Modern Art Oxford’s Finance Manager manages the day-to-day administration of the organisation's finances and is the lead for financial reporting.The Finance Manager works with the Head of Finance & Business Strategy to provide comprehensive financial support to the organisation including commercial operations.Working closely with all members of the team, the Finance Manager is responsible for maintaining all financial records and systems, communicating effectively at all levels and demonstrating excellent attention to detail and the highest professional standards.

Principal Responsibilities

• To oversee and carry out all financial, accounting and payroll processes for Modern Art Oxford and be a first point of contact for queries. 
• To work pro-actively alongside the Head of Finance & Business Strategy to produce monthly management accounts, budget-holder and other financial reports and to ensure that income and expenditure are managed within agreed budgets.
• To ensure that the financial affairs of the charity are managed effectively and that financial controls are adhered to at all times.
• To manage the Finance Assistant. 

Financial Accounting

• Oversee the operation of the Sage purchase ledger by the Finance Assistant, keep unpaid balances under review and obtain refunds of credits where appropriate. 
• Oversee the operation of the Sage sales ledger by the Finance Assistant, reviewing the preparation of invoices and ensuring VAT is applied where required, and chase overdue balances to maximise cashflow.
• Liaise with Retail Manager on cashiering and ticket reconciliations.
• Maintain the Sage nominal ledger, ensuring that both nominal and department codes are used correctly, setting up new codes and posting journals.
• Oversee the processing of monthly business credit card bills, ensuring expenditure is correctly allocated. 
• Manage and completely reconcile monthly the organisation's bank accounts, Sage bank control accounts and produce current account analysis for the review of Head of Finance & Business Strategy.
• Carry out financial housekeeping as necessary to ensure that the information on Sage is accurate and up-to-date.
• Keep the charity's fixed asset register up-to-date and prepare monthly depreciation journals.
• Manage the Contemporary Visual Arts Network South East (CVAN SE) accounts. 
• Support the Head of Finance & Business Strategy in preparing the annual statutory accounts, providing schedules, documentation and other information as requested in advance of the annual audit, and liaising directly with the auditors during the audit 
• Prepare and submit quarterly VAT returns, reviewing underlying data to ensure information sent to HMRC is accurate.
• Liaise with the Development department on Gift Aid claims and submit to HMRC. 
• Support the Head of Finance & Business Strategy in the preparation of the annual Museums and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief claim.

Payroll

• Manage all aspects of monthly in-house Sage payroll including calculations and payments for staff on contracts and paid by timesheets, pensions, PAYE/NIC, other payroll deductions, Sage journals and reconciliations.
• Ensure that HMRC receive all monthly and annual submission and payments before deadlines. 
• Produce annual P60s for all employees and prepare P45 for outgoing employees.

Management & System Accounting

• Provide support to create and implement new and changes to existing financial systems, ensuring appropriate financial controls and looking for cost and resource savings. 
• Prepare the initial draft of the monthly management accounts and cashflow forecast for the Head of Finance & Business Strategy.
• Provide budget-holders with all information necessary for them to be able to effectively manage their budgets, including quarterly Sage transaction reports, responding to ad hoc queries and the appropriate level of business partnering to achieve reconciliation with budget-holders’ own budget monitoring sheets. 
• Provide support to the Head of Finance & Business Strategy in the preparation of the annual budget and quarterly re-forecasts.
• Create financial models and provide ad hoc financial reports for the Head of Finance & Business Strategy and budget-holders which improve decision-making.
• Support Development with grant applications and financial reports.
• Working with Retail/E-commerce/Art Sales/Hires/Events/Café Managers to produce financial/KPI reports for commercial activities, including weekly flash reports, and with budget-holders to produce capital/project/exhibition reports. 
• Support the Head of Finance & Business Strategy in managing the bank deposits of Modern Art Oxford's endowments and reserves.

General Duties

• Ensure that all financial systems are kept up-to-date including Sage 50.
• Maintain financial control procedures and ensure that these procedures are adhered to by all staff including till floats, signing authorities, expenses, etc.
• Contribute to the completion of statutory and public funding returns to the Charity Commission, Arts Council England, etc.
• Provide cover for the Finance Assistant and deputise for the Head of Finance & Business Strategy e.g. attendance at meetings as required.
• Fulfill other duties reasonably requested by the Head of Finance & Business Strategy. 
• Work closely with MAO team, providing financial information and assistance as required
• Very occasionally attend evening and weekend events. 

Would you like to be a part of the UK’s leading education and wellbeing charity, and arguably the most recognisable and iconic of all charity brands with almost 200 years of history?

We are looking for a Finance Manager to join our team who is committed to the values of Central YMCA, has pride in their work and believes in the work we do.

Our Values

We are looking for candidates who understand and display our values in the work they do, strengthening our drive towards our purpose:

We are driven by Equity and believe everyone can thrive.

We are Brave, always striving to do the right thing.

We Nurture people to succeed.

We are Creative, adapting and evolving to tackle today’s challenge.

What we offer

Up to 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).

Flexible working

Free Gym Membership (YMCA Club)

A forward-thinking approach to EDI, built by our employees.

A true employee voice sought through effective forums, participative town halls, and regular surveys.

A real opportunity to impact change in the community.

Our Commitment to Equality

Central YMCA is open to applications from all backgrounds. We are committed to equity, acceptance, and inclusion, and provide everyone who works with us the opportunity to reach their potential.

The more diverse our workforce is, the better we become at serving all areas of society and achieving our purpose.

Our doors are open to all and if you connect with our mission, vision, and values, we welcome you to come and be part of our team.

The Role

The Finance Manager wil be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Finance function and for leading on all financial and management accounting processes. Driving the budgeting and reporting cycle, this role is key in ensuring the integrity and quality of financial performance information to support management decision making and providing the Board, Executive Team and Managers with a thorough understanding of Central YMCA’s financial performance.

The day-to-day duties will include:

1. Leadership: Provide effective leadership to the finance team on all matters relating to solid finance operations and robust future financial planning.
2. Management Accounting: Lead the process of management accounting for the Organisation.
3. Budgeting and Planning: Effective management of the organisation’s budgets and
financial performance, including financial forecast and strategic plans.
4. Treasury: Support the Charity’s cash flow management processes.
5. Statutory Reporting, Audit and Risk: Ensure effective management if statutory reporting, managing a smooth annual audit and supporting on completion of the risk
register.

About you

Wea re looking for people with the  following skills, abilities, and qualifications:

• Business related degree or other post graduate qualifications is desirable but not essencial 
• CIMA/ACCA/ACA with significant post qualification experience
• Solid experience of audit and preparation of annual financial accounts under UK GAAP or IFRS and understanding of the obligations of charity SORP
• Experience of managing the full finance function or a breadth of experience managing teams across finance disciplines
• Experience of preparing and critiquing business cases and modelling financial outcomes
• Experience of developing productive professional partnerships with key customers and stakeholders
• Knowledge and understanding of accounting systems
• Project management experience implementing new finance software solutions and/or financial budgeting and reporting processes
• Significant experience of preparation of monthly management accounts
• Experience of managing ESFA contract obligations and understanding of government funding compliance requirements
• An ability to analyse complex financial information and communicate this in easily understood formats to non-financial managers
• Ambitious, entrepreneurial, and highly professional in areas of expertise
• Have a personal reputation for a positive ‘can do’ approach, delivering results on time and to budget, in a supportive and client focussed manner

This really is a fantastic opportunity to join our team and make a real impact in the community. Interested? Click apply now and register your details.

If you require any support or reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will be happy to assist. 

For any individual who will be working with us, all recruitment and engagement processes will be subject to pre-employment checks (including referencing and an appropriate level of disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service).

About Us:

At MSI Reproductive Choices Reproductive Choices we are unapologetically pro-choice. We believe that every woman has the right to make choices about her own body and her own future. As one of the world’s leading providers of contraception and safe abortion care, we give women the means to do so. Across 37 countries, we provide high quality, safe services, and work with advocacy to create an enabling environment, so every client has safe access to services when and where they are needed. Because when a woman can determine her own future, she can contribute to creating a better, more sustainable future for everyone.

MSI Reproductive Choices is committed to creating an inclusive environment with a workforce which is representative of the communities we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and give equal consideration to all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age. We are committed to promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of all team members and clients, with a focus on vulnerable groups. 

The role

This role demands a highly effective commercial minded finance business partner who is the expert and visible point of “finance” contact for the consolidated channel performance across the organisation; highly engaged with the Executive team at MSI. As such this demands highly developed financial skills but also excellent communication and relationship management with the ability to coach and improve the tools and processes to improve country, regional, global performance. It is a role that requires the ability to take initiative and produce results; helping to shape the financial performance across all areas of the social marketing business. The role will involve business partnering, ad-hoc analysis and special projects requiring a high attention to detail to build models to support decision-making. It’s a broad role and requires someone who is sensitive to (and understands) the diverse perspectives of stakeholder and works with them to deliver results.

The key elements of the role are:

· to provide financial leadership and strategic decision support to the Commercial Sales channel managers to deliver the goals of the channel

· to build the technical and operational capacity of the India region to use and comply with MSI finance policy, systems and processes.

About you

We want individuals who support our mission of eliminating unsafe abortion by 2030 and who work with us to build an enabling environment to increase access to safe services everywhere. We expect all team members to share our vision and commitment to achieving our mission whilst promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of all clients and colleagues.

To succeed in this role, you must have:

Skills:

• A commercial mind-set understanding the levers for profitability to contribute to the aim of sustainability for the social marketing channel. This requires very strong appreciation and ability to analyse, explain and make recommendations relating to strengthening the P&L and balance sheet:

• • Sales decomposition
  • Product margin mix; the impact of price on margin and profit
  • Sales and marketing cost and variances and promotional /marketing evaluations
  • working capital; cash flow
  • Variance on financial and budgetary analysis and analyse forecasting variances and create projections

• Able to develop new and improve existing financial policies and procedures – such as trade spend; debtors management budgeting, forecasting and creating financial models to create financial 3- 5year “growth building blocks”
• Effective Management reporting – able to synthesis performance data into clear, sharp, summaries, drawing out the key performance highlights, understanding the drivers behind the performance and the implications for the full year targets. Skilled in managing to tight deadlines and managing multiple priorities
• Able to focus on the strategic big picture, whilst understanding the detail. This role requires ability to think wider than just the “numbers” but to consider external factors when analysing data (such as market share; competitor pricing etc)
• Operate with a highly analytical approach to information gathering and distillation and high level of numeracy and attention to detail
• Highly developed interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills – the role involves significant exposure to the executive team and senior management throughout the organisation.
• Effective communicator in writing and in person, in particular in expressing financial concepts for non-financial staff is essential. Confident in working at all levels and in challenging the status quo.
• Very strong team player and collaborator –with the ability to take people on the journey, building trusted, strong relationships across country, regional and global teams, inside and outside the finance team.
• Strong coaching skills – able to explain and support teams to build their own financial skills – can simplify and improve inefficient or unnecessarily complex processes and teach people to do the same
• Ability to work in a diverse and inclusive environment, respecting and collaborating with all individuals equally, and with a commitment to overcome bias and prejudice
• Advanced excel and ability to build excel based models /automated scorecards when needed is essential

Qualifications

• Professionally Qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, other) - essential
• Educated to degree level or equivalent (accounting or business degree desirable)

Personal Attributes:

• Committed to the protection of team members and clients, with a focus on vulnerable groups.
• Able to role-model inclusive and culturally sensitive attitudes and behaviours.
• Highly committed to the MSI Reproductive Choice Mission “Pro-Choice”
• Self-starter – looking to build on and improve existing processes, creating lasting change.
• Committed to the protection of team members and clients, with a particular focus on vulnerable groups. Able to role-model inclusive and culturally sensitive attitudes and behaviours
• Actively seeks feedback on performance with a view to continuously learning and developing as a leader.
• Ability to travel (post Covid) of up to 15% of time.

For more information about the role, please view the job description and person specification on our website.

Location: London Support Office

Full-time: 35 hours, Monday to Friday

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: £63,340 - £81,000 + discretionary bonus + benefits

Closing date: Sunday 19th September 2021 (midnight GMT). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.

Salary - £49,700 - £56,524 + up to £5,000 accountancy allowance

The Government Property Agency’s mission is to provide great places to work for civil servants. We are using our scale and commercial expertise to do this effectively, efficiently and sustainably, helping to support growth in all parts of the UK. We are growing rapidly through acquisition of Government properties from Departments. Turnover has risen from £0.4bn in 20/21 to £1.1bn in 21/22 and it will continue to grow as more properties are transferred and run by GPA. The postholder can be based at any of the GPA locations with Finance presence outside London. GPA has offices in Birmingham, Platform 21, Leeds, The Lateral; Manchester, Piccadilly Gate; Nottingham, Apex Court. Some business travel may be needed in due course when travel restrictions allow. 

The Finance Business Partner for Property is responsible for providing expert strategic advice and guidance to the Property Team and supporting the Head of Finance (Property)

The role will require the individual to be the interface between the business and the finance team. The post holder will contribute to GPA developing a culture of strong financial management.

The responsibilities of the Finance Business Partner will include

• Play an active role as a member of the Business Partnering and wider Finance team, contributing expertise in the development of strategies, proposals and work implementations
• Leadership and line management of Property Management Accountant(s)
• Good knowledge and experience of finance business partnering in a complex environment
• Play a pivotal role in developing financial forecasts and refining processes
• Ability and gravitas to support and challenge the senior property management team
• Support the management of the Directorates in year budget, ensuring expenditure is with approved delegated limits, following GPA control processes, and in line with HMT’s Managing Public Money and Consolidated Budgeting Guidance
• Identifying and reporting on financial risks and opportunities
• Management of future year financial planning for the Property Directorate, working with central finance
• Drive continuous process efficiencies and improvements across the function, delivering maximum value for the GPA and ensuring robust controls are in place
• Seek out opportunities to lead/contribute to cross-government and cross-finance initiatives outside of own role
• Build relationships with key staff across Finance and the business in order to maintain effectiveness and relevance during change

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

Key Skills & Experience

• Recognised professional accounting qualification e.g., CCAB/CIMA accountancy qualification.
• Previous experience in Property/Facilities Finance would be an advantage
  • Excellent financial modelling skills
  • Knowledge of public sector accounting (desirable)

• A commercially astute finance professional - capable of supporting supplier negotiations
• A strategic mindset - able to envisage future possibilities
• Leadership skills to lead a team of mixed experience and varying locations to deliver essential support
• Excellent communication, networking and negotiation skills
• Experience of working in a fast paced environment, planning, collaborating and delivering through others

To apply for this opportunity, you will be required to produce a supporting statement against the four GPA core values, answering specific role focussed questions. For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Jack White at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

Salary - £37,300 - £40,248 + up to £5,000 accountancy allowance

The Government Property Agency’s mission is to provide great places to work for civil servants. We are using our scale and commercial expertise to do this effectively, efficiently and sustainably, helping to support growth in all parts of the UK. We are growing rapidly through acquisition of Government properties from Departments. Turnover has risen from £0.4bn in 20/21 to £1.1bn in 21/22 and it will continue to grow as more properties are transferred and run by GPA. The postholder can be based at any of the GPA locations with Finance presence outside London. GPA has offices in Birmingham, Platform 21, Leeds, The Lateral; Manchester, Piccadilly Gate; Nottingham, Apex Court. Some business travel may be needed in due course when travel restrictions allow. 

The Finance Business Partner (Corporate) will be the main point of contact for finance support for the Corporate Directorates in the GPA. They will monitor expenditure and income, investigate variances, contribute to business cases and play a key role in monthly reporting and annual budget setting.This post is part of the Finance Business Partnering team and will have a wide network of customers across the Corporate Directorates.

The responsibilities of the Finance Business Partner will include

• Establish and maintain good relationships across the relevant Directorate and the wider GPA Finance function
• Maintain monthly financial forecasts and accruals, and support quarterly reviews
• Support the delivery of accurate financial data in a timely manner to enable effective decision making
• Provide advice on correct financial treatment of income and expenditure
• Promote continuous improvement by developing and improving project accounting processes and procedures
• Ensure correct financial governance and stewardship of projects and programmes
• Play an active role as a member of the wider finance team, contributing expertise in the development of strategies, proposals and ways of working
• Budget profiling and monthly forecasting
• Analysing expenditure and providing commentary against budget and forecast and ensuring income recovered
• Management accounts preparation and provision of board slides
• Identifying and reporting on financial risk to GPA
• Ensuring robust financial reporting across projects
• Business Partnering with non-finance managers in order to develop processes and the understanding of financial requirements
• Contribute to and provide advice on business cases
• Developing financial systems alongside other FM Reporting Managers to make processes more user friendly, efficient, effective and robust
• Possible line Management of Management Accountant

Key Skills & Experience

• CCAB, or equivalent, qualified or part-qualified with the ability to gain formal CCAB qualifications within a reasonable time
• A good level of financial reporting experience
• Strong attention to detail and ability to analyse and interpret significant amounts of financial data
• Ability to communicate complex matters to a non-financial audience
• Ability to work well as part of a geographically dispersed team
• Strong focus on delivering an excellent service to customers
• Strong organisational skills to meet deadlines in a fast paced environment
• Good Microsoft Excel skills

To apply for this opportunity, you will be required to produce a supporting statement against the four GPA core values, answering specific role focussed questions. For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Jack White at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

Ivy Rock Partners are working with a large international development charity supporting the rights of women internationally to recruit an experience Commercial Finance Manager to lead on the costing and pricing for competitive commercial bids to run major international development projects across 30 countries.

The Commercial Finance Manager will oversee a small team and will be responsible for engaging with major donors and internal Programme departments to orchestrate the financial input for multi-million pound bids. Working with Finance and Programmes teams, the Commercial Finance Manager will be an integral part of the team responsible for building budgets for major international projects and providing costing and pricing input to ensure the team are developing commercially viable and competitive proposals.

This position would suit a finance professional with experience delivering the financial input for bids. Experience in either a commercial or charity environment would be transferable. Strong financial modelling skills would be an advantage, but excellent interpersonal skills are essential. The Commercial Finance Manager will be able to build relationships quickly and effectively both internally and externally. An accounting qualification would be an advantage, however is not essential for candidates demonstrating extensive experience in this field.

If you are interested in this position, please contact Kate Marriott at Ivy Rock for more information. This position is interviewing as and when suitable candidates apply so is likely to be filled before the closing date.

Head of Commercial Finance: up to £81,000 + Bonus and Benefits

On behalf of a renowned global healthcare organisation, we're recruiting a Head of Commercial Finance to report to the CFO and partner with the Regional Country teams to deliver their Commercial Sales and Marketing strategy. The Head of Commercial Finance will lead the provision of finance partnering for the consolidated channel performance across the company. The role will shape the financial performance across all areas of the Social Marketing business. Key elements include providing financial leadership and strategic decision-support to the Commercial Sales channel Managers and building the technical and operational capacity of the global regions.

Main Duties:

• Lead provision of strategic financial advice for Social Marketing and lead the review on Commercial Sales business plans, investment proposals and quarterly forecasts
• Lead social marketing performance reporting for Board and Exec
• Design and create analytical tools and input into proposals for funding for Social Marketing
• Design and embed Finance Policy for the Social Marketing channel
• Develop and plan global monthly performance reporting and business planning
• Design the functionality of the core finance systems
• Business Partner global regions, building capacity, working closely with Regional FDs
• Develop tools and systems for financial and sales reporting including product business case and pricing tools and models
• Lead and motivate the Commercial Financial Analyst and coach regional staff as appropriate

Person Specification:

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) with proven experience in a highly commercial leadership finance role across a globally dispersed company
• International FMCG, Retail, or Healthcare experience is essential and exposure to Social Marketing would be great!
• Extensive matrix management experience working with functional and operational teams
• Experience building complex financial models and modelling financial projections
• Experience of managing teams, either directly or indirectly.
• Strong ability to analyst and recommend issues relating to P&L, balance sheet, sales decomposition, product margin mix, Sales and Marketing cost, working capital and profitability analysis
• Experience in developing new and improved financial models, budgeting, and forecasting
• Management reporting and MI production around metrics and KPIs
• Sun Systems and PowerBI experience would be great!

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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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Ivy Rock Partners are working with a large INGO who are leading the International Development sector when it comes to driving financial sustainability. The Head of Commercial Finance will play a vital role in the organisation as they develop programmes that will run self-sufficiently across multiple territories.

As a large organisation with the resources to play a key role in shifting the mode of operation for INGO’s, this strategy is part of a larger plan to address the Global power imbalance between the Global North and South in the International Development sector.

The Head of Commercial Finance will report into the Group CFO and will be responsible for working closely with the Executive Leadership Team. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the Commercial division of the organisation, overseeing management reporting and presenting financial analysis to advise on key strategic decisions  
• Managing relationships and business partnering with senior external stakeholders and donors
• Developing and improving tools and process to improve regional and global performance
• Managing ad hoc projects and identifying new areas of operation

We are looking for qualified finance professionals (ACA, CIMA, CIPFA, ACCA) with a clear track record in understanding commercial, profit generating business models. Able to deliver effective management reporting in an accessible way to numerous Directors of departments, the Head of Commercial Finance should be able to understand the bigger picture and identify where more detailed analysis would be beneficial to the ELT. We are looking for candidates with strong excel / modelling skills and who combine a strong technical and analytical mindset with the ability to build credibility with senior internal and external stakeholders. This position will partially work with external parties, so strong negotiation and influencing skills are also required.

If you are interested in this position, please get in touch with Kate Marriott at Ivy Rock Partners for more information. This position is interviewing as soon as suitable candidates apply, so may be filled before the closing date.

The Role

The Commercial Manager will focus on working with the food industry to provide increasing volumes of surplus foods to the charities and community groups we support across the country, the success you have, together with your colleagues in the Food Team, will be critical to maintaining our growth.

Your role will be to identify, develop and manage new business relationships and strengthen existing business relationships with companies in the food industry, generating value for the partner and to secure growing and sustainable volumes of surplus food for the FareShare Network.

When it comes to our key partners, you will undertake a strategic account management role leading and coordinating FareShare’s engagement right across our organisation ensuring professional account management and enabling us to leverage the appropriate influence, expertise, and funding from these key partners as well as food.

You will work with food partners to help identify and overcome the barriers which exist to giving surplus food to people in need.  These include operational, financial and historical issues, including competition from income streams available to industry e.g. selling surplus food to anaerobic digestion or animal feed processors. FareShare has been able to secure external grant funding to help overcome these barriers and help increase the volumes of fresh foods which are redistributed. This role will include working with food partners and other stakeholders to identify opportunities to apply this fund, seeing initiatives through to completion, monitoring the impacts, benefits and evaluation.

You will also be required to work closely with FareShare colleagues within FareShare and across the UK in our partner organisations in order to identify and understand opportunities for creating mutual and shared value.

Person Specification

As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.

Essential

• Demonstrable experience managing multiple accounts in the FMCG, food, retail or comparable sector with professionalism and integrity consistently meeting or exceeding challenging targets
• Good working knowledge of the key players across the food industry and their ways of working
• Successful track record of managing cross-functional projects to tight timescales and budgets, ensuring involvement of all key stakeholders
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships at a range of levels and across multiple functions with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to use own initiative working independently and responsibly

  Desirable

• Experience of working in a retail or food industry sector
• Experience of project evaluation, data-driven analysis and impact reporting
• Relationship and stakeholder management experience of large corporate partners
• Knowledge of and interest in Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility and experience of its application within the business environment

This role is a flexible role, with regular UK travel.

Allen Lane is recruiting an interim Finance Business Partner for a central London higher education institute.

Covering a period of maternity leave for at least 12 months but more likely 15, you will sit within the estates, retail and accommodation directorate and provide vital financial planning, budgeting and forecasting and general business partnering support to the function.

In addition to routine monthly reporting, there are some key financial planning projects arising over the next 12 months that will require a strong financial analyst to produce financial reports based on a variety of scenarios. This will include accommodation rent setting and investment appraisal analysis for new accommodation buildings, amongst others.

As a University it’s key that the person stepping in to this post can balance the need for the University to maximise revenue whilst also doing what’s right by their students. Therefore we are seeking a qualified Finance Business Partner with a track record in operating in a not-for-profit environment previously. Candidates from the commercial sector are encouraged to apply but must be able to demonstrate an ability and willingness to adjust to the culture of a not-for-profit organisation.

You must be free to take up post by early October 2021 and be free to interview the week commencing September 13th. Please note applications will be reviewed prior to closing date and as such immediate application is recommended.

Are you looking for somewhere a bit different? Do you love to support people in building their confidence and skills for their future career? Do you like the idea of all profit generated going back into delivering representation work, community-building opportunities and artistic professional development for students? Then, our client has an exciting role for you.

They are looking for a Commercial Manager to who will consistently aim to develop their services to ensure they are delivering value for money for their students and to the highest possible standard. The Commercial Manager will stay up to date with sector trends and work closely with NUS and other external partners to maximise benefits potential for income generation across out outlets, retail offer and events.

This role will cover day to day running of their three commercial outlets and the development of a strategy to diversify the students’ union’s income streams through commercial sales, growing their merchandise offer, and working with both internal and external partners to maximise their growth potential. The role will focus on ensuring their spaces and their offer remain student focused and will work hard to ensure they are delivering cost effective commercial services.

This role is ideal for anyone who has hands-on experience of working with young people or students, within a hospitality setting. You should have an enthusiastic and a high energy approach to your work with excellent organisation and communication skills. You should be passionate about connecting with people, have ability to build relationships quickly, a reputation for being reliable and trustworthy and can work well on your own as well as part of a team. You will be committed to their values of equity and inclusion with a passion for ensuring their students have access to work opportunities through their services during their time at UAL. You’ll have a keen eye for detail and will be proud to support other areas of work across the students’ union.

If you are a people person who enjoys working in a busy and diverse environment, then this is the job for you! Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But they'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. It is a place where everyone can grow. So however, you identify and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day. They are committed to learning and development and as such will support the successful candidate to develop within the role.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to build on their experience in a creative and dynamic environment which strives to enhance the student experience, raise the reputation of their students and graduates and be an integral part of the team.

Closing date: 11.59pm on Sunday 26th September 2021

Interview date: Wednesday 6th October 2021

You may have experience of the following: Commercial Administrator, Commercial Manager, Commercial Analyst, Operations Manager, Contract Manager, Project Manager, Project Management, Commercial Analysis, etc.

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Do you have experience working on funder biding and strong Finance Business Partnering skills? A great opportunity has come up to work for a medium sized charity which works in partnership with a number of agencies such as the Home Office, local authorities, housing providers and other service providers, to provide support to clients.

A £10million turnover organisation, are looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner to work with their Head of Finance on various funding bids. Due to their growth, a new opportunity has been created to work for this organisation which makes a massive difference to the lives of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.

Candidates who are part qualified with strong Finance Business Partnering skills are very much welcome to apply for this role.

The salary being offered is between £41,442 per annum to £45,609 per annum.

Some of your main duties and responsibilities are:
- Work in partnership with budget holders and advise on the characteristics of various funding
- Very strong business partnering skills
- Supporting budget holders to review management accounts, develop budgets and reforecasts
- Working with external stakeholders, including various funders
- Provide finance support throughout the process of bidding for funding

Candidates applying for this role must have the following skills and experience:
- Very strong on Finance Business Partnering
- Working in partnership with budget holders, fundraising staff and other stakeholders
- Experience of staff management would be an advantage
- Part qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, CIPFA)
- Experience working with various funders such as Trusts & Foundations, local authority, Home Office, Housing providers, Health institutions etc.

First stage interview will be held w/c 4th October, 2021
Candidates shortlisted will be required to write a supporting statement

If you have the required experience and skills, please apply with a copy of your CV.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

My client is a highly influential international charity focusing on protecting the most vulnerable members of society. This is an opportunity to join an incredibly talented finance team, working for one of the most rewarding charities on an international scale. The team is now looking for additional support through the appointment of a Finance Business Partner.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support strategic decision making for Support Services to maximise impact and efficiency
• Leading financial planning and reporting, providing financial analysis and commercial insight
• Provide high quality analysis driving best value for money from investment and supporting successful implementation of strategies

The successful candidate:

Will be professionally qualified, with finance business partner and/or management accountant experience, not necessarily sector specific. You must be looking to challenge yourself, be proactive and willing to get involved as a result of your passion. Finally, the successful candidate will be someone who is able to demonstrate their ability to build and maintain relationships, both internally and externally.

The job of a Save the Children's UK Senior Finance Business Partner is varied and fulfilling.

• Are you a qualified accountant (ACA or CIMA)?
• Do you have strong financial and commercial background?
• Do you have excellent relationship building and partnering skills?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

 About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

 Job Purpose

As a Senior Finance Business Partner, you will support and drive your business areas to priorities their resources effectively by providing them with timely and accurate financial reporting, influencing strategic decision-making, and driving value for money. You'll produce high-quality financial analysis for fundraising teams, helping them to maximize their income and deliver against their targets.

 Main Accountabilities

The Senior Finance Business Partner will provide strategic and financial decision support to client areas to underpin strong financial performance. Key duties include:

• Providing strategic and financial decision support to assigned divisions and departments. Providing constructive challenge where necessary
• Providing financial and commercial insight and challenge to ensure best value for money and efficiencies

• Working with budget holders and their teams to understand the assigned divisions and department's activities and drivers of income and cost
• Developing the financial acumen of budget holders through constructive dialogue and discussion

• Lead development and provision of strategic and financial decision support to drive strong financial and commercial performance in assigned teams

• Lead design, development and review of complex business modelling to inform financial planning and investment decisions
• Expert finance lead on financial planning and performance management processes for assigned teams
• Partner with and influence the business areas in developing their strategy by providing financial and commercial insight and challenging to ensure best value for money

• Preparing, consolidating, presenting and uploading forecasts, budgets and longer-term financial plans, working together with business areas.  Analysing, commenting on and challenging proposed plans throughout the process
• Improving the impact of financial reporting on organisational performance

Person Profile

Experience

• Qualified accountant ACA or CIMA
• Experience in the preparation of revenue budgets and forecasts as well as the analysis of variances between actual and budgeted/forecasted expenditure
• Experience of providing strategic and financial business partnering support to senior level employees
• Experience modelling financial scenarios and preparing high level documentation to aid decision-making
• Track record of developing the awareness of commercial issues facing an organisation
• Proven track-record of excellent stakeholder management
• Strong Microsoft Office skills with advanced Excel skills
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Abilities

• Ability to analyse and clearly present high volumes of data to influence decision making and challenge constructively.
• Ability to understand issues and present solutions clearly, succinctly and confidently
• Able to juggle multiple priorities and deliver to deadlines and respond at short notice to a wide variety of tasks
• Ability to deliver and remain calm and confident in rapidly changing and time-pressured environments
• Ability to establish professional credibility quickly with colleagues, and to interact effectively at all levels and across all departments

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.