My client is a Charity that excels in its goals and provision of services and has a very high profile across the country.

They are currently looking to recruit a new Finance Manager to the organisation to help with the delivery of all the financial objectives of the charity, bridging the gap between the finance team and Board of Directors

The primary purpose of the role is to manage the charity’s finances ensuring good financial controls are in place and that sound and appropriate practices are maintained.

The postholder will advise the charity on all matters relating to the financial performance of the organisation and provide management information for the Executive Team, and Board of trustees. The Finance Manager will work with the Head of Finance in setting budgets and monitoring the financial performance of the Charity, helping to ensure that the charity’s finances operate in line with SORP regulations

You will also be expected to manage a small team and contribute to future strategy, business planning, yearend accounts, monitoring of budgets and performance, and policies and procedures.

Good communication skills, commercial awareness and the ability to multitask and prioritize deadlines and changing schedules is important.
Prior experience of working in a charity is advantageous as is a good knowledge of Sage and SORP accounting
 

MAG vacancy: West Africa Regional Finance Manager – French-speaking (with an option of working from home in UK)

Starting salary £37,452 per annum (plus contributory pension)

Manchester, UK/Working from Home

Join a Nobel Prize-winning organisation committed to creating safe and secure futures for women, men and children around the world. MAG works by finding and destroying landmines, cluster bombs and the explosive remnants of war and by advocating and campaigning on behalf of those whose lives are blighted by the lethal debris of conflict. Be part of this life-changing mission by joining MAG to help us free from fear some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world.

We are seeking a Regional Finance Manager to join our Finance team, which provides day-to-day financial support and advice to MAG’s programmes in countries across the globe. This is an exciting and dynamic role, where you’ll act as a business partner to the West Africa region, using your finance skills and experience will help us make a real difference, supporting our work across the globe.

Reporting to the Senior Programmes Finance Manager you will be responsible for managing a small UK based programmes finance team on a day-to-day basis, and providing advice and technical oversight to our programme based Finance Managers. As a business partner, you’ll provide real-time support and analysis to senior managers as a trusted adviser, and add value that will assist in decision making and the delivery of MAG’s lifesaving work.

This role allows for flexible working where you may be based in the United Kingdom or work from home. You will be expected to manage your team, support proposal development and provide advice and analysis on budgets and financial contract management. You will be required to travel in order to provide support to our programmes overseas, including our programmes in West Africa and our HQ in Manchester, UK.

You will have previously worked in a finance role in a grant or donor funded environment, or in a commercial project accounting role. You’ll have a high level of accuracy and attention to detail and have staff management or mentoring experience. You will need to be able to demonstrate a strong background in financial modelling and contract management, ideally with experience of major donors. You will be committed to producing work of a consistently high standard and will have experience of undertaking reviews of business processes. Progress towards a professional qualification will provide candidates with a distinct advantage in applying to this role. Fluency in both English and French is essential for this role.

This is a fast-paced role and challenging role, which will require high levels of initiative, pro-activeness and strong multi-tasking skills. With an ability to lead, motivate and develop a small team, ensuring effective communication between various stakeholders, you will be a creative, flexible, solution-focused, professional business partner, committed to MAG's goals. In return, your professional skills, knowledge and experience will contribute to saving lives around the globe, and you’ll have the opportunity to see, and contribute to, MAG’s work first-hand.

In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, and to ensure the health and wellbeing of everyone who works for MAG and their families we have put in place a new working arrangement – remote working from home - to reflect what is a rapidly changing situation. This role has opportunity to be carried out at Manchester, HQ or in a working from home environment.

Please note that as part of MAG's commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed.

MAG is committed to the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion. If you think you would be suited to one of our roles we would welcome your application regardless of your background. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all employees feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential.

For further information and details of how to apply, please visit our website before the closing date of 7th February 2021. MAG reserves the right to bring in candidates sooner than the end date given as we wish to close this role promptly.

Due to the high volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every application. If you have not heard back from us within three weeks of your application, it means that your application has not been successful.

Applicants who are non-residents of the UK will need to provide documentary evidence of their eligibility to work in the UK.

Cognus are seeking to appoint an experienced and innovative Principal Accountant to join the Strategic Leadership Team and to lead and manage an effective finance service for the Company. Reporting jointly to the Managing Director of Cognus and the Assistant Director of finance at the London Borough of Sutton (company shareholder) this role will provide professional Finance and accountancy advice and support to the Managing Director to safeguard the Company’s financial standing and to support delivery of excellent outcomes for customers.

We are looking for a fully qualified Accountant with proven experience of producing or being responsible for the production of accurate statutory financial statements with previous work experience as a senior Financial Accountant or similar role. Knowledge of Local Government Finance along with the experience of financial software and reporting packages such as Xero, Agresso, Approval Max is desirable. As the lead on the financial accounting for the Company, the postholder will be expected to ensure that the Company’s accounts are compliant with best practice, relevant legislation and codes of practice and lead and manage the finance team undertaking all financial activities for the Company including strategic, operational and transactional finance tasks.  The postholder will also lead on the preparation of the annual budget, Medium-Term Financial Plan and presentation of budget to the Board, Cognus Finance Committee and other forums as required and must be confident in dealing with the Board and advising non-financial managers in identifying and implementing savings, value for money improvements and cost mitigation activities.

Cognus is at a very exciting moment in its evolution and growth. We are looking for a professional and experienced individual who is passionate about the inclusion of children and young people in education and society. An individual that enjoys a varied workload, is organised, has great communication skills and has a good understanding of duties in relation to the areas of responsibility detailed in the job description and is committed to delivering with excellence.

You will give us great commitment and in return we offer an excellent package including:

• Regular support and supervision
• An excellent group of leaders as colleagues
• Excellent CPD opportunities
• Flexible working including home working
• Workplace pension scheme
• Salary - Band 5 £52023.40 to £64346.68 (cost of living increase to be applied from 1st April 2021)
• 28 days annual leave pro rata (inclusive of three days between Xmas & New Year) increasing to 30 days with length of service
• Perkbox and Sovereign Healthcare cashback plans
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

If you are interested and would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a CV and covering note (of no more than two sides, minimum font size 11) outlining your suitability. The deadline for receipt is midnight on Wednesday 10th February 2021. Candidates are requested to be available via on-line interview week commencing 15th February 2021.  If you would like more information about this role before applying please email Rebecca Mcgeachy (contact details via our website) to arrange a brief chat about the role.

All offers of employment are subject to successful completion of recruitment formalities which includes an enhanced DBS check. These checks must have been completed prior to commencement of employment. We expect our staff to have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to follow the child protection procedures adopted by the Company and the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board.

IDEMS International is looking for software developers to work on a variety of exciting projects with high social impact and global reach. Our immediate priority is to recruit an experienced developer in Django/Wagtail and Python.

IDEMS (Innovations in Development, Education and the Mathematical Sciences) International Community Interest Company has an expanding range of software development projects, focused on social impact, across diverse technology stacks. We are looking for software developers to join our team under flexible full-time and part-time positions. We are also recruiting for a specific project, which is described further below.

IDEMS is a young, growing, social enterprise, registered as a not-for-profit community interest company. We have academic roots and aspirations of global impact. Our work is extremely varied, including software development, consultancy in the mathematical sciences to support development projects and education projects, particularly in Africa. Our areas of impact include agriculture, social development, school and university education and climate change. We are transitioning to move beyond consultancy and towards service-oriented business models.

General Recruitment

We are expanding and expect to recruit multiple candidates through the course of 2021. We are looking for candidates with:

• Experience working in a software development team, including mentoring others, and the ability to work simultaneously on diverse projects in different development environments and programming languages.
• An interest in developing open source solutions to high standards for low resource environments and the ability to support such efforts remotely using standard tools (such as GitHub).
• A desire to work in international development and the ability to support our partner teams in Africa.
• A passion for capacity building and the ability to work patiently with young, inexperienced developers starting with low skill sets.
• A willingness to prioritise wellbeing over wealth and the ability to accept terms benchmarked on university rather than commercial rates.

IDEMS offers permanent staff fully flexible working terms but expects all staff to act responsibly with respect to their workload and company finances. We also have mechanisms to work with people on a part-time, contract and volunteer basis.

We are looking for permanent staff members who would start on a trial basis. Appointments would be expected to contribute to some of our existing projects which use a range of technologies including:

• JavaScript/TypeScript
• Angular
• Django/Wagtail
• Python
• R
• VB NET
• Progressive Web Apps including with JavaScript independence

Staff members would also be able to manage their own projects, either by bringing existing work commitments with them or creating new ones. This would simply require the projects to align with IDEMS principles and not have negative financial implications for IDEMS. IDEMS is putting structures in place that give profitable staff members a say in how their surpluses are used for reinvestment and support of our community.

Informal enquiries are welcome at: enquiries ( at ) idems (dot) international

Priority Recruitment
Immediately, we are looking to recruit an experienced developer for a specific project beginning in early 2021, who could quickly integrate into our team and can work on tight timelines for demanding clients. The project has the potential to impact millions of low resource internet users across the world and is related to the broader Covid-19 response, hence the urgency.

We are looking for candidates with:

• 10+ years software development experience
• 2+ years developing solutions using the Django web framework
• experience developing custom solutions for Wagtail CMS
• the ability to quickly slot into an existing team and immediately contribute to the project
• the ability to contribute to high level conceptualisation and software architecture decisions
• the ability to combine rapid implementation with forward and backward compatibility considerations 

Such candidates should expect a salary equivalent to the Grade 7 to Grade 8 range on the University of Oxford pay scales (£32,817 - £54,131). Candidates with less experience could also be considered in the Grade 6 range (from £29,176). IDEMS offers a generous, university-style pension scheme which matches 8% employee contributions with 18% employer contributions.

Please include a CV and covering letter in your application.