Commercial Finance Manager Jobs in Belfast

One in 4 people in the UK have either served themselves or have a family member or friend who has served, making Help for Heroes a very personal cause for many.

When Bryn Parry, a veteran and eminent cartoonist, and his wife Emma heard in 2007 that people were shouting at wounded veterans at a local public swimming pool, they knew they had to do something. So they started a campaign for dedicated facilities and a movement to change the way we see and support veterans and their loved ones. Over £2M was raised in just 2 months, and Help for Heroes was born.

Help For Heroes is now a national charity with a vision for a society where everyone in the Armed Forces community lives well after service. The charity provides tailored support for physical and mental health to veterans and their families in their homes and communities across the UK. The charity have recently appointed a new CEO, James Needham, who joined in 2018 as their Chief Operating Officer. James has been instrumental in the development of the charity’s 10-year ‘Live Well’ strategy and brings a wealth of industry experience, having previously spent over 15 years working within the hospitality sector for the likes of Greene King and Starbucks.

With a new strategy rolled out, the fundraising team have a refreshed outlook on income generation and Innovation will be key in delivering growth and diversification. This newly created role will report directly to the commercial director and be responsible for developing new products to bolster their existing portfolio, with an opportunity to develop sector leading and ground breaking products. This exciting role has the potential to be career defining.

Working closely with heads of income streams to fully understand their needs and what products are going to work best for them. There is big appetite for innovation within high value as well as public fundraising.

As Senior Product Innovation Manager, you will:

• Create and implement a strategy and initiative for Product Innovation to cultivate new fundraising and commercial products, increasing both revenue and impact
• Crafting a fresh product innovation process and proactively introducing new products to the market
• Support the development of a culture of innovation across the teams actively sharing insight and building collaboration
• Develop a clear process to support innovation and NPD across the Directorate, including timelines and progress points
• Build relationships at Leadership team and Exec level to be able to support product innovation and achieve solutions

Ideal skills and experience:

• Someone who has had a senior role within an innovation function at charity
• Product innovation experience from non-charity background is also of interest
• Strong project management skills
• Demonstratable experience of the testing cycle
• Experienced at running and managing Sprints to develop products at pace
• Able to engage a range of stakeholders
• Natural curiosity and can bring a sense of wonderment to the role
• A self-starter with confidence and gravitas to lead the innovation function

The Help for Heroes team are a group of authentic, energetic and supportive people taking on an extraordinary mission together. Emphasis is placed on collaborating, exploring new ideas and fresh perspectives. Help for Heroes are committed to creating a positive, flexible and enjoyable workplace that works for everyone – a place where everyone belongs and everyone thrives. They believe that a good work-life balance is key to personal wellbeing.

Employee benefits include:

• FLEXIBLE WORKING with employees encouraged to apply for flexible working arrangements that work best for their individual needs
• 35 HOUR WORKING WEEK with core hours of 10am-3pm
• FAMILY-FRIENDLY CULTURE including enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• 29 DAYS HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENT regardless of length of service, plus a day off for your birthday, all in addition to eight days bank holiday
• PENSION WITH 4% EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION with employees contributing 5% of their monthly salary. Employees are free to opt out of the pension if they prefer.
• COMPREHENSIVE LIFE INSURANCE on completion of induction, with cover of 4 x your salary to support your loved ones should the worst happen
• PAID VOLUNTEERING DAYS ‘do your bit days’ to provide the opportunity to take time away from their day-to-day role and volunteer in the community
• SIMPLYHEALTH EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME offering confidential and impartial advice on finances, family matters and health

Royal Association for Deaf People (RAD) have an opportunity for a Management Accountant to join our team on a part-time, permanent basis (22.5 hours per week). This is a home-based role with some travel to Colchester and London. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of up to £35,000 per annum pro rata.

RAD encourages honesty and openness. It provides a safe place to work and encourages development and participation. Our values are at the heart of our work. They define TeamRAD – who we are, and how we will behave.

Everyone in TeamRAD is expected to commit to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and to embed associated principles throughout all working practices.

About the role:

As our Management Accountant, your main responsibility is to provide the organisation and its management with prompt and accurate financial information which supports effective decision making. The finance team is small, and the Management Accountant is expected to have some responsibilities to ensure RAD maintains strong internal financial controls and remains robust when there is absence.

Key Responsibilities as our Management Accountant will include:

• Reviewing the monthly payroll preparation and ensuring accuracy, including the coding of costs to departments and projects
• Preparing or overseeing the preparation of all bank reconciliations and other account analysis
• Ensuring that finance documentation is securely stored and destroyed in line with RAD’s data protection and retention policies
• Preparing monthly management accounts and forecasts in line with agreed timelines, including income and expenditure accounts, balance sheet and cash flow forecasts
• Taking an active role in the preparation of the annual budget and outline budgets for future years, in line with strategy
• Working with budget holders, management colleagues and the Business Development team to prepare project budgets for funding applications and/or Commercial Service proposals
• Ensuring processes are in place to accurately allocate time and costs of colleagues to projects and services
• Preparing financial reconciliations of all projects and supporting the Data Insight team with financial information needed for monitoring returns
• Building financial literacy and confidence with budget holders, including ensuring they can use Sage Intacct
• Providing support to the Executive Team and Managers as required
• Takingan active role in the preparation of RAD’s statutory accounts
• Ensuring budget holders receive detailed monthly management accounts within agreed timescales, and deliver regular, timely, accurate financial information and analysis to them to ensure they have a good understanding of the financial situation of all projects and services
• Taking an active role to keep the financial reporting under review to ensure that it meets the needs of all users and adapt where necessary

Essential requirements we’re looking for in our Management Accountant:

• A recognised accountancy qualification – full or part qualification or; Qualified by experience
• Qualifications in BSL, or willingness to achieve minimum Level 2
• Experience of working as a management accountant
• Experience of working within a high performing finance team
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Excel/Word/Teams/Outlook)
• Able to process complex financial information and present the results clearly and concisely for nonfinancial colleagues
• Plans and organises resources to meet strict deadlines
• Builds and manages successful inter-departmental relationships
• Responds flexibly to the needs of the business
• Identifies and supports mitigation of risk
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Good personal presentation and interpersonal skills
• Strong organisational and administrative skills
• Adaptable
• Strong analytical skills
• Logical thinker

If you have a positive attitude, a flexible approach, and would like to join us as our Management Accountant, we’d love to hear from you.

Closing date: Midday, Wednesday 6th December 2023
Interview date: Wednesday 13th December 2023 at our Colchester office

About the Role

Farms for City Children is seeking a confident and experienced senior finance professional to drive the Finance function forward.  The Head of Finance will provide vital financial leadership and management to the Charity, working in close partnership with the Chief Executive, Senior Leadership Team, and Board of Trustees, in support of achieving and informing our strategic and operational objectives. The successful candidate will be qualified and experienced in charity finance and be able to demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to communicate financial information effectively to both financial and non-financial audiences. If you are looking for a senior financial role that will empower you to make a strong and meaningful impact in an inspiring organisation with a strong social purpose, then please apply with an application form and covering letter to the link below.

Please download the Job Description and Person Specification for full details about the role.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. If you have access requirements for the application process or interview please contact us.

This is an urgent role and so we are actively interviewing candidates who meet the essential criteria of the role.

About Farms for City Children

Farms for City Children exists to remove the barriers that prevent children and young people having meaningful access to the natural world. Through a week on one of our three heritage farms, children and young people experience increased learning and engagement, improved connections and wellbeing and leave us with an enhanced sense of environmental citizenship.

Visiting children are immersed in the natural world of the countryside through a food and farming offer that allows them to participate in the seasonal tasks of the day: sowing, growing and harvesting in our kitchen gardens; caring for livestock and looking after the land; and cooking up a home-grown feast in the farmhouse kitchen. Spending time working alongside real farmers fosters children’s independence and helps them to grow in confidence, develops their self-esteem, and encourages them to become more resilient.

In partnership with commercial farming neighbours, children experience the benefits of collaboration, enjoy plenty of physical activity, good food, and fresh air, and discover the magical rural environment that is full of new words, sounds and experiences to inspire their creativity.

“Some of the children we took to the farms had very difficult and chaotic lives. We took them out of a very difficult environment where they were unable to socialise and didn’t know how to share and put them into a totally different world. It was a haven where they could thrive.”

Teacher from London

 Further details about the Charity are available on our website.

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The Talent Set are delighted to be working with an amazing wildlife conservation charity to find their new Corporate Fundraising Manager.

The organisation offers a lovely flexible working environment, with a remote home-based working pattern and an expectation of occasional travel.

As Corporate Fundraising Manager you will be responsible for developing and implementing a corporate and commercial fundraising strategy to deliver sustainable income growth. You will Lead on actively identifying and developing new partnership opportunities and relationships, researching, pitching, influencing, and negotiating to significantly increase income for the charity as well as manage existing corporate partners to retain, develop and grow long term income.

Key responsibilities include:
 

• Identify, nurture, develop and manage new and existing corporate partners including producing and communicating inspiring funding opportunities aimed at specific organisations.
• Manage existing corporate and commercial fundraising relationships, corporate and business sponsorship, supporters, and corporate members, providing an exceptional standard of stewardship to encourage repeat support.
• Negotiate and deliver partnership agreements ensuring delivery against agreed targets and a good return on investment for the charity.
• Write and update contracts and agreements, liaising with the Senior Finance Manager and Line Manager, for all new and renewed sponsorship and partnerships.
• Identify new commercial fundraising opportunities, writing project plans and drafting budgets.
• Develop an approach to tap into ‘green private investment’, realising opportunities where possible, with support from consultants.
• Create compelling cases for support and successfully pitch, present and influence to maximise success in securing potential long term, high value partnerships.
• Lead on the delivery of a first-class funder experience for current and prospective corporate partners and supporters including proactive relationship building.
• Update and maintain records of all business and corporate approaches, communications and agreements on the CRM and ensure effective use of the database for fundraising planning.
• Monitor income targets and activities for Trading and Corporate fundraising including reporting to and attendance at the Trading Company Board Meetings.

Person Specification:

• Proven successful experience in corporate fundraising environment
• Proven ability to manage and develop senior and diverse relationships
• Practical experience of using charity CRM systems
• Knowledge of GDPR legislation and how it applies in a fundraising context
• Ability to develop, plan and implement fundraising plans and strategies
• Experience of effectively stewarding corporate relationships
• Experience of creating and managing corporate membership
• Experience in writing and delivering presentations and speeches
• Experience of prospect research
• Experience of monitoring budgets and assisting in budget preparation
• Effective communication both verbal and written with a wide range of individuals, from volunteers and staff to supporters and external partners

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

The Talent Set are delighted to be working with an amazing wildlife conservation charity to find their new Head of Philanthropy.

The organisation offers a lovely flexible working environment, with a remote home-based working pattern with occasional travel. 

Working collaboratively with senior stakeholders and colleagues across the charity, this role will be responsible for leading on major gifts, corporate fundraising and legacy giving. This role will be responsible for undertaking horizon scanning, identifying new opportunities to increase funding and ensuring outstanding levels of insights are maintained to support income growth.
This role will lead, develop and motivate a team of staff and foster an organisation-wide culture of philanthropy by creating opportunities and processes for cross-functional learning, feedback and collaboration.

• Develop and deliver a Major Gifts, Legacy and Corporate Fundraising Strategy for the charity, supported by the Director of Income, Marketing and Communications - to substantially increase income.
• Develop and implement annual plans to generate income for project delivery and general funds across the UK -monitoring, evaluating and reporting as necessary.
• Set and deliver fundraising targets, forecast income from major donors, legacies and corporate partnerships and lead on budget management for income and expenditure working closely with the Finance Team.
• Develop, implement, and review effective Major Donor, Legacy and Corporate fundraising models to ensure the charity’s funding requirements are successfully achieved.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the charity’s overall Income Generation Strategy.
• Build and manage relationships with existing and prospective individual Major Donors, to secure long-term support and seek uplift of donations wherever possible. Continuously review progress and quality achieved in Major Donor fundraising.
• Oversee the implementation of a legacy giving programme to raise awareness of the importance of legacy income to the charity. Secure increased legacy pledges from members, supporters and the general public.
• Plan, lead and develop a corporate and commercial fundraising strategy to deliver sustainable income growth. Identify and develop new partnership opportunities to significantly increase income for the charity and oversee effective management of existing corporate partners to retain, develop and grow long term income.

The successful candidate will have the following skills & experience:

• Extensive experience of successful philanthropic fundraising, with a proven track-record of raising significant income within major gifts, legacies, and corporate partnerships.
•  Ability to develop, plan and implement fundraising plans and strategies to meet income targets and deadlines.
• Extensive experience of writing inspiring and compelling case for support communications.
• Excellent people management skills, with demonstrable experience of leading, developing and motivating a diverse team across a range of functions.
• Creative and innovative with the ability to turn funding requirements into exciting propositions.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.