The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust is a small charity dedicated to improving the lives of young people and communities from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds.

Through our portfolio of high-impact programmes we:

• Work with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds aged 13 to 30 to inspire and enable them to succeed in the career of their choice. 
• Empower individuals and communities to create better places for people to live and work. 
• Support people to create a fairer society in which everyone, regardless of their background, can flourish

Over the last two years, we have undergone an exciting journey to move from being London-focused to having national reach and presence. We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Finance Officer to join the team and help us along our journey to achieving further growth.

Main duties/ responsibilities:

Supplier processing and reconciliations

• Monitor accounts email inbox
• Electronic filing to QuickBooks and Shared drive
• Process supplier invoices, bills, charge cards, staff expenses and other costs
• Stock order reconciliation to invoices
• Prepare payment runs for approval and upload to online banking
• Allocations of payments to ledgers
• Sending remittance advices to suppliers
• Supplier relationship management
• Supplier statement reconciliations
• Customer processing and reconciliations including processing grant and donation receipts

• Update the CRM for grant payments.

Management reporting

• Bank reconciliations
• Petty cash management, processing and reconciliation
• Month end journals and reconciliations e.g. accruals, prepayments, allocations, payroll, grant accruals
• Prepare management accounts using reports from Quick Books

Year-end reporting and Audit

• Assist with annual audit and accounts preparation
• Prepare Trial balance and year end reconciliations for auditors

Other

• Provide financial information for funders reports
• To perform any other reasonable duties as required by the organisation.

Person Specification

• Minimum AAT qualified or relevant QBE.
• At least three years’ experience in a similar role, of which one year must be working within a charity.
• Experience with QuickBooks and/or similar finance systems as well as proficiency in Excel.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent English language skills (both written and oral).
• Ability to work autonomously to achieve agreed objectives and organisational targets with minimal supervision.
• High level of organisational skills with exceptional attention to detail and a thorough and systematic approach to diagnosing and solving problems.
• Excellent interpersonal awareness and communication.

Diversity Policy:

The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust is keen to encourage applications from individuals from a diverse range of applicants. We are particularly proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Your new company
An international charity is looking for a Finance Officer their Central London office.

Your new role
You will be reporting to the Head of Finance in a Finance Officer role. You will be responsible for managing all Accounts Receivable, raising invoices and recording grants and donations into the charity, performing VAT returns, processing foreign payments and supporting the wider finance team

What you'll need to succeed
You will need:

• Previous experience working in a finance role
• Charity experience is preferred
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Working towards an accounting qualification or equivalent

What you'll get in return
In return you will receive a salary of £30,000 per annum working for a well-known organisation in a central London location.

What you need to do now
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Family Action has been a leading provider of services to disadvantaged and socially isolated families since its foundation in 1869. We work with over 45,000 children and families a year by providing practical, emotional and financial support through over 100 services based in communities across England.

A further 150,000 people benefit from our educational grants and information service. We tackle some of the most complex and difficult issues facing families today – including domestic abuse, mental health problems, learning disabilities and severe financial hardship.

The Finance department provides the complete finance function to the whole organisation overseeing all the 165 services across England, addressing all issues and processing payments to meet the demands of staff and external agencies.

Reporting to the Senior Finance Officer, you will be responsible for the efficient running of the expenditure recording functions, ensuring accurate and timely information is processed and made available to users including but not limited to accurate payment of supplier invoices and staff expenses.

Person Specification

1. A part qualified accountancy qualification with recognised accounting body, NVQ 4 or equivalent degree qualification in accounting/finance.
    
2. Relevant experience in an accounts/finance team.
    
3. The ability to input information quickly and accurately, with attention to detail.
    
4. Computer literacy including competency in the Microsoft Office suite of products.
    
5. Demonstrated experience of working with computerised accounting systems.
    
6. A good understanding of accounting concepts including their application.
    
7. Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with colleagues across Family Action.
    
8. Ability to prioritise work and meet tight reporting deadlines.
    
9. Experience of generating management information reports.
    
10. Ability to use initiative and to suggest new ideas for service improvement

Our Values: People Focus, Mutual Respect, Excellence in all we do and a Can Do attitude.

If you can relate to these and have the necessary skills and attitude we can offer you:

• A competitive salary, leave entitlement and pension scheme.
• Career development opportunities.
• A full induction and on-going quality training.
• The opportunity to become part of national Family Action initiatives.
• Managed workloads and regular supportive and reflective supervision.

For an application pack and further information, including the benefits we offer, please visit our website. 

Closing date: Friday 21st August 2020, 5pm

Interview date: Thursday 3rd September 2020

Are you looking for a diverse finance role that includes system implementation and offers a great experience?  

Why work for us?

This is a great opportunity to develop your skillset and gain further experience in the use of systems and software and acquire good knowledge and experience with a small finance team. At CARE International UK we affirm the dignity, potential and contribution of participants, donors, partners and staff. Our actions are consistent with our mission. We are honest and transparent in what we do and say and accept responsibility for our collective and individual actions. We work together effectively to serve the larger community. We constantly challenge ourselves to the highest levels of learning and performance to achieve greater impact.

About the role

The Finance team are looking for a skilled individual with the ability to engage in a busy office environment, is organised, able to multi-task and prioritise a varied workload, under pressure on a regular basis. You have knowledge of maintaining data integrity, bank reconciliations and can support staff on finance-related tasks.

About You

We are looking for someone with high attention to detail, the ability to deliver quality work in a timely and accurate manner, and the motivation improve the systems and processes. You have an intermediate level of experience using Excel and Microsoft Office and are able to communicate financial matters to a non-finance audience.

About CARE

CARE International UK is one of the world’s leading humanitarian and development charities. We fight poverty and injustice in the world’s most vulnerable places.  We save lives in disasters and conflicts. We stand with women, girls and their communities to achieve lasting change for a better future.

Safeguarding

CARE International UK has a zero-tolerance approach to any abuse to, sexual harassment of or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives or partners. CARE International UK expects all staff to share this commitment through our Safeguarding Policy (link here) and our Code of Conduct (link here). They are responsible for ensuring they understand and work within the remit of these policies throughout their time at CARE International UK.

Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do, including recruitment. All offers of employment at CARE International UK are subject to:

- satisfactory references. CARE International UK participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (link here).In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. 

- appropriate criminal record checks (including a Bridger check, link here).

By submitting an application, the applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Equality and Diversity

We are committed to Equality and value Diversity.

CARE International is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability or age status.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and particularly welcome applications from disabled people. We guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role (see person specification). If you require the candidate brief or need to submit your application in an alternative format, because of a disability, please do get in touch.

We also encourage people from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds or LGBT+ to apply for roles at CARE International UK.

Please note that in compliance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, all job offers at Care International UK are conditional on eligibility to work in the UK

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a proactive and enthusiastic individual with good communication skills and a broadly based working background which includes financial statement preparation, VAT and tax. The ideal candidate will have worked either in an accountancy practice and now be looking to move out of practice or else already working in a commercial/charity role.

The individual must be organised, IT literate and have good numeracy skills. They will need to have a firm understanding of accounting processes and an ability to read and interpret financial information.

The Finance team is based in our Truro HQ, but we will also consider candidates who would prefer to instead be based in our London office and there is also flexibility for partial home working.

Main Role & Responsibility to include:

As part of the finance team, the Senior Finance Officer will support the Head of Financial Compliance with financial reporting including the year-end process and annual report. The individual will also help ensure ShelterBox meets donor reporting requirements and other aspects of donor financial compliance, which will include financial due diligence and monitoring of downstream partners. There will also be an element of assisting with VAT and tax compliance and providing other teams with basic taxation/VAT support.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

• Preparation of annual report and supporting schedules and working papers

• Liaison with auditors for timely completion of the year end audit

• Reviewing due diligence information provided by international project partners to assess their financial status

• Assist with the audit of financial records of international project partners

• Recording of expenditure against restricted funds

• Preparation of reports for donors and adapting to different donor requirements

• Ensuring compliance with donor requirements including reporting

• Answering ad hoc questions on VAT and tax and preparation of quarterly VAT returns including business/non-business calculations.

• Be aware of developments in charity accounting and other relevant areas

Bliss exists to ensure that every baby born premature or sick in the UK has the best chance of survival and quality of life.

Bliss is looking for a Finance and HR Officer to join our busy Finance and Operations team.

Covering both Finance support, and operating as the sole HR post at Bliss, this is a varied and interesting role at our small and friendly organisation. Reporting to the Head of Finance and Operations, you will be the first point of contact regarding all aspects of payroll, day-to-day human resources management and wider workforce development at Bliss, as well as gain experience of Accounts Receivable and management accounting.

You will manage your time effectively across a number of different tasks simultaneously, placing a high emphasis on quality, accuracy, flexibility and efficiency. You will also be able to provide sound advice to senior management and staff, build effective working relationships, use tact and diplomacy when dealing with others and be able to maintain confidentiality at all times.

This role would particularly suit someone who is ambitious to learn about a broad range of finance and HR tasks, and experience at managing payroll or in a customer/supplier facing role will be beneficial.

This is a part-time flexible role (24-28 hours per week).  For more information on the role please see the job description, which includes the person specification.

The deadline for applications is midday on Wednesday 12th August 2020. First round interviews are provisionally scheduled to be held the week beginning 17th August.  Interviews will take place via video call.

Please submit your CV and equal opportunities form, along with a supporting statement describing why you are interested in the role and how you meet the criteria in the person specification.  This information is used when shortlisting candidates for interview.

It is Bliss’ policy not to contact applicants who have not been invited for interview so if you have not heard from us by 27th August you should assume that, on this occasion, your application has been unsuccessful.  Please note that early applications may be prioritised.

Finance and Projects Officer

Do you have a talent for making sure that data makes sense?

Our client is a charity established in 2013 that champion’s the use of effective early intervention to improve the lives of children and young people at risk of experiencing poor outcomes.

We are looking for someone to ensure the quality and accuracy of data in our client’s finance and project governance systems.

Position: Finance and Projects Officer

Location: London (SE1) – homeworking available

Salary: £25,427 to £26,765 depending on experience, pro-rata for part time hours

Duration: 12-month fixed term contract

Hours: Full-time or part time (28 – 35 hours per week)

Closing Date: 19 August 2020

Interviews: 9 and 10 September 2020

About the role:

As Finance and Projects Officer you will be responsible for analysing and reconciling the finance (Xero) and project governance (Zoho) systems and producing monthly reports for management action.  

You will be responsible for ensuring the data quality in both systems, taking ownership of the data to ensure it remains complete and accurate.  Working to the Head of Finance and Project Governance, you will develop strong routines of weekly and monthly data input, audit checks, reconciliations and reporting that supports this objective.

You will be responsible for Xero up to trial balance, corresponding with suppliers and ensuring invoices and expense claims are correctly coded and authorised, before loading them onto Xero.  You will also ensure that bank and credit card reconciliations are completed weekly.

You will also be responsible for Zoho Projects, maintaining the timesheet module and producing monthly utilisation report and setting up projects, users, tasks and milestones.  You will also meet with project leads regularly to understand budget variances and forecasts and support them improve their resource plans.  You will also review staff allocations to projects to ensure time conflicts are resolved and provide training and support to all users.

In addition, you will provide support for monthly project board meetings attending and taking minutes and ensuring that actions are followed up.  In all aspects, we need someone who will proactively seeking to improve our systems and procedures.

About you:

If you are passionate about accuracy and attention to detail and have experience of working in a project-based environment, then this could be the role for you!  Our client is looking for someone who loves systems, is a self-starter and enjoys working as part of a close-knit small team.

You will also bring with you the following skills and experience:

• Book-keeping experience, using Xero or other accounting software
• Experience of working in a project-based environment
• Experience of working with and analysing data of differing types, both financial and non-financial
• Highly developed knowledge and skill in Microsoft Excel
• Aptitude for designing, implementing and improving systems
• Confidence in working with systems, software and applications
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

In Return:

People are at the heart of everything for our client.  It is vital that their workforce reflects the diversity of their stakeholders and the wider society in the UK, so they’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities. They also recognise the importance of a good work life balance, so do everything they can to accommodate flexible working, including part-time and job shares for their roles.

As with the equal opportunities approach, please let us know if any additional support or adjustments are required for the selection process.

Benefits include:

• 38 days holiday per annum incl. bank holidays
• Flexible/agile working opportunities including working from home.  Operate a 35 hour working week.
• Generous group pension scheme; employer contributes 6% where employee contributes 3%
• Enhanced Maternity/Adoption/Paternity scheme
• Occupational sick pay scheme (discretionary)
• Dog friendly office (planned in advance)
• Cycle Scheme
• Travel loans
• Free use of site gym (after paid induction)

To Apply:

Please send your cv and a covering letter explaining why you are suitable for the role

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Finance and Project Coordinator, Finance Officer, Project Officer, Finance Project Manager, Project Manager – Finance and Payroll, Finance Project Analyst, Project Finance Accountant, Finance Project Controller, Project Support Officer, etc.

The memcom recruitment team is looking for an experienced Finance and CRM Database Assistant to provide database administration and finance support in a small medical charity in Central London.

Temp to perm position paying up to £30K p.a.: The role will include data entry in QuickBooks, invoice production and general bookkeeping responsibilities, while you will be using iMIIS Database.

Some of your duties will include:

• Recording accurate information using Quick books, excel spreadsheets and databases.
• Liaising with the bookkeeper, chief finance officer and auditors to resolve any queries and provide any requested information
• Ensuring that all records are filed logically and are kept up to date
• Working collaboratively to streamline processes for office administration to improve efficiency.
• Making payments to suppliers and ensuring expenses are reimbursed
• Carrying out administrative sending distribution lists to the publisher etc.

Experience of creating and running SQL reports, using QuickBooks software or equivalent and working with CRM databases are part of the essential criteria for this role.

If you have worked in a similar hybrid role within the not for profit sector, this is possibly right for you, do not hesitate to apply!

Please note that due to the volume of applications we sometimes attract, it is not always possible to contact all candidates - but we will endeavour to do so and wish you luck with your application!

Battersea is one of the oldest, best-known animal welfare organisations in the world and this year sees us celebrating our 160th Anniversary. Since we were established in 1860, we have helped over 3 million dogs and cats and every year help around 7,000 animals directly through our existing three centres, and many thousands more through our work with and support of other UK and international rescue organisations.  We have built an enviable reputation for being a leader in our field, a driver for change and a champion and voice for vulnerable animals.

We are looking for an exceptional Director of Finance and Corporate Services to join our Executive Director’s team at Battersea as they lead, facilitate and inspire our passionate, talented, hugely motivated and very engaged people across Battersea.

You will lead specialist teams across Finance, Compliance, Procurement, IT, Governance and Legacies, with oversight of the development/agreement of major contracts, taking a lead role in governance and acting as Company Secretary and will have strong experience of developing, leading and managing high performing “customer first” focussed teams.

You will be a qualified Accountant and will have a strong and successful track record of achievement in senior finance and corporate services leadership roles in an entrepreneurial and commercially focussed large charity, social enterprise or the private sector.  You will have significant experience of working as part of an organisational senior leadership team, regularly leading projects and speaking to and inspiring staff audiences across an organisation at all levels. As an analytical, strategic, ‘big picture’ thinker, you will have strong experience of developing, delivering and evaluating cross-organisational and departmental strategies and leading associated organisational business planning processes. You will, of course, be committed to our mission, vision and values which underpin everything that we do.  

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all current and prospective staff, volunteers and Trustees. We aim to ensure that this commitment, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together. To help us to enhance the diversity of our Executive Directors Team, we would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities, who are currently under-represented at Battersea.

For full details, including our job applicant privacy notice, please download our recruitment pack. You can apply by visiting our website. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised.

Finance Manager

A prestigious performing arts school in South London is looking for a bright finance manager to join their tight-knit team. This role is ideal for a finalist accountant, looking for a broad role with development opportunities and a clear path to management. If you have experience of financial accounting in a charity or arts setting and are looking to broaden your experience and grow your career, this role could be great for you!

If you are part qualified, this role comes with study support as well as progression to line management and greater responsibilities. The salary for this role is £36,000 - £38,000.

Key Responsibilities:

• Overseeing month end
• Business partnering with key stakeholders in the organisation (the plan is for the successful candidate to take on more complex departments as they develop into this role)
• Responsibility of monthly and quarterly reconciliations of key control accounts
• Liaising with HR to process monthly payroll in line with all internal and external procedures
• Supporting the Head of Finance with the upcoming audit in September (you may be asked to come into the office for a few days in September for this, other than this it is estimated you will be working from home until early 2021)

Person Specification:

• A solutions-focused and adaptable personality is essential, this is a small finance team so co-operation is essential for the smooth running of the department
• Outstanding communication skills
• A solid grounding in financial accounting theory

Required experience:

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA part qualified or qualified
• Exposure to one of: Charity SORP, VAT partial exemption, charity or arts finance team (this exposure can be external e.g. through auditing accounts prepared in line with Charity SORP)
• Financial Accounting experience with either some exposure to, or desire to progress into business partnering responsibilities
• Experience of ledger management and complex reconciliations

A note on COVID-19:

• This organisation has already on-boarded someone remotely during lockdown and are on secure financial footing.
• All interviews will be held remotely and you will be working from home for the foreseeable future

Interviews are being held in the week commencing the 20th July, to find out more contact Emma at Allen Lane.

Finance Assistant

London

3 months - temporary

• Do you have gift aid experience?
• DO you have income and finance experience?
• Are you a part qualified accountant or AAT?
• Do you have chairty or NGO experience?

If so, our client an international NGO may be interested in speaking to you about a 3 month interim role. Please only apply for this role, if you have the experience listed above. Thank you

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I am currently looking for an experienced part qualified ClMA/ACCA (or equivalent body) Finance Assistant for 3 months, to work for an amazing international animal charity. You will be responsible for supporting the Assistant Financial Accountant in ensuring the month-end is processed timely, effectively and efficiently that supports the accurate reporting of the financial accounts. Provide first line cover for Income Processing and support the team in automating the monthly income reconciliation process.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:
Payments:
Communicate and coordinate the timely receipt of grant payment requests from country Finance teams in accordance with the Finance timetable.
Review the grant payment request with associated backup for accuracy and revert to country finance teams for any clarifications.
Ensure any deductions to country programmes grants are processed accurately and cross-charging by country programmes to UK departments are processed accurately.
Ensure the grant is processed in line with the Restricted Funds tracker and reconciled on a quarterly basis.
Submit grant payment requests for approval by FBP International Programmes

Balance Sheet:
Prepare the monthly reconciliation of all Balance Sheet accounts (except: Suppliers Statements) and ensuring the timely processing of any correcting journals.
Maintain a file of all balance sheet reconciliations with appropriate backup for review on a
monthly basis.
Preparation of the quarterly VAT returns and related calculations and journals.

Fixed Asset Management:
Maintain the SUN fixed asset register, ensuring that depreciation is correctly calculated and posted to the accounts.
Reconcile the SUN fixed asset register to the IT listing of assets monthly for review.

Statutory Audit:
Support the Assistant Financial Accountant in addressing the points raised by the auditors as a result of any assurance work they have conducted or the annual statutory audit.

Financial Processes:
Reconcile and post investment income to SUN on a monthly basis.
Provide first line cover for Income Processing.
Provide second line cover for the management of Petty Cash.
Actively participate in Finance Team meetings.

If you have the above skills and experience and are immediately available, please apply online today!

A fast-growing, leading government-funded organisation is looking for an Interim Finance Manager to join its close-knit finance team during an exciting time of organisational change. The organisation has made a remarkable difference to the lives of millions of young people in the few years it has been operating and is looking to further expand its reach and impact. As Interim Finance Manager your key responsibilities will be:

• Owning the month end accounting process, including accruals, prepayments and analysis
• Supporting the Head of Finance with all aspects of financial reporting
• Managing the balance sheet and cost reconciliations process
• Leading on payroll management, including employee records maintenance, timely reporting and analysis and ensuring compliance with HMRC
• Continually reviewing and improving the accounting system, processes and controls
• Acting as System Administrator for the accounting system (NetSuite)

The successful candidate will:

• Be a fully qualified accountant with a minimum 3 years' experience in a small to medium sized business
• Have strong all-round accounting experience with proven ability to improve processes and controls
• Be good at influencing, driving impact and implementing change
• Have prior experience using NetSuite accounting software

Harris Hill are recruiting for a Finance Manager for this well-established NHS Charity based in London

You will be the most senior finance person in the charity, working closely with the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team.

Salary range: 43,000pa

Purpose:
To have responsibility for all aspects of financial and management accounting for the Charity. To lead on the day to day running of the finance function, including the maintenance of the accounting records and the efficient and timely provision of financial information for the Charity Trustees, CEO, Fund Advisors and Auditors.

Key duties and responsibilities:

Management Reporting
Produce monthly management accounts, including analysis of income and expenses against prior year and budget, providing explanations and solutions to help mitigate risks.

Cash flow reporting and management.
Statutory accounting and financial statements
Lead and manage the production of the statutory audited accounts (SORP) for the Charity in collaboration with the Charity's Auditors.
Ensure the Charity's Annual Return is completed, fully compliant and submitted to the Charity Commission.

Budget
Work with the CEO to prepare the annual budget. Work with budget holders to review performance against budget and ensure the Charity is operating within the agreed budget.
Investigating variances with budget holders and analysing potential problems. Making appropriate recommendations and advising of the impact on the Charity.

Grants
Provide overall management of the grant process and applications for charitable funding from within the NHS Trust.
Lead in the continual improvement of the grant-making policy and practice within the Charity.
Internal control environment
Key involvement in improving controls and processes.
Identify and investigate risks.

Payroll
Manage all payroll and PAYE matters with the outsourced provider.
To ensure that effective processes, procedures and controls are in place and followed to ensure that the Charity consistently complies with PAYE regulations and timelines.

Systems
Implementation of new systems solutions, and upgrades of the current finance applications.

KEY COMPETENCIES:
Qualified with at least 5 years commercial accounting experience, and 1-2 years charity exposure.
Advanced Excel, good level of overall IT literacy.
Problem solving and delivery of effective timely solutions.
Relationship building - communication across functions and externally.