Partner and Head of Capital Projects to ensure that the right checks, balances and incentives are in the place to drive best value.

What you'll need to succeed
Essential:

• A relevant degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience;
• Demonstrable experience in managing commercial relationships and/or structuring contracts;
• Experience of cash flow reporting;
• Experience of College specific financial systems and software, such as U4/Agresso;
• Demonstrable experience of managing preparation of monthly management reports and delivery of analysis to Senior Management;
• High degree of computer literacy, with strong spreadsheet manipulation and report preparation skills, and advanced Excel work;
• Strong organisational skills, with a meticulous and methodical approach;
• Ability to identify and create improvements in reporting in line with project needs;
• Good track record in delivering accurate, high quality work and reports to deadlines and to required standards;
• Ability to remain calm and focussed while working under pressure,
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Flexible approach to work, willing to play a full role in ensuring the success of a high performing team;
• Demonstrable ability to administer robust financial controls;
• Excellent people and relationship building skills, with the ability to operate successfully with people at all levels and to manage relationships with key clients or stakeholders across the organisation;

Desirable:

• A professional qualification, e.g.RICS or equivalent

What you'll get in return

• Salary £46,629 - £52,137 per annum
• Normal hours will total 35 hours per week, 9:30am-5.30pm, Monday to Friday.
• 25 days' annual leave plus extended breaks at Christmas and Easter.
• A contributory defined benefit pension scheme and interest free season ticket loan are available.

What you need to do now
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Internal Auditor

As an auditor, you will work across their beautiful sites experiencing a wide range of audits from finance and retail, through conservation and large-scale building projects, to gardening or music festivals.

Internal Auditor Responsibilities:

You will play an integral role in the audit team to investigate, understand, analyse and test their systems of governance, risk management, and control. You will collaborate with senior management to make pragmatic recommendations for improvement and draft clear and concise reports to communicate these.

They are a small team with a large reach, so you will need to be comfortable working both within a team and independently, and able to prioritise and manage your time well to balance multiple assignments as efficiently as possible.

Internal Auditor Requirements:

You will be fully qualified with a recognised accountancy (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or overseas equivalent) or internal audit (IIA, CIA etc.) qualification, with extensive auditing experience. Knowledge of IIA or Public Sector Internal Audit Standards, risk-based and lean auditing techniques, public sector or charity finance would be advantageous.

You will have excellent analytical skills, able to get to the root cause of problems quickly and communicate complex issues at all levels. In addition, you will have a high level of commercial and strategic awareness, and the skills necessary to inspire and influence their colleagues across our client.

About our client:

Our client is the independent charity that looks after multiple sites. 

Location: East Molesey, KT8 9AU

Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 36 hours per week

Salary: £53,842 per annum

Closing date: 2nd February 2020

You may have experience of the following: Internal Auditor, Finance Analyst, Financial Analysis, Accountant, Finance Manager, Finance Business Partner, Governance Manager, Risk Manager, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc.

Ref: 91338

Management Accountant

An exciting opportunity for a part qualified management accountant has arisen at one of London’s fastest growing museums. A commercially minded and forward organisation, this role will suit someone who has experience in both the charity or art sector and commercial organisations. If you are a part qualified finance professional, with an interest in museums and art, this could be the right role for you! Would you enjoy management accounting at a commercially minded charity where you can see the impact of the numbers you are working with on a daily basis?

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 will 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 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 £35,000 to £38,000 per annum
• Working in a close knit, friendly team in an artistic and expressive space

If you are interested in this role, please apply or get in touch with Emma at Allen Lane to find out more.

The Role

An exciting opportunity for a candidate with charity experience to develop new systems and processes using best of class CRM, automation and email systems.  Within a team of three, the CRM Manager is responsible for supporting more complex system issues, system development and data selections.

About you

You will be a CRM Manager with at least two years' experience in this area, having managed a CRM across multiple functions in a charity.  You'll have excellent organisational and time management skills and have a calm and flexible approach to work in a busy environment.  You'll be a solution focussed problem solver who is happy to work as part of a small team, with the ability to quickly build excellent relationships across all levels.

You will be confident in managing an enterprise platform CRM system and experience of Dynamics 365 would be highly desirable.  You'll be a results driven individual with previous experience of processing direct debits and Gift Aid, as well as data analysis and marketing data selection.  Strong experience of delivering "queries" and "selections" for non-technical users is essential due to the recent implimentation of our CRM system, as is your technology competency level to enable effective management and manipulation of data. 

If this sounds interesting we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

Technical product ownership for business systems.

• Dynamics 365 :
  • Maintain functionality as business grows and develops, including development of new fields, functions and forms.
  • Translate user requirements to technical specifications.
  • Provide training and user support as needed.
  • Oversee the calendar for marketing selections
  • Oversee the calendar for data cleanse
  • Ensure new users are set up with correct access to perform their role.
• Microsoft Flow (Power Automate) – create and build flows to automate business processes and integrations.
• SQL servers for Dynamics reporting, exporting and storage.
• DotDigital technical lead and support for Digital team automations and marketing lists.
• Supporting integration of business systems i.e. Donation/Direct Debit website pages, Sage 200c, JustGiving, VirginMoney Giving, Realbuzz, Give Panel and Facebook Fundraising.
• Microsoft Admin Portal – maintaining Dynamics licences for new users.
• CRM Portal – Supporting volunteers’ usage and research grant applications, ensuring technical functionality meets requirements.
• Technical contact for M-hance support.
• Power BI – creating business reports across the charity.
• Across all of the above applications, maintain up-to-date knowledge of current-and-upcoming features.

​​​Maintaining and developing the CRM at Crohns & Colitis UK

• Support the Operations Manager to develop business systems that meet business objectives.
• Serve as the escalation point for system issues that the Database Officer cannot resolve.
• Contribute as a senior voice to the governance groups for the CRM, currently including the Data Governance Group and the CRM Power Users’ Group.
• Lead the maintenance and development of the charity’s business applications.
• Lead on ensuring that the chariy’s business systems are appropriately accurate. 
• Use the database to generate analytical and strategic reports across the charity against agreed KPI’s.
• Support the generation of all data needed to deliver external communications activities including direct marketing, membership and volunteering activities. 
• Responsibility for ensuring all database users are using the system correctly and efficiently in accordance with agreed policies and procedures.
• Maintain issues in shared Service Desk system to the team’s agreed service level standards. I.e. all issues are recorded, reported and actioned in a timely manner.
• The post holder will be a technical contact point for business system providers where necessary.  (The Operations Manager is the commercial contact point.)
• Responsibility for identifying and documenting learning opportunities and process improvements.
• Ensure that applications are run in compliance with relevant data protection and information sharing policies, legislation and best practice.
• Identification and recommendation of any training needed to ensure the above is possible.
• Responsible for developing routines and processes to ensure income data is accurately recorded in the accounting system, and for exploring means of simplifying, and ultimately automating this interface.
• Advise on system choice and integration where new software solutions are to be purchased by the charity.
• Planning, executing, testing and documenting larger system changes and upgrades.

CRM Integration

• Work to ensure the integration of all data processes across the charity (e.g. payment portal, Supporter database and finance database) minimising duplication of activity and risk to data integrity and compliance.
• Support, monitor and maintain the existing Business systems, databases and applications. Respond and prioritise support based on support requests and feedback from the various Directorates.

Staff Supervision

• Supervise and provide technical support to the Database Officer and any volunteers that support this team.