The Grange is an enterprising and dynamic not-for-profit business with a turnover of over £4m. We provide accommodation, care, training and social opportunities for 120 adults with learning disabilities.

We are recruiting for a new, full time role, providing strategic leadership alongside the Chief Executive Officer. You will drive delivery of our long term plan and foster innovation, whilst maintaining careful stewardship of the charity’s finances. A qualified accountant, you will have an excellent understanding of charity finance and good governance, fulfilling the role of Company Secretary. You will lead a diverse group of teams, encouraging a collaborative and efficient culture.

This is an exciting time in the life of our 80 year old charity, when you can use your skills and knowledge to support digital transformation, identify new income streams and build new alliances to increase our resilience.

The Grange is based in a beautiful Victorian mansion set in eight acres of landscaped grounds in the Surrey countryside. It is an exciting, creative and rewarding place to work. We are an inclusive and welcoming organisation, where we celebrate people’s differences and harness individual strengths. Come and feel the magic for yourself – and help to transform the lives of others.

Due to the nature of the role we will undertake an enhanced DBS (at the cost of The Grange), and two satisfactory references will be required. The Grange is an equal opportunities employer.

To find out more please take a look at the Recruitment Pack available on our website.

Interviews to be held on 11th June, 2021. 

We always encourage prospective staff and volunteers to visit the site: this will form part of the selection process, but you are welcome to come at any time.  Just contact our HR Officer via the main switchboard or email to arrange a visit (this is currently dependent on the latest infection control restrictions for the Covid 19 pandemic).

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.

Charity People are very pleased to be partnering with a growing and forward thinking charity to help them recruit a Senior Finance Manager.

A wonderful opportunity has come up to with this c.£1.2+ million children's charity which has grown in the past couple of years. My client is looking for a forward thinking, agile Senior Finance Manager to come in and work in partnership with the Senior Management Team, Board of Directors, the Finance and Risk committee and the staff to add value to the organisation. You will be the sole charge UK Finance person for this charity.

This is a brilliant opportunity for a Qualified hands on Finance Manager or someone Qualified by Experience who has the relevant experience and skills to join this small forward thinking growing charity and make it their own.

You will be mainly working from home and should be able to commute into Central London couple of times a month once the lockdown eases. This role is very much open to 5 days a week or 4 days a week where the salary will be prorated.

The salary being offered is £47,000 - £50,000 per annum (this will be pro ratad if the candidate is looking to work 4 days a week).

Being the sole charge Finance Manager, your main duties and responsibilities are:
- Processing of invoices
- Doing the bank reconciliation
- Preparation of management accounts
- Dealing with the auditors
- Maintain the asset register
- Act as company Secretary
- Coordinate and quality control of the annual budget and quarterly forecasts
- Prepare the Year-End accounts with the support of the Treasurer
- Prepare the accounts according to Charity SORP
- Arrange supplier payments and resolve queries
- Deal with the payroll provider

Candidates applying for this role must have the following skills and experience:
- Experience working for a Charity and preparing accounts according to Charity SORP
- Should be able to work within a small close-knit team and be very hands on
- Should have very strong Excel skills (Vlookups, Pivot tables, Sumifs, spreadsheets etc)
- Have the ability to look beyond numbers and be commercially minded
- Someone who looks at the bigger picture
- Proactive, problem solving ability and have strong interpersonal skills
- Understanding of risk or if you have worked with a Finance and Risk committee is essential
- Candidates who are QBE are welcomed to apply for this role or must have recognised CCAB qualifications (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA)

The closing date for this role is 23rd May, 2021
First stage will be held w/c 24th May, 2021

If you have the necessary skills and experience, please apply with a copy of your CV. Candidates shortlisted will be required to write a supporting statement.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

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. 

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

About us

North Bristol NHS Trust is an ambitious teaching and research organisation, and a specialist regional centre for Major Trauma, Neurosciences, Plastics and Burns, Orthopaedic and Renal services. The Trust has a turnover of over £700m and 8,000 staff predominately based in our state of art hospital on the Southmead site. The Trust is proud that our clinical teams have built a strong reputation for exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

The role

We are currently looking to recruit an exceptional, professional and highly motivated Assistant Director of Finance with a depth of leadership experience to ensure that all areas of financial management are delivered for the Trust.

This is a key role in the senior finance team and will work closely with the Director of Operational Finance to provide leadership and direction to improve all areas of financial management and reporting in the Trust. As the Assistant Director of Finance, you will be required to ensure that all financial systems are operating effectively and that appropriate control and monitoring arrangements are in place to ensure both internal and external reporting timescales are achieved.

The role will be key in setting the Annual Financial Framework and Budgets and support delivery of the Financial Strategy and recovery plans of the Trust post Covid.

In this role you will be responsible for the leadership of a large finance team and will be accountable for the management, motivation and development of the team. You will also have responsibilities in providing co-ordination and support to the devolved Finance Business Partners of the Trust

About you

To succeed in the role at NBT you will:

• Be a qualified accountant with significant financial management experience working in a large, complex organisation and ideally an understanding of the acute sector, operational flows and complex clinical pathways.
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and demonstrable experience of leading and engaging with finance and other corporate functions to develop a mature and rounded service.
• Be financially and politically aware, bringing a high level of NHS knowledge on the delivery of transformational change and the wider NHS agenda including the challenges in moving towards an ICS; deputising for the Director of Operational Finance as appropriate.
• Be a strong leader able to communicate well with your peers and team members and have resilience to adapt quickly to changing priorities and demands from internal and external stakeholders and the wider health economy.

For more information on this opportunity including a detailed job description and person spec please contact Nicola Shaw our retained consultant at Morgan Law.

Closing date: 6th June

Interview date: Friday 25th June

This post offers a new and exciting opportunity for an ambitious and enthusiastic professional to join a relatively new multi-academy trust. You will provide all aspects of book keeping and management accounting services to the schools in the Trust as well as supporting the central finance team.  This role will be critical in ensuring that funds available for educating children are maximised.

The role will play an important part in working with the headteachers and finance staff at each school in supporting annual budget setting, completing monthly accounting and producing high quality monthly management accounts. You will remain abreast of funding and legislative changes that apply to the education sector and will provide the schools with high calibre financial insight to guide the headteachers and Academy Governing Boards in their strategic and financial planning and management

You will regularly visit schools within the Trust to develop a good working knowledge of those schools and deliver the necessary accounting services to a high standard. The role provides the flexibility of working from home when not visiting schools.

The prime responsibility of this role is to the children, families and communities that the Trust serves. 

The Agora Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, there will therefore be a need for the successful applicant to complete an enhanced DBS check and self-declaration form, we will also need to obtain references in advance on any candidate short-listed for interview.

We are seeking a strategic and ambitious individual with business partnering experience to support the financial management and strategic decision making of Blood Cancer UK. Through influencing senior leaders, the Finance Business Partner will be a key player in enabling the strategy’s strong focus on fundraising and the implementation of a significant multi-year investment programme as part of our new fundraising strategy.

As Finance Business Partner you'll lead the financial decision-making support and analysis in each of our four directorates, working closely with the executive directors as well as their senior teams. As a critical friend you will support them with strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting, preparing and challenging of business cases, and in understanding their monthly results. A key focus of your work will be the support of the fundraising directorate. Blood Cancer UK is entering an exciting period of investment into fundraising and you will provide the senior leadership team with timely analysis of each of the investment streams, devising and monitoring key performance indicators for the successful delivery of the fundraising investment programme.

The finance team looks after all aspects of finance, planning, procurement and risk. Your role is part of the Finance leadership team. You will be contributing to and shaping our financial strategy working closely with the Finance Director and the rest of the leadership team. You will also be championing our business partnering and continuous improvement culture in the wider finance team in the delivery of a first-class finance service to the whole organisation.

WHFS is looking for an experienced financial specialist to join its team.

As the Head of Finance, you will be responsible for the charity’s financial management and with the Chief Executive, have oversight of HR and IT operations.  A member of the senior team, you will help shape the organisation’s strategy and provide financial modelling to support sustainability and expansion. You will report directly to the Chief Executive and liaise with our Treasurer.

You will be professionally qualified, have a least three years' experience in a finance role and previously acted in a company secretarial role or providing support to Trustee Boards in a finance capacity. Highly experienced in accounting software packages and experience of transitioning from external accounts provision to in-house is desirable.

WHFS is a women-led charity supporting marginalised women in East London. We are best known for Maternity Mates which supports vulnerable pregnant women and our FGM/C survivors and women's health programme. 

Our aim is to support women to improve their health and wellbeing in a meaningful and sustainable way, by giving them the knowledge and confidence they need to do it for themselves. One of the key ways we do this, is to recruit and train local women volunteers to provide emotional and practical support through meaningful relationships.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion. As a women-led charity, our team is representative of the local communities we work with in London.

Interviews will be held on Friday 28th May 2021.
 

1. Overall

The Finance Officer will have overall responsibility for entering all financial data into QuickBooks, through to balance sheet stage. We are looking for an experienced book-keeper who can work with little supervision, able to manage workload to meet reporting deadlines.

2. Specific tasks

• Enter, process and post invoices, expenses forms and requests for payment
• Record income and expenditure
• Maintain and reconcile direct debits, to investigate and resolve discrepancies
• Maintain petty cash system
• Undertake BACS payment runs
• Reconcile supplier statements to purchase ledger balances and resolve discrepancies
• Responsible for credit control
• Charge card reconciliation
• Import Payroll
• Reconcile bank accounts
• Calculate and enter accruals and prepayments, deferred income, deferred expenses, accrued income and all other postings necessary to prepare monthly management accounts on Quickbooks
• Reconcile all balance sheet accounts
• Calculate and post cost centre allocations
• Check monthly payroll to timesheets and prepare allocation of salary costs between cost centres
• Sourcing and purchasing supplies for the Hub e.g. printer paper

3. Person Specification

3.1 Knowledge and skills

• Preferably AAT qualified, or qualified by experience
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Accurate, with very good attention to detail
• Ability to work across teams
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Ability to work independently and use own initiative

3.2 Communication Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Personable and approachable
• Ability to communicate well with colleagues and suppliers

PLEASE COMPLETE OUR APPLICATION FORM ON OUR WEBSITE  dens. org. uk

If you wish to find out more about the post, please ring our HR Manager, Jacky Stafford on 0 1 442 - 4 1 2 340. 

Join Britain’s biggest walking charity to help more people enjoy the benefits of walking.  This is an exciting time to join the Ramblers team and a great opportunity to make a lasting and tangible impact on the future success of the charity.

Purpose of Role

To support the day-to-day transactions by providing financial services to the charity and its stakeholders with the delivery of finance functions. This includes providing a core service of accurate and efficient invoice and payment processing. To support the finance team with maintaining financial health and making sure that the charity uses its resources beneficially. 

Essential requirements include:

• Experience and knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting including the processing of purchase and sales invoices 
• Experience in BACS and cheque run 
• Organisational and time management skills 
• Experience of accounting software 
• Experience in providing support to staff and budget holders 
• Dealing with third-party queries. 
• Ability to prioritise manage own workload and meet tight deadlines workload
• Strong oral and written communication 
• High standard and accuracy of written work 
• Proficient in Microsoft products, particularly Excel and word 

The Ramblers are an equal opportunities employer.  We promote diversity and warmly welcome applications from appropriately qualified people from all sections of the community.

Senior Finance Analyst

Location:?Stratford?1-2 days per week (expect significant home-working to begin with)

Salary: £44,000 - £48,000

Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week)

Flexible working

Closing Date: 20th May

We're looking for a qualified Senior Finance Analyst to join our team. In this exciting role, you will own and deliver timely, high quality and insightful reporting and financial planning for specified business areas. Using your expertise and experience, you'll provide high quality analysis and decision support to initiatives and projects across the organisation.

You will have significant experience of financial reporting and financial modelling. You'll be fantastic at building relationships at all levels, with the ability to thrive in a matrix structure, and ideally, you'll also have a passion for our cause.

Key?Accountabilities:?

Analysis and Financial Decision Support

• Use your expertise and experience to provide high quality analysis and decision support to initiatives, projects and business cases from any area of CRUK as requested by the finance leadership

• Analyse trends and performance, feeding findings into forecasts and long-term financial planning

• Produce analysis that turns data into insight, helping decision makers to understand the impact of their initiatives and decisions on the Charity's financial plan

Financial Planning

• Develop and provide income/expenditure modelling to support all financial planning (forecasting, budgeting and long-term planning) for specific business areas. Communicate clearly to enable the organisation to own and take responsibility for their plans
• Act as an advocate and role model for understanding cost drivers and cost control

Financial Reporting

• Own and deliver timely and insightful reporting for your specified business areas. Understand what is needed to inform decision making and identify and clearly communicate the impact on the future
• Review existing management information and analysis to find efficiencies and improvements ensuring that resource is focused on the organisation's top priorities
• Work closely with the management accounts team to ensure accounts are complete and correct

Key Technical Skills, Knowledge,?Experience?and Behaviours:?

Minimum Criteria:

• A qualified accountant (or by experience) with post-qualification experience
• Significant experience of complex financial planning, modelling and reporting
• Significant experience of building, managing and evolving business partnering relationships at senior management level
• Advanced excel skills, and has previously worked with financial modelling and with large, complicated data sets
• Proven ability to influence a range of stakeholders, including Directors and Heads to deliver strong financial controls

What will I gain??

Without you we wouldn't be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So, we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership, childcare vouchers and much more.?We want to ensure that you have the best work/life balance possible, so we actively encourage a flexible working culture for all of our roles wherever possible.?Depending on your role, options for flexibility could include homeworking, reduced or flexi-hours, job shares, job splits, and core hours. For the majority of our office-based roles?you'll only be?required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average.?You'll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately, you'll know that you'll be changing lives through your work.???

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If you're as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years.?

How to apply:?

Please submit your CV online

Together, we will beat cancer.