Finance Manager

We have a fantastic opportunity for a part-time Finance Manager to join our client’s leadership team, helping support the CEO to set the finance strategy.

The charity 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.

Position: Finance Manager

Location: Lewisham, London

Salary: £35 - £37,000; pro-rata and depending on experience,

Hours: Part time, permanent, 14 hours per week

Closing Date: 9pm, 30th May 2021

About the role:

As Finance Manager 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. You will line manage a Finance and Admin Officer.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Create and deliver financial policies, in conjunction with the CEO
• Ensure the organisation is operating with a sustainable financial model
• Organise payroll, expenses, external invoices and client hardship payments
• Support service managers to meet their project budgets
• Manage recording of donations and grants and Gift Aid
• Produce quarterly management accounts, funder reports, etc.
• Produce the annual accounts and liaise with the Independent Examiner/Auditor
• Reconcile transactions and records to ensure financial control using Quickbooks
• Prepare and develop organisational budgets in collaboration with the CEO
• Prepare a quarterly finance report for Trustees and liaise with the Treasurer to ensure the Board of Trustees is aware of financial developments and forecasts

About You:

To be successful in the role of Finance Manager you will have a relevant accounting background and/or qualification with an excellent understanding of, and experience of, financial planning.

Other essential skills/experience include:

• Organised with a high level of attention to detail.
• Experience working with financial recording software
• Track record of overseeing finance and managing budgets
• Experience of working in the Not-For-Profit sector and of SORP and charity compliance framework
• An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills
• A Passion for social impact
• Ability to use Microsoft Office applications and caseload management systems

The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check

Other roles you may have experience of could include; Charity Finance Manager, Head of Finance, Finance Team Leader, Finance Analyst, Senior Finance Manager, Interim Finance Manager, Financial Accounting Manager, Finance Manger etc.

My client is looking for an immediately available, part time Finance Manager to join their team asap for 2 days a week in a sole role.

Client Details

A small Human Rights Charity in West London

Description

• 2 days a month: all Transactional duties
• Payroll for 12 employees
• Credit Control: Grant & Legal Aid
• Management Accounts: Commentary, P&L, Balance Sheets, Reports

Profile

Candidates must be:

• Immediately Available or up to one weeks notice
• ACCA, CIMA or Equivalent: Part Qual or QBE
• Quickbooks experience
• Happy to work Part time - 1 day in the office per week

Job Offer

£15-17ph depending on experience

Temp to Perm

Flexible hours/WFH

Due to a recent merger, this NHS Trust is looking for some Interim Finance Manager support over the next 6 months in their Finance Business Partnering team

Key responsibilities will include:

• To work closely with senior managers across the Trust to provide a comprehensive range of expert financial advice, training and support
• To communicate complex financial information to non-financial managers in a manner that is clear and effective, to facilitate effective decision making.
• To actively contribute to the priorities of the Finance Department, taking the lead on the financial impact of business cases and developments relating to the assigned directorates
• To maintain effective working relationships with other members of the Finance and Commercial Services Directorate, Clinical and Corporate Management Teams, Budget Holders, and other Trust staff, actively responding to their needs and delivering high levels of customer satisfaction.
• To provide full support to the Finance Business Partner, and deputise as appropriate.

You will need to be a qualified accountant and have some recent management accounts experience. A can do attitude and the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines is also essential

Good excel skills are essential

Part Time Finance Manager (22.5 hours a week)

Bromley

£55,000 (pro rota)

• Are you an experienced Finance Manager with GP, Primary care or health experience?
• Are you looking for part time work?
• Do you have experience of Financial and Management reporting?

If so, a GP Federation based in Bromley may be interested in speaking with you.

Duties and Responsibilities include -

Management & annual accounts

• Production of monthly Management Accounts
• Monthly review of performance vs. budget by cost centre
• Support drafting of Company annual accounts

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Creation of annual budget
• Commercial review of existing business
• Finance oversight and modelling of new business/bids

Sales Ledger

• Monthly invoicing
• Monthly invoicing
• Debt collection

Supplier/Treasury

• Practice payment calculations and payment upload
• Liaising with our Purchase Ledger Manager to ensure suppliers are paid promptly
• Supplier management/escalations

PCN services

• Production of PCN monthly management accounts
• PCN Development fund reporting

Payroll

• Liaising with our payroll provider to ensure staff are paid accurately
• Responsible for all matters in relation to company payroll and pensions

Essential experience

• Fully qualified, finalist or QBE CCAB Accountant (or equivalent)
• Experience within Primary Care, GP or other health services
• Strong technical Accounting experience including Management and Financial reporting
• Supervision or Management experience
• Strong Business Partnering skills

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Our partner is a faith-based organisation operating globally. They are seeking an experienced finance leader to support regional finance heads in strengthening the finance function of the overseas offices, building their capacity, and ensuring that they meet their donor compliance and reporting requirements

Responsibilities

• Lead the team of regional finance heads, whilst taking responsibility for a number of overseas offices. This will include supporting them in managing the day to day aspects of their accounting, banking and credit, and in applying for grants and meeting the compliance and reporting requirements.
• Lead in the continual improvement of policies and processes, and foster an environment of understanding and compliance to these.
• Part of the senior management team, reporting to the senior leadership on the financial health and performance of the overseas offices.

Requirements

• Qualified or QBE accountant, with experience in developing and strengthening internal controls and processes, evaluating and strengthening operational models, financial management, and reporting.
• Strong business partner, with experience in capacity building staff.
• International experience and ability to successfully work across different cultures
• Experience of leading a team
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable working in a faith-based organisation

This role offers flexibility in terms of the location of the candidate, and the salary will reflect the base of the candidate. For those candidates in the UK, the salary is c. £45,000 - £50,000, depending on experience.

Harris Hill Charity Recruiters are proud to be working alongside an amazing charity that is dedicated to providing healthcare and preventative methods to some of the most disadvantaged children in several impoverished regions of the world.

The Role
This part-time role is initially for a 3-month contract however the recruitment process for the permanent replacement is on-going, so your appointment will place you as the front-runner.

This is a stand-alone role and will be to provide financial control, management, and reporting to support the day-to-day operational services, business systems and governance.

This long-established, caring charity is gearing up to continually be improving their important work.They have an office in Central London but given the current situation, the role can be managed remotely with occasional visits into to London to meet the team.

The part-time Finance Manager will be a key player in the charity leadership in contact with the Trustees and CEO and all partner organisation colleagues. The role requires a dynamic multi-tasker and people-person of integrity who is also keen to deliver a professional-client finance service.

There is plenty of opportunities to shape the finance functions and make the role your own whilst helping the charity evidence its financial value. A go-ahead approach to setting and delegating budgets, sharing finance information, and securing the best value will be timely across the dedicated team.

You will work directly with the CEO which means there is also scope to work to progress business planning and strategy.

Skills and Experience
The essential and desirable skills and experience include an accountancy or AAT qualification and at least 4 years in financial management within the charity sector.

You will have the aptitude, energy and cheerful personality to contribute positively to the small, friendly and committed team.

Good Luck!

Senior Finance Manager

Permanent

Happy to consider 0.8-1 FTE

Sheffield (with flexible blended working)

£39,158.83 pa + benefits to include 9% pension contribution

Help achieve more for nature’s recovery and the local community!

Our client is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts working to make the United Kingdom a better place for people and wildlife. They are supported by nearly 6,000 members and hundreds of local volunteers.

They are currently looking for an experienced finance/accounting professional to ensure that the Trust has excellent strategic financial management and prudent use of resources.

The role

This is a senior executive role within the organisation, responsible for accounting for the Trust’s finances as well as leading the support service provision delivered both in-house and by external suppliers.

Your duties will include;

• Working with and advising the CEO and Trustees on strategic financial management
• Ensuring compliance with all legal and statutory reporting requirements of the Trust
• Leading, managing and developing the Finance and Support Services teams to provide excellent support to staff and volunteers across the Trust.
• The development and delivery of operational financial management systems.
• Supporting the HR & Ops Manager and the team to contract, coordinate and deliver excellent facilities and asset management.
• Managing contracts with external suppliers to ensure the delivery of good value services for the Trust.

They are looking for someone with the following skills and experience:

• Excellent knowledge and experience of preparing accounts for auditing, financial management and risk control, asset management and the development of operational financial management systems, ideally within a charity.
• An appropriate accountancy qualification (ideally part or fully qualified)
• Substantial experience and knowledge gained within financial management.
• Experience of facilities management and/or IT development would also be an advantage but is not essential.

They would also love to meet someone who has a strong personal affinity with the work of the Trust in meeting its Charitable Objectives.

The Role

Is to provide financial control, management and reporting to support our day-to-day operational services, business systems and governance. We are a long-established, caring charity gearing up to grow. We currently have an office in Newick but given the geography of our area the role can be managed remotely with occasional visits only to Newick and to other venues to meet with the team. 

The Finance and Business Manager will be a key player in the charity leadership in contact with Trustees and managers and liaising with frontline staff, clients, carers, funders and all partner organisation colleagues. The role requires a dynamic multi-tasker and people-person of integrity who is also keen to deliver a professional client finance service. 

We want Headway to be cost-efficient, competitive and 100% client and carer friendly in all financial transactions. This will help us achieve excellent, user-friendly, communications around all aspects of our finance and business. 

There is plenty of opportunity to shape the finance and business function and make the role your own whilst helping the charity evidence its financial value. A go-ahead approach to setting and delegating budgets, sharing finance information and securing best value will be timely across our changing team.

There is also scope to work with the Chief Executive to progress business sponsorship, funding development and use of IT as part of business planning and strategy.

Skills and Experience

The essential and desirable skills and experience are shown in the Job Description Person Spec and include an accountancy or AAT qualification and at least 4 years in finance management. You will have the aptitude  energy and cheerful personality to contribute positively to our small, friendly and committed team. 

My client has been an academic hub in London for almost 200 years, some of its early members being Charles Darwin and William Thackeray. Since these early years, many of the world’s greatest writers and thinkers have been intimately connected with this extraordinary institution. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a magnificent setting so rich in history. The finance team are seeking an ambitious part-qualified accountant to join the team on an initial temporary basis.

Responsibilities:

• Managing all transactional accounting and payroll
• Completing VAT returns
• Posting journals for month end
• Supporting the audit, answering queries
• Control account reconciliations
• Identifying improvement opportunities for processes and procedures and implementing them.

Person Specification:

• At least part-qualified or QBE accountant
• Experience in all the above duties
• Inquisitive, solutions focused, eager to develop and improve the finance function, organised and a strong communicator.

AHOY's mission is to change people’s lives through sailing and rowing. From our base on the Thames in Deptford, London we provide opportunities for young people and the local community including those at-risk, disadvantaged or with learning disabilities. The water-based activities we offer using London’s greatest natural resource, the River Thames, are not usually accessible in this area of London. Through sailing, rowing and related learning activities we break down social barriers, develop essential life skills, confidence and pride, and bring people together from many walks of life to work together as a community helping others. Our activities and programmes are focused on teaching transferable and employable skills.

We are seeking a Finance and Charity Services Manager who will play a crucial role as a member of the Senior Leadership Team reporting to the Board of Trustees.

You will be responsible for all financial activities. You will use your experience as a charity finance professional to work with colleagues and trustees to agree and monitor budgets, maintain financial records, provide support for fundraising and ensure effective financial controls and compliance.  You will manage the Finance Administrator.

In addition to your financial responsibilities, you will use your analytical skills and charity experience to develop AHOY’s systems and procedures for measuring outcomes and social impact to demonstrate the value of what we do.  

You will also be responsible for other administrative support processes.

You will be a part qualified or qualified accountant with experience of charity financial management. You will be well organised, able to work on your own initiative as well as collaboratively and have excellent interpersonal skills.

Whilst this is a full time role, there is also the option to work part-time with some adjustment to responsibilities.  Please state in your covering letter if you would like to discuss part-time working.

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The Role

The purpose of this role is to support the Director of Professional Services with:

1. Finance and due diligence projects.
2. Supporting the Financial Controllers oversee the full annual cycle of finances for each entity in the Group.
3. Taking the lead on all VAT related matters including preparing the VAT return quarterly.

Key responsibilities

1. Project Management

• Take a leading role in finance and due diligence projects as delegated by the Director of Professional Services.
• Plan, manage, track, assign tasks and deliver on projects assigned.
• Seek feedback from key stakeholders on key processes in Finance and other professional services areas for review and improvement.

2. Supporting the Financial Controllers with 

• Preparation and analysis of annual budgets and monthly management accounts
• Business partnering all operational Heads of Department as required
• Cash flow forecasting
• Authorisation of payments (fortnightly payruns; monthly payroll)
• Annual statutory accounts preparation and liaison with the external auditors
• Providing financial input to the Fundraising team on funding proposals and donor communications
• Providing new and potential plant churches with financial advice, and assisting in the set-up of their accounting systems where necessary (including running initial expenditure through CRT books if required)
• Liaising with the London Diocese on clergy and church related matters

3. VAT

• Preparation of the VAT return for each of the quarterly VAT returns
• Point of contact for all VAT queries and researching VAT related topics relevant to all charities.
• Responsible for the M-Tab VAT categorisation for all entities.

4. Overall Finance Team

• Taking occasional lead in Finance Team prayer meetings and bible studies.

The Right Candidate

• Recognised senior accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or similar)
• Proven ability to juggle different aspects of a role and multi-task – meeting differing needs of several stakeholders in a highly professional way
• Experience of project management in a finance environment
• High level of computer literacy with Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Experience of preparing year-end statutory accounts, and liaison with external auditors.
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ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified Accountant required

Experience of successful programme management, Finance ERP implementation and outstanding stakeholder engagement

Client Details

A well-respected Global Charity with its headquarters in Surrey is looking to appoint a Finance Programme Manager (ERP Preparedness)

In line with its Global Strategy for greater organisational impact, efficiency and financially sustainability, they are transforming the Finance across the organisation.

This significant role will programme manage one key aspect of the transformation: the preparedness of the finance functions and business for the ongoing implementation of an integrated new ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics 365) and a new Monitoring and Evaluation system. The postholder will work alongside an established Systems Project team to ensure Finance requirements in respect of the implementation are well defined and planned to ensure finance business processes are ready for the implementation within Finance departments and wider business based at the Global Hub, four Regional Hubs and in 55 country offices across the globe.

Experience of successful programme management, Finance ERP implementation and outstanding stakeholder engagement skills are essential to this role.

Description

• A programme plan of preparations required of the Finance community and beyond for the related aspects of the implementation is created. This will include
  • Assessing the business process implications for key financial accounting transactions
  • Assessing the business process implications for grants and project finance accounting
  • Assessing the business process implications for year-end processes
  • Assessing the implications for budgets, forecasts and management reporting
  • Assessing the data migration strategy and implications
  • Assessing the implications of monitoring and evaluation system
  • Ensure all other aspects are identified, assessed and prepared for

• Business processes are appropriately reviewed and improved in preparation for the rollout, and that wider benefits from the rollout are maximised.
• There is clarity about the scope of specific aspects of the project and how they integrate and how they will impact business processes (for example distinction between D365, Data warehouse, BPC and Power BI) to ensure end to end integration.
• There is mutual shared understanding between finance team and the systems programme team of both the finance requirements and the systems procedures, to ensure alignment and support resolution for areas where alignment may differ.
• Understand end to end finance processes and the scope of the ERP implementation, which is a subset of the overall process. Working with the Director of Accounting Services and other GH Finance staff to ensure that due consideration if given to the ongoing integrity of those finance processes which are outside the scope of the new ERP system and that there are plans to streamline those out of scope processes where appropriate.
• Testing and implementation of the ERP are well planned to reflect the operational environment of the receiving Finance teams and beyond and that finance team supports effectively.
• Global Finance teams and beyond are well briefed about what is expected of them and when, have appropriate training and are supported to resolve operational risks and issues.
• Finance subject matter experts contribute fully to developing the solution and in preparation of implementation streamlining finance processes, preparation of written guidance and training solutions ahead of ERP implementation.
• As rollout is implemented, Finance teams globally proceed as planned, any issues are identified and resolved swiftly.
• Build a strong programme management approach with regular review meetings to track progress against the plan, assess risks and resourcing implications, ensure issues are identified and resolved and appropriate escalation as needed. Thereby ensuring the preparation for and implementation of rollout remains on time and is successful.
• Ongoing relationships with internal stakeholders are well-managed to identify and deliver solutions that benefit all.

Profile

• ACA/CIMA/ACCA Qualified Accountant

• Substantial experience of leading a large project or programme management of complex initiatives
• Proven experience of working with Systems Programme teams and business process owners to successfully develop and implement D365 (or similar ERP) within a global Finance function
• Working with business teams and Dynamics Product Owner to capture, understand and improve business processes, and to translate these requirements into design solutions to meet operational objectives
• Solid programme expertise and record keeping, from requirement gathering to implementation and support
• Ability to clearly articulate change management and training requirements
• Ability to contribute to effective project management and governance to achieve best possible value and customer service
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

• Knowledge of the D365 product suite
• Strong MS Dynamics 365 implementation and delivery experience
• Experience of DevOps, Agile and the concepts of CI/CD
• API Integration and Development
• Programme Management Qualifications
• Experience of INGOs
• Lean, six sigma qualifications
• Understanding of innovations such as data analytics and AI

Job Offer

25 days holiday

Remote based job

Generous pension scheme

Friendly team

Career progression opportunites

Nova is the support organisation for the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector in Wakefield District and we are currently looking to recruit a Finance & Funding Support Officer to join our small, highly motivated team.

This is an exciting new role at Nova, which will work as part of the Operations Team, providing comprehensive day to day finance and administrative support for Nova Wakefield District.

This is a great time to join the team - this is a new role that you will be encouraged and supported to develop.