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Check my CVBy means of building strong working relationships with stakeholders across the organisation the Senior Finance Business Partner is responsible for accurate, timely and impactful internal management reporting. The role is an integral part of a team which aims to provide quality information and a compliant service to support strategic decision making and build a solid foundation for an evolving organisation. The successful postholder fosters a culture of collaboration, transparency, service, and expertise.
This is a full time 12 month fixed term contract but flexible working will be considered. The role is home-based with occasional travel to Salisbury or London.
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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
OUR CHURCH
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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.
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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
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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 client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Title: Investment Manager
Salary: £48,700 per annum
Reporting to: Investment Director
Team: Investment
Contract: Permanent
Working hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week)
Location:Initially remote working with office arrangements for 2021 TBC (within Central London). Attendance will be required in Central London for meetings.
Starting date: ASAP
Deadline: 9am Monday 22 March 2021
About Impetus
Impetus transforms the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by ensuring they get the right support to succeed in school, in work and in life.
We find, fund and build the most promising charities working with these young people, providing core funding and working shoulder-to-shoulder with their leaders to help them become stronger organisations.
In partnership with other funders we help our charities expand and we influence policy and decision makers so that all young people get the support they need.
About this role
The Investment Manager (IM) works as a part of the Investment Team to support charities to deepen their impact and scale their outcomes. This role works closely with Investment Directors and includes both charity-facing support and internal support to the investment team.
The IM uses analytical rigor, project management and relationship skills, to support a portfolio of amazing organisations that, together, will help shift the life chances and outcomes of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Key responsibilities
Investment management
- Work closely with Investment Directors to support charity partners’ in areas of leadership, impact, and sustainability, working towards leading specific work streams on impact management.
- Build trust-based relationships with charity leaders including delivery staff and Programme / Impact leads, to become a valued advisor on practice improvement.
- Work closely with members of the Impact team at charity partners to develop and refine impact management practices; data collection, dashboard development, performance review meetings, programme design and evaluation - providing guidance and thought partnership.
- Support Investment Directors with design and delivery of Impact strategy workshops, analysing charity impact data, developing and analysing pre-workshop surveys, developing facilitation materials, and coordinating logistics, and synthesizing outputs.
- Supporting Impetus’ quarterly peer learning forums for our charity partners, in particular the Impact Forum. This includes relationship management with Head of Impact of charities, developing content for learning and discussion, facilitating forum meetings and all logistical support.
- Lead on benchmarking charity outcomes data against comparable external data. You will work closely with our Public Affairs teams to identify and secure external benchmarking data and lead on the analysis comparing it to charity partner performance.
Investment Team support
- Lead on key analytical projects internally including strategic modelling, analysis of financial and impact data. This includes distilling the insights from the analysis and developing a compelling narrative of the key findings and implications.
- Support the annual cycle of identifying new investments - mapping the landscape of charities in thematic areas (e.g Apprenticeship and Skills), identifying high potential charities though analysis of key impact and financial data and reviewing the current evidence base.
- Play key role in due diligence of new charities, reviewing charity information (quantitative and qualitative) and drawing insights about their suitability for investment. This includes considering impact and scale potential, financial stability and developing a business case for investment including identifying risks.
- Developing knowledge and expertise in Education and Youth Employment staying up to date on relevant sector developments. This includes latest reports, evaluations, partnerships, awards, initiatives etc.
- Work closely with Public Affairs team and ensure teams are integrated in their thinking and approach. This includes ensuring charity work is informed by developments in the policy landscape and are positioned to benefit from them and that policy work is informed by the on the ground experience of our charities and their work with young people.
Cross team initiatives
- Support Impetus’ public affairs and philanthropy objectives through input into case studies, research and policy campaigns;
- Share the learning from our work across the team, across the organisation and externally;
- Work within Impetus strategy, policies and procedures.
Person specification
- A commitment to Impetus’ mission
- Highly analytical and numerate, with strong command of excel with modelling capabilities.
- Comfort with, and a talent for, strategic thinking; able to identify key strategic insights from a range of data outputs and translate into clear communication, including PowerPoint
- Previous experience working with charities. Could be in a previous role, pro-bono volunteer or Trustee capacity
- A strong interest in partnering closely with charities that are doing what it takes to get better
- Able to build productive, trust-based relationships internally and with external stakeholders including charity partners and co-investors
- Proven ability to work independently, and engage in substantive discourse
- Strong planning and time management, able to balance between priorities
- Displays tenacity and initiative
- Growth mind-set; seeks out and acts on feedback
- A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
Desirable
- Experience in consulting, or investment management.
- Experience in UK education and employability sectors
- Experience in charity impact management and/or evaluation
- Experience with scaling a venture/ project/ organisation
We believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more open, creative and gets better results.
We want our team at Impetus to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve. We also want our team to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, and where everyone is
encouraged to grow and develop.
We want to reach a diverse pool of candidates. We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need to in order to be successful.
We recognise the importance of a good work/life balance. We do everything we can to accommodate flexible working, including working from home, working part-time job shares and other arrangements.
Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore.
How to apply
Please send your CV and a one-page cover letter telling us why you’re applying for this role by 9am Monday 22 March 2021:
In order to complete your application please also complete our equal opportunities monitoring form:
You should also include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission. You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at interview stage.
First round interviews will take place week commencing 5 April 2021
Second round interviews will take place on week commencing 12 April 2021
Due to the large number of applications we receive, it is not possible to write to you should you not be shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.
Impetus is an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, or marital status. We value diversity and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
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The Operations Manager will lead, direct and manage services and business operations across Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham. The post holder will work with external partners/funders and be responsible for all aspects of service operations ensuring delivery of services in line with contract and funder requirements achieving high quality and positive outcomes for service users. This is a new, senior role within the charity.
The post holder will have wide ranging responsibilities for the performance and development of internal services and operations. The post offers significant opportunities for innovation, development and growth of existing services, working closely with the Service Development Manager/Fund raiser.
The post holder will also work with the Chief Executive, as part of a Senior Management Team, and will be the Deputy Chief Executive and be responsible for implementing the strategic plans and overall management of Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham ensuring the successful strategic development of the organisation, including business planning, internal policies, procedures and quality standards, cross-departmental working and external relations. The Operations Manager will be required to represent the organisation at a senior level both internally and externally.
The post holder will require business and financial acumen to ensure that current and future operations continue a sustainable and viable basis and can evidence positive outcomes and value in the market we are operating in.
Our services
Age UK Hammersmith and Fulham offers lots of services for older people and their carers.
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Job Title: Head of Bids
Salary: c. £50,000
Contract: Permanent/Full-time
Location: Remote working
We are working in partnership with The Avenues Group, to appoint a Head of Bids. The Avenues Group supports people with learning disabilities, autism, acquired brain injuries and complex needs across the South of England and the West Midlands. They have a strong reputation for small scale, effective community-based services that are innovative and guided by best practice.
This new role will lead and continuously improve the work related to tenders and grant applications. The postholder will be accountable to the Group Director of Business Development for the delivery of the Group’s Business Development objectives related to bids (tenders and grants). The successful candidate will jointly, with the Group Director of Business Development and senior directorate colleagues, facilitate a culture of ambition and innovation that leads to Avenues’ strategic ambitions being realised.
The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:
- Extensive track record of securing statutory funding via tenders and grants
- Ability to develop and lead operating plans, which translate strategic planning into functional management activities
- Leadership and line management experience, with the ability to offer guidance and coaching to colleagues who may occasionally lead or be involved in tender and grant applications
- Experience designing and overseeing processes and systems to support tender and grant activities
- Extensive knowledge of current public procurement procedures and processes
- Knowledge of current thinking in modern service delivery within health and social care, including in depth understanding of the expectations of statutory partners such as local authority and NHS commissioning
We are seeking a strategic, adaptable and engaging person, able to take ownership of the role and be an ambassador for the organisation. You will be a self-starter with excellent organisational and time management skills, able to manage multiple activities simultaneously and prioritise own and other’s workloads.
If you feel you have the skills and experience to succeed in this role please send your CV, supporting statement and Equal Opportunities and Diversity Monitoring Form to Adam Stacey, Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment.
Quote our reference JO2821.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law.
Closing date: 30 March 2021
Interviews: w/c 19 April 2021
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Allen Lane is recruiting an interim Finance Director for a further education college in central London.
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will galvanise and lead a team of 15 through an obviously challenging time.
You will oversee the effectively delivery and development of monthly management accounting packs and processes as well as coordinate an effective yearend process. As part of the Senior Leadership Team, you will contribute to the College’s strategic plan and ensure finances responsibilities are delivered against.
This is an interim assignment for an initial period of 6 months. At present, all staff are working remotely and this will be the case until government guidance changes. So whilst this will initially be 100% home working, there is a reasonable chance that travel to campus in central London will be expected at some stage during this assignment.
Interviews will take place w/c 18th January.
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Operations Manager (Maternity Cover)
12-month Fixed Term contract
Part Time 3 days a week (22.5hours), working hours to be negotiated
£33,750 - 37,500 FTE pro rated + 3% pension contribution
Home working, with regular meetings across London
We Are Family is a peer-to-peer support community by adopters, for adopters. We’re there for families throughout their adoption journey.
We are seeking a passionate and highly capable Operations Manager to help realise the mission of We Are Family Adoption (WAF), to ensure adoptive parents are part of peer-to-peer communities, offering each other support through the highs and lows of parenting.
Working closely with the Board of Trustees, the Operations Manager is the ‘engine-room’ of WAF. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring strong foundations for membership growth and scaling our services, from a governance, operations, and financial perspective.
This is an exciting time for our organisation. WAF is growing quickly, with more than 10 peer-to-peer support groups in the London region supporting around 760 members. We have 40+ volunteers and 2 part-time members of staff. We have ambitious plans to expand our membership and volunteer numbers, provide more of our existing services for more parents, design new services and raise income to support our organisation.
The ideal candidate will have management level experience gained within a not for profit or public sector body, with an excellent understanding of what it takes to run an effective and efficient volunteer-based organisation. You will likely have experience of leading projects, large or small, and be skilled at prioritising needs, deploying limited resources, setting targets, monitoring progress and producing stakeholder reporting. You will be an exceptional communicator, commercially astute and able to lead people. Knowledge of the adoption sector would be useful but is not essential. Candidates with experience of fundraising will be at an advantage.
Based at home, this is a flexible part-time role. An ability to work independently is key – you will also be highly organised, with experience of managing people, stakeholders, and external partners, as well as handling multiple and varied priorities.
If the opportunity to join an exciting, rapidly growing new charity appeals to you as someone able to make a valuable contribution, please send your CV and a covering e-mail setting out why you would like to join us and how you meet the requirements set out above to us via the link.
The Charity welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. All applicants will be considered on the basis of their merits and abilities for the post.
Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with openDemocracy to appoint their new Head of Finance. Our client is a compelling independent global media organisation, challenging power and encouraging democratic debate across the world though high-quality journalism.
Reporting to the Executive Director, you will join the team during an exciting period of growth. You will be leading the finance function within the organisation, providing strategic oversight of finance, compliance and risk. This will also include the financial management of grants, which are a major source of revenue for the organisation. Working in a diverse and inclusive team you will be tasked with reviewing and improving the process and use of systems to enhance the Finance Team's effectiveness. Furthermore you will play a key role in supporting and communicating with colleagues to positively develop openDemocracy's financial fluency, by equipping budget holders with clear, timely and comprehensive information about expenditure, budgets and financial performance. The objective to ensure both internal and external stakeholders (funders, partners, the general public) have timely financial information. The Head of Finance leads on line managing the Finance Manager and related finance administration and delivering the monthly reconciliation of funds, control accounts, VAT application and submission, through to the analysis and interpretation of data to aid organisational decision making.
To be successful, you need to be genuinely passionate about openDemocracy's mission to challenge power and inspire. You will have demonstrable experience within a similar finance role with strong leadership and communication skills to help develop the finance function and empower the team. You will have experience of leading on finance systems and processes with oversight of budgets, management accounts and monthly reports. Experience of working with grant management systems and the ability to speak a second language are desirable but not essential.
As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.
To register your interest and find out more about this unique opportunity, please submit a copy of your CV in Word doc format. Candidates shortlisted by Prospectus will be provided with a full job description. Supporting statements are not required at this stage of the application process.
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The Organisation
The South East Rivers Trust (SERT) is an environmental charity dedicated to achieving healthy river ecosystems for all across the South East of England. Our core values are central to all we strive to achieve, including bringing positive energy, expertise and specialist knowledge to develop good relationships and to deliver to a high standard making a real difference to rivers and their catchment areas.
The Role
The Finance and Operations Director is a new senior role in the organisation. It will provide leadership of the finance and operational staff to achieve the following key outcomes:
- Strategic leadership of finance and supporting trustees in their financial governance; including helping to develop a solid business model along with a sound financial strategy to underpin this.
- Effective financial management and managing the finance function; appropriate high quality budgeting and reporting systems, a solid control environment and efficient and effective transaction processing and compliance.
- People management and HR functions; including developing a strong staff resource model.
- Grant and contract management (including legal); to deliver effective process, procedure and systems to ensure end to end grant and project management.
The Candidate
The position will suit a strategic thinker who is friendly, calm and supportive with experience in growing and developing organisations. Experience of managing a successful finance function including setting finance strategy will be important and experience of people management and contract and grant management would be ideal. A passion for nature and an interest in environmental management would be an advantage.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
My client is a growing NHS Charity who is looking to recruit an Interim Accountant for 3 -6-months to help the finance team with some extra workload.
This will be a busy and varied role providing management accounting support to various people in the business and will also support some of the increased workstreams arising from new projects and extra work streams created from the COVID pandemic.
The successful candidate will be a part qualified or qualified management accountant and be very familiar with all aspects of financial management within a busy finance department.
They will be highly motivated and have excellent management, IT, communication, analytical and technical skills
You will quickly be expected to develop a good understanding of various contracts and workstreams and provide finance and non-finance people alike with the required financial data and analysis.
Qualifications/experience required
PQ / Qualified
Due to an increase in workload, my NHS Trust client is looking to recruit an interim Project Accountant for 4 – 6 months.
Working entirely from home your main duties will be to support the Finance Manager with a wide range of duties and conduct the due diligence and supporting financials to 3 major new contracts.
Key duties will include:
- Reviewing the financial information provided by NHSE/I
- Reviewing and running reports of relevant data
- Preparing financial analysis of current costs, forecast outturn and costs based on revised clinical models
- Preparing and writing reports
- Reviewing all aspects of the financial section of the contract to assess contractual terms
- Liaising with Head of Service to identify any additional information that may be needed
An audit background or prior experience of reviewing and evaluating new contracts in large organisations would be very useful
Good attention to detail, the ability to articulate and communicate various financial assumptions and the ability to work on your own are also key skills needed
NHS Trust is looking to recruit a professionally qualified experienced Financial Accountant for their Financial Services Team to help cover year end and the audit process
You must have in-depth specialist knowledge of financial and accounting procedures ideally relating to NHS legislation and have recent experience of leading the financial year-end process. You will be able to work effectively under pressure to deadlines and have the ability to work with conflicting demands and priorities
Candidates should have high experience of integrated accounting packages and knowledge of the NHS would be desirable.
This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the finance team at a busy and interesting time of the calendar year