Finance and Governance Manager Part Time - 22.5 hours a week, up to £21,000 (£35K pro rata)

Neighbourhood Watch Network (NWN) is the representative body for the 32 Neighbourhood Watch Police Force Associations across England and Wales and the Neighbourhood Watch Borough Associations in London.

Neighbourhood Watch Network supports and represents the successful grass roots, volunteer led group of organisations under the Neighbourhood Watch brand. We are funded by the Home Office and two sponsor organisations in the private sector. The turnover is in the order of £400,000 per annum.

Neighbourhood Watch was founded on the premise of bringing people together as neighbours and communities to help prevent crime and all the evidence suggests that the need for this today is as great as it has ever been. Neighbourhood Watch is a powerful organisation with approximately 2.3 million members and a brand that is recognised by 94% of people in England and Wales. The overarching aim of the new 3 Year Strategy is to build on the history, strength and size of Neighbourhood Watch and to re-invigorate the charity into an even more relevant and more diverse organisation.

We are seeking to appoint a part time Finance and Governance Manager who will be responsible for i) NWN’s financial management functions ii) Supporting the Board of Trustees and Governance of the organisation.
As a key member of the leadership team you will work closely with the Chief Executive and Treasurer and manage the finance function effectively. Responsibilities include preparing budgets, management accounts, forecasts, statutory accounts and annual audits, payroll and grant administration, supplier expenses using SAGE, posting of invoices to relevant ledgers, bank reconciliations, petty cash, and journal preparation.

To Apply for thhis exciting Role please submit your VV and a Supporting Statement, of no more than 2 sides, adressing how you meet the Experiance, Skills and Experiance required for the role.

Creative Support is a national Charity and Social Housing Provider. We provide high quality social care services for people with Learning Disabilities and Mental Health and other needs.  We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Administrator to join our expanding Finance Team operating in our Head Office in Stockport. This is a fast-paced environment with a strong emphasis on team work.

Experience of working within an office environment is desirable but not essential as full on the job training will be provided. Within this role you will become familiar with finance processes, handle external queries, and resolve account discrepancies. The successful candidate will be conscientious and well organised with excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills. 

This role would suit individuals looking to develop their careers in finance. For candidates interested in following a professional training route we will support you through an Advanced Apprenticeship where you will work towards your AAT qualification. We will be happy to support further qualifications (CIMA or similar) for the right candidate.

Closing Date: 10th October 2019

You will be part of the Central team at Centre 33, providing support to the HR and Finance Manager. Your role will involve a number of varied responsibilities including managing recruitment and inductions, HR best practice, the comprehensive training programme and assisting with some financial tasks.

This post requires a conscientious, person with excellent organisational and communication skills.  You will have great attention to detail and understand issues around data protection as well as be interested in and committed to the aims of the charity.

You will have at least 2 years experience in an administration role ideally with HR and/or financial experience.

Based in Ely but you will be expected to travel to other locations in Cambridgeshire occasionally.

**This is a 12 month FTC**

About us

Christian Aid has a vision - an end to poverty - and believes that this vision can become a reality. A complex international organisation, we have an income in excess of £110m and work in 37 countries, supporting poor and marginalised people to lift themselves out of poverty. We do this by tackling both the causes and the symptoms of poverty so that everyone can achieve equality, dignity and freedom.

About the role

Working with a small team to ensure the accurate and timely processing of Christian Aid's grant expenditure. To process UK and overseas payments. To process and review country office's expenditure returns. Reconcile sterling and foreign currency bank accounts along with other balance sheet control accounts. To validate the bank accounts of all Christian Aid Partners according to organisational policies and procedures.

About you

You will be a team player, good working knowledge of payment processing (UK & foreign currency ideally) and considerable experience in an accounting or finance related environment. Working logically and methodically, you will have both an eye for detail and a proactive approach to working as part of a team. You will have extensive experience in the reconciliation of financial information including exposure to foreign currency.

Ideally you will have a working understanding of charity accounting principles, grant processing, and experience of operating in a multi-currency environment.

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Christian Aid is committed to providing a safe and trusted environment for every person connected to the work we do; and to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour including harassment, exploitation, abuse, and financial misconduct. Any candidate offered a job with Christian Aid is expected to share and demonstrate our values, and adhere to Christian Aid's Safeguarding policy and sign Christian Aid's Code of Conduct.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

1. REDRESS is an international human rights organisation based in London and The Hague that represents victims of torture to obtain justice and reparation. We bring legal cases on behalf of individual victims of torture, and advocate for better laws to provide effective reparations. Our cases respond to torture as an individual crime in national and international law, and as a human rights violation with state responsibility. We apply our expertise in torture, reparation, and the rights of victims to national and international courts. Through our victim-centred strategic litigation we are able to have an impact beyond the individual case to address the root causes of torture and to challenge impunity. We conduct research and advocacy to identify the changes in law, policy and practice that are necessary. We work collaboratively with international and national organisations and grassroots victims’ groups.

Position Profile – Finance Officer

2. Reporting to the Head of Finance, the Finance Officer will be responsible for the administration of the finances of REDRESS UK and Stichting REDRESS NL. The main tasks include:

· Day-to-day book-keeping using QuickBooks Online including all transaction processing and reconciliation of accounts;

· Responding to payment requests using cheques, BACS and international transfers as appropriate;

· Providing regular insight into unrestricted and restricted balances;

· Maintaining cashflow management controls;

· Assisting and preparing interim and final financial reports to funders;

· Supporting and monitoring overseas partner organizations by reviewing their reporting and transaction checking in multi-currencies;

· Assist the Head of Finance in preparing the statutory accounts;

The Finance Office is also expected to carry out such further duties as may reasonably be required from time to time by REDRESS.

Ideal Professional Background

3. The successful candidate will need to have the following competencies:

· A minimum of three years directly relevant work experience;

· University degree in accounting or finance, or equivalent experience;

· Demonstrated proficiency in Excel and QuickBooks programmes;

· Fluency in English: additional language skills an advantage.

Personal Attributes

· Comfortable working as part of a small team and with a collaborative approach;

· Shows initiative: able to think creatively and strategically;

· Pays close attention to detail and accuracy;

· Well organised with strong project management skills: pays attention to deadlines;

· Able to understand and support the aims, objectives and values of REDRESS and reflect them in all aspects of work;

· Flexible

Reporting Relationships

4. The Finance Officer will report to the Head of Finance under the overall supervision of the Director. They are expected to work in collaboration with the Office Manager and all other members of staff.

Terms of Employment

5. This is a full-time position for 35 hours a week. The position is based at the REDRESS office in London. The salary is commensurate with experience, and there is a three-month probationary period. There are generous holiday benefits, with a 10% pension contribution after successful completion of the probation. Candidates will need to have the right to work in the UK.

6. Closing date is Friday 27th September 2019 with first interviews taking place on 8 and 9 October 2019.

How to Apply:

We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible as we will start interviewing candidates as soon as they apply and meet the criteria.

Please send: A cover letter explaining your interest in REDRESS and your qualifications for the role, a Curriculum vitae, the names and contact details of two references (these will only be approached in final short-listing process).

Deadline: Friday 27th September 2019

Finance Officer
Birmingham, West Midlands

The Role

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Finance Officer will be supporting with both financial and reporting needs of The Vegan Society. When reporting to the Finance Manager, this role will assist with reconciliation and review of the balance sheet, including support with the Accounts Payable and Treasury functions. This role will assist with accounting entries, adjustments and analysis to ensure delivery of an on-time and accurate management information.

This is a fantastic development opportunity for individuals experienced at Finance Assistant level, looking for their next development opportunity.

Support for qualifications will be considered.

It is a condition of your employment that, as far as is possible, you do not bring animal products into work

What we offer

- A fun and supportive team
- A solution-focused atmosphere and hard-working environment
- Flexible working hours
- Employee Assistance Programme and health cash-back scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Childcare vouchers scheme
- Animal companion compassionate leave
- Ethical pension scheme
- 25 days’ leave, plus Xmas/New Year closure days and 8 bank holidays
- Central Birmingham office location

Salary and hours

This is a full time (37.5 hours per week) role with a salary of £19,554 - £23,836 per annum.

How to apply

The application deadline is 9am, 8th October 2019.

To apply for this role, please select the button shown and you will be taken to the Vegan Society website where you can download and review the full job description and will be provided with information on how to apply.

CVs cannot be accepted. No agencies

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Other organisations may call this role Accounting Officer, Finance Assistant, Accounts Assistant, Accounts Clerk, Accounts Technician, Accounting Technician, Finance Technician.

Refuge opened the world’s first safe house for women and children fleeing domestic violence in Chiswick, West London in 1971. Since then the charity has grown to become the country’s largest single provider of specialist domestic violence services. On any given day, its national network of services supports over 6,500 women and children. Committed to a world where domestic violence is not tolerated and where women and children can live in safety, Refuge aims to empower women and children rebuild their lives, free from violence and fear.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking individual to join our Finance Department, as a Finance Assistant. The role involves managing the purchase ledger function, ensuring that all invoices are appropriately coded, processed and promptly paid within agreed payment terms.

It also entails processing employee expense claims and controlling all petty cash floats.

It is essential that as well as being a competent user of MS Office, you should also have solid experience of computerised accounting systems, particularly of purchase ledgers.

You are expected to be highly numerate, accurate and methodical with very good attention to detail. You should also be able to actively prioritise your workload and be able to work to strict deadlines in a structured and organised manner.

You will also have good written and verbal communication skills with a mature attitude to resolving difficulties, strong interpersonal skills with the proven ability to work well within a team as well as liaising with non-financial managers and colleagues.

Refuge is proud to be a leader in its field and an employer of choice with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. Refuge also offers a competitive salary withannual progression within points of the salary grade, 28 days annual leave increasing to 30 days, pension scheme with People’s pension that includes a 6% Employer contribution and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

The successful candidate must demonstrate a commitment to the feminist values of empowerment and equality, which underpin all of our work andwill be expected to work within Refuge’s Values and Behaviour Framework and demonstrate these in their everyday work. 

Closing date: 29 September 2019

Interview date: 09 - 11 October 2019

A basic Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificate will be required for this role.

Refuge is committed to quality, equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

No agencies please - as a charity we work hard to keep our costs down.

The Bridge At Waterloo, based at St John’s Church, is a vibrant charity with a strong track record of delivering effective and creative projects through the arts, community and heritage. The charity is seeking a Finance Officer; a self-starter with financial experience, to manage our finances, process invoices and payments and payroll, oversee the finances for our development project and manage the budget and accounts process. 

This is a part-time position of 21 hours per week, flexible within core hours 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m, Monday to Friday, with a Salary of £29,000 - £33,000 p.a. pro rata = £17,400 - £19,800.

St John’s Waterloo is a busy church throughout the week, hosting orchestras and arts organisations as well as having a thriving Sunday congregation. We have eleven part-time staff and two buildings. We host the Waterloo Festival and work closely with the arts institutions on the South Bank, and run learning and employment projects under the Digital Futures banner. We are also in the process of a major redevelopment of the church building  - ReIGNITE.

Offering high quality financial advice across the orgasisation. Analysis and interpretation of complex financial information.

Client Details

My public sector and government client is one of the local authorities in Berkshire.

Description

Key responsibilities of the Finance Specialist include delivering high quality financial advice, providing support to budget holders, forecasting, budgeting and management of risks and opportunities across the organisation.

Profile

The successful Finance Specialist will be a qualified accountant with previous experience in public sector accounting preferably in Children's Services or Adult and Social Care, a good communicator and presenter with the ability to build relationships across the organisation quickly.

Job Offer

For the successful Finance Specialist there is a daily rate of circa £300 - £350 per day.

About the Role

Your primary role is to report to the Finance Manager in the department of this charitable organisation. Ensuring that all financial administration and processes are accurate and up to date.

Your other responsibilities will include;

• Income and expenditure transactions through the charity's accounting system
• Running of the purchase ledger
• Assisting with the management of SAGE
• Assisting with the external audit process
• Monthly bank, petty cash, PayPal and credit card management for all transactions
• Banking of all weekly donations

An amazing company to work for

Working for this children's charity will be extremely close to some people's heart. They provide families in very delicate situations with the ability to be close to their loved ones at difficult times of life. A charity that helps young children recover and get better as their parents have the ability to be right there for them throughout all of the tough times that they need to go through.

As a business, they treat their employees with mutual respect from the Finance Administrator to the CFO.

Don't take our word for it, this is a recent review from their Glassdoor account;

"Very friendly and personable. In a charity where staff turnover is quite low, their employees are all very capable and each one appreciated"

To be successful in your application

We are looking for a Finance Assistant who has worked within the charity/not-for-profit sector and has at least 9 months experience within a finance-related role.

The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and .

This is an exciting opportunity to join the award winning human rights charity the Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU).

We are looking for someone who is as passionate as us about protecting the rights of survivors of trafficking and slavery.

This is a new role which will provide the right candidate with the opportunity to develop their skills and grow within the organisation and would suit someone looking develop a career in charity operations and administration. The successful candidate will enjoy working as part of a small team with a varied workload. 

The role includes routine, essential duties as well as responding to the needs of a dynamic and growing workplace. You will need to be comfortable working independently and problem-solving in a fast-paced environment.

We are seeking someone with a high degree of technical proficiency coupled with excellent written communication skills. You must be organised, discreet and committed to ATLEU’s mission and values. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

ATLEU is a growing charity; we opened a second office in Sheffield in September 2018 to extend our services into the north of England and our ambition is to continue to expand our team in London and Sheffield over the next 5 years. With this we anticipate that the charity will be able to offer opportunities for career development to the successful candidate over the coming years.

Deadline for applications is 9am on Tuesday 1st October 2019. 

For almost 100 years, Help Musicians has been providing help, support and opportunities to empower musicians at all stages of their lives. We are an independent charity which aims to make a meaningful difference to the lives of musicians, offering an integrated programme combining Health and Welfare support and Creative development. We are passionate about creating a world where musicians thrive.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Finance team in London as Finance Officer.  This role involves both processing transactions and reconciliation of various balance sheet accounts.  The post holder will assist in the accurate recording of income and expenditure as well as reconciling balance sheet control accounts and other day-to-day, month-end and year-end functions within the Finance department.

To be successful you will be actively studying towards an accounting qualification (Association of Accounting Technicians or equivalent), as well as having an understanding of the principles of accounting, budgeting and expenditure control. At least 2 years previous relevant experience in a finance role is essential. You will have excellent communication and numeracy skills with a high level of attention to detail. You will need to be a team player with a positive attitude, and be able to work well under pressure, using your own initiative at times when working to deadlines.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join us to achieve the charity’s ambitions to provide more support and reach more people than ever before.

Interested in working for a world-renowned organisation? Are you looking to develop a wonderful career in finance? Do you want to work for a line manager that prides themselves on helping their staff to reach their full potential? Then this is the role for you!

My client is an instantly recognisable charitable organisation based in London looking for a Finance Assistant to join their team in a role filled with progression opportunities.

The main responsibilities are as follows:

• Ensure that all invoices are processed correctly and in a promptly manner.
• Act as the main point of contact within the finance team for all accounts payable queries from suppliers and employees.
• Take the lead in various payment runs on a weekly basis including BACS.
• Full responsibility for multiple company reconciliations.
• Provide invaluable support to any finance related ad hoc work as and when required.

This is a wonderful opportunity for an ambitious candidate who is looking to develop themselves a fantastic career within finance, as the role reports to a line manager that prides themselves on developing their staff within. Furthermore, this position offers the potential for support towards a finance qualification, if the successful candidate has ambitions to work towards one.

The successful candidate will have:

• A minimum of 12 months experience within an accounts payable function.
• Ideally knowledge of the accountancy system SUN.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills (vlookups, pivot tables, etc.).
• Ideally experience of working within the Charity sector, however, candidates without this are still encouraged to apply.
• The motivation and ambition to build a highly successful career within finance.

If you are interested in this position, please apply immediately as this role is likely to gather a lot of interest and will be filled before the closing date.

Part-time Finance Assistant, working 3 days per week, to join a small but busy finance team at St Marylebone Parish Church.

The post will involve the accurate maintenance and updating of financial records, processing of purchase orders, performing bank reconciliations, collating and processing information on Gift Aid donations and the updating of CRM records.

Applicants must have experience of basic financial procedures, a strong knowledge of SAGE accounting software and MS Excel. Experience in the use of CRM databases would also be advantageous. The ideal candidate should possess excellent communication skills, be able to work on their own initiative and display the potential to deputise for the Finance Officer when required.

Salary is pro-rata £22,000 - £24,000 pa (fte) according to experience and qualification. Holiday entitlement in based on a pro-rata of 20 days per annum and 8 days bank holiday.

For a full job description and to apply for for this position please visit our website and send a CV along with a short covering letter, outlining the relevance of you experience. 

Closing date for applications is 4th October, with interviews scheduled on 16th October.