Cumbria CVS has a long history of supporting the voluntary sector and has played a key role in the Covid-response to date. We have now completed a strategic review and want to strengthen our team!  If you have the energy, enthusiasm and resilience to help our wonderful sector succeed in these challenging times and would like to work in a flexible, friendly team that is passionate about making a difference to communities across Cumbria, then this role may be for you.

We are recruiting an experienced and qualified Finance and Resources Senior Manager (F/T) to lead, manage and support the development and implementation of effective finance, resource and support functions within Cumbria CVS helping ensure financial sustainability.
We are especially looking for self-motivated individuals with relevant skills, qualifications and experience of partnership working and collaboration and if you also have an understanding of and a commitment to the values of the Cumbria CVS - Leadership, Excellence, Equity, Integrity and Voluntarism - and would like to work for this forward thinking organisation, then we want to hear from you.

WASTEAID - HEAD OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Homebased within UK, with some preference for Scotland or Northern England (potential for limited international and national travel)

Line Manager: CEO

Direct reports:  Office Manager

Key relationships:  Head of Programmes and Impact, Circular Economy Network Director, Project Managers, Finance Trustee

Salary:  Circa £42,500 (pro rata) for 3 days per week.

WasteAid

Our vision is a world with equal access to waste services for all.

Helping communities and governments manage their waste properly is vital if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Waste management has a powerful and positive impact on people’s well-being.

Our mission – fighting poverty, pollution and climate change

Around 1 in 3 people globally don’t have decent waste management. Pollution caused by waste harms people’s health and the environment and damages the local economy. In contrast, an affordable waste management system is relatively simple to implement, improving the environment, creating jobs and protecting public health – particularly for children.

Plastic pollution in the marine environment is of major global concern, and WasteAid is helping tackle this global problem. We work with upstream and coastal communities to set up small recycling centres and help keep plastic out of rivers and the oceans. We also share skills in managing organic waste, helping people make the most with their resources.

Open dumping and burning of waste releases climate change emissions, contribute to both short-term and long-term impacts. Black soot from burning and methane from open dumping are of special concern. We offer communities a safe and sustainable alternative to dangerous dumpsites and toxic air pollution.

Our values

Our founding principles come from our origins in the waste management industry, which itself grew out of the public health movement in the UK in the late Victorian era. We believe in equality of access to decent public health for all people and advocate the role of good waste management to achieve this.  We are inclusive and empowering of the communities in developing countries that we seek to serve and support.  We believe in the power of appropriate technology transfer, training and skills development to create livelihoods and reduce pollution.

We are collaborative and work in a collegiate spirit with all partners and funders.

Our objectives are to:

Inspire and inform communities and individuals who want to improve how waste is managed in their communities and encourage them to act.  Support and help communities use waste management to protect public health, reduce pollution and create sustainable livelihoods.  Campaign to increase awareness of the problems caused by open dumping and burning and the urgent need for change.

We achieve these objectives by ensuring that we have:

Financial sustainability for our organisation and securing our ability to grow our impact.

Good governance for our charity which includes legal compliance, risk management, safeguarding, health & safety and robust oversight.

Strong capacity – continuous development of our people and securing greater breadth of experience within our team and strong engagement with associates and partners.

The Head of Finance and Compliance will be responsible for global oversight of finance and compliance functions for WasteAid’s UK business development activities and international programmes in Africa and Asia including day to day finance, financial reporting and planning financial governance and risk management and liaison with the UK Board.

The key responsibilities will be:
 

• Strategic oversight of financial systems and processes including but not limited to the production of relevant financial reports and maintaining up to date policies and procedures.
• Prepare monthly or quarterly management accounts and cash flow forecasts for the CEO and Board.
• Draft detailed annual budgets and consolidated cash flow statements for review by the CEO.
• Assist in the preparation of the annual year-end financial statements and liaise with auditors.
• Prepare financial project reports and ensure donor financial reports are submitted on time and in their specific reporting formats.

• Effective day to day control of accounting function including payroll, cash-flow management, invoicing and debt management.
• Assess suitability and effectiveness of financial controls and oversee a programme of continuous improvement.
• Develop and document financial processes to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
• Ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed and reported in a timely and accurate manor.

• Work with partner organisations to ensure that financial processes are followed and accurate reports are received.
• Undertake partner organisation financial and risk assessments including internal audits where necessary.
• Support programmes and fundraising staff to create accurate and equitable donor budgets.
• Assist budget holders in understanding their management accounts and provide training where necessary.
• Manage and supervise the duties of the Office Manager.

• Liaising with external auditors, insurance brokers, HMRC, bankers etc.
• Maintain all tax registrations and submissions.
• Co-ordinate the payroll function.
• Maintain up-to-date records of legal compliance across country programmes.
• Monitor and implement general statutory requirements (e.g. risk assessments, reserves policies etc).
• Assist the CEO and Board to ensure that all charity governance requirements are being met.
• File necessary documents with Charity Commission and Companies House.
• Work alongside the CEO and external HR advisors to manage HR issues.
• Ensure organisational IT systems are working well and maintain a good relationship with the IT outsourcing company to make sure necessary support is provided to all staff.

• Undertake any other reasonable duties that may be required from time to time. The duties may be changed and/or varied to meet changing circumstances at the discretion of management

The successful candidate will:

• Be a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, or equivalent).
• Have experience of managing financial systems, including setting and managing budgets, management accounts and cash flow, etc.
• Have charity experience, ideally within international development.
• Have experience of working with UKAID or other institutional/statutory funding body
• Have a strong knowledge of statutory and regulatory environment for UK charities.
• Have the experience of the long-term financial and business planning, strategic planning and development of an organisation.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate staff.
• Have a first-class ability to prepare year-end accounts and annual budgets.osition is UK based 
• Position is UK based and candidates need to be eligible to work in the UK.

Application by Curriculum Vitae (not exceeding 3 pages) and Covering Letter (not exceeding 2 pages) outlining skills, motivation and demonstrating how candidates fit the person specification. 

Applications to be received by midnight 16 March  2021.  If you have any questions on this opportunity, please also send them to the same address and a member of staff will follow up with you.

The Wesleyan Church is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to be responsible for the financial functions of the church.

Resposibilities will include:

• To receive, record, and hold all the funds raised within the churches and to report on such funds monthly.
• To supporting the work of the treasurers in the local branches of the Wesleyan churches.  To facilitate training where appropriate
• To submit all financial records as required by the Charities Commission.
• To submit all records and funds for an annual audit, after the close of the financial year, and as provided for and at any other time as may be requested by the Board.
• To submit a complete financial report of all funds administered or attended to by the Finance Manager, to each regular session of the Annual Conference; to submit reports to the Board and the district superintendent as they may require.

The postholder will also be responsible for managing the finance team (approx 3 people)
This team undertakes the following duties:

• Every month to produce an accurate set of accounts and report to the Board.
• Assist Local Church Treasurers with monthly financial records 
• Provide training for local treasurers
• Provide budget training for Pastors/Leaders

If you’re a talented and experienced finance professional looking for a new challenge in an organisation that is unique in Cornwall then this role may be for you.

Did you see the word ‘Diocese’ and think that this role isn’t for you? Well, please think again. Our 45 staff come from a wide range of backgrounds. Some of our jobs require the jobholder to be a practising Christian, but not all, and this role doesn’t require you to be. What’s important is that your values align with ours, and you want to work for an organisation that makes a real difference to communities and people’s lives.

We are looking to appoint a Finance Manager who can apply their skills and experience to the variety of work that this role entails. It is a key, busy and wide ranging role, which is responsible for all aspects of the day to day accounting, and is part of a small finance team. You will combine a strong track record in successful financial management with excellent communication and time management skills. You will also have a proven ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders, which includes trustees, bishops, staff, vicars, auditors and volunteers in the 213 parishes across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

At the Diocese of Truro we really value work-life balance and employee wellbeing, we have a friendly and comfortable office environment and are committed to supporting your development. We offer additional benefits such as free parking, a range of wellbeing activities and the Church of England Pension Scheme with 9-15% employer contributions.

This is a challenging time for the organisation and we are undertaking a number of projects and initiatives to secure the long-term financial stability of the organisation. You could be the person that helps us do that.  Why not look at our website and find out some more.

To apply and for the Job Description and Person Specification please visit our website. Sorry, we don’t accept CVs.

The IEA is the UK’s original free-market think-tank, founded in 1955. Our mission is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social problems.

The Finance Manager is a position of responsibility at the heart of the Institute of Economic Affairs. Working within the Operations Team, reporting to the COO while supporting all staff and Trustees, you are responsible for all administrative aspects of financial management, while providing support on governance and filings.

You are a qualified bookkeeper or accountant or have well developed ambitions to qualify (with our support). You are comfortable using modern finance systems, with a passion for adapting older systems to new ways of working. Your attention to detail and accuracy are excellent. You are highly organised and good at organising others, with a mission of making their lives easier not more bureaucratic.

You enjoy working with people of all ages and backgrounds, from very junior staff to senior academics and Trustees running large companies. You are calm under pressure, can hit challenging deadlines, and show discretion in your dealings with sensitive data and busy people. You uphold the highest standards of ethical conduct in your professional dealings.

You have a passion for the mission of the Institute, and interest in education and learning in general.

Responsibilities

Your precise responsibilities and how they are shared in the Operations team will be determined by your experience, qualifications, interests and how they develop. But they might reasonably include:

• Undertaking finance processes, controls, providing and improving guidance to staff.
• Income and expenditure processing from multiple sources and systems.
• Managing and processing payroll, benefits, expenses, and company cards.
• Managing relationships with the bank, auditors, and contracted support.
• Supporting the annual financial, governance, and audit cycle.
• Supporting management planning, departmental budgets, and project accounting inquiries.
• Supporting the continuous improvement of systems, processes, and practices.
• Supporting the administration of Trustee meetings and sub-editing papers.
• Supporting statutory filings with Companies House and other regulatory authorities
• Ensuring all of our internal procedures adhere to evolving legal and regulatory standards.
• Ensuring the integrity of our records, archives, and other papers, and modernising their storage.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Previous experience of financial management in the third sector and / or charity accounting.
• Professional qualifications, or a clear plan for their development (with our support).
• Able to demonstrate how you improved financial management in previous roles.
• Outstanding attention to detail and passion for accuracy.
• Excellent organisational, time management and project management skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, comfortable with sub-editing tasks.
• Calm, confident and patient. Comfortable working with very bright, but disorganised people.
• Client-focused in your approach, sensitive to the needs of others
• Good MS Office skills, familiarity with Sharepoint & cloud tools, an advantage
• Understanding of Quickbooks, Salesforce and similar systems, an advantage.
• Understanding of payment systems and bank account integration, an advantage.
• A willingness to work unusual hours, sometimes at short notice, an advantage.

Closing Date: 09/03/2021

Interview/Start Dates

Applicants will be assessed and interviewed on a rolling basis, starting in late February

Application Details

Please send the following to the email provided:

- Curriculum vitae

- Covering letter

Are you looking for that next step in your career? Ready to use your experience, to lead a team?

We are working closely with a higher education organisation that is looking to recruit a newly candidate, bursting with potential, to become their new Finance manager.

Client Details

The client is a prestigious university base in London with operations around the globe. They pride themselves on their fantastic research facilities, accredited academics and intelligent students. To thrive with this organisation you will need to be able to demonstrate academic drive and ambition for your future career.

Description

We are looking for a Finance Manager that can take command of a small team and lead on:

• Statutory reporting on all financial statements
• Preparing the organisations financial statements ahead of the annual audit
• Assisting on year end
• Reconciliation and consolidation of group accounts,
• Use your initiative and expertise to identify opportunities for process improvement,
• Manage 2 direct reports,
• Create KPIs in line with business strategy

Profile

The successful applicant will be newly qualified in ACA, CIMA, ACCA or CIPFA and will be able to demonstrate a strong work ethic and enthusiasm for the higher education sector.

Job Offer

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career in a varied role, with extensive opportunities for internal progression. Additionally, you will be welcome to take advantage of the extra-curricular activities that the university hosts.

Finance Manager required for established Charitable organisation in Brighton.

Qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA Accountant

Client Details

Our client is a well-known, established charitable organisation in Brighton. The charity covers multiple locations across the South East of England, with some truly mesmerising sites

Description

To inspire and lead the Finance Team to ensure timely, accurate and insightful financial information and reports.

Production of monthly and quarterly management accounts, financial and solvency forecasts.

Development and operation of an appropriate system of financial controls subject to oversight from the Director of Finance.

Assisting the Director of Finance and broader Executive team as needed.

Carrying out other roles within the Finance Team as needed by illness, holiday, maternity/paternity or overall resource needs, subject to maintaining an appropriate controls environment.

Oversight of bank reconciliations, debtor and creditor reports, journal entries, ensuring payroll entries are processed in the general ledger, liaising with the payroll bureau, maintaining relationships with the VAT advisory agency.

Maintenance of the general ledger, overseeing the chart of accounts.

Subject to oversight from the Director of Finance, ensuring that the Finance team can:

• Produce appropriate management reports (management accounts, statutory accounts, budgets, re forecasts, cash flows and ad hoc reports, etc.).
• Partner Project Manager's budgets and reports.
• Prepare the statutory accounts of the Trust, Trading company and

Foundation.

• Prepare other relevant external reporting requirements e.g. Charity Commission, VAT, Corporation Tax, etc, etc.
• Support formal external audit processes.

Profile

A qualified CCAB accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or ACIPFA) with demonstrable relevant experience.

Charity or Third Sector experience essential.
Experience of working in a unionised environment desirable.

Possess advanced Excel skills and practical knowledge of integrated financial systems (for example, Sage and IRIS Financials

A demonstrable ability to work on own initiative and to prioritise own workload and that of Team.

Experience of successful project management useful.

Ability to build excellent working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

Ability to influence the attitudes and opinions of others, gaining agreement to ideas and proposals.

Excellent verbal communication skills in order to provide accurate and easily understandable financial advice.

Adaptable, receptive to new ideas and willing to adjust to new demands and circumstances.

Display a high level of personal 'drive' and show a capacity for sustained effort and performance.

Motivated, enthusiastic, tenacious and results orientated.

Job Offer

Flexible working, generous pension. 25 days holiday, friendly team

About the role

The Access Project currently outsources its accounting function. In light of recent and planned future growth, we have decided to bring that function in-house from summer 2021. We are therefore looking to recruit a Finance Manager who will join a small finance team and play a key role in the successful transition from outsourced to in-house provision. You will be in a unique position to shape a new role to best support the charity.

The Finance Manager will report to the Finance Director.

About The Access Project

The Access Project is an innovative education charity that helps bright young people from disadvantaged backgrounds beat the odds and gain places at top universities. Our volunteers are trained and supported to be effective tutors who work with our students for an hour a week to raise their grades. In addition, a dedicated school-based staff member mentors the students so they have the knowledge and support to make strong university applications. Our results show this approach works.

The Access Project currently works in London, the East and West Midlands and Bradford. We have a growing team (currently c.60 staff) working in schools and regional offices (when lockdown restrictions are not in place).

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Work with the Finance Director to develop a forward-looking finance function that provides accurate data, reports and analysis that can be used inform decision-making across the organisation.

Data capture and monthly processes

• Assist with the implementation of a new finance system and migration of relevant data
• Oversee the set up and ongoing use of any associated systems for invoice and expense management
• Oversee the month end process and produce monthly management accounts packs
• Ensure the accurate capture and coding of the underlying financial data, overseeing the processing done by the Senior Coordinator
• Post regular and ad-hoc journals, including payroll, prepayments, accruals and apportionment of support costs
• Maintain and monitor the cashflow forecast
• Develop and maintain a finance manual and regularly review the financial systems and controls in place

Finance business partnering

• Act as a finance business partner to all budget holders
• Provide ongoing training and support non-finance staff to enable them to effectively manage budgets and make informed decisions
• Draft and review organisational policies relating to finance
• Assist with the production of annual budgets and in-year forecasts in collaboration with the Finance Director and budget holders
• Liaise with the partnerships team, providing financial information for funding applications and reporting and tracking spend on restricted funds

Other

• Assist with the preparation of the annual statutory accounts and audit pack
• Provide the auditors with any information requested during the annual audit
• Undertake ad-hoc projects and requests when they come up

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential characteristics and experience:

• Studying towards a professional accounting qualification (eg. ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or qualified by experience
• At least 2 years of relevant experience, including use of accounting systems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to effectively communicate financial matters to staff without a finance background
• Committed to driving improvement
• Excellent attention to detail
• Intermediate or advanced Excel skills
• Passionate about educational disadvantage and The Access Project’s mission
• Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
• Committed to upholding a professional code of ethics

Desirable characteristics and experience:

• Working knowledge of the charity SORP

Please note, as a minimum requirement, applicants will need to:

• have a university degree or significant professional experience;
• have the right to work in the UK.

Safeguarding statement

"The Access Project is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and will expect all volunteers and staff to share this commitment."

Disclosure of a Criminal Record
The Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order 1986 does not apply to posts where there is access to children. This means that applicants for employment which involves working with children and young people must disclose any criminal record. If your application is successful, you are required to make these disclosures and consent to The Access Project verifying the accuracy of your response with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

St. Marylebone Parish Church is recruiting for the new post of Finance Manager.  This role offers an exciting opportunity to influence and strengthen the financial stability and sustainability of the parish church to ensure its valuable work continues into the future.

You will be process driven and have financial responsibility for, and lead on, all financial activities. The role will require you to work closely with a wide range of individuals and institutions, both within and outside of the parish church.

The role offers a salary in the range of £32k – £35k per annum, plus benefits.

To apply, please send CV and a covering letter outlining you experience and explaining why you are the ideal candidate for the job. The initial round of interviews will be via Zoom/Teams and take place on 20th April 2021. Please send your CV and covering letter for the attention of Claire Pinney. Closing date for applications is 5th April 2021.

To apply, please send CV and a covering letter outlining you experience and explaining why you are the ideal candidate for the job. The initial round of interviews will be via Zoom/Teams and take place on 20th April 2021. Please send your CV and covering letter for the attention of Claire Pinney at  Closing date for applications is 5th April 2021. 

Finance Manager

£32k - 35k + NI + 4% pension contributions (pro rata)

14 hours per week

We’re looking for an experienced finance manager to lead our finance team in a new role for LRMN. You will join the leadership team and support the CEO to set the finance strategy.

LRMN is a thriving organisation and one of the most established refugee and migrants’ organisations providing services in London but focusing on south and southeast London boroughs. Our services include provision of specialist legal advice and information on immigration, housing and welfare, therapeutic and practical support to women who survived gender based violence, helping our service users access employment, training and volunteering opportunities, prevention of mental health problems, and helping our clients integrate and engage in their community.

You will have day to day responsibility for the organisation’s finances, working with colleagues to set and manage budgets, maintain accurate financial records and ensure all financial and compliance requirements are met.

With a relevant accounting background and qualification you will have an excellent understanding of, and experience of, financial planning. You will be organised with a high level of attention to detail.

LRMN is an equal opportunity employer and committed to safeguarding and fulfilling its duty of care to people working and volunteering in the organisation and to those we come into contact with.

To apply, please find the job description, person specification and link to the application form on our website.

Deadline: 9am 15th March 2021

Interviews: Afternoon of 22nd March 2021

Harris Hill are recruiting for a Finance Manager for this Faith Based, East London Community Human Rights Charity,

* The position is currently working from home. Once the pandemic has calmed down. The role will come with flexible working.
* The position is part of the Senior Management Team and reports directly to the CEO and COO
* The position is open to Part Qualified or Fully Qualified Accountants

Salary is £35,000pa

About the Role
This is an exciting role for a professional with strong accounting and charity finance experience to join a small but growing charity.
You will have excellent understanding and experience of financial planning and implementing systems. Organised and with a high level of attention to detail, you will enjoy managing this function, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and as part of the SMT (Senior Management Team).
You will lead on all financial activities: accounting, budget setting and forecasting, financial management control policies and procedures, gift aid, banking and support donor management activities.

Key Accountabilities
Financial Management

* Ensuring all financial information held supports the SMT and ultimately the trustee board to make sound decisions
* Responsible for all month end processes, prepare key account reconciliations
* Set up of budget systems and support budget holders to prepare and manage their budgets, including advising on expenditure coding
* Prepare information (monthly, quarterly and annually) e.g. on budget spend and forecasting for funding bids and generation of new income.
* Review and analyse financial reports and budgets with SMT, reporting on trends and performance against budgets to inform management decisions and strategic planning processes
* Work with Fundraising & Partnerships Manager (to be appointed) and Marketing Manager to present financial information in a meaningful way for annual reports, grant and impact reports etc.
* Ensure efficient financial management systems and planning to inform business development, fundraising strategies and demonstrates value for money across all activities
* With the Treasurer, ensure efficient preparation of annual financial accounts and budgets
* Proactively ensure financial policies are adhered to and kept up-to-date. Ensure an appropriate financial control environment is in place.
* Take a proactive lead on financial risk management

Your new company
A membership organisation, based in Central London, are looking for a Finance Manager to join the team.

Your new role
You will be reporting to the Financial Controller in a Finance Manager position. You will be responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective operation of the accounting and financial control processes. You will prepare monthly and year-end accounts, report and analyse monthly budget variances, maintain financial ledgers, prepare the monthly payroll for the outsourced payroll provider, prepare VAT reports and statutory returns. You will be responsible for supervising 2 junior members of the Finance team.

What you'll need to succeed
You will need:

• Working towards an accounting qualification - part-qualified/qualified by experience/fully qualified
• Strong Excel skills
• Previous experience supervising staff is desirable
• Experience working a small organisation
• Previous experience working in the Not for Profit sector is desirable

What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.

What you need to do now
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Harris Hill is recruiting for a Part Time Finance Manager for the health charity based near Huddersfield.

* The position: Part Time Finance Manager
* The Hours: 30 hours a week
* The Salary: 36,000pa Pro Rata
* The Location: Huddersfield Area

You will report to the Director of Finance & Resources and look after a small team of Finance Assistants.

Education / Qualifications

* A Part Qualified Accountant is acceptable with a recognised professional qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Essential Skills and experience

* Advanced Excel and Microsoft office skills, ability to do lookups, pivot tables and graphs.
* Experience of producing detailed departmental and consolidated management accounts, including analysis and commentary.
* Experience of working on accounting software such as Sage or Exchequer, and understanding the principles around the use of accounting systems.
* Experience of working on payroll software, and understanding of payroll principles and processing.
* Knowledge of Charities SORP FRS 102 and experience in preparing consolidated statutory accounts for a medium sized charity and trading company.
* Knowledge of corporate governance and company secretarial duties.

Main Duties and Key Responsibilities

* Manage the finance team, delegating duties and supporting development.
* Manage the Data/IT Analyst under the mentorship of the IG Lead.
* Attend Leadership meetings to present finance updates and other organisational meetings as required.
* Provide an essential finance support service across the wider organisation through acting as a business partner to budget holders by developing and reporting on KPI's and measures, through an understanding of finance related systems (Exchequer, Excel, Till Systems, Donor Database etc.)
* Ensure efficient maintenance of the financial records of the charity and trading company.
* Ensure restricted and unrestricted funds are recorded accurately and restricted spend is monitored accordingly with relevant supporting paperwork e.g. trusts and grant income.
* Produce timely, accurate and relevant monthly management accounts information of the charity (all departments), trading company and other potential partnerships, including commentary on significant areas and variances against budgets.
* Work closely with the HR team to ensure an efficient payroll service and that monthly payroll is accurate and meets tight deadlines.
* Responsible for meeting all payroll and pension compliance and regulation submissions and deadlines.
* Thoroughly check and authorise monthly payroll BACS
* Process monthly payroll journals and accruals within strict deadlines and reconcile all payroll control accounts with HMRC, SAGE payroll and Exchequer accounts system.

Feedback is a London-based environmental campaign group. We work to regenerate nature by transforming our food system. Food production is the single greatest impact humans have on the environment. From mountains of food waste to habitat destruction to grow animal feed for factory farms, to soil depletion leaving future harvests at risk: the food system needs to change.  Founded in 2013, we combine investigative research, campaigns, community outreach and on-the-ground pilot projects for a better food system.

Feedback’s projects are funded from a wide variety of sources, including statutory and lottery funding, funds from a variety of trusts and foundations and individual donations.  Project activities include campaigning, consultancy, grant making, internships in the sector, gleaning, food processing and retail.  As well as our London headquarters, we have projects based in Liverpool and Brighton and will shortly be opening a small office in the Netherlands.

We are a friendly team, priding ourselves on maintaining a positive and values-led organisation. We aim to provide a flexible working environment with a good work/life balance. Feedback takes its responsibility for the development of staff roles very seriously and will develop a career path within the organisation where possible.

About the Role

Reporting to the Finance Director, this will be a very varied role within a fast paced environment and therefore flexibility, a positive, can-do attitude and a readiness to get stuck into all aspects of the organisation are essential competencies. Candidates should have an accounting qualification and have a strong interest in environmental issues, supporting Feedback’s aims and ambitions.  There will be opportunities for development within the team, which currently consists of the Finance Director, who works flexibly depending on workload and the Finance and Operations Co-ordinator, who reports to this role and also works on operational matters reporting to the Operations and HR Manager.  

Location: Office 413, Unit 10, The High Cross Centre, Fountayne Road, London N15 4BE.  Staff are currently working remotely in line with the Government’s COVID 19 guidelines.  There will be possibilities for some ongoing home working after the office has reopened.

Main responsibilities:

Accounting Systems - Xero and Dext (formerly Receipt Bank)

Responsibility for maintaining all financial records and data accurately and within agreed systems, to include:

• Monthly reconciliations of all bank accounts including international currency accounts.
• Completing monthly reconciliations of payroll payments to payroll postings in Xero.
• Supervising the issue of invoices and the entering of properly coded and authorised suppliers’ invoices.
• Ensuring the prompt payment of invoices (within terms) and monitoring amounts due to the organisation.
• Managing the coding of transactions by projects and restricted funds.
• Supporting staff with the correct usage of Dext (Receipt Bank) and other expense processing and ensuring expenses are uploaded in a timely manner according to the expense/expenditure policy.
• Loading the annual project budgets onto Xero.
• Posting monthly overhead allocation journals.

Monthly Management Accounts

• Preparing timely and accurate monthly management accounts with supporting analyses, including a reconciliation of project equity balances.

• Updating key performance indicators on a monthly basis.

Budgets

• Assisting the Finance Director with the preparation of the Excel based annual budgets and forecasts for the organisation.
• Assisting project managers with the maintenance of Excel based project budgets.

Timesheets

• Responsibility for maintaining and updating the organisation’s Excel based time recording systems.
• Ensuring individual timesheets are completed correctly by the payroll deadline and month end.
• Preparing new timesheets for new staff and new financial years.
• Ensuring the correct calculation of TOIL and TOIL expiry.
• Using the timesheet information to post the monthly payroll into Xero.
• Preparing monthly time utilisation schedules.

Online Banking system (Metro Bank)

• Supervising the processing of BACS payments (payroll and expenses) and ensuring accurate records of authorisation and notification to the payees.
• Ensuring bank mandates are updated.
• Cash Management – Arranging for sufficient cash to be transferred to/from bank account(s) in order to meet day-to-day transactional requirements, in conjunction with the Finance Director.

Staff Management

• Supervising the finance work of the Finance and Operations Co-ordinator.
• Provision of ongoing financial training and support for the Finance and Operations Co-ordinator.

Donor Reports

• Preparing timely and accurate reports for project donors in accordance with requirements and deadlines prescribed.

Other responsibilities

• Providing support to the Finance Director by providing analyses and other information from the accounting system and timesheets as required.

• Assisting the Operations Manager with the preparation and checking of the monthly payroll figures.
• Supervising the timely submission of monthly Gift Aid claims to HMRC.
• Maintaining a high level of confidentiality at all times throughout all duties and responsibilities.
• Undertaking other duties commensurate with the role as requested by the Executive Director, Finance Director or Operations Manager.

Person Specification:

Essential Experience

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification

• Bookkeeping and/or financial experience, ideally in a not for profit setting.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Demonstrable experience in using Xero or another comparable cloud-based accounting package for reports, management accounts and analyses.

Desirable Experience

• Experience of working in a not for profit/small charity environment, particularly a charity running a number of projects with restricted funding.
• Experience of project managing systems change and development.
• Experience of grant donor reporting.
• Experience of international operations, including accounting with foreign currencies/tax systems.
• Preparation of Board papers and interaction with Board members.
• Interaction with external auditors and other advisers (for the organisation and individual projects)

Skills

• Numeracy and literacy commensurate with the role.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to act on own initiative and plan and achieve diverse workloads effectively.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight reporting deadlines.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and people management skills.
• Willing to be flexible in approach to role.
• Ambition and desire to succeed and grown with the charity.

How to apply  

Please submit, in Word or pdf format, a CV and cover letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) explaining how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work at Feedback.

Closing date for applications is midnight on Tuesday 30th March

Shortlisted candidates will be notified on 6th April

Interviews will be held online via Zoom w/c 12th April, and will include a short written task to be carried out the day of the interview