Community services finance manager jobs near Westminster, Greater London

Are you a Finance Analyst looking for a new opportunity? Do you have previous utilities controller experience?

If so, we'd love to hear from you!

About the role

Our Finance team is looking to recruit a Finance Analyst to join us and lead our utility work (electricity, gas, water & waste) across our retail estate. 

You'll ensure a smooth service delivery for our utilities and will liaise with the Estates team, working on their database (Manhattan). You'll  validate & authorise invoices, account journal entries, and liaise with both internal and external stakeholders, working on utility issues and tracking queries until resolved with our suppliers. 

Having multi-site and volume exposure, as well as a good standard of MS Excel (Pivot tables, V Lookups, etc.) is essential for this role.

This role will be listed internally as Finance Analyst - Utilities.

Working arrangements

This is a dual location role, with your working time split between your home and approximately once a week at our London Office. This will allow us to unlock our best work for our cause, blending the best of home and office working. There may also be some occasional travel to our Claygate office in Surrey.

Here at the BHF we understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life. Many of our people work flexibly in many different ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need.

About you 

Part qualified CCAB or CIMA accountant, or qualified by experience, you'll have previous experience of variance analysis reporting, cost control and journaling. Utility knowledge on electricity, gas and water is essential.

An expert in MS Excel, you'll be able to multi-task, using your initiative to resolve issues in a calm manner. You'll use our key finance systems, iPOS and Q+A to source key finance information and ensure details are kept up to date as needed. Knowledge of high transaction volume is essential in this role.

Working in a small team, able to liaise with contacts across our multi-site organisation, you'll be a self-starter and be logically minded. You’ll have excellent communication skills, able to liaise with contacts across our retail directorate clearly and concisely ensuring key deadlines are met and issues resolved.

Our recruitment process requires that successful candidates are asked to consent to a basic DBS check and any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory basic DBS check.

About us

Everyone who works at the British Heart Foundation is part of something bigger - a mission to beat heartbreak from the world’s biggest killers. Heart and circulatory diseases still kill 1 in 4 people in the UK and that’s heartbreak on a scale we simply don’t accept. Across our offices and stores, we are helping fund research that saves lives. If that’s a mission that inspires you, and you have the skills we need, you could be the Junior Finance Analyst we’re looking for.

We celebrate diversity and make inclusion part of what we do every day. Diversity and Inclusion forms a main pillar in our People Experience Strategy. Our aim is for all of our colleagues and volunteers to bring their true self to work, so we can beat heartbreak for everyone.

What can we offer you?

Our Career Academy provides you with support, inspiration, and opportunities to help you unlock your full potential.

Our generous staff benefits include:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical insurance
• Dental health cover
• Contribution towards gym membership
• Pension with employer contribution up to 10%
• Life assurance

We have been recognised by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) for our Live Well. Work Well. Programme. Heart health is central to our mission, and that starts with you. We provide a programme of activities, opportunities, and guidance to inspire and support you to live a healthy and happy life, at home and at work.

Interview process 

The interview process will be held via MS Teams. 

How to apply 

To apply for this role please use the apply button below. Our process involves submitting your CV and a supporting statement, which should outline your interest and explain how you meet the role’s criteria.

Mind in Haringey is an independent charity organisation providing vital mental health services to our community in Haringey since 1983.

We have a broad and exciting range of services and projects running in a dynamic, evolving environment. We are constantly striving to develop and improve our services through listening to our community, peers, and staff team to evaluate and deliver the best possible projects for our community.

Working with Mind in Haringey will give you the opportunity to join a small, creative team with many opportunities for learning and progression. We are a diverse and passionate team, who welcome experiences and perspectives from all backgrounds. 

We particularly encourage applications from those with lived experience of mental health, from racialised communities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and residents of Haringey who are passionate about changing things for the better in the borough. 

Haringey is a melting pot of culture, history, and resilience. Though there is much that needs to be improved, we are proud to work as part of a community that has displayed great strength in hardship both in the past and in more recent years. Interested in joining us in this work? We look forward to receiving your application for the role.

This new post will be part of a small team working to deliver effective financial management support to the organisation. The post-holder will be responsible for carrying out a number of day to day operational tasks, provide support in preparing management reports and accounts, and expected to actively contribute to the implementation of MIND’s financial guidelines. The post-holder will be required to deputise for the finance manager in the latter’s absence.

Big Local is a vision of empowered, resilient, dynamic, asset-rich communities making their own decisions on what is best for their area. 

This is an exciting role for a Project Manager to join Inclusion Barnet and to work with The Grange Big Local  (London N2) to continue to deliver and make sustainable the current Grange Big local plan. The Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing (or managing) the delivery of a programme of community development activities, events and longer term initiatives to generate a renewed sense of community spirit in Grange Big Local area. They will also need to work with and engage local residents to help to produce the next Grange Big Local Plan. 

The national Big Local programme has four key aims:

1. Communities will be better able to identify local needs and take action in response to them
2. People will have increased skills and confidence, so that they continue to identify and respond to needs in the future
3. The community will make a difference to the needs it prioritises
4. People will feel that their area is an even better place to live

Central to the Project Manager role is working with local people through a resident-led Partnership Board and sub groups to deliver their agreed strategic plan. This includes providing practical assistance and identifying training opportunities that will help the Partnership achieve their goal. The Project Manager is to work with the Grange Big Local Partnership Board to develop the plan for each year’s community development activities in order to best meet the aims and objectives of the Big Local project.
 

Working with Grange Big Local volunteers you will engage the wider community, mobilising them to become more actively involved in activities in the local area.  You will support and facilitate local people working together to create a positive neighbourhood where people thrive. You will also listen to the views of local people and use feedback to improve the big local programme.

About Big Local

Big Local is a vision of empowered, resilient, dynamic, asset-rich communities making their own decisions on what is best for their area. Providing at least £1m to each of 150 communities in England, Big Local is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and managed by Local Trust. Nationally we work with a range of partners to deliver Big Local, building on the skills and experiences of others to provide expert advice and support for residents.

In contrast to conventional top down, time-limited, project-led funding, the funding awarded to each Big Local area was provided on the basis that it can be spent over 10-15 years at the communities’ own chosen pace, and on their own plans and priorities.

About Inclusion Barnet

Inclusion Barnet is a thriving peer-led charity based in North West London. We are a friendly, supportive and inclusive team.We believe in the power of experience and this is demonstrated by all our services being led, developed and delivered by people with lived experience of disability, including mental health issues and long-term conditions. We believe that learning to use our lived experience for social change is a skill. We have become experts in harnessing the lived experience of our staff, members, volunteers and people who use our services to design and deliver higher quality, more person-centred services. We believe that this benefits both disabled people and society more widely.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please submit your CV and a 500-word personal statement setting your applicable/transferable skills and experience 

We have an exciting opportunity for an Partnerships Account Manager  to join our team based in Gilwell Park, Chingford, London.

Right across the UK, we’re helping young people gain skills for life and find their place in the world. We help them speak up, play their part and shine bright. Scouts is the place to be yourself and find yourself.

We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. We give over 400,000 4-25 year olds the skills they need for school, college, university, the job interview: the skills they need for life.

This is a great opportunity to become part of a highly successful organisation. We invest in people and we have the Gold Standard Award to show how much we value our Employees.

The team culture is super collaborative, supportive and fun. Everyone are encouraged to try stuff, test stuff, and see what works, and are always encouraged to think outside the box.

The Partnerships Account Manager Role:

Working closely with the MSF (Muslim Scout Fellowship), and local volunteers in scouting, the role will involve making contact with the leaders of scout groups within Muslim communities, undertaking a review of the groups and outlining issues, and supporting the group to make plans for recovery and future sustainability and growth.

Support is needed with returning to face to face scouting, programme planning, achieving training targets, establishing group governance, finding venues for groups, and helping groups become more sustainable for the longer term.

Key responsibilities as our Partnerships Account Manager:

With the MSF, Area Growth and Development Manager, District Commissioners and Group Scout Leaders, you will;

• Support scouting in Muslim Communities across the 8 regions in England to aid the recovery of the groups from the impact of COVID 19
• Support new and existing groups to become sustainable, and to plan for future growth
• Support volunteers on the ground to work together to ensure problems and challenges are identified and overcome
• Ensure the good and safe running of the youth sections in accordance with relevant risk assessments and Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR), responding to the needs of the group
• Any other duties as may reasonably be required by the MSF or the Regional Services Team relevant to the role

What we are looking for in our Partnerships Account Manager:

• Experience of volunteering
• Experience of being part of youth project or group
• Computer literate with Microsoft Office
• Prepared to work daytime, evening and weekends as required
• Have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work

What we can offer you as our Partnerships Account Manager:

- A competative salary

- 25 days holiday and going up to 28 days after 2 years’ service and 32 days after 5 years’ service

- Additional holidays between Christmas & New Year

- Life Assurance

- Simply Health Scheme

- Generous Pension Scheme

- Free car parking

We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer…

- Up to four personal days paid leave a year

- Maternity/Paternity Leave

- Childcare Vouchers

- Flexible working hours

- Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits

- Study and volunteer leave

Closing date: 11:59pm Sunday 4 September 2022

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team! Click ‘Apply’ now!

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

Strictly no agencies.

Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust is a charity creating life-changing, education-focused children’s homes to ensure that children in care have the same opportunities as everyone else. We are recruiting an Office Manager to work in our children’s home to provide high-quality and efficient administration and business support.

Location: Sutton, London. Please be aware that this role is based in our children’s home and requires someone who can work from there. 

Salary: £27,000 - £32,000 depending on experience

Hours: Full time - 37 hours per week. We are open to discussing flexible working hours for the right candidate.

How to apply: To apply, please follow the link to our application portal to provide your CV and a cover letter on no more than one side of A4 that outlines how you meet the essential experience outlined in the person specification and why you are interested in working for Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust.

We are happy to have an informal chat with anyone interested in applying or just wanting to learn more about the role, please follow the link to our application portal for details on how to arrange this.

About the role

As the Office Manager, you will make a significant contribution to the smooth running of the organisation, both within our children’s home and in our core operations. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Office Manager to support the growth of a new children’s home from its early stages. You will be based in the office in our children’s home.

The purpose of the role is to ensure the safe and efficient running of our children’s home and the wider organisation, with key responsibilities including:

• Administrative support for the children’s home – Run the office, including maintaining accurate records for the home, maintenance of IT systems and training staff on IT systems
• Children’s home maintenance – Carry out day-to-day management of the building and grounds, including ordering supplies and taking responsibility for health and safety in the home
• Finances and reporting - Assist with the financial management of our home and organisation, including expenses and petty cash
• Administrative support for the organisation – Ensure smooth running of our organisation through supporting with diary management, booking meeting rooms and managing our website enquiries mailbox
• Board & Committee governance: Plan and coordinate Committee and Sub-Committee meetings, including ensuring papers are circulated in advance, attending meetings and producing timely and effective minutes/actions
• Staff and professional development – Maintain staff records such as rotas, timesheets, and training records and assist with the recruitment and induction of new staff
• Working with families, professionals and the community - Work closely with a range of stakeholders, including staff, young people, families and carers, schools, health services, police and other external agencies. You will build relationships with these people who come into contact with the home and be part of creating a welcoming environment
• Additional opportunities to contribute to our organisation- As a small organisation, there will be lots of opportunities for you to get involved in other areas depending on your interests and skills, for example, this could be managing our social media, getting involved in our work with funders or researching what is going on in the wider sector.

What we’re looking for

• An experienced office manager or administrator who is well organised, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Someone who enjoys working closely with a team, while also being autonomous and able to work independently.
• A good problem solver, who enjoys getting things running smoothly and efficiently.
• You will need to be able to work confidently with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc). 
• You will be working from our children’s home, so you will need to be comfortable working in this environment. This will require flexibility and patience.

What we offer

• A salary of £27,000 - £32,000, depending on experience
• Generous annual leave – The starting allowance is 28 days of annual leave, increasing to 30 days after 3 years and 33 days after 5 years. In addition, there are 8 bank holidays.
• The opportunities to work in an incredible, newly-refurbished building – see for yourself here with our virtual tour.
• Join a fantastic group of colleagues working in a supportive and social environment 
• Lots of other perks, such as pension with employer contribution, sick pay, cycle-to-work scheme, and referral bonus.

Financial Wellbeing Programmes Manager – Workplace & Community Team (W&C)

Location: Clapham / Hybrid working (minimum 2 days in the office)

Hours: Part-time (30 hours per week / 0.8 of a full-time equivalent)

Duration: 1 year fixed-term contract, with the potential to become permanent

Job Details

For over 25 years, The Money Charity has been helping people from all walks of life to take
control of their finances, become financially capable and achieve Financial Wellbeing. The charity is fully independent and impartial, meaning it never endorses or promotes financial products.

A core strand of the charity’s offering works to help adults build the skills, knowledge,
confidence and behaviours to manage their money well. And our work has never been more needed: with only 32% of UK adults feeling they have high knowledge about financial matters (FCA, October 2020); 29 million UK adults (52%) feeling uncomfortable talking about money (MaPS, 2020); and 63% of UK adults feeling they are not able to determine what happens in their lives when it comes to money (MaPS 2018). We do this by delivering Financial Wellbeing Workshops, Webinars, Consultancy and distribution of our Money Manual. The charity works with both community (charities/social enterprises) and commercial organisations. Due to the current cost of living crisis, we are experiencing exceptional demand for our services and are looking to expand our team and evolve our approach in response.

The successful candidate for this brand new role will report to the Head of Workplace & Community Programmes and work alongside the two existing Training Officers in the team. The role involves acting as a subject matter expert in “what works” for adult Financial Capability in order to drive continuous improvement of our non-profit and commercial Financial Wellbeing Workshops and Webinars; lead the refresh of our Money Manual for 2023; and deliver and oversee a small portfolio of bespoke Consultancy Financial Wellbeing projects.

The Workplace & Community team has a strong focus on personal and professional development and operates an empowering, learning culture so that individuals may thrive in their roles. This is a varied role which provides an exciting opportunity to work within a small, innovative charity and the chance to really make an impact at a time of unprecedented demand and interest in our work.

Closing Date – 11:59pm, Tuesday 6 September 2022

Interviews – week commencing 12 & 19 September 2022

Benefits:

• Pro-rata equivalent to full-time allowance of 36 days holiday (including bank holidays and 3 further days between Christmas and New Year).
• Flexible annual leave available.
• Flexible working hours policy (with company core office hours.)
• Generous 10% employer pension contribution after probationary period.

Spitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT) is an East London charity embedded in the local community, providing practical help, support and training to people affected by homelessness or suffering from addiction. We are passionate about the people and communities we support and embrace creative, innovative and inclusive ways of working that build on our collective strengths. We provide a Recovery Hub (including an abstinence-based residential recovery facility, an addictions counselling programme and a Training & Development Programme), supported houses, a Housing First service, community supports, charity shops and two social enterprises supporting people in recovery from addictions to rebuild their lives. SCT currently has 65 employees and an annual income of £2.75m (approx.). We are looking to develop our community and residential services in the next few years as part of our exciting new strategy.

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As SCT’s Business Operations Manager you will be responsible for overseeing, supporting and continually improving SCT’s operations in close collaboration with SCT’s internal and external stakeholders, with a particular focus on the full potential of SCT’s financial and property resources being realised for the delivery of SCT’s charitable aims and objectives over the short, medium and long term.

You will line manage SCT’s Finance Administrator and report directly to the CEO.  You will work closely with SCT’s Senior Management Team and SCT’s outsourced accountancy and finance function, including advice on the income and expenditure of current and potential operations and services, key participation in budgeting, monitoring and reforecasting processes and discussions and negotiation of SCT supplier contracts. You will also work closely with SCT’s HR and Quality Manager and SCT’s Office Manager.

The property focus of the role includes overseeing the maintenance and renewal of associated legal documents, leases, business rates, insurances, including landlord buildings insurances and freelancers.

We are looking for someone with demonstrable ability to review and accurately interpret financial data, strong financial communication skills and ability to adapt to all levels and experience managing and supporting budget holders, as well as an empathy with the aims, objectives and activities of SCT.  Knowledge and experience of charity finance management requirements and good practice is desired but not essential.  We seek to recruit people with a good combination of talent, skills and potential, promoting equality for all, and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates. We select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, experience and commitment to the values and purposes of SCT.

As well as being part of great London charity with an exciting vision and packed full of talented and highly committed people, you will receive an annual salary between £40,116 and £45,841 p.a., 25 days annual leave (increasing by 1 day per year for the first 5 years) plus bank holidays, 5% employer contribution pension, generous sick leave provision and access to our Employee Assistance Programme.

The position is 35 hours per week but part-time requests will be considered.

Application: CV and covering letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining your suitability for the role. Applications without cover letter will not receive full consideration

Deadline: 7th September at 5pm

Interview: w/c 12th September 2022

Job title: Relationship Manager

Location: Hybrid, remote with some mandatory travel to London (8 times/year)

Covering London, East, North and South of England

Reporting To: Head of Property Funding

Contract: Fixed term contract 2 years, full time, flexible hours 

Salary: £39,000-£45,000

Date Closes: 4th September 202

Role Purpose:

Reporting to the Head of Property Funding this role plays an important part in the provision of capital grants to our charity and social enterprise customers working in the youth sector as part of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF). 

We are looking for someone who has previous experience of funding of property / real estate / asset acquisition or redevelopment, (which could be in the form of capital grants or lending) relationship management and managing a portfolio of business/organisation grant customers. This is a great opportunity for someone to be involved in making a difference to young people. We need someone who is passionate, proactive, can work well autonomously and as part of a team. 

The Youth Investment Fund (YIF) is a £368 million fund created by the UK government to create, expand and improve youth facilities and services in England to drive positive outcomes for young people. 

YIF is being delivered by a partnership between Social Investment Business, The Key Fund, National Youth Agency and Resonance. 

Together, we aim to deliver grants for up to 300 facilities in selected eligible areas across England by 2025 that represent positive value for money, are environmentally sustainable and enable positive activities for young people aged 11–18 (up to 25 for young people with SEND). 

This funding will drive value-for-money facilities that youth organisations can afford to sustain. Using innovative construction techniques, as well as supporting redevelopment projects that expand youth service provision, the YIF will achieve savings on facility running costs, so that resources can focus on activities that enrich young people’s lives. 

It will support projects to level up youth provision, assessing and distributing grants so that local youth facilities and services can be the best they can be. 

This role will employed by Social Investment Business (SIB). For over two decades, Social Investment Business has provided finance and support to charities and social enterprises. We empower these organisations to do what they do best - serve the communities they operate within. 

Our values are: People First, Curious, Bold, Collaborative, Accountable

Key Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for managing a portfolio of capital grant investments as part of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF) and acting as the primary point of contact for all communications with those customers. 
2. Undertake detailed assessments of new grants, managing the process of collating information for a full application from across the ‘three pillars’ of the YIF: organisational resilience, construction/redevelopment project viability and supported activities for young people. This may include coordinating support for an applicant from experts and the wider YIF partnership. 
3. Undertake AML/KYC, eligibility and fraud checks on new grantees. 
4. Drawing up grant and security documentation where required. 
5. Arrange drawdown and disbursements of funding. 
6. Build and maintain strong working relationships with all potential and actual grantees within your portfolio. 
7. Collect, review and report on monitoring information from grant recipients which is predominantly financial information (management accounts, annual accounts and forecasts) and construction progress reports focused on organisational resilience and the status of the build over the lifetime of a capital project and after its completion. 
8. Ensure scheduled grant drawdowns due to grantees are received in line with agreed schedules and take action if schedules are subject to change. 
9. Proactively identify emerging support needs and recommend methods to address these, including sources of external advice/support. 
10. Discuss potential variations to the terms of grants with grantees and prepare and submit grant variation recommendations to internal committees including the YIF’s independent Assessment Panel and the YIF Grants Committee, including challenging situations where the grantee is not able to bring a significant capital project in on time and on budget, or is otherwise in financial distress. 
11. Support and/or lead on relevant YIF projects as and when required. 
12. To work within the organisation's values, principles and processes to achieve operational excellence. 
13. To adopt our continuous improvement and learning ethos. 
14. To support and embed equality, diversity and inclusion into day-to-day behaviours and activities within your role as well as contributing more widely across SIB’s commitment to E, D & I. 
15. To support and contribute to the implementation and delivery of SIB’s strategy. 
16. In agreement with manager to undertake other tasks and work on cross team projects that support the objectives of SIB as required. 

Skills and Experience:

Core competencies 

• Commitment to quality, equality, diversity & inclusion, and customers. 
• Excellent communication skills that can be adapted to a variety of audiences.
• Team player who can work collaboratively with others as well as the ability to work independently. 
• Experience of managing or working with a portfolio of business/organisation capital grant or loan customers. 
• Ability to analyse and make objective judgements based upon complex written and financial information. 
• Previous experience of assessing capital grant applications, or loan applications. 
• Experience of interpreting and understanding data on Microsoft Excel. 
• Credit assessment training or a good understanding of company financial accounts.
• Good negotiating, influencing and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work using own initiative, manage own workload, be a self-motivator and work remotely. 
• A passion to help financially viable charities and social enterprises access funding. 

Desirable competencies 

• Knowledge of the voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector, particularly the youth sector. 
• Experience of construction projects, real estate or property. 

Hybrid working (with a baseline 2 days a week working from our office in London)

We are seeking four talented Programme Managers to work in the Research team. This will be a one-year fixed term contract. We welcome applications for part-time appointments too.

The role

As Programme Manager, you will help develop and deliver our rapidly growing portfolio of research programmes.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Research team and make a real difference. The Academy’s Research programmes support excellent engineering and technology researchers, based in UK universities and institutions, working in partnership with the UK industry to drive innovation.

Your main role will be on a particular research grant scheme, but you will contribute to other programme activities as appropriate. We are looking for someone who can run both efficient application and selection processes for grant schemes and help build and maintain engagement with a community of awardees and experts. You will play an important role in making sure that grant recipients have a strong, beneficial relationship with the Academy, and each other.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with broad knowledge of administration systems, procedures and processes, who is highly organised with excellent time management skills with the ability to work on your own initiative. You will have a commitment to diversity and inclusion as well as a conviction that listening to a diverse range of voices and stakeholders results in improved outcomes.

Who are we?

The Royal Academy of Engineering is harnessing the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone. In collaboration with our Fellows and partners, we’re growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public. Together we’re working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.

With a diverse workforce and an inclusive and supportive culture, we look to attract candidates from wide and different backgrounds who have a passion for the role engineering plays in society. Our aim is to make the Academy the best place to work for the staff we have and those we seek to attract.

Why work for the Royal Academy of Engineering?

We’re looking for people who are driven to make the world a better place. If you’re passionate about what you do and want to work collaboratively with talented colleagues to make change happen now and for future generations, we want you to get in touch.

This is the perfect time to join us. We have a dynamic, visionary CEO, a strong leadership team and an ambitious and exciting strategy. The value we bring as experts in our field and change agents is highly recognised and makes the Academy a motivating place to be. Our work today builds on a long, proud history with a focused and ambitious future which we’d love you to be part of.

We are looking for talented people who want to make a difference, to join our team – is this you?

Company Benefits

The Academy offers a fantastic package of additional benefits including:

• BUPA cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Regular social activities
• Independent Financial Advice
• Generous holiday allowance
• Non-contributory pension scheme
• Health and wellbeing programmes
• Wellbeing days and office wide Christmas leave
• Significant investment into your personal and professional development.

Location

Our light, spacious offices are based in a fantastic location in central London with views over St James’s Park and close to the West End. We operate hybrid, flexible working practices with a baseline 2 days a week in the office for full-time employees, reduced for part-time.

For more information and to apply, please visit our careers portal.

Closing date: 2 September 2022.

Interviews will be held virtually on 14 and 15 September 2022.

Sightsavers is looking for a Finance Systems Training Administrator – a new role within our expanding Finance Systems team to act as an intermediary between Sightsavers head office and the global offices.

Location:UK remote – with occasional travel to Haywards Heath, when required or UAE – Dubai

Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and some home working

About the role

We are looking for a Finance Systems Training Administrator to help us lead in trainings of financial systems used at Sightsavers and to provide support for all tasks around administration and maintenance of these systems. You will join at an exciting time for Finance Systems at Sightsavers as the team takes on a wider remit of projects across the organisation. A major part of this role will be to provide support to internal stakeholders whilst embedding new operational and financial systems and processes, including developing communications and training plans. Key duties include:

• Ensure training and support is sufficient to meet end user needs, while maintaining the control environment in accordance with the Global Financial Framework
• Identifying training needs within the organization and developing training programs to meet those needs
• Organising and conducting training for existing and new staff across all country offices, to ensure systems users have access to the tools and materials they need to undertake systems processes appropriate for their roles
• Preparing training materials to teach and guide staff in properly utilising system applications
• Facilitating the finance systems maintenance and administration procedures including code and user set up, exchange rate update, period end processes, system interface monitoring and user queries via the service desk portal
• Providing support to business customers based overseas in embedding new operational and financial processes and developing training plans and eLearning materials
• Assisting in on-going review of financial systems, processes and information flows to help identify opportunities for efficiency improvements and control enhancement
• Maintaining process documentation and ensure this integrates with Sightsavers Global Financial Framework.
• Developing into a system training and administration expert across all Sightsavers financial systems
• The role may include travel to Sightsavers country offices

About you

This is an ideal opportunity to build on your existing training and administration experience. To succeed in this role, you will need:

• Fluency in English
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Experience in developing training content and efficient delivery of training to staff of diverse cultures
• Experience in system maintenance (desirable not essential)
• General knowledge of accounting principles and able to demonstrate relevant practical experience. Studying for an accountancy qualification would be beneficial but is not essential.
• Experience of working in a complex international organisation.
• Understanding of the International Charity Sector and regulatory environment- desirable

This is a varied role, please read the full job description for further details. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.

Next steps

To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. Please note that there will be an expectation that you can occasionally visit our modern and collaborative offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW)

We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in mid-September and the evaluation process may include a role-specific task to be completed by shortlisted candidates in advance of this.  Due to project deadlines, we will review applications as soon as they are received.

Closing Date: 11 September, 2022

Are you looking to join the global race to stabilise both the environment and the economy? Are you looking for a role that combines your professional experience with an ethical focus? CDP is where business leaders, financiers and policymakers turn for critical environmental information and innovative, systemic solutions.

This is an exciting, impact-oriented role working on a globally significant issue – the conservation and sustainable use of our ocean. You will be responsible for informing how CDP can support its capital market signatory base to stem the ocean crisis, starting with one of the greatest threats to ocean health – plastic pollution.

The successful candidate will work to operationalise CDP’s Ocean strategy into the day-to-day activities, products and services of the Capital Markets Team, ensuring the highest impact is achieved. You will be responsible for understanding what Capital Market Signatories need to act and positioning CDP well to deliver on it. Specifically, you will have a lead role in ensuring Capital Market perspectives inform the development of ocean-related indicators, tools, research and capacity building programs.

About CDP

CDP is a not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts. The world’s economy looks to CDP as the gold standard of environmental reporting with the richest and most comprehensive dataset on corporate and city action. 

About the Capital Markets Team

This role sits within the Capital Markets team, responsible for working with institutional investors and other capital markets participants to put vital environmental data at the centre of decision making. The team works to ensure that the information is used to inform investing and lending decisions as well as for more informed corporate engagement.

About the Role

CDP is seeking a highly motivated individual to help us leverage the power of the finance community to drive positive action by the private sector, to improve ocean health, starting with plastics. You will be responsible for identifying the best way CDP can play a pivotal and strategic role in tackling this urgent agenda. 

If you are a motivated self-starter who enjoys taking ownership of a project and you want to contribute significantly to the vital work of CDP in catalysing ocean action, this is the role for you.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing and building strong relationships with key investors, lenders and data providers to understand their need for ocean and plastic-related data.
• Identifying how CDP’s existing thematic strategies, disclosure frameworks, data products and capacity building programs can be adapted to meet these needs and supporting relevant teams across the organization to achieve this.
• Develop and execute a plan to boost investor, lender and data provider demand for CDP’s ocean and plastic-related data and associated scores.
• Building relationships with relevant finance-related initiatives to leverage CDP’s unique contribution and accelerate action.
• Convene and organize investor webinars, roundtables, and other informational events, liaising with other teams internally to align communications and outreach.
• Answer incoming inquiries and keep the pipeline of opportunities up to date.
• Building ocean and plastics-related understanding and capacity across the Capital Market Team globally.

You will have the following skills and experience: 

• Demonstrable expertise in blue finance and the plastics agenda.
• A deep understanding of how capital markets work and the role financial institutions must play to address the ocean and plastic crises.
• At least 6 years relevant work experience at the interface of finance and ocean/environmental action. Additional environmental NGO or corporate sustainability experience is an advantage.
• Strong experience of leading the development of operational plans to deliver program strategies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• A high level of self-motivation and drive.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with teams of individuals and colleagues
• Fluency in English

This is an exciting role in a burgeoning program that we hope to expand across the globe as CDP expands its work. 

This is a permanent role, based at CDP’s London office with options for remote/hybrid working, reporting into the Global Director, Capital Markets.

Salary and benefits:

Salary £40,000 - £47,000 depending on experience, 30 days’ holiday, generous non-contributory pension and life assurance provision, very flexible, hybrid working arrangement tailored to meet individual needs as well as organisational needs (office based in Central London), excellent wellbeing programme, well established training & development opportunities, other benefits and a collaborative and collegiate and often fun working environment.

Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the UK. We cannot sponsor this role.

Before you apply 

We’ll only use the information you provide to process your application. For more details on how we use your information, see our applicant’s privacy notice. By uploading your CV and covering letter, you are permitting CDP to use the information you have provided for recruitment purposes.  

How to apply: 

Please upload your CV along with a covering letter setting out how you meet the required skills and experience, which should be no more than two pages.  The deadline is midnight, Monday 29th August 2022.

Full time, 35 hours per week

Permanent contract

Grade CL Salary £51,000 per annum (London)

Location 30 Euston Square.

Close date: Friday 12th August 2022

Interview date: Wednesday 17th August 2022

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is the largest membership organisation solely for GPs in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1952, it has over 54,000 members who are committed to improving patient care, developing their own skills and promoting general practice as a discipline.

General practice is the largest branch of the medical profession. It provides some 1 million consultations for patients in the UK every working day and deals with 86% of the health problems experienced by the UK population.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dynamic senior manager working at the heart of RCGP responsible for the work of RCGP's Officer Business Management Team.

The Officers provide strategic leadership on almost all aspects of the RCGP's work and lead the way on policy development. They represent the interests of general practice in public policy, development of the profession and standards of patient care.The work is varied and can be complex and fast-paced. 

The Senior Manager Business Management is responsible for ensuring a highly skilled and effective business management team expedites all aspects of Officers' work across College and with external stakeholders.

This busy, high profile role takes the lead on the following business areas:

• Leading and overseeing the team delivering business support to the College Officers and President
• Managing and develop the four staff members of the Officer Business Management Team.
• Ensuring all Officers have high level support for external engagements with senior leaders of other health bodies and Ministers as required.
• Setting policy and standards for dealing with high level/technical/urgent correspondence.
• Liaising across College to respond to formal requests for RCGP advice.
• Overseeing Officer transitions to ensure an effective handover of responsibilities, backfill agreements (including secondments), appraisals and development activities.
• Developing annual programme of Officer events, and co-ordinating key Officer engagements, e.g. annual conference, ceremonial and stakeholder dinners
• Managing all aspects of the State Honours nominations, including drafting citations and co-ordinate recognition arrangements and Palace liaison.
• Preparing papers for the Executive Management Team (EMT), Leadership Team, Committees and Assistant Director Governance.

The work of the team is varied, and some degree of flexibility is needed to respond to emerging challenges and developments. 

The successful applicant will have the skills, motivation and confidence to work independently and lead a fast paced, highly visible team.

You will be educated to degree level or equivalent and have: excellent organisational abilities; a proven track record of working successfully with senior leaders; an eye for detail; confidence working with senior stakeholders; excellent written and oral communication skills.

You should be a team player, be adept at leading the development and improvement of office systems.

An excellent communicator, you are able to build networks and collaborate effectively with staff/stakeholders at all levels.

This post will suit someone who has significant experience of working with senior professionals.

The successful candidate will share our corporate values. In return, the College offers excellent terms and conditions

All post holders are expected to adhere to GDPR and ensure that they handle data in a manner that is compliant with the regulations

To apply, please apply directly on the RCGP website by uploading your CV and cover letter.

The Royal College of General Practitioners is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

                                         - Putting members at the heart of everything we do -

The two primary purposes of this post are to:

• be responsible for providing a range of financial assistance and other support to Mazars, our external financial management team. This will include purchase ledger, sales ledger, cash handling, cash posting, banking and credit control, in accordance with relevant policies, procedures and statutory requirements.
• be the key point of contact for members of Trust staff applying for grant funding. The post holder will ensure that applications for grant funding are processed in an efficient, orderly and timely fashion.

If your application is successful, you will have a great opportunity to learn about how charities tick, and we’d be committed to develop your career and help you to gain experience in all aspects of charity financial and grant management.

An educational trust supporting and working collaboratively with kids in South London.

Your new organisation

A successful and thriving education Trust proud to serve diverse communities in Medway, Croydon and Greenwich. Their aim is to offer a life changing education to children.

Your new role
The successful candidate will be part of the Trust central finance team and will work closely with the CFO and Headteachers, holding responsibility for providing efficient processing of finance transactions to our schools in Greenwich and Central headquarters. Your time will be split working at the central office near Tower Bridge, London, and with the School Leadership Teams in Greenwich.

• Ensure all purchases comply with the requirements of the Trust finance handbook.
• Assist Headteachers and budget holders with sourcing of goods and services, obtaining supplier quotes and ensuring purchases represent value for money.
• Ensure timely payment of supplier invoices by monitoring the purchase ledger.
• Prepare BACS payments on the financial system for review by the Headteacher and central finance teams. Complete relevant postings and distribute remittances to suppliers.
• Correspondence with school suppliers, including reconciliation of supplier statements and resolution of any issues arising.
• Raise sales invoices and querying aged debtors with customers. Monitor the sales ledger.
• Record receipts and payments on the finance system and monthly reconciliations for the bank accounts.
• Preparing monthly balance sheet control account reconciliations for review.
• Assist with the processing of monthly payroll journal

What you'll need to succeed
Part-qualified or working towards an accounting qualification e.g., AAT/ACCA (desirable).

What you'll get in return
28 days annual leave
Hybrid

What you need to do now
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