Head of Finance - Arts Charity - Central London

A world renowned arts institution based in West Central London are currently looking for a Head of Finance to run their finance function. Reporting into the COO, we are looking for a fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) who will be:

• Responsible for overall day to day management of the finance function
• Responsible for managing the finance team - 2 qualified direct reports
• Producing the year-end financial statements and lead on the annual audit
• Providing senior stakeholders across the organisation with excellent management information
• Work with the COO on ad hoc project work to improve the overall running and efficiency of the organisation

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast paced, not for profit organisation who are at the start of a very exciting period of growth. We are particularly interested to hear from candidates from a commercial background who are looking for that first position in the not for profit sector.

This position will be paying between £65,000 and £70,000 (dependent upon experience) with a great benefits package.

If you have a keen interest in the Arts and would like to discuss the vacancy further please do apply now. If not, but you are looking for a new position in the charity sector please send your CV to [email protected] and I will be in touch.

Head of Finance - Arts Charity - Central London

Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will provide vital interim cover to the financial leadership post whilst a thorough permanent recruitment campaign is concluded.

Key duties include;

• Manage the day to day activities of the finance department and be responsible for its reporting systems and accounting controls.
• Review internal controls and update financial policies and procedures manual accordingly
• Manage month-end procedures and ensure all monthly management accounts and reports are accurately prepared on time including commentary and variance analysis
• Lead the year-end statutory accounts preparation and audit, including liaison with auditors
• Oversee the timely production of audited annual accounts in SORP format.

Key person specification;

• Fully qualified Accountant
• Demonstrable experience delivering a set of SORP accounts
• Demonstrable experience leading the finance function of a £10m> organisation.
• If you can display the above aptitudes and characteristics we would love to hear from you.

Please note applications will be reviewed prior to closing date and as such immediate application is recommended.

Financial Accountant, London: £45,000 + Benefits

On behalf of a national charity and household name, we're recruiting for a Financial Accountant to deputise for the Financial Accounting and Control Manager and support the delivery of operational effectiveness and controls. The Financial Accountant will be responsible for primary ledgers, financial controls, production and reconciliation of the balance sheet, cash flow, VAT / Tax compliance, statutory accounts production and other external reporting. This role will particularly suit a finalist or newly qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA) from practice who is looking for their first step "in-house".

Main Duties:

• Ensure implementation, enforcement and monitoring of internal control procedures
• Reviewing journals and balance sheet reconciliations
• Monitoring and forecasting cash flow and maintaining treasury management procedures and controls including banking mandates
• Preparation of quarterly VAT returns and oversight of tax compliance
• Evaluating, developing and embedding financial processes and procedures ensuring full documentation
• Support the Financial Accounting and Control Manager in the delivery of the Annual Report and Accounts and preparation of Trading Company and Statutory Accounts, liaising with Audit

Person Specification:

• Newly qualified of finalist level accountant (ACA or ACCA) ideally with charity accounting (SORP 2015) experience
• Experience in preparing VAT returns, giving advice in relation to VAT and in Tax compliance and the calculation arising under VAT partial exemption methods
• Experience in treasury management, including liaising with banks and investment managers
• Experience in preparation of consolidated Statutory Accounts and dealing with external audit
• Implementation of financial control processes and procedures
• SunSystems, Proactis and TM1 systems knowledge would be ideal

The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and .

Nightingale Hammerson has an excellent reputation in the Jewish community and beyond as an outstanding, compassionate, professional organisation, providing exemplary residential, dementia and nursing care in London.

We are currently seeking a Director of Finance with responsibility for overseeing all aspects of Finance and IT, for both the Charity and its subsidiaries.

This is a key leadership role ensuring that our regulatory requirements are met and providing key strategic input. Your responsibilities will include managing the IT function as well as providing leadership and developing the finance team.

The successful candidate will ensure effective financial planning and reporting to improve the decision-making processes of senior managers and the trustees.

You will be in possession of a recognised professional qualification in accountancy. You should have a high degree of IT literacy and be comfortable with change management. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and enjoy being a flexible team player, with an ability to inspire, motivate and empower those around you.

You will demonstrate a commitment to our values and be passionate about working with us to improve the lives of our residents.

Last year Nightingale Hammerson was awarded an outstanding Care Quality Commission rating, placing us in the top 1% of care homes in the UK and we have ambitious plans going forward. With the ongoing £40m capital redevelopment of Hammerson House and upcoming transformation projects across finance and technology, this is a truly exciting time to join the organisation as Director of Finance and ICT.

To apply, please send your CV and supporting statement via the link. Please contact Bryony Feeney at Allen Lane to find out more about our selection process.

We offer a generous staff benefits scheme, 25 days annual leave plus 8 days bank holiday.

Please note this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Closing date: 8th January 2020

Shortlisting: 16th January 2020

Interviews w/c:   20th January 2020

• Social Enterprise
• Central London
• Permanent role – c£60,000 plus benefits
• Finance Business Partner

This is a fantastic opportunity for a proven Finance Business Partner to join a dynamic and innovative social enterprise in Central London.

The organisation is one of the global leading partnerships in their field, working with international partners to deliver their research. As a not for profit social enterprise, the organisation is working collaboratively with a range of select institutes to deliver a new ground-breaking project, it is an exciting time to join.

The role: as Finance Business Partner, you will be working with the executive community, providing financial decision support and improving the financial planning process across a range of complex projects to multiple non-finance stakeholders and project leads. Reporting to the Finance Director, you will be offered the opportunity to deputise and gain significant exposure to the executive community and strategic decisions for the organisation.

We are seeking: a CCAB (or equivalent) qualified accountant with relevant business partnering and financial planning skills. Experience of working in the health sector is beneficial but not strictly required.

To find out more, please contact Michael Quest of Ivy Rock Partners directly; or apply now with your cv (a brief cover letter will be required to fully apply).

Timings: please apply at your earliest convenience – interviews are to be held in the first week of December.

Development Finance Systems Manager in a large, growing housing association.

Client Details

Our client is one of the largest housing associations in the UK, who are looking to grow their portfolio year on year. They are looking for a systems accountant to enhance the value the business gets from the software.

Description

To be successful in this role, you will be responsible for:

Improving the system to ensure better data flow between systems

Providing training to your colleagues on the Pamwin system

The general maintenance of the Pamwin system, implementing new versions

Resolving the queries of the Development and Regeneration teams in regards to Pamwin

Working closely with M3 (3^rd party provider of system) to resolve issues

Maintaining relationships with finance and non-finance colleagues to ensure the smooth running of Pamwin across the business

Profile

The successful candidate will:

• Be very strong technically
• Have experience of working with system
• Be able to work independently
• Have VBA and SQL experience
• Be an effective communicator - being able to communicate with colleagues across the business with strong interpersonal skills
• High level of attention to detail
• Have financial modelling experience

Desirable:

• Have experience of working within housing
• Have experience of working with 3rd party providers
• Have worked with Pamwin before

Job Offer

• Excellent starting salary
• Additional benefits
• Flexible working
• Supportive and vibrant team

Keen to accelerate your career by working for a highly respected Finance Director? Want to work for one of the UK's best-known charities and enhance your CV? Have you got proven experience in a finance business partnering role and have you led on the month end reporting process? If yes - this could be your next role!

This permanent Finance Business Partner is for a leading UK charity with a turnover of over £100 million and has been established for more than 100 years now. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone keen to gain experience in the charity sector.

Main responsibilities of the Finance Business Partner will be:

• Manage key relationships with over twenty Senior Stakeholders.
• Produce the directorate budget and oversee forecasting (totalling around £40m).
• Provide relevant training for key Stakeholders around internal procedures and reporting regulations.
• Ensure budgets, capital costs and management accounts are closely monitored at all times.
• Act as the main point of contact for queries related to management, control, financial planning and evaluation.
• Delivering a customer focused business partnership service, providing advice, support and challenge to senior management and the Directorate on financial decision making.
• Management, reporting and analysis of complex and business critical cash flow models ensuring highest standards of integrity and control.
• Provide analysis and delivering insight that links financial reports to business/directorate objectives and strategies.

This position is based in central London, reports into the Director of Finance and will manage one direct report. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone with either a background in financial or management accounts who is interested in a business partnering role.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, or equivalent).
• Have a minimum of four years post qualification experience.
• Have proven business partnering experience.
• Have excellent communication skills.

If you feel this post could be of interest to you then please do not delay in applying.

Senior Governance Manager - £54,000, London, Health Regulator

• Do you have notable governance experience in a regulated environment?
• Do you have a background in providing high quality secretariat support at board level?
• Would you like to work for a well-known regulator?

Pro-Marketing is working alongside a notable London based regulator who are seeking a Senior Governance Manager.

This role reports to the Head of Governance and will be responsible for providing high quality secretariat support to range of meetings at board level.

What's great about this organisation?

• Great brand
• Lovely well-located London offices
• 30 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Attractive pension scheme
• Perkbox
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Subsidised on-site restaurant
• Season ticket loan
• Agile and flexible working

In this role you will be responsible for…

• Providing high quality secretariat support to a range of meetings at board level
• Delivering and evaluating Council and committee member recruitment and reappointment practices, whilst ensuring compliance meets the requirements of the Professional Standards Authority and the Privy Council
• Supporting the production of the annual report
• Reviewing and improving appropriate systems to support the effective running of the Council/Committees/Boards
• Introducing any new governance policies and procedures as required to be compliant with legal and charitable requirements

You will be ideally suited for this role if you have…

• Notable public sector or charity governance experience
• A background in a politically sensitive environment
• Content writing experience for producing statutory or trustee annual reports
• Must have strong stakeholder management skills
• An understanding or interest in health and or care would be highly appealing

What next?

If you are interested in applying for this Senior Governance Manager role, or in learning more, then contact me ASAP:

Tel: 020 7269 6338.

Email:

ProTax is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

We’re recruiting: Chief Executive Officer

The Finance Innovation Lab works for a financial system that serves people and planet – one that’s democratic, responsible and fair. We incubate the ideas and people with the potential to transform the system, and we advocate for changes in the rules that shape the way finance works.

We’re a unique charity with a global reputation as a pioneer in systems change. Our work is driven by the belief that the dysfunctions of our financial system contribute to some of our most pressing social and environmental challenges, from fossil fuel extraction to unaffordable housing, but that it doesn’t have to be this way: people created the system and people can change it.

The Lab began as a collaboration between WWF-UK and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 2009, and became an independent charity in 2015. We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved since independence, including:

• Lab Fellowship, our flagship programme for financial innovators focused on social and environmental impact
• Our groundbreaking report The Regulatory Compass, arguing that policymakers and regulators should put social purpose at the heart of their work
• Our pioneering work supporting finance professionals to transform their organisations from the inside
• Our growing community of changemakers in finance – innovators, intrapreneurs and influencers all working to build a better financial system.
• Our highly-regarded publication A Strategy for Systems Change, documenting the Lab’s journey from conception to independence.

This is a unique opportunity to lead a global pioneer in systems change. You’ll shape our vision and strategy for a financial system that serves people and planet, guiding our programmes and scaling our work to achieve maximum impact. Acting as a strategic partner to our COO, you’ll support the development and delivery of the Lab’s financial strategy and operational plans, and you’ll work with the COO, chair and vice-chairs to ensure we have a strong, engaged board.

You’ll lead our relationships with a wide range of influentials, harnessing our networks to develop powerful new initiatives and secure new sources of income for the Lab. You’ll build our reputation as a thought leader and maximise our brand profile with key audiences, and you’ll lead our relationships with key funders. As custodian of our methodologies and theory of change, you’ll ensure we’re responsive to change and we embed evaluation and learning throughout our work. You’ll lead and inspire our team to fulfil their potential, and support them to develop thought leadership around their work.

In all of your work and relationships, you’ll reflect the unique nature of the Lab’s approach to financial systems change and you’ll act in line with our values of collaboration, action learning and empowerment.

The role involves frequent travel, both in the UK and internationally, and you’ll need to attend events in the evening and at weekends (for which time off in lieu can be claimed). You’ll be based in our modern offices in Farringdon, with flexible working hours and scope for remote or home working some of the time. We also welcome applications from candidates wishing to job share, either individually or in a pair.

The person specification asks for a wide range of competencies and we recognise that we’re unlikely to find a candidate who fits every requirement. If you don’t meet all of the essential requirements but still believe you could thrive in the CEO role, please consider applying or get in touch to discuss your fit for the role.

Please note that from 20 December to 6 January we will have reduced capacity for responding to enquiries, so we encourage you to contact us as soon as possible.

Applications close at 9.00am on 7 January 2020. Please do not send a CV or letter of application – these will not be read.

Interviews will take place week commencing 27 January, with second interviews week commencing 3 February.

No recruitment agencies please – we will only consider direct applications for this role.

The Middle East and North Africa Casework Officer is responsible for death penalty casework and administration support to Reprieve clients and support to partner organisations and lawyers in the Middle East and North Africa region.

You will be an integral member of the Middle East and North Africa Team, and will work closely with the Media, Campaigns and Digital, and Policy teams and the Directors.

You will be someone whom clients, family members, colleagues and partner organisations feel confident to approach for professional casework support and much more. Even if you don’t always know the answer, you will be capable of proactively obtaining it from the Middle East and North Africa Project Lead or the Directors.

You are a positive person with a can do attitude, excellent drafting, administrative and organisation skills, a minimum of 3 years of casework experience, a great ability to multitask, a willingness to muck in on all tasks big and small, humility and a passion for Reprieve’s work.

This is an office-based role and your presence is important during core office hours. This is a role that requires significant travel and work outside of core office hours from time to time.

Please see job description for full details on the role and how to apply.

If you are an experienced Finance Director looking for that next step into a strategic CFO role, a move into this large international charity might be the right next step for you. This is a unique opportunity to join a powerful, wide-reaching organisation at the forefront of international development. You will be able to scope the parameters of this role yourself and add value from day one.

With a strong Finance Director in post, the CFO will be responsible for providing a financial steer to the executive team, working collaboratively with this team and the board to develop long term financial plans and future-proof the organisation. Driving a business partnering culture within finance is key, and the CFO will be responsible for putting value for money high on the agenda.

We are looking for commercially minded finance directors who demonstrate the ability to operate strategically. Ideally, you will combine this strategic experience with the ability to get into the detail where necessary, but not get lost in it! Strong systems and change expereince would be beneficial. A background in the commercial world is desirable and combining this with exposure to the not for profit world would be a distinct advantage. You will have a full accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) and a strong track record delivering at the Director of Finance level of a £50m+ turnover organisation.

If you are interested in this position, please get in touch as soon as possible as applications are being reviewed daily and interviews will be held as soon as suitable candidates apply.

We are looking for dynamic and high calibre person with a passion in the health and social care policy and landscape and interested in working alongside our Healthwatch Bromley Operations manager in delivering our operational contractual obligations.

Main purpose of the role

The Healthwatch Project Officer will be part of a small professional team located in central Bromley. The primary focus on this role is to be responsible for the coordination and delivery of our patient engagement work with our volunteers and to collate, analyse and report writing. To also guide and support, the Operations Manager with our core service contract delivery and research project work.

To apply please provide your CV and a covering letter of no more than 2 sides referring to the Job Descripition attached below.

About you

You will be a confident communicator with an eye for detail, you won’t be fazed by monitoring, reporting, finances and databases and you will be excited by the opportunity to build up your knowledge of how organisations are run.

You’ll be a collaborative worker who enjoys both working and contributing ideas in a tight Grants and Learning team at Youth Music’s office as well as travelling on your own to build new relationships with a diverse range of external partners.

About the role

Working within our Grants and Learning Team you’ll play a key role in shaping and influencing how music education is delivered to children and young people, ensuring that it is inclusive, accessible, high quality and relevant.

It will involve managing a variety of relationships with Youth Music grantholders across a set of assigned regions, helping to shape our strategy locally and nationally, and contributing to the design of our funding programmes and evaluation activities.

About Youth Music

Youth Music funds music-making projects across England that help children and young people aged 0-25 to develop personally and socially as well as musically. We work particularly with those who don’t get to make music because of who they are, where they live, or what they’re going through.

Deadline for applications: 10am Monday 6 January 2020

The consequences of mental ill health are far reaching - affecting employment, relationships, finances and even life expectancy.

The Maudsley Charity supports patients and carers, clinical care teams and scientists who are working towards improving mental health. We fund ideas, big and small, that drive improvement and support people who experience mental illness.

Together with our partners, we facilitate improvements in mental health services and research which will change lives across London, the UK and the world.

Director of Finance and Operations

London

Salary up to £85,000

Following a strategic review, the Charity has gone through a period of significant change in recent years, this has allowed us to put in place new governance structures, alongside a new strategy, grant making framework and infrastructure.

To help drive and deliver our vision and mission, we now want to build our senior team. You will be joining us at an exciting time, as we move into a period of stable operations, growth and increased impact. This is an excellent opportunity to shape our direction and effectiveness, ensuring we leverage our significant assets, including the income generated from our c£120 million endowment, and our growing fundraising activity, to fund a large range of mental health initiatives to maximum effect.

The Charity has a complex set of assets, including a trading subsidiary and mixed investment portfolio including property. We are looking for a fully qualified accountant who brings outstanding core financial management skills, alongside strong commercial acumen, through experience of managing and negotiating contracts or commercial activities.

The ideal candidate will be someone who is equally comfortable leading high-level strategic planning, business operations and partnership relations, whilst also being happy to remain hands on and delivery focussed, leading a small finance and operations team. Investment management insight or exposure would be advantageous. A passion for our mission and alignment to our values will be essential.

For full details of this exciting role and how to apply please click on the “Apply on Website” button to visit our dedicated microsite.