This is an exciting time to join The Diana Award in a brand-new leadership role within our small fundraising team as we look to build on the success of our current partnerships with well-known funders and corporate partners to enable us achieve our mission 

As the Head of Fundraising and Business Development, you will work closely with the Deputy CEO, the Senior Leadership Team and Management Teams to submit high quality, innovative funding proposals. 

Leading a range of income generating activities, you will be responsible for the end to end process of bid development from identifying opportunities and cultivating leads; developing high quality proposals; and building relationships with prospective partners to ensure the attainment of funding.

You will be responsible for generating a significant percentage of our total annual income through direct income and business development activity. 

You will have a track record of writing successful funding bids and creating powerful partnerships, be passionate about supporting young people and thrive working in a dynamic and ambitious creative organisation. 

JOB DESCRIPTION

Business Development 

• Use your skills, creativity and experience take responsibility for the implementation of our fundraising strategy in response to the evolving funding landscape 

• Responsibility for developing and growing the pipeline, identifying opportunities for funding from a range of sources including (but not limited to) trusts & foundations, statutory sources, and corporate partners. 

• Develop ideas for creative sponsorship and funding opportunities and lead the development and submission of high quality, compelling funding proposals and tender documents to unlock funding. This will also involve identifying suitable partners; presenting proposals and closing deals; drawing up and negotiating contracts and ensuring delivery 

• Work with the stakeholders, our internal researchers and policy team to scope and develop exciting new project proposals.

• Develop fundraising and donor relationships in order to increase unrestricted income. 

• Devise and implement arrangements for our work with corporate partners, including recruiting and managing relationships with corporate partners

• Maintain a thorough understanding of financial targets and progress, liaising with the Finance Manager. 

Strategic Leadership 

• Work alongside the Deputy CEO on the development of the fundraising strategy in line with changing landscape.

• Produce regular update reports for the Leadership Team, Trustees and others as required on the activities and status of business development across the organisation.

• Research and analyse data and trends to inform strategy, contributing lessons learnt into the business planning processes and continuous learning approach. 

• Working closely with the Leadership Team and Management Team in the development of Organisational Strategy and Business Plans. 

• Working with the Director of Programmes, embed all successful projects within delivery teams in a clear and efficient manner to allow them to start delivery in line with expectations. 

 Management 

• Build a cohesive and engaged business development team ensuring the team has clear shared and individual work plans in place with measurable KPIs and regular supervision, appraisals and team meetings to monitor progress. 

• Develop clear lines of accountability, set priorities, and establish robust and timely reporting mechanisms within the team,

• Encourage and support the team to engage in continuous professional development, signposting and seeking opportunities as relevant 

• Contribute to overall leadership and management of Fundraising and Business Development team, while directly line managing the Business Development Manager. 

• Contribute to the wider management of the organisation, ensuring effective business partnering relationships are in place with key functions eg. comms, operations, I&I, fundraising etc. 

• Represent the organisation externally as required. 

• Undertake any other reasonable duties as may be required. 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS  

• Either a relevant degree or equivalent experience 

• Substantial experience of successful income generation and development activity, including handling key clients, preparing, costing, pitching and closing proposals, completing tender documents for submission, ensuring delivery of initiatives on time and within budget to the satisfaction of all parties etc. 

• Significant experience of working with corporate partners and statutory organisations. 

• Experience in fundraising and donor relationships

• Demonstrable experience of building and sustaining relationships and partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders 

• Significant experience and demonstratable interest in the youth sector and youth leadership

• Experience of leading, motivating and developing a cohesive, high performing team 

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS  

• Demonstrable understanding of evidence-based programming, including using theories of change to guide programme practice. 

• Skilled in working with multiple stakeholders and funders, including at senior level 

• Good knowledge of the third sector 

• Excellent organisational, planning and interpersonal skills 

• Ability to set and meet deadlines. 

• Excellent communications and influencing skills, including ability to write persuasive and engaging content

• Ability to work as part of and across teams 

• Knowledge of budget and financial management, including setting, monitoring and reporting 

• Knowledge of child safeguarding 

• Excellent decision making and the ability to exercise sound judgement 

• Able to represent the organisation, reflecting its values and priorities 

PERSONAL QUALITIES  

• Entrepreneurial, innovative, personable, collaborative and good at working both in a team and under your own initiative

• Flexible and dynamic, with an ability to adapt and respond quickly to a fast-changing environment

• Confident communicator 

• Ability to quickly build credibility internally and externally 

• Ability to undertake occasional travel around England necessitating overnight stay

Finance and Operations Manager

This is an exciting opportunity to work for an NGO as a Finance and Operations Manager, in fully home-based position.

Position: Finance and Operations Manager

Location: Home based with flexible working

Hours: Part-time, 20 hours per week

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 pro rata depending on experience

Contract: Permanent.

Benefits: 28 days’ holiday pro rata, employer contributed pension scheme, flexible working, home-based working.

Closing Date: 22nd November, please note that the organisation will be shortlisting as candidates apply, so apply early to avoid disappointment.

The Role

The Finance and Operations Manager will play a key role in growing the organisation and its sister entity during an exciting period of scale up and organisational growth. We are looking for someone who has experience in the not-for-profit sector in the UK in a similar role, and as a natural problem solver and systems thinker, is excited to lay foundations and build and develop the internal systems, policies and processes and budgets for the growing team and organisation.

Reporting to the CEO, this position will work 20 hours per week, virtually from home. Flexible working hours are included and occasional travel required.

Responsibilities include:

• Finance and Procurement
• Policy and Systems Development
• Information Technology and Security
• Operations

About You

As Finance and Operations Manager, you will be comfortable working independently from home as well as part of a team. You are a pragmatic problem-solver - proactive, resourceful, organised, methodical, a systems thinker with an eye for detail, and confident to engage and build positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders.

You are continuously curious and will naturally embed feedback loops to review, learn and adapt policies, systems and processes. Self-motivated, your personal values align with the organisations values, namely: vision - ‘the future belongs to those that can see it; balance - balancing the left and right brain thinking, effectiveness - doing the inner work through reflective practises; power and presence through courageous conversations; remaining light and resourceful in facilitating and catalysing change; and a dedication to ‘walking the talk’ of conflict transformation by modelling innovative new ways to integrate it throughout organisational approaches.

You will have experience of:

• Working a similar role
• Developing, communicating, and implementing policies and procedures for a not-for-profit organisation compliant with UK requirements.
• Developing and managing multiple budgets and engaging with multiple platforms and suppliers.
• Budgeting, cash-flow management, maintaining balance sheets and preparing profit and loss statements.

You will be asked to submit your CV and a cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role.

About the Organisation

The charity was founded by three times peace prize nominee Dr Scilla Elworthy and is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) whose mission is to generate a groundswell of people from all sectors who believe that a world without destructive conflict is possible and necessary.

You may also have experience in areas such as Finance Manager, Operations Manager, Director of Finance, Director of Operations, Director of Finance and Operations, Ops Manager, Operations Lead, Finance Lead, Financial Controller, Finance Commercial Operations Controller, Director of Operations and Finance, Finance Operations Manager, Assistant Finance Manager, Assistant Operations Manager, Finance & Operations Manager - Part-time, Finance, Operations, Finance and Operations Administrator, Finance Business Partner, Financial Accountant, Accountant, Business Accountant.

Workload Planning and Data Manager | £40,000 - £44,000 + benefits | Permanent

For a University in London, we are recruiting a Workforce Planning and Data Manager on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Director of Strategic Planning and BI, this role will develop, manage, and embed the workload allocation data system across the university. Managing an Assistant Analyst, this role will liaise with the 3^rd party system provider and will partner with Faculties to embed system governance and processes to implement the entire workload planning processes effectively.

Main Duties:

• Support the development and implementation of the academic workload management system
• Ensure the allocation system meets requirements and improve business processes
• Lead the deliver and training of staff on the allocation system
• Lead the design, development, testing and implementation of enhancements and governance of the workload planning and allocation system
• Liaise with 3^rd party system provider and provide advice to Faculties and Schools in the management and use of the system
• Produce insight, reports and analysis to help decision-making throughout the year

Person Specification:

• Experience of HE or University workload planning systems and data is highly desirable
• Experience of business analytics and providing management information (MI)
• Extensive experience of system administration and data management
• Strong ability in the analysis and presentation of data
• Experience of Simitive Academic Workload Allocation and Modelling (WAMS) desirable
• Experience with or ability to lead, coach and manage staff
• Excellent Excel, Dashboard and MI insight experience
• Resource allocation experience from other departments / sectors will be considered

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

If you know anyone looking for a new role, your referral could earn you £250

The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and . If you or anyone you know is looking to join our growing recruitment team, speak to us today. £250 is on offer for any referrals we successfully hire.

We are looking for a creative and proactive Finance & Operations officer to join our growing Team.  You will provide lead on all aspects of the charity’s financial and operational work, introducing and keeping track of policies globally.

This is an exciting time to join our team as we expand our work to serve millions more who are in need of sight saving interventions.

You will be:

Managing the UK office finance and operations; produce accurate internal financial data and external financial reporting; ensure compliance with accounting practices and UK tax requirements; promote continued process improvement; provide user-focused financial services and a strong control environment; and ensure timely and accurate payment of suppliers, staff and volunteers.

The Finance Manager is responsible for the operational financial control of the organization. The post works closely with the Chief Operating Officer who leads the strategic financial control of the organization. Together they manage and oversee the financial planning, control, and operations of the international organisation, based in the UK, with subsidiaries in the USA, Australia, Germany and Colombia, and programmes around the world. They would currently manage two financial staff, and work directly to the Chief Operating Officer.

Details:

• Location: UK based with flexible Remote working – occasional & weekly team day in hub in London EC2
• Salary: UK Salary £40,000-45,000 per year (commensurate with experience), plus 5% pension contribution; 35 hour week; 24 days holiday.
• Contract Type: Open-ended, full time.
• Closing Date: 24 November 2021
• Interview dates: week of 29 November (candidates should be available during this time in case they are short-listed for interview)
• Start date: As soon as possible

About the organization:

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre works to put human rights at the core of companies’ business models; to empower communities and workers to secure their rights and end abuse; and to encourage governments to create the right regulation and incentives to facilitate these outcomes. We are a global organization that is rooted in fifteen regions, and committed to cooperation with diverse actors in our movement. We have over 50 members of our Global Team based around the world who work with a rich network of human rights advocates in eight languages. Our work covers the full gamut of human rights in business, with three priority issues: labour rights; responsible resource use; and protection of civic freedoms and human rights defenders.

Our three primary global approaches to deliver this vision are:

• Empower human rights advocates in civil society, business, and governments to stimulate bold leadership for human rights in business;
• Strengthen corporate accountability, due diligence, and effective remedy for abuse;
• Build transparency of the advances, challenges, and abuse of human rights in business.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Operational Financial Management

Responsible for accounting, management and control within the finance function, and close working with the COO on communication to the management team, Finance and Admin Committee, and Board.

• Ensure compliance with all relevant organisational policies and guidelines of UK and subsidiary branches
• Review with the COO, all Finance Policies and Procedures, including Internal Finance Controls and develop as required
• Oversight of subsidiary finance systems
• Continuous review and improvement of the finance systems, and recommend and implement appropriate changes
• Maintain key internal stakeholder relationships

UK and International Financial Accounting and Compliance

• Oversee the Tax and other financial compliance of subsidiaries.
• Work closely with HR to establish appropriate pay and remuneration structures for staff in multiple jurisdictions
• Prepare the statutory accounts in accordance with Charities SORP
• Ensure prompt statutory reporting and filing in relation to the Charity Commission, Companies House and Inland Revenue Service (US)
• Act as primary liaison between external auditors and internal stakeholders

Management Accounting and reporting

• Oversee project accounting budgets and systems to sustain the long term financial health of the organisation
• Oversee the production of monthly management accounts including rolling forecasts
• Support the production of the annual budget with the COO in collaboration with budget holders and senior management
• Support Preparation of papers for various Management and Trustee meetings
• Ad hoc reporting and financial modelling as required
• Act as a Business Partner to support project managers to manage their projects effectively to meet financial targets
• Provide financial information required by Funders
• Act as a Business Partner to the Development Team to support the bid application process, maximise cost recovery from contracts, and timely financial reporting

Team and Line Management

• Manage the finance function to ensure strong culture, prioritisation of projects and tasks, efficient division of work, and appropriate workloads.
• Line manage two finance staff, and oversee their work to ensure high quality, reliable financial information. This involves regular performance management, and annual reviews

Areas for Development

• International subsidiaries consolidation and legal compliance.
• Development and management of new on-line finance system.
• Treasury functions

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• CCAB qualified
• Excellent skills in financial control systems and good knowledge of their application in the charity or not-for-profit sector
• At least two years’ experience working in a similar role within the charity sector
• Experience of preparation of Charity Annual Report and Financial Statements
• Experience in filing annual returns with regulatory bodies
• Some experience or demonstration of ability to learn tax and compliance implications in other jurisdictions.
• Able to produce and interpret management information, make recommendations based on this information, and communicate complex financial information clearly and unambiguously to non-financial staff
• Proven expertise in budgeting, forecasting, overseeing, and working with colleagues to reporting to funders at the project levels; working as a partner to project managers, budget holders and senior managers.
• Strong IT skills and experience, including advanced Excel, Word, Powerpoint and accounting and payroll software
• Proven ability to drive innovation in financial systems
• Line or project management experience
• Positive attitude and committed team player
• Ability to work accurately and thoroughly with attention to detail
• Ability to juggle competing demands to meet deadlines

Respond is a national charity with offices in London and Birmingham providing specialised community support for children and adults with learning disabilities, autism or both who have experienced abuse or trauma.

The Finance Director will play a critical role in partnering with others in the leadership team in strategic decision making as Respond continues to enhance its quality delivery and build capacity. This is a tremendous opportunity for a finance leader to maximise and strengthen the internal capacity of a well-respected organisation working to support the people who have often been most marginalised.

Closing date for applications: 4pm 4th November 2021

Interviews will be held in person in London on November 10th.

Flexible location with meetings in Shelter London and Sheffield offices

Closing date: 31 October 2021 at 11:30pm

Interview Date: w/c 8 November 2021 (subject to change if required)

If you have up-to-date knowledge of employment law and proven experience of working at management level in HR in a geographically dispersed organization, then join Shelter as a HR Business Partner.

About Shelter

A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team

Led by the Director of Strategic Enablement and four Assistant Directors, our Strategic Enablement Directorate brings together core support functions of HR Delivery, Finance, Tech & Data, Governance, Planning and Property. We also strive to be a centre of excellence - working with each other to ensure organisational objectives are clear and strategically aligned, whilst supporting the removal of any internal obstacles that emerge along the way. 

About the role 

As HR Business Partner, your role will involve partnering the organisation to understand business needs and advise on People initiatives to support the delivery of our business objectives. It will also involve working with other Business Partners in the wider People Directorate to deliver cultural and structural change management initiatives that have been tailored for the needs of the business. Supporting the Head of ER Business Partnering in the continued development and delivery of a wider People and Culture plan will be important too. And, when it comes to working with L&D colleagues to create, deliver and evaluate training for our people, again, we'll rely on you.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About you

Already an accomplished HR Business Partner, you have what it takes to quickly build positive working relationships with senior leaders, offer strategic insight and coach and challenge others when appropriate. You’re also great at enabling the successful sharing of information to diverse groups of people to help their understanding. Previous experience of partnering leadership teams to deliver organisational change is important too, as is proficiency using Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MS teams as part of your daily way of working.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata), enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behavior and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Ivy Rock Partners are again partnering with the iconic Royal Albert Hall, supporting the recruitment for a Management Accountant to join their dynamic Financial Planning & Analysis team in a newly created role. With great opportunities for continued progression and development, this role offers the successful candidate the opportunity to join a world-famous organisation in a role with huge potential.

The Royal Albert Hall

For nearly 150 years we have been fulfilling our vision of inspiring artists and audiences worldwide with the magic of the iconic Royal Albert Hall; creating life-enriching, unforgettable experiences for everyone. Hosting 390 events a year in the main auditorium and more than 800 in other smaller spaces, the Royal Albert Hall stands true to its original purpose of promoting the Arts and Sciences.

As a charity, the Hall is dedicated to maintaining the Grade I listed building and giving access to all. The Finance department is a crucial part of all that the Hall does. The Management Accountant role presents a unique opportunity to play a significant part in one of the world’s most famous and successful venues.

The Role

We are seeking a high calibre Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner who will partner with key departments across the Hall to present valuable financial information to assist with strategic decision making. Preparing budgets, forecasts, and financial reports for key divisions within the Hall, the Management Accountant will also ensure the integrity of the numbers and prepare the monthly management accounts.

As a fully or part-qualified accountant with experience of management accounting and analysis, you will be an essential part of the FP&A team and use your financial skills to support decision-making in an organisation looking forward to an exciting period of development. 

The Person

The right candidate will be a creative problem-solver with an outstanding attention to detail when it comes to financial management information. They will be able to show evidence of producing timely management accounts, analysis, budgets, and forecasts and will combine this with a strong technical understanding of finance, comfortable preparing journals and operating in the detail when needed.

The right candidate’s accuracy, persistence and experience will make them a key player in an important role within the Hall’s Finance team. This position would suit part or fully qualified accountants (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA), or those with comparable experience.

For more information, please get in touch with Kate Marriott at Ivy Rock Partners as applications are being reviewed daily. 

The Accountant – AR Markets will work jointly with the Accounting and Markets Excellence departments in all royalty related financial operations and processing. They will be responsible for administering payment schedules, preparing and issuing invoices, and helping track payments and accounts receivable. They will serve as a resource to companies regarding payments and invoices, provide customer service and assist in creating reports on accounts receivable.

Responsibilities: 

Royalty Invoicing

• Maintain a schedule of client billing dates and prepare all necessary related documentation;
• Issue invoices to royalty customers based on verifiable Markets data in traceability systems or when customers have agreed to volumes via email;
• Working closely with supervisor, maintain accurate accounts receivable aging and tracking which includes records of issued, paid and outstanding invoices;
• Follow up on open unpaid and delinquent balances with customers;
• Flag open unpaid and delinquent balances with customers for follow-up by the Markets Excellence team;
• Communicate needs and reasons for any write-offs of uncollectible open receivables;
• Actively participate in the improvements, changes, integrations, consolidations of current and future royalty system(s) in order to ensure maintenance of controls, maintaining audit trail, and clarity of process with the Markets and Accounting teams;
• Raise technical issues in traceability systems to the support team involving the migration and integrity of data and various problems with the programming logics and bugs;
• Responsible to review,  request and send License Agreements to companies that have royalty invoices;
• Other duties as assigned.

Customer Service

• Monitor and respond to customer inquiries from Royalty Outlook mailbox, and from Employee’s own Outlook mailbox;
• Escalate data issues and client disputes to and work with the Senior Accountant and the relevant Markets team members to resolve customer issues regarding volumes, rates, product types, cancellations, adjustments, reassignments, transaction records (TCs); and
•  Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: 

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required in Accounting/Financial Management - or equivalent work experience (4 years) or professional qualification.
• Work Experience: Minimum 2 years of  experience in accounting, financial management or equivalent
• Computer Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook with a demonstrated experience in accounting and traceability software and working knowledge of PowerPoint
• Communication Skills: Effective oral and written communication skills and ability to multi-task, work in a multicultural, diverse, and highly deadline-driven environment
• Foreign Language Skills: Spanish, French, German, Dutch or Japanese a plus
• General Work Behaviors/Skills: Strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities in a time sensitive manner. Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to interact culturally, linguistically, and diplomatically with diverse internal and external individuals.  Initiative, self-motivated, resourceful, detail-oriented, dependability, strong attention to detail.

Job Title: Finance and Operations Assistant

Reports to: Finance and Operations Manager

Language Requirements:    Fluent in English

Location: Hybrid working- Remote & Central London

Salary: £23,000-£26,000 + Study support

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

The Charity

Founded in 2015, Breaking Barriers is a charity with a mission to help refugees in London gain the knowledge, confidence and experience to secure stable and fulfilling employment in their new home. We offer effective and flexible employment support in direct partnership with businesses that help refugees secure work, progress into better jobs, and successfully integrate into UK society. We have a unique approach, working with corporate partners to help refugees develop careers that match their skills, experience and aspirations. 

Since Breaking Barriers’ inception in 2015, we have supported over 1,100 people from a refugee background and have ambitious plans to expand this as part of our strategic plan. We concentrate on getting things done in a flexible environment where everyone is encouraged to take ownership and contribute. We are a team of 36 employees supported by several hundred volunteers, who are all driven and committed to helping London’s refugee community. We are looking for a similarly driven and ambitious individual keen to join an enterprising organisation where they can benefit from the opportunity to innovate and shape the direction of the charity. Colleagues who thrive are passionate, driven and have the confidence to work autonomously while remaining team players and sharing credit with all involved. 

 We are looking for someone who lives and breathes our values: 

• Mission-led: our clients come before everything else. 
• Welcoming: we want all people to feel happy, comfortable and secure with us. 
• Collaborative: we are supportive and considerate, curiously exploring other viewpoints to find solutions. 
• Enterprising: we are discerningly bold, entrepreneurial and have the courage to give things a go. 

Role overview

The overall purpose of this role is to create a safe, welcoming and confidential office environment for Breaking Barriers staff, volunteers and clients. With an eye for detail, this team member will be entrusted with vital administrative and operational tasks and to provide day to day support for the charity’s core functions, including Finance, HR and IT. Juggling routine workstreams with ad hoc tasks, this role will involve coordinating petty cash, onboarding new staff, confidential data management, and helping to troubleshoot issues that arise in day-to-day work.

The postholder should be excited about the work Breaking Barriers does and willing to support their colleagues in helping the charity to achieve its mission. They will demonstrate flexibility, a can-do attitude, sound judgement, reliability, and discretion. This role is a great opportunity for someone with a hands-on mindset and an interest in pursuing a career in finance who is always looking to get stuck in and execute operational tasks in an efficient and effective way.

The Finance & Operations Assistant will help power everything that we do – this is a great opportunity to learn first-hand how a start-up charity operates and play a key role in our future success. 

Key Responsibilities
We are a fast-growing charity that prides itself on its flexibility and responsiveness so your responsibilities may change, develop and grow according to the needs and development of our programmes.

1. Finance duties 

• Obtaining, filing, and processing supplier invoices and credit notes.
• Reconciling bank statements.
• Managing expense systems. 
• Supporting with the preparation of various reports. 
• Supporting with month end and year end processes.
• Supporting with the annual audit.
• Dealing with a range of queries and identifying and resolving issues.
• Carrying out daily petty cash duties to ensure the smooth running of operations when face-to-face delivery resumes
• Helping to improve controls and process around finance and operations to ensure the smooth running of the organisation.
• Supporting the finance function with other finance processes.
• Supporting on large contract management to maintain good working relationships

2. HR Support

• Streamlining the onboarding process for new starters, including setting up equipment, logins, and paperwork, introducing them to BB’s processes and systems and teams. 
• Coordinating the leaver’s process including asset returns and ensuring the secure transfer of data. 
• Carrying out and reviewing wellbeing checks on staff. 

3. Office and facilities management

• Take overall responsibility and ownership for the Breaking Barriers office, ensuring it is a welcoming, secure, and safe environment for staff, volunteers, and clients. 
• Managing the room booking system and monitoring the remaining credits. 
• Assist staff with remote working and facilitate hybrid working patterns
• Maintain inventory of office assets and accounts to ensure charity property is being used responsibly and in line with GDPR.
• Liaise with building management and third-party providers to resolve general facilities issues.
• Support the Health and Safety lead in identifying and implementing improvements to office safety and security. 
• Ensure cleaning and hotdesking systems are working effectively to create a positive and clean working environment.
• Provide ad hoc support to staff on practical and technical issues. 

4. IT support

• Procurement & Setup of new equipment, including laptops, phones, tablets and electronic accessories. 
• Reallocating and monitoring existing equipment as necessary.

5. General operational support

• Responding to general enquiries or redirecting complex enquiries to different teams. 
• Contributing to the wider team by participating in projects, working groups and other initiatives.

Person Specification

Essential

• An interest in pursuing a career in accountancy.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact confidently and with diplomacy both internally and externally.
• Meticulous and detailed in completing forms and paperwork.
• Highly organised and able to prioritise conflicting deadlines. 
• Ability to manage and schedule time and prioritise tasks in a busy environment. 
• Able to follow set processes, and to identify and implement improvements.
• Excellent computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Advanced IT skills.
• Able to find creative solutions and has a continuous improvement mindset. Looks for new and better ways to do things.
• Ability to work with confidential and sensitive information.
• A demonstrable interest and commitment to working with marginalised populations, particularly refugees.

Desirable

• Experience of data protection and health and safety protocols.
• Lived experience - we welcome applicants from a refugee background. 

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please submit a CV and Covering Letter. Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

Applications close on 1st November. 

We will be reviewing applications and conducting interviews on a rolling basis. 

My client is seeking additional support from an experienced interim Management Accountant to bring new perspectives and ideas to the team. This role supports one of the Finance Business Partners managing multiple cost centres and a significant income stream. This role will be hands on with plenty of analysis and pulling information together from multiple sources.

Key criteria:

• Qualified accountant
• Good Excel
• Adaptable to new sectors - charity background not necessary
• Can do attitude
• Positive and forward thinking attitude

This 6 - 9 month role requires someone who can start within the next few weeks and will be paying circa £350 per day (inside IR35 via umbrella). It will be mainly remote with a requirement to go into the office circa once per month.

**Role is based South London/Surrey region

My client is a small but ambitious children’s charity. As they look to define their next 5 year strategic plan, they are also looking to review and transform their finance function to ensure it is able to deliver as a critical business partner to the organisation.

Key responsibilities & objectives:

• Acting as the most senior finance professional, responsible for overall financial management, business analysis and financial control of the charity.
• Transform finance into an outward facing business partner, providing critical financial information and insight to the business and board.
• Deliver a full cost recovery model.
• Invest in the development and culture of the finance team (people, systems and processes)

The successful candidate will be a qualified Accountant with a track record in the Charity sector. With strong presentation skills and outward facing mind set, you will be very comfortable communicating complex financial messages to the board.

This is a part time role for 3- 4 days a week. At present my client is operating a hybrid office/ home working model, with 1-3 days in the office per week.

St Luke’s Hospice – Caring for Harrow and Brent St Luke’s Hospice cares for people approaching the end of their life in Harrow and Brent. We aim to give the people we care for the best possible quality of life, each and every day. Supporting local people and their families is at the heart of what we do – focusing on what matters the most to them is at the centre of our care.

The care we give is free of charge, available to all, and respects the cultures, religions and beliefs in our richly diverse community. Our care is given with compassion and dignity and involves not just looking after the patient, but also includes supporting the people closest to them. 

We receive around 40% of our funding from the NHS and the rest is raised from the amazing generosity of the organisations and people who make our care possible. Our local community is a vital partner in our care, kindly supporting us through their donations and fundraising alongside the dedication of over 800 incredible volunteers who freely give us their time to support the best possible end of life care for local people.

Job Purpose and scope

As project manager the post holder will be working to support the development of a new Advance Care Planning (ACP) Programme at St Luke’s Hospice, a project being run in collaboration with Compassion in Dying, a national campaigning and training organisation.

St Luke’s Hospice and Compassion in Dying aim to build a 2 year pilot programme to increase utilisation of ACPs in Harrow & Brent, share project learning across North West London and improve practice more widely. Our transformation project will widen access to ACPs beyond those traditionally accessing hospice care to a larger cohort of people who will benefit. This will include care home residents and the frail elderly.

The project aims to run ACP awareness-raising activities in the local community, recruit community volunteers to facilitate practice, and provide a new 1:1 ACP service to support local people to understand the different aspects of ACP, enabling them to choose those relevant to themselves, and record and share their personalised wishes and decisions about treatment and care.

The post holder will be expected to manage the delivery of the project, offering advice and taking decisions in collaboration with the project lead to establish an effective and sustainable service.

The post holder will support the wider organisational vision, values and business objectives ensuring safe working practices are upheld in regards to training and adherence to SLH policies, guidelines and operational procedures.

Duties and responsibilities

Project Management

• To project manage the delivery of ACP project.
• To set up and service stakeholder board meetings
• To ensure the development of required project documentation, working with key stakeholders in line with standard methodology.
• To identify and take action to secure resources required to deliver assigned work within assigned budget.
• Develop, refine, maintain, monitor and manage relevant project plans ensuring progress is tracked, including any anomalies to the plan.
• Draw to the attention of the project lead and delays to the plan and together modifying plan accordingly
• To support, manage and coordinate the project to achieve agreed objectives which will include;
  • Co-ordinating meetings and management of relevant documentation.
  • Facilitating project and stakeholder meetings
• Analyse and present data to assist in the general decision making process
• Produce required reports to show progress on the programme.
• To ensure risks and issues are identified and escalated to the project lead alongside recommendations for resolution where possible.
• To set up systems for collecting the key performance indicators identified in the preparatory papers and ensure these are monitored and reported on a regular basis

• To advise on project delivery at all levels
• To advise in terms of aligning expectations on project resources and deliverables.
• Through coaching and demonstrating leadership behaviour, contribute to the development of the service.
• Develop and foster relationships with key contacts in St Luke’s Hospice and the partner organisations and proactively manage these relationships such that colleagues can count on reliable and knowledgeable support and information about the project and other managed activities.
• To work with CiD to ensure smooth delivery of the skills training to the volunteers and staff and where required organise appropriate training where required.

1. To undertake the identification of project interdependencies
2. To advise on the effective sequencing of inter-dependent project activities and use excellent interpersonal skills to manage the potentially conflicting views and priorities of stakeholders.

Planning and Organising

• To plan and deliver the deployment of these processes and activities.
• To be responsible for the processes that ensure the construction, governance and delivery of robust project plans that will deliver successful outcomes for the project.
• To write regular project reports, including a final  report which will advise on sustaining the successes achieved and building a financial base for the continuation of the project at the end of the 2 year funding

Patient and Client Care

• Contact with patients, clients or the wider public where they may be involved in the co-production of service improvement or redesign work.
  • Undertakes surveys/audits relating to project and associated programmes.

Service and Policy Development

• To assist in the development of the processes and procedures that support the successful delivery of the project
• To advise, coach and challenge the project lead on the plans and delivery schedules for project.
  • To promote best practice across the organisation in project management skills and techniques through delivering effective and targeted training as required and appropriate.

Information System use and management

• Be a confident and capable user of Microsoft packages to produce relevant reports.
• Handle large amounts of raw data and manipulate into simple formats to interpret findings.
• Use IT effectively to monitor performance in an area undergoing improvement activity in order to recognise the impact on performance as a result of change activities.

Interviews on a rolling basis until suitable candidate is recruited.

Allen Lane are pleased to be working exclusively with a leading London University to recruit an interim Financial Controller on a 3-6 months interim basis. . This role will report to the Director of Finance and be responsible for the operational management of the Income, Expenditure and Procurement team. This role will also play a pivotal role in leading on strategic projects across these business functions and be a member of the senior leadership team. The Financial Controller role will develop a culture of continuous improvement within the Expenditure, Income Services and Procurement teams.

The Financial Controller will work with a broad range of stakeholders and will have experience of collaboration in a complex environment. Communication is key as the post holder will be working with diverse audiences and will need to ensure that business managers across the University are able to understand and engage with service development.

Key Duties:

• Involvement in leading Systems development, including a strong working knowledge of Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable systems and experience of best practise in these areas
• Experience of Business Process Improvement / streamlining processes, reducing lead times.
• Comfortable creating and implementing financial control frameworks
• Strategic mind-set with ability to partner with key stakeholders in the business, while driving the business from an operational perspective
• Demonstrable record of implementing business change and working alongside project managers to track/deliver relevant milestones
• Introduce measurable KPIs reporting for decision making and performance management.
• Develop reporting capabilities to drive best practice in areas of responsibility.
• Align the Procurement, purchasing and Income Services team’s priorities with the Finance and wider University Strategy

Key criteria:

• A Qualified Accountant with proven, successful experience of delivering high volume, transactional service
• Experience of procurement services in a large organisation
• Experience of managing multiple projects
• Experience of Higher education is desirable however experience of working in a large, complex environment will also be considered