Senior Finance Business Partner role, reporting into the Head of Finance Business Partnering and leading the finance business partnering for one of the key business areas.

Client Details

An ambitious and growing housing and property business based in West London, providing a wide range of housing solutions and community development initiatives to thousands of households in London and the South East. Being a commercial business with a social purpose, this organisation is developing a large amount of property and has exciting plans to rapidly increase the scale and scope within which they operate.

Description

• Working across key leadership and budget holders, building relationships to help drive better financial understanding and performance
• Lead forecasting and budgeting for your business area
• Take ownership of the management accounts and reporting that is produced for your business area
• Work on ad-hoc projects to provide financial analysis and to develop the quality of the reporting
• Manage qualified and part-qualified accountants

Profile

You will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent) very strong finance business partnering experience. You will have worked with senior leadership and key stakeholders to deliver financial information and support key decision making.

An understanding of the housing or property sectors would be highly beneficial.

Job Offer

Salary up to £62,000 plus excellent benefits

Finance Business Partner

Office Based: Stevenage

Contract Type: Permanent

Role no: 91

Working pattern: Full time - 37 hours, 5 days per week Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Salary: £38,000.00 - £41,000.00 per annum (dependent on experience) + Benefits

Giving people a voice – and making sure it’s heard – is something POhWER does every day. We’re all about promoting equality, challenging unfairness and giving disadvantaged and vulnerable people access to high quality information, advice and advocacy services. POhWER is a registered charity that provides a range of services across England.

We are looking to recruit people who share our core values and can demonstrate that they apply and live those values in their daily working practice.

We have a current vacancy for a Finance Business Partner to join our finance team working in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

To ensure POhWER’s financial effectiveness we are looking for a committed Business Partner to support this demanding and rewarding role. You will be responsible for providing the business partnering to internal financial and non-financial managers to improve financial awareness, as well as contributing to robust financial controls and month end processes.  This is a varied role and will involve collaborating with the wider team to achieve robust control frameworks, to manage costing models and standard costing to support pricing and commercial opportunities and evaluate costs across the charity.

A key requirement for this role will be having skill in interpreting and communicating financial information to a wide range of stakeholders, using judgement, logic, reasoning and integrity. You should have advanced Excel and modelling skills and strong experience of working in a finance department, comfortable with the wide range of controls, practices and accounting regulations relevant to a charity like ours.

You will be a confident positive team player, able to work in partnership with colleagues and professionals.  Our ideal candidate will have worked in a similar role, have strong communication skills and time management skills will be required and you will need to be computer literate.

Please refer to the job description for further information about the role.

Completed application forms will only be considered for this role.

Please apply via our website

Closing date: 10am, Monday 4th January 2021

Interviews: Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th January 2021

A DBS check will be required for this post.

POhWER is an equal opportunities employer, holder of the Investors in People Silver award and a member of the MINDFUL EMPLOYER scheme. We are a member of the Positive about Disability scheme and disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Finance Business Partner: £55,000 + benefits, London | Croydon (12 Month FTC)

For a global education company, we are recruiting a Finance Business Partner on a FTC basis for 12 months. Reporting to the Head of Business Partnering, this role will deliver a high-quality finance service to decision makers across the UK and Ireland Regions. This will involve management and project accounting, performance monitoring (financial and non-financial), budgeting and forecasting, providing insightful analysis and recommendations, business cases and tenders. Based in London or Croydon, this role will have regular travel to either office as well as occasional travel overseas.

Main Duties:

• Key player in growth plans by supplying the business with expert financial and management accounting services
• Build relationships with Directors, budget holders and Departmental Heads
• Provide direction and robust challenge to non-finance staff
• Oversee general financial management and ensure the maintenance of accurate financial records, reconciliations and processing of journals
• Production of monthly management reporting packs, commentary and analysis of performance and trends
• Provision of regular insightful analysis for decision making including project and product performance reporting
• Work with stakeholders to complete financial forecasting, annual budgeting, business cases and tenders
• Implementation of new processes, systems and reporting techniques

Person Specification:

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified
• Advanced MS Excel skills and working knowledge of Sun Systems (ideally)
• Strong experience in a finance business partnering role
• Experience of working in a mutli-cultural and mutli-site organisation
• Experience of applying commercial principles to their analysis and recommendations

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HFT is a national charity that supports more than 3000 people to live with independence, choice, and with all the support they need and provides services to 1000’S more through our projects: Love2MeetU, personalised technology and Family Carer Support.

In response to the changing landscape across the learning disability sector, we are developing a new and exciting business strategy, which provides a framework detailing how we run our business support activities, processes and systems across the organisation.

As part of this new and exciting strategy HFT are looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner to the Northern Division based in our Wakefield office to help support our transformational journey over the forthcoming years.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new vision and influence and shape the direction of the charity with the wider finance team

As a Finance Business Partner you will:

• Support the management team and stakeholders from a financial and commercial point of view, helping to drive optimal business decisions and to deliver better financial performance.
• Support the management team and partner with key stakeholders in the relevant region, helping to improve overall service performance. The FBP will produce fee costings to maximise fee rates and insightful analysis to help to drive improvements in the cost base.
• Support the budget and forecast processes, helping to build realistic targets engaging with and working alongside operations and central stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver focused reporting and analysis to the operations and central teams.
• Support the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis and the wider Finance team as needed.
   

About you:

• Have experience of working in a finance business partnering role with a commercial
  and pragmatic outlook, balancing financial targets with competing priorities.
• Be a good relationship builder, who is supportive, able to build rapport and work
  collaboratively with key stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Be a Qualified accountant - CIMA/ ACCA/ACA who has strong analytical and interpretation skills and flexible, and able to deal with changing and competing priorities
• Be organised and thorough, with an attention to detail and see things through to completion and be able to challenge in a constructive way
• Be self-motivated, resilient and have managed multiple workstreams over a successful career to date
• Have experience of budgeting and forecasting in a complex organisation and be able to work with stakeholders to deliver a budget in line with expectations

Up to £40,000 salary for a 35 hour week
car allowance of £320 per month
contributory pension scheme
up to 25 days holiday
private health cover

Finance Business Partner

Permanent

Salary up to £40,000 plus £320 per month car allowance and benefits

Multiple Locations across the UK

HFT is a national charity that supports more than 3000 people to live with independence, choice, and with all the support they need and provides services to 1000’S more through our projects: Love2MeetU, personalised technology and Family Carer Support.

In response to the changing landscape across the learning disability sector, we are developing a new and exciting business strategy, which provides a framework detailing how we run our business support activities, processes and systems across the organisation.

As part of this new and exciting strategy HFT are looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner to the Northern Division based in our Wakefield office to help support our transformational journey over the forthcoming years.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new vision and influence and shape the direction of the charity with the wider finance team

As a Finance Business Partner you will:

• support the management team and stakeholders from a financial and commercial point of view, helping to drive optimal business decisions and to deliver better financial performance.
• support the management team and partner with key stakeholders in the relevant region, helping to improve overall service performance. The FBP will produce fee costings to maximise fee rates and insightful analysis to help to drive improvements in the cost base.
• support the budget and forecast processes, helping to build realistic targets engaging with and working alongside operations and central stakeholders.
• develop and deliver focused reporting and analysis to the operations and central teams.
• support the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis and the wider Finance team as needed.

About you:

• Have experience of working in a finance business partnering role with a commercial and pragmatic outlook, balancing financial targets with competing priorities.
• Be a good relationship builder, who is supportive, able to build rapport and workcollaboratively with key stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Be a Qualified accountant - CIMA/ ACCA/ACA who has strong analytical and interpretation skills and flexible, and able to deal with changing and competing priorities
• Be organised and thorough, with an attention to detail and see things through to completion and be able to challenge in a constructive way
• Be self-motivated, resilient and have managed multiple workstreams over a successful career to date
• Have experience of budgeting and forecasting in a complex organisation and be able to work with stakeholders to deliver a budget in line with expectations

For more information please contact our retained consultant Nicola Shaw

Closing date 29th November

Interview date 14th December

Finance Business Partner required to work with a prestigious not for profit organisation in London.

Your new company:
A charity with an income of over £40m. Although a not for profit organisation they have some commercial elements. This organisation would suit a candidate with an interest in education and cultural spaces.

Your new role:

• Deliver monthly and ad-hoc management reports
• Deliver an annual directorate budget
• Assist with and improve organisational business case preparation and tailoring of resources to achieve optimal strategic effectiveness
• Define and manage key stakeholder relationships to deliver improved financial performance, including technical financial support
• Improve the use of metrics within the Directorates to enable delivery of strategic objectives
• Implement and embed benchmarking to assist with performance assessment

What you'll need to succeed:
This role will suit a qualified accountant with previous experience in a similar role - Finance Business Partnering, Management Accounting or Project Accounting.

What you'll get in return
8% employer pension contribution, onsite gym, 27 days annual leave. A vibrant workplace with a diverse range of activities.

What you need to do now
Please apply ASAP to be considered. The organisation is considering applications now.

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If you are looking for a true Finance Business Partnering role focusing on analysis, strategy and business development, this position with an established international organisation might be the right next step for you.

Offering a top benefits package and the chance to be involved in an exciting development project, this role offers a great chance to step into a role focused on the analytical and strategic side of finance.

Reporting into the Head of Financial Planning, the Finance Business Partner will be responsible for;

• Building relationships with key senior stakeholders, driving financial understanding and working proactively to drive efficiencies and identify opportunities for income generation
• Managing budget setting and forecasting for key directorates  
• Overseeing the management accounting and financial reporting for directorates
• Providing analysis and decision-making support for projects

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA or CIMA) with a track record of Business Partnering in industry, either commercial or Not for Profit. Experience business partnering in an organisation with a significant property portfolio would be beneficial, but excellent analytical, relationship building and strategic skills are key.

If you are interested in this position, please apply early as interviews are being held as suitable applicants get in touch and this role may be filled before the closing date. For more information, contact Kate Marriott at Ivy Rock Partners.

Finance Business Partner: £55,000 + benefits, London | Croydon

For a global education company, we are recruiting a Finance Business Partner on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Head of Business Partnering, this role will deliver a high-quality finance service to decision makers across the UK and Ireland Regions. This will involve management and project accounting, performance monitoring (financial and non-financial), budgeting and forecasting, providing insightful analysis and recommendations, business cases and tenders. Based in London or Croydon, this role will have regular travel to either office as well as occasional travel overseas.

Main Duties:

• Key player in growth plans by supplying the business with expert financial and management accounting services
• Build relationships with Directors, budget holders and Departmental Heads
• Provide direction and robust challenge to non-finance staff
• Oversee general financial management and ensure the maintenance of accurate financial records, reconciliations and processing of journals
• Production of monthly management reporting packs, commentary and analysis of performance and trends
• Provision of regular insightful analysis for decision making including project and product performance reporting
• Work with stakeholders to complete financial forecasting, annual budgeting, business cases and tenders
• Implementation of new processes, systems and reporting techniques

Person Specification:

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified
• Advanced MS Excel skills and working knowledge of Sun Systems (ideally)
• Strong experience in a finance business partnering role
• Experience of working in a mutli-cultural and mutli-site organisation
• Experience of applying commercial principles to their analysis and recommendations

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

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Full-time (35 hours per week) job share or substantial part-time applications welcome 

Society Building, London N1, with flexibility to regularly work from home/home-based, with occasional travel to the office

Closing date: 10am Wednesday 9 December 2020
Interviews: Thurs 17th 13.00 – 17.00; Fri 18th 09.00 – 17.00; Mon 21st 09.00 – 17.00

NCVO is transforming the way it works. With a new strategic direction and leadership team, we are determined to work with our members so that charities and volunteering can thrive. As the country recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic and renews itself, charities and volunteering aren’t just vital support systems for communities in need – they’re at the heart of how people want to lead their lives.

As Director of Finance and Services, you will play a key role in the ongoing business transformation of NCVO as well as contributing to the strategic leadership of NCVO. As part of our new leadership team and a director of our trading board, you will take lead responsibility for NCVO’s income generation and financial sustainability, including managing our largest financial asset - our building in King’s Cross.  You’ll lead our thinking on how to adapt commercially to a post Covid-19 world, making best use of our technology and assets, identifying new opportunities for sustainable growth and impact. Working alongside our members and our corporate partners. you’ll also lead and shape the future of the services that we provide to our growing body of 15,000 members, helping us to refocus our digital services offer as we shift to different models of delivery.

This is a fantastic challenge at a time of considerable change and uncertainty. We’re looking for an experienced leader who can combine financial acumen and commercial awareness with an open and supportive style. As our lead financial professional you will have an accountancy qualification, allied with an ability to see the big picture, spot opportunities, and manage risk.  You will have considerable experience working at a senior level.  While we do not have preconceived ideas about what sectors the successful candidate will have worked in, it is essential that you have an understanding of and passion for the voluntary sector.

You’ll be comfortable with change, and able to inspire the confidence of staff, trustees and other stakeholders at all levels, and from all backgrounds. Like many organisations, at present, that includes being able to build and support teams remotely. We’re changing how we work in other ways too, and you’ll bring a strong commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, as well as an open and collaborative approach that sees NCVO as part of a wider network for change.

NCVO is fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in our sector.  We want this to be reflected in the diversity of the people who work for us and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and identities.  We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are under-represented in NCVO, particularly at senior level. As part of our commitment to employing disabled people, all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirement for all competencies on the person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.

How to apply

Please visit our website for further information and to apply.

About NCVO

NCVO supports volunteering and charities.

We believe that the work of volunteers and charities make our communities stronger and the world around us better, for everyone.

Our members are at the heart of our mission. We work collaboratively with our 15,000-strong network of national and local organisations. We share practical support and new insight so that people and organisations can focus on making a difference. And we work alongside our members to ensure that the essential role of volunteers and charities is widely recognised.

NCVO is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone. 

Benefits for NCVO employees

NCVO offers attractive benefits including: 25 days’ annual leave (for full time staff and pro-rata for part-time staff) and the option to purchase up to 5 more days each year, take 35 hours of volunteering leave per year, subsidised gym membership, season ticket loan, flexible working including opportunities to work from home/off-site, generous contributions to a stakeholder pension scheme and training and development opportunities. We are located a short walk from London King’s Cross station in a modern accessible building, overlooking Regent’s canal.

Our partner has played a key role in supporting the most vulnerable people during the COVID-19 crisis in the UK. As a result of an increase in the demand for the crucial services they provide, they have grown rapidly and are at an interesting phase in the development of their finance function. Specifically for this role, they are seeking a candidate to offer full financial management of a substantial new grant received, and additionally support them through the current phase of growth, increased volume and complexity of activity. 

Responsibilities

• Lead on the full cycle management of the grant, including designing and strengthening processes and controls, providing oversight of coding and entering transactions, making corrections as required, and reconciling data.
• Supporting budget holders in all aspects of grants compliance, monitoring and reporting. 
• Undertake programmes finance analysis and support in the development of reports for internal and external stakeholders. 
• Support in the preparation of the donor audit.
• Act as a business partner to the programmes team, providing accounting & financial support, analysis and identifying risks in order to better assist resource allocation and decision making within the organisation.

Requirements

• An experienced accountant (qualified or finalist) with experience in a finace role delivering a large, complex project.
• A commercial background, ideally within logistics or retail, and a strong understanding of charity finance, including grants compliance and monitoring.
• Good systems experience, intermediate/advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work successfully with finance and non-finance staff, and engage a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Whilst this role is home-based, it is only open to those candidates who have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship. This is a 6 month contract. Immediate start preferred, with the organsiation open to candidates who are able to start latest by early January 2021.

The UK’s only full-time repertory opera company, the English National Opera dates back to the 19th century and has been performing at the London Coliseum for over 50 years. With a diverse array of productions including world premieres and pioneering modern takes on classic shows, the ENO continues to perform new work in new ways whilst upholding the historic tradition of the art form.

In an exciting time of transformation, the Finance Department is currently seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to support multiple departments. The salary for this role is circa. £50,000 and will be entirely remote for the time being, at least until Easter. After that the ENO will not be returning to the office full time and flexible working is encouraged.

Key Responsibilities:

• Production of monthly management accounts and annual budgets for 3 departments.
• Monthly monitoring of actual and forecast financial performance.
• Development and maintenance of excellent business partnering arrangements with relevant departments, providing them with reliable, consistent and timely financial information.
• Responsibility for the coordination of the month end & budget/forecast processes, pulling together all necessary information packs for management and Board presentation.

• To be a team leader in a 3 person Business Partner team, providing guidance to the team on best practice and process improvements.

Key Requirements:

• You must be a qualified finance professional (CIMA, ACA, CIMA)
• The ability to analyse data in detail and develop useful reports for the business.
• Experience in producing management accounts, budgets and forecasts.
• Strong technical ability, attention to detail and problem solving capabilities.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Intermediate excel experience.
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience is desirable.

The deadline for applications is on Sunday the 6th of December, with interviews being held in Mid-December by video call. Alongside this position, we are also recruiting a Finance Officer at the ENO.

If you would like to find out more about the position before you apply, please contact Emma Jaggs at Allen Lane.

A well-established community and youth focused charity in Devizes, Wiltshire is seeking a Head of Finance & Business Development.

The role will be offered as a Fixed Term Contract for 22 months, with the possibility of extension subject to funding.

The role represents a chance to work for a fantastic organisation who provide wide ranging and essential services to the local community.

The successful applicant will be a fully qualified ACCA, CIMA or ACA accountant, with a strong understanding of charity accounting and funding, along with significant staff management experience and demonstrable commercial and business development acumen – ideally at SMT level.

Although there is currently increased flexibility due to Covid, it is expected that a significant part of this role will be office based – so applicants should live within a commutable distance.

The role will involve:

-Line managing a small team of 2-3 staff

-Preparation & presentation of financial reports and budgets to the CEO and board

-Review finance policies and procedures for the charity and its subsidiaries

-Preparation of annual charity SORP accounts

-Reporting to funders & donors

-Oversee the production of all monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts

-Lead on all tax & VAT duties

-Company secretarial duties

-Oversee the IT department

-Lead a business development project on the charity’s outdoor activity centre

-Profiling and advising on income and cost optimisation and commercialisation of the charity’s activities and spending, including investments

-Property management duties covering the main office and activity centre – tenancies, health & safety etc

Candidate requirements:

-Fully-qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)

-Demonstrable experience in a similar role at senior level in a comparable organisation

-Leadership and staff management experience

-Detailed knowledge of charity accounting – Charities SORP, restricted, unrestricted and designated funds, and trading subsidiaries

-Track record of managing and reviewing VAT

-Sage experience desirable but not essential

Closing date: 16th December

Interviews: W/c 21st December

Please send your CV for further consideration

About the role

Reporting to our Director of Investments this role plays an important part in leading the portfolio management of SIB’s existing circa £50m loan book to charities and social enterprises. The role also oversees the assessment and sanctioning of new lending.

We are looking for someone who has substantial experience of working within a lending environment and who has worked in a credit and risk approvals function or held their own delegated approval authorities. Knowledge of the charity and social enterprise sectors would be desirable or a passion to apply your technical credit risk skills to the sector.

Key responsibilities

1. To track and monitor the performance of the loan book and frequently review portfolio risk tier allocations

2. To collect and analyse historical loan book data to develop/maintain risk score cards

3. To own credit risk/lending policies and ensure they are adhered to

4. To write and present portfolio overviews to Investment committees/Audit and finance committees

5. To approve amendments to or release of security and variations to existing facilities

6. To review, help shape and support loan recommendations going to Investment Committees or approve new loans within delegated discretion

7. To sign off facility letters, security and draw downs for new loans

8. To oversee early identification of loans giving cause for concern, and work closely with the Support and Recovery team to address issues, including the transfer of relationships to them when appropriate.

9. To line manage a team of Relationship Managers and challenge/support them on analysis or approach to individual loan cases

10.  To influence key external partners and internal stakeholders

11.  To work within the organisation's processes and procedures required to contribute to the effectiveness of the quality management system.

12.  Contribute to the knowledge management, equality, diversity and inclusion and learning priorities in SIB’s strategy and support the implementation and delivery of the strategy.

13.  In agreement with manager to undertake other tasks that support Social Investment Business’ objectives as required.

14.  To work in accordance with our five core values.

Core competencies

· Credit and Risk - significant experience of working within a credit and risk approvals function or holding delegated lending authorities.

· Types of lending - experience of analysing and approving both secured and unsecured lending to businesses across a broad range of industries

· Portfolio management – familiarity with overseeing and managing a loan portfolio

· Commercial awareness and numeracy skills – ability to talk to businesses, understand the strength of their business models, and how this is reflected in their financial numbers. Strong attention to detail – able to review detailed information and pick out key details.

· Problem solving – can spot problems and assess why problems occur.  Adaptability and flexibility to changing needs and ability to deliver results under pressure.

· Communication – strong interpersonal and influencing skills and the confidence to effectively communicate at all levels.

· Excellent leadership skills.

· Organisation/time management – track record of delivering results within timescales to a high standard.

· Strong IT skills.

Desirable competencies

· Lending to the charity or social enterprise sector

Building risk scorecards

The talent we are looking for does not discriminate and we believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background.

Harris Hill are recruiting for a Finance Manager (Head of Finance) for this well-established NHS Charity based in London
You will be the most senior finance person in the charity, working closely with the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team.

Salary range: 45,000pa to 50,000pa Depending on experience

Purpose:
To have responsibility for all aspects of financial and management accounting for the Charity. To lead on the day to day running of the finance function, including the maintenance of the accounting records and the efficient and timely provision of financial information for the Charity Trustees, CEO, Fund Advisors and Auditors.

Key duties and responsibilities:

* Management Reporting
* Produce monthly management accounts, including analysis of income and expenses against prior year and budget, providing explanations and solutions to help mitigate risks.
* Cash flow reporting and management.
* Statutory accounting and financial statements
* Lead and manage the production of the statutory audited accounts (SORP) for the Charity in collaboration with the Charity's Auditors.
* Ensure the Charity's Annual Return is completed, fully compliant and submitted to the Charity Commission.
* Budget
* Work with the CEO to prepare the annual budget. Work with budget holders to review performance against budget and ensure the Charity is operating within the agreed budget.
* Investigating variances with budget holders and analysing potential problems. Making appropriate recommendations and advising of the impact on the Charity.

Grants

* Provide overall management of the grant process and applications for charitable funding from within the NHS Trust.
* Lead in the continual improvement of the grant-making policy and practice within the Charity.
* Internal control environment
* Key involvement in improving controls and processes.
* Identify and investigate risks.

Payroll

* Manage all payroll and PAYE matters with the outsourced provider.
* To ensure that effective processes, procedures and controls are in place and followed to ensure that the Charity consistently complies with PAYE regulations and timelines.

Systems

* Implementation of new systems solutions, and upgrades of the current finance applications.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

* Qualified with at least 5 years commercial accounting experience, and 1-2 years charity exposure.
* Advanced Excel, good level of overall IT literacy.
* Problem solving and delivery of effective timely solutions.
* Relationship building - communication across functions and externally.