International Management Accountant - Central London - International Humanitarian Charity

A world renowned International Humanitarian Charity are looking International Management Accountant. Based in their Head office in Central London, this is a newly created role that will be working on consolidating the financial information for over 70 entities and be the key point of contact for stakeholders across the globe.

This is a great opportunity for a qualified accountant to move into the charity sector either from practice or a commercial organisation.

Key responsibilities

• Support decision making through the consolidation of financial information from 70 entities to prepare excellent financial reporting and analysis
• Provide financial decision making support to enable effective allocation of resources to entities, including both operational and fundraising investment grants.
• Provide financial decision making support and analysis to enable effective allocation of resources to national entities
• Manage the financial elements of grant administration and the monitoring and preparation of regular budget reports and forecasts.
• Ad hoc project work to support the International Finance Team

This position is paying £40,000 and comes with a fantastic benefits package including, excellent pension contribution and 37 days annual leave (inc public holidays)

If this is of interest do apply now. Or if job is not quite right, but you are looking for a new job within the charity and not for profit sector then please do email me an up to date copy of your CV to [email protected]

International Management Accountant - Central London - International Humanitarian Charity

Your new company:
My client, a £15m turnover educational charity and company limited by guarantee based in Covent Garden with an income of approximately £15m and a student population of approx. 8000 from over 150 countries. The revenue generating part of the organisation has an income of over £4m and generates £1.3m income. It is a growing part of the organisation with ambitious plans.

Your new role:
This is a part time role requiring someone to work 1 day per week. The Accountant will work with the Director of commercial operations to work towards increasing the profitability of the department. Duties will include:

• Acting as the management accountant for the Department
• Monitor activity and profitability by product
• System changes to improve the efficiency of the department
• The role will be both analytical/strategic and hands-on

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Dementia Adventure is seeking a qualified by experience or qualified CIMA / ACCA / ACA accountant with at least 2-3 years' work experience to join their team. The purpose of the role is to analyse and manage the charity's growing income and expenditure and to ensure financial sustainability.  Ensuring robust, effective and efficient systems and financial practices are in place to meet the needs of the charity and the requirements of regulators, customers, donors and funders. 

Would you like to work for a well known international not for profit organisation? Are you keen to be a part of an organisation that has a great mission and carries out vital work around the world? Looking for a new varied finance role? If so, this could be the next best step for you!

Robertson Bell are recruiting for an International Accountant to join a world-renowned international organisation, that runs various project around the world. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join this brilliant organisation on a permanent basis.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Provide financial support relevant to all externally funded programmes.
• Work closely with the overseas teams to assist with the development of budgets ensuring they are in line with organisational strategies and financial plans.
• Assist conversation programmes and continually review performance of country programmes.
• Maintain strong stakeholder relationships and answer any queries.
• Ensure that all financial information is reported on the finance systems accurately.
• Assist operation teams in donor reporting and external grant queries.
• Ensure relationships across different departments are developed and maintained.
• Support the finance team with the development and implementation of finance procedures.
• Support both the internal and external audit.

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant who has a highly commercial mindset, whether this is through the commercial sector or a not for profit organisation that has a strong focus on driving incomes. You will be comfortable working in a high-paced environment and must have experience of business partnering in an revenue generating setting. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a world-renowned organisation which would be a brilliant addition to any CV.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA).
• Have experience in financial management and financial reporting.
• Have dealt with overseas finance teams.
• Have stakeholder engagement experience.
• Have excellent communication skills.

If you are interested in this International Accountant opportunity, please do not delay in applying as CVs are being reviewed daily.

A central-London based international development charity is currently seeking a Project Accountant to join a new division within the global group function. As part of a restructure, this is a newly created role focusing on project accounting for key global initiatives. The role will include, though not be limited to, the following duties:

• Finance business partner to country directors and key SMT stakeholders on global projects
• Production of budgets and forecasts, providing written and verbal commentaries to stakeholders when required
• Ad hoc financial modelling for upcoming projects, providing insightful strategic and financial analysis
• Review of restricted funding criteria, including establishing relevant governance and controls for projects
• Oversight / Coordination of monthly management reports for certain projects

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a big-brand international development organisation in an interactive and commercial role.

You will ideally be ACA qualified (CCAB qualified or equivalent will also be considered), with 1-2 years post-qualified experience. Applications from newly qualified candidates will also be considered, much more important is attitude and aptitude and a willingness to learn and develop.

An international development organisation based in South-West London is currently seeking a Head of Commercial Financial Analysis to join their expanding central finance team. This newly created position will be responsible for driving and implementing efficiency and change in the way the organisation advises their corporate services partners on new and current business cases. You will work on high value business cases (national and global) and advise SMT and Executive team members on appropriate strategies. Your duties will include (though will not be limited to) the following:

• Develop and analyse new business opportunities and tenders (ranging values from low to high value)
• Present business cases to SMT and Executive team members
• Develop financial modelling and business case templates for potential business opportunities
• Identify inefficiencies in current processes and implement improvement strategies as applicable
• Create and maintain complex financial models in support of relevant business cases

You will be an experienced financial analyst with strong technical modelling skills and an ability to business partner with a variety of non-finance stakeholders. CCAB qualified or equivalent - experience in the charity's sector is not mandatory though may be an advantage.

Please note that the position will likely be offered on a fixed-term basis initially with a strong likelihood of permanent being available thereafter.

Are you an Audit Senior, Assistant Manager, Audit Manager seeking a new and rewarding career with a little exotic travel, supporting truly worthwhile causes and perhaps the chance to use your 2nd language skills (not essential)? 

Our partner, specialists in International Grant Assurance are seeking outgoing auditors for a critical role; navigating a diverse group of grant recipients & donors, such as the UN & the World Bank worldwide (e.g. Malawi, Peru, Vietnam, Belgium, Oxford, Sierra Leone, Brazil, Fiji, Cameroon). You'll be London-based travelling 30+% per annum on assignments 1 to 2 weeks in length. 

These unique and extremely rewarding opportunities would suit experienced audit professionals that are outgoing, love diverse travel experiences, meeting and supporting a broad range of inspiring people and supporting very worthwhile causes. A great opportunity to take statutory audit to the next level - broadening skills into a much wider remit.

Overseas assignments could mean travel to one of over 100 countries/ territories. A fantastic opportunity to see the parts of the world you’d never otherwise  see, work with lovely people and pick up extremely relevant fieldwork experience; vital for anyone seeking a career in the international development NGO sector. 

Role overview

Complete grant audits of a extremely diverse range of projects funded by international donor institutions ranging from emergency aid, to long term development in areas such as agriculture, health, education or infrastructure, to SME development or technical research. 

The role will use all your communication, problem-solving and analytical skills and will give you experience in working with major institutions all over the world. An example assignment might see you leading an audit opening meeting with a UN country office on the Monday morning, before heading off to spend a few days with a local NGO or government partners to audit the way they have spent UN funds. You will look at a sample of supporting documents to make sure the expenditure is genuine and for the purposes intended by UN, and review the internal controls of the NGO, making recommendations as to how these might be improved to strengthen the management of the UN resources. At the airport, you could even start drafting the formal report as you wait for your flight back to London. 

Requirements

• Qualified ACA / ACCA or equivalent(Finalists considered)
• Diplomacy and cultural sensitivity while working with a hugely diverse range of clients and beneficiaries
• A real interest in international development and associated funding structures
• 'Ideally' fluency in a second language is preferable, especially in French, Spanish, German, Portuguese or Mandarin, Russian and Arabic. 
• Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills
• Team worker
• Resilience and adaptability
• Internationally recognised audit qualification preferable.

​ Personal attributes:

• At least three years of audit experience 
• Ability to work under pressure; Strong planning, organisational and time management skills
• Sound technical and analytical skills, report writing and presentation skills
• Passionate about international travel and development and willing to work in international locations for over 30% of the time

Candidates for permanent London based roles must have the right to work in the UK

About Us

AfID are leading specialists in supporting NGOs operating globally with their financial management capacity & recruitment needs, on both a 'pro-bono' & ,commercial' basis. For more opportunities in the international development sector (International & UK) or to find out more about how we can assist your non-profit organisation please visit the AfID website.

Developing a Career in International Development

We know it can be frustrating trying to develop a career in this much sought after sector, especially when organisations require prior experience; be it institutional donor management, fieldwork or capacity building of overseas recipients. Please don't let this put you off, we would strongly recommend considering a volunteer assignment as a way to gain this highly relevant experience. It’s no coincidence that 22% of AfID volunteers now work full-time in the charity sector, as even a short 2-3 week assignment will catch the eye and reassure these employers of your commitment and ability to navigate the diverse stakeholder contexts.  It’s worth noting all AfID's assignments are individually tailored to the volunteers own preferences, skills and availability. For FAQs please visit the afid website
 
Attending one of the AfID Workshops also offers invaluable insights, explaining sector jargon and demonstrating the ways accountants can navigate complex environments, in a fun and informative way. It also presents a great networking opportunity with 25 other like-minded accountants AfID’s founder and ex-Oxfam FD in attendance. 

Develop your career in finance by shaping the way we manage our money at the Start Network, a humanitarian start-up with big ideas.  Start Network is a global network of more than 50 aid agencies, ranging from large international organisations to national NGOs.  We're tackling what we believe are the biggest problems that the sector faces.  Together, our aim is to transform humanitarian action. 

Your main responsibility will be ensuring robust financial information is provided to the leadership team and Board to help them to make the best decisions for the charity.  This will include the provision of business modelling, analysis of financial risk, and financial management information.  You'll be providing strategic and financial decision support to the team managing an annual expenditure of approximately £40m.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Holds a recognised accounting qualification
• Brings expertise from financial and management accounting at a senior level
• With experience of development and monitoring financial strategy and establishing processes and controls
• Has fantastic communication and relationship building skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• A can-do attitude
• A willingness to work flexibly and find new ways of working that help us to be more agile

Our offer to you:

• Flexible working with options to work from home (approx. 2 days per week)
• Contributory pension and life assurance 
• Family friendly policies, particularly maternity pay
• Training and development opportunities 
• 25 days’ holiday plus 2 company days over the Christmas period
• Centrally located WeWork office with onsite drinks and snacks available free of charge
• Access to cultural talks, events, pop-up sales, and a place to socialise after work
• Discounts at local cafes and restaurants in association with WeWork

Closing date: Thursday 26th March midnight (UK time)

Test and interviews: w/c 30th March (test by email and interview 45-60 minutes with a panel)

Please visit our website or download the attached job description which includes details of how to apply.  We'll review applications on a rolling basis and interview exceptional candidates before the deadline, so apply now.  If you have any questions about the role, please do contact us.We're a small team, so will only be able to contact candidates shortlisted for interview.

Are you looking for your next career move in Treasury to be within an established and successful Treasury function? Do you want to join an organisation becoming known for its outstanding staff perks and benefits? Do you want to see the work you do directly affecting the growth and success of an organisation helping vulnerable people in homes and affordable housing?

The role is in a Central London property provider and is a short walk from an easily accessible tube stop. The key responsibilities for the Treasury Manager will be to:

• Manage the organisation's relationships with lenders, being the point of contact for Treasury queries and keeping lenders informed at all times
• Assist in the procurement and implementation of a Treasury system to support the interrogation and review of Treasury policies and procedures
• Prepare weekly loan payment forecasts and provide accurate and up to date information for multiple lenders
• Prepare quarterly returns to the regulator, along with monthly cash flows to keep senior management informed of the state of the loan portfolio
• Partner with the Development and Finance teams and the wider organisation in order to provide the requisite support to allow for continued growth and success.

There is plenty of scope to gradually build your career in a Housing Treasury function and would be an excellent opportunity for someone looking to make a step up, as well as for someone more experienced to take control of an already successful Treasury function.

The organisation is building a strong reputation for its staff satisfaction focused initiatives, including a strong focus on the work life balance. A bright, modern workplace is provided with regularly refreshed perks including new social groups, workplace mental health support and even occasional exercise classes provided at lunchtime.

To be considered, you'll need to meet the following criteria:

• Be qualified in either Treasury (eg ACMT) or Accountancy (CCAB/CIMA)
• Have a minimum of two years' experience in a Housing Treasury function, demonstrating the ability to be relied upon to deliver success with a large loan portfolio
• Have experience of the Brixx system

Applications are under review every day - please apply now to be considered as the post can close early if the ideal candidate is found.

UK Active

Finance Manager – Revenue and Control

UK Active is a commercially minded and forward thinking non-profit that strives to get more people, more active, more often with the mission to improve the health of the nation through promoting active lifestyles. They facilitate wide-impact partnerships, undertake campaigns, and provide world class membership services.

This dynamic role of Finance Manager will manage a team of 3, ensuring that key revenue streams (including music licencing, membership, events and products) are monitored and billed consistently and to the highest standard.

Requirements:

• Experience managing others and being the point of contact for escalated issues
• Ability to prioritise and effectively delegate a workload
• A proactive, solutions focused mindset
• Good IT skills, particularly Excel
• Experience with the CRM Salesforce is desirable but not required
• A passion for the fitness and physical activity sector is desirable

For this role, you need not be fully qualified, far more important is your operational finance experience, people management skills, a proactive mindset and attention to detail.

Responsibilities:

• Being the key point of contact for issue escalations from your team, determining if you can address them yourself, and if not escalating issues to the Head of Finance
• Ensuring robustness of financial controls
• Team management, review and development
• Completing and reviewing monthly journals and reconciliations
• Use of Salesforce CRM to maximise team productivity
• Working with the Head of Finance to create impactful process improvements
• Communicating if revenue targets are met to director level colleagues
• Day to day management of the Licencing function
• Being a point of contact for key external partners

UK Active is a commercial, modern and dynamic non-profit; chaired by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson: Paralympian and 6 time London marathon winner who has held over 30 world records in her career. Other benefits include flexible working, subsidised Gym Membership, 5% matched pension, the Perkbox Discount Scheme and an annual salary of £40,000 per annum.

Interviews for this role are being held on a rolling basis, so apply early to be considered or contact Emma at Allen Lane to find out more.

Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

We are one of the largest learning disability charities in the UK, supporting over 2,500 people through our friendly, supportive, creative and diverse teams. As a Social Care provider we are facing challenging times. In response to the changing landscape across the learning disability sector, we have developed our business strategy, which provides a framework detailing how we run our business support activities, processes and systems across the organisation. We are recruiting skilled and enthusiastic finance professionals to help us enhance and deliver the vision.

You will provide timely and effective support, with challenge where necessary, whilst also maintaining responsibility for a robust financial controls and compliance framework. A key element of the role for your team will be to support Operations with process development, commercial support and business cases which necessitates a complete understanding of how service operations works.

Main duties

- Provide high level analysis and interpretation of operational performance, building on trends, analyses and interpretation, highlighting deviations to expected trends, and evaluate potential impact.

- Provide regular re-forecast of financial performance, including balance sheet, capital projects and cash flow.

- Develop insight and analysis into financial trends and performance, feeding into the ongoing development of operational and business strategy.

- Develop “what if” and scenario modelling through the creation of an organisation wide modelling tool based on financial, and non financial parameters, in order to highlight financial and operational risks and opportunities.

Salary: Up to £55k per annum (dependent on experience)

Hours: Full Time, Permanent, 35 hours

Location: Emersons Green, Bristol

What we Offer

Access to the Hft Plus benefits package, which includes a great number of discounts and rewards across shops, restaurants, gym membership and days out; but also, an Employee Assistance Programme, with telephone and face-to-face support options. Access to award winning training and development – Hft is one of only four charities to have achieved the Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’ provider status. Annual staff award scheme – The Fusion Awards, and peer recognition through our GEM awards programme. 20 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays). A contributory pension scheme & life assurance.

You must be a credible and persuasive qualified accountant with experience of financial control, budgeting, forecasting, modelling and financial analysis techniques.You will need to be a strong leader, and be able to manage competing priorities and thrive in a period of change and ambiguity, whilst providing sound support for your team.

You will provide the FD, the Exec team and Trustees with budgets and re-forecasts looking out 3 years, provide the organisation’s long-term financial dashboard, and providing the assurance that it will continue to be a viable financial going concern into the foreseeable future. You will provide insight and analysis into financial trends and performance, identifying strengths and weaknesses, which will feed back into operational short-term and long-term strategy. You will also develop links between financial MI and non-financial MI/KPI’s

In addition, the job holder will perform scenario modelling on future financial performance, looking at how internal and external sensitivities might impact our business model and financial viability together with significant non Core or developmental activity.

Closing date: Monday 13th April 2020

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE.

You may have experience or an interest in the following: Head of Finance, Head of Financial Planning, Business Services, Strategic Director, Head of Business Services, Senior Finance Manager, Director of Services, Head of Services, Operations Manager, Project Manager, Head of Operations, Operations Director, Strategy Manager, Continuous Improvement, Finance, Qualified Accountant, Charity, Third Sector, Social Care, Not for Profit, NFP etc.

Ref: 92790

Treasury Officer (Part-Qualified) 1-year FTC Treasury Officer Job paying £30000.

Your new company
We are an independent group of the capital's largest housing associations. Our vision is to improve people's lives through high quality homes and services. Whilst we take a commercial approach to housebuilding, we reinvest all our profits into building more new homes and supporting the communities where we work.

Your new role
* To be responsible for maintaining daily records of cash positions for all Group companies and preparing short term cash flows for key Group companies and relevant joint ventures.
* To identify any funding required or excess funds available and assist with arranging loan drawdowns, rollovers and repayments or investments as required.
* To arrange individual payments and cash transfers using the Group's internet banking systems.
* Processing of JV funding requests/loan advances and capital/profit distributions

Loan Administration
* To be responsible for the maintenance of loan administration spreadsheets and Treasury Management systems and to ensure that these are fully up to date and accurate at all times.
* To check and code all interest, fee and other loan payment confirmations.
* To assist with the provision of information to lenders in accordance with the terms, conditions and covenants of our loan agreements and to monitor JV covenant compliance where applicable
* To prepare regular status reports for senior management in relation to treasury activities to assist with monitoring performance against the Treasury Policy.
* To create and maintain spreadsheets of funds/loans advanced to JV companies

What you'll need to succeed
* You will provide a support to the treasury management and treasury team in the delivery of treasury operations. We are looking for a highly motivated treasury professional to complete loan and treasury administration.
* You will ideally have a good knowledge of Excel, cash management and cash flow forecasting, loans and bank processing as well as experience of analysing and sorting financial information.

What you'll get in return
* Commercial Bonus Scheme for eligible employees
* Group bonus scheme for eligible employees
* Pension contribution scheme: Employer contributions of up to 8%
* Generous annual leave: Paid holiday entitlements starting at 25 days, increasing to 28 days after three years' service
* Additional leave: Discretionary grace days over the Christmas period
* Flexible benefits: A choice of private health insurance, gym membership, dental care and travel insurance
* Salary exchange benefits: Cycle2Work and Childcare Voucher Scheme
* Rewards and discounts: Access to a range of exclusive discounts and vouchers
* Employee assistance programme: Access to free financial, legal and counselling advice
* Employee reward and recognition scheme: £100 high street shopping vouchers
* Management and leadership development programmes: And support towards work related courses/qualifications.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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A home is a fundamental human need, as vital as education or healthcare. But in Britain today, that right is denied to millions of people whose lives are blighted by homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. For over 50 years Shelter have been striving for change and leading the way in response to what has become a national emergency.

Job Title: Assistant Director of Finance

Location: London

Salary: £65k

Shelter exists to defend the right to a safe home. Every year, we help defend the rights of millions struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support, and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, a safe home will be a reality for everyone.

The Assistant Director of Finance, a newly created role, will be an integral role within our Strategic and Operational Leadership Team. Working closely with the Senior Executive Team, peers and other stakeholders, you will be responsible for providing financial insights and ensuring comprehensive and robust financial management, policies and controls are in place to actively contribute to the delivery of Shelter's ambitious strategy and meet all the business needs.

We are looking for a fully qualified accountant, with significant leadership and team management experience, and excellent attention to detail. You will have significant experience of building and delivering through high performing and outcome-focused teams.

You will enjoy cultivating positive relationships working across the whole organisation having substantial input to high level decision making. Offering personal credibility and commercial acumen you will demonstrate a personal commitment to ensure Shelter is financially sustainable in order to achieve it purpose.

This is a unique opportunity for someone who wants to make a difference in a vibrant and exciting charity.

For further information about this exciting opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please visit the dedicated microsite via the Apply button.

Recruitment Timetable

Deadline for applications: 5 April 2020

Interviews with Prospectus: 13 April - 1 May 2020

Interviews with Shelter: w/c: 11 May 2020 & w/c: 18 May 2020

These dates may be subject to change and applicants will be advised in advance should this happen.

If after reviewing the microsite you feel you meet the criteria and you would like to have an informal discussion about this role, please contact Alex Williams or Suzannah Fazackerley at Prospectus.

Shelter is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community. Appointments are made on merit.

Head of Finance Business Partnering to manage a team of 4 - management accounts and Business Partner service.

Your new company:
A £45m income professional body representing medical professionals based in North West London. This organisation has an excellent reputation and a has income from both membership fees and commercial activities such as Conferencing.

Your new role

This is a key role, dealing with senior stakeholders across all 4 entities in the organisation and enabling robust, data driven business decision making through the following responsibilities:
* responsible for finance business partnering across the organisation
* responsible for delivering management reports and budgets
* responsible for financial and business analysis to assist the College to move to a continuous improvement mind-set
* support the achievement of strategic objectives across the organisation
* manage the finance business partnering and management accounts team of 4.

What you'll need to succeed

Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
* Qualified Accountant

Experience
* Financial experience in delivering strategy
* Working in a complex organisation
* Management experience
* Building constructive relationships with non-finance colleagues including development of wider organisation financial skills and knowledge

Knowledge / Skills / Attributes
* Project management and process mapping
* Good analytical skills
* Good interpersonal skills

What you'll get in return
8% employer pension contribution, 27 days annual leave, Flexi-time, on site gym and more.

What you need to do now
Please apply ASAP to be considered!

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