Looking for a role within an exciting organisation with an excellent progression path?

Are you excited by engaging in varied audit projects that will widen and strengthen your experience?

Want to work in a rewarding role within internal audit, in a close-knit team and under supportive leadership?

If yes, then look no further!

My client is a West London based organisation that is looking for an Internal Auditor to join them on a permanent basis in this excellent, newly created role.

The main responsibilities of this role are as follows:

• Take the lead on delivering the end-to-end audit cycle across a range of organisational departments and functions.
• Organising and holding key scoping meetings with senior stakeholders to ensure developing plans are followed through.
• Effectively establish areas of weakness in processes and work with senior management to drive efficiency across these.
• Full responsibility for producing detailed reports for non-financial stakeholders at every stage of the audit process.

Offering attractive flexible working policies, including the encouragement of working from home, the role will provide the successful candidate the chance to gain valuable experience of high-level auditing that can lead them onto more senior roles in the future.

The successful candidate will:

• Part/fully qualified (ideally in IIA, ACCA or CIPFA, though any relevant qualification will be considered).
• Experienced in internal audit and keen to further skills and experience in this area.
• Ideally come from a charity or public sector background.
• Have excellent communication skills and be able to work effectively with Senior Stakeholders.

If you are interested in this position, please do not delay in applying as applications are being reviewed daily and the client is looking to conduct interviews ASAP.

Robertson Bell Finance are proud to be working in a retained partnership with the College of Policing in their search for a Financial Accountant based at their Coventry office with the opportunity for home working.

The College of Policing was established in 2012 as the professional body for everyone who works for the police service across England and Wales. Its purpose is to support everyone working in policing to reduce crime and keep people safe. Working in the finance team within the College offers a unique opportunity to blend the benefits of working in a central government organisation with such an important purpose, but one that also has a significant commercial outlook. The Finance team plays a key role in influencing College strategy and facilitating its success. This will only continue to grow in the future, with the continuing the need to ensure value for money for the taxpayer.

Working as part of a 19 (FTE) finance team and reporting into the Financial Controller, this hands-on position is a great opportunity for you to structure your own role whilst helping to shape and develop a strong financial culture within the college. The role is central to the production of the College's draft financial statements and other key aspects of the Annual Report and Accounts, liaising with other areas of the business to obtain and collate content, and co-ordinating the external audit. The role acts as the main contact with the Auditors and ensures that a strong working relationship is built. It ensures that the College's non-current assets are recorded accurately, and that Finance Business Partners have the sufficient information and knowledge to enable effective financial decision making throughout the College.

In applying for this position, it is essential that you are a part or fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA). The role has broad responsibilities enabling the financial accountant to get out into the business, building relationships across the finance and non-finance teams. As a key player in the finance team, working with the Financial Controller to deliver statutory accounts and leading on the annual audit and will manage a high performing Assistant Accountant. You will need excellent stakeholder management skills, and the ability to persuade and influence senior stakeholders with confidence. Experience of working to UK government or wider public sector accounting and regulatory requirements would be an advantage but not essential.

Reporting into the Head of Finance, this Financial Accountant will provide support with financial services and accounting. Statutory accounting and financial control will be required, preparing for government and internal audits for the housing organisation.

Client Details

This housing assocation is one of the largest in Central London, developing properties for rent, shared ownership and private sale. Having various projects and streams of revenue, they are requiring a Financial Accountant to help assist in their consolidation of accounts.

Description

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the annual reporting and accounts for audit.

• Ensuring the statutory reporting is within government regulations and there is an appropriate financial control environment.

• Reporting on cash flow, quarterly VAT returns and month end balance sheets.

• Whilst handling the integrity of the financial data, lead and manage the system based accounting service

• Develop and maximise the use of the system working alongside the Head of Finance and liaising with the Information Systems Department.

• Line manage a Financial Assistant, guiding with training and on the job coaching.

• Ad hoc management accounting

Profile

You will be a qualified Financial Accountant with the understanding of applying UK GAAP and SORP. Having worked with financial statements you will have the knowledge of complex spreadsheets and detail orientated reporting. This role requires knowledge in preparing and managing all tax matters and working to tight deadlines. Applications from all financial accounting backgrounds are welcome but those with previous staff management and housing industry are desirable.

Job Offer

Competitive salary, 8hrs a day, 28 days annual leave and benefits package and office location in enviable Central London.

London Business School (LBS)

Financial Reporting Accountant

Location: Regent's Park, London

Permanent Role 

Ivy Rock Partners has been selected as exclusive recruitment partner by LBS.

This role is ideal for a part-qualifed or recently qualifed auditor or financial accountant (ACA/ACCA).

We’re looking for an ambitious, part-or-fully-qualified Accountant to help shape best practice financial reporting for one of the world’s leading business schools. Working proactively with every part of the School, you’ll help deliver the insight and analysis that underpins our bold plans for the future.

Shape our strategy and Add your financial acumen to our world-class business brains.

The Role

Accounts is a key department within our Operations team, delivering a range of financial services, helping to drive change across the School and supporting our long-term planning goals. As Financial Reporting Accountant, you’ll make a key contribution to external financial reporting for the School and its associated companies, as well as maintaining a strong internal control environment.

That means you’ll:

• Help to produce year-end financial statements and reports to the Office for Students and other bodies.
• Produce a monthly internal accounting controls pack, identifying and mitigating risks.
• Assist the Finance and Reporting Manager on a range of reporting, treasury matters and technical queries.

Share our knowledge

We generate research and ideas that have a real, lasting influence on people, businesses and markets around the world. To do that, we have to make sure we’ve got the people, tools and infrastructure to share our thinking globally. Working in a great environment, you’ll help to make our bold plans a reality by embracing change and having a real influence on the way we work financially.

Who We Are Looking For:

• A part-qualified or fully qualified ACA accountant, (ACCA also considered).
• Audit experience and a track record of preparing financial statements, statutory accounts, monthly management accounts and reports.
• A driven, hands-on, proactive approach with great relationship building skills.
• Technical financial accounting knowledge and, ideally experience on Inforsun or similar software.

Be part of an international network

We’re a global institution: 94% of our students and 86% of our faculty members are international. Together, we’re changing the way the world does business. Based in London’s Regent’s Park, this is an opportunity to work at the heart of Europe’s digital capital – and in one of the world’s most important financial, entrepreneurial and cultural centres.

Why London Business School?

Our vision is to have a profound impact on the way the world does business. This can only be achieved through our people; with 93% of our staff saying they are proud to work here and being consistently ranked among the best in the world for our MBA, global Executive MBA and Masters in Finance programmes you will have an opportunity to be part of this journey.

Benefits We Offer:

As an employee at London Business School you will enjoy a generous holiday entitlement, on site swimming pool, sauna and gym, automatic enrolment to the Universities Superannuation Scheme (a defined benefit workplace pension scheme) and season ticket loan facility. There is also a wide range of professional development opportunities to support your career path. 

For more information please contact Michael Quest at Ivy Rock Partners directly or apply for this role now.

An amazing opportunity to join the central function of a world respected NGO, undertaking strategic and complex audits globally. Working in a dynamic environment; you will provide significant input to the design and delivery of an internal audit structure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Global Internal Audit Manager in developing and delivering an annual programme of work to provide assurance over the risk, internal control and governance processes.
• Plan, organise and deliver assigned internal audits across country offices.
• Report on the findings and make recommendations on the systems, internal controls and procedures being reviewed, and management’s responses. 
• Follow-up and report on management responses, and the status of implementing recommendations.

Person Specification:

• Strong internal audit experience; able to demonstrate an understanding of the approaches and objectives of a good internal audit function, particularly risk-based operational audits and undertaking assignments in developing countries and emerging market environments.Essential.
• Good reporting writing skills; able to demonstrate competent and effective reporting writing skills in English.Essential.
• An effective communicator with a good track record of communicating with senior leadership in a large, complex organisation.Desirable.
• Experience of working in a global organisation.Essential.
• Experience of working in an international grant and commercially-funded NGO.Desirable.

Candidates will be considered on a rolling basis, and early applications are strongly recommended.

*This role is only open to those with the right to work in the UK. We will not be able to consider applications from candidates who require sponsorship to work in the UK.

Counterculture Partnership LLP (Counterculture) is an independent law firm and business consultancy working with third sector, cultural, creative people and organisations. We are looking for an Accountant to join Counterculture, based mostly in London but with regular travel to Lewes.

This Accountant will provide support with all aspects of accounting including: robust account preparation and advise to external clients; preparation of internal accounting as required; managing workload to meet critical deadlines and provide great customer service.

Essential requirements are:

• Proven track record in accounting practice
• Most likely qualified AAT or above
• Experienced in charity accounting
• Proficient in using Xero, QBO or similar
• Accustomed to client contact as well as working on own initiative
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong general IT skills and excellent Excel skills

To apply, please click on the Apply button and attach your CV with a covering letter detailing how your experience makes you an ideal candidate for this role.

Carbon Tracker Initiative is a non-profit think tank with offices near London Bridge. Our objective is to campaign for, promote and achieve an understanding of the financial and environmental risks associated with carbon. Our goal is a climate-secure global energy market, where capital markets are aligned with the reality of climate change. The production and dissemination of our research seeks to rebalance the perceived exposure of the energy sector to climate-related financial risk, examining the implications of the wind-down of the fossil fuel sector in line with a transition to 2°C.

We are currently a team of 25 people in the UK, and 3 in the USA. The organisation is in an interesting stage of development, transitioning from a very small operation to a more established and larger group. In order to support our continuing growth, we are looking for a Financial Controller to bolster our financial management capabilities.

Reporting to the Head of Finance, the Financial Controller is a key position responsible for the maintenance of all finance, accounting and reporting activities across the Carbon Tracker group.  Principal activities include:

• Being responsible for all programme and grants management, including monitoring budgets throughout the grant/funding period and preparing financials for grant proposals, renewals and annual funding requests.
• Leading on budgeting, forecasting  and month end reporting, including commentary for and presentation to senior management;
• Leading the preparation of annual report and accounts in compliance with relevant accounting standards;
• Communicating complex financial information and influencing and building rapport with a range of internal and external stakeholders;

The successful candidate will be fully qualified and to come from an audit, charity or commercial background. We are looking for a friendly and open individual, with excellent organisational and communication skills. Suitable candidates will have exceptional attention to detail but will also be capable of stepping back and assessing the bigger picture.  This would be a fantastic opportunity for a newly qualified professional looking to make the first move out of practice.

2020 will be an exciting year for the climate movement in the UK, as the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP26) is coming to Glasgow. We are currently planning our activities for the year ahead and we hope to find a Financial Controller keen to support the team and thereby contribute to the organisation’s success.

Recruitment timings:

Closing date: Sunday, 17th November

Shortlist: w/c Monday, 25th November

Interviews: w/c Monday, 2nd December

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter via the link by Sunday 17th November. For an informal discussion regarding the roles, please don't hesitate to contact Bryony Feeney at Allen Lane via the agency website.

At Carbon Tracker Initiative we are committed to building and nurturing a strong culture of diversity and inclusion and we welcome applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or any other equality characteristic.

My client is a world renowned organisation that plays an integral role in London’s cultural scene. At present they are looking to recruit a high calibre finance lead to support a small but capable financial accounting team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing a smooth transition of management, leadership and knowledge following the departure of the current post holder.
• Ensuring all internal and external financial reporting requirements are met in a timely manner.
• Overseeing the early preparation of the year end accounts, including timetable design and liaison with auditors.

To succeed in this role, you will be a qualified accountant with a proven track record in leading technical accounting teams. Matching the ambition of the organisation, you will have an energetic personality, strong communication skills and drive. Although a background in the Not-for-Profit sector would be advantageous, candidates with a genuine passion for the sector are actively encouraged to apply.

Our partner, a wildlife and environmental conversation organisation, is seeking an experienced internal auditor. The ecological, cultural and political context is one of the most challenging yet rewarding in wildlife conservation. The organisation are focussing on an ambitious programme of projects to ensure the financial sustainability of the park and to remove reliance on park resources by those living around it. They are aiming to create a sustainable funding model with diversified sources of financing including grants, revenue from business initiatives and other loans and investments. The Head of Internal Audit will be tasked with reviewing and strengthening their control system and to ensure that they are compliant with all relevant legislation, regulations and best practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Review on an ongoing basis, organisational controls, operations procedures and regulatory compliance.
• Review controls within their ERP system, and make recommendations to improve controls and functionality
• Undertake risk assessment and risk management reviews on an ongoing basis.
• Write reports detailing conclusions, and providing recommendations for improving controls and the organisation’s operations.
• Identifies employment training required, and engages in staff development around best practice.
• Conduct pre-audit reviews for individual grants and the organisation overall.

Person Specification

• Degree in Economics, Finance, Business/Qualified CPA, CA CGMA, CIMA, ACCA
• At least 10 years of internal audit, process review & improvement, and risk management experience
• Experience in developing internal policies and procedures in a complex and rapidly growing organisation.
• Fluency in spoken and written French and English
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent report writing skills in French,
• Strong communicator, able to address issues and effect change, and work with and coach a range of finance and non-finance staff.
• Organised, able to prioritise a varied workload, and manage this in a complex environment.

Our partner will pay the cost of a return flight, accommodation, and offer a salary c. €45,000 annually. Please note, this role is only open to experienced internal auditors with leadership experience in the INGO sector who are bilingual. Candidates are being considered on a rolling basis, and are encouraged to apply early.

FTC for up to 6 months. Both part-time and full-time considered.

Unseen is a UK charity with its headquarters in Bristol. We focus on three main areas as we work towards a world without slavery:

Supporting survivors and potential victims of slavery by providing access to a range of specialist services, enabling them to safely recover and develop resilient independent lives;

Equipping stakeholders by providing training, advice and resources to facilitate the identification and support of potential victims of slavery; and
Influencing systemic changes by using our experience and research to impact and inspire transformation across legislation, policy and society.

We are recruiting a new member of our Senior Leadership Team to take on the role of Finance Director on an interim basis. The candidate will have held a previous role as a charity Finance Director. Professional accountancy qualifications (CIMA, ACMA, ACA, ACCA) are essential.

This role will also be responsible for providing the CEO, colleagues on Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Trustee Board with timely and relevant information to inform decision-making, measure performance and facilitate delivery of the strategic goals of the organisation. As a senior leader, this individual would also be expected to advise the board on strategy and to agree strategic operational plans with the CEO & SLT colleagues.

The ideal candidate will possess both accounting and commercial experience as well as experience of operational oversight and will have a ‘how can I help’ attitude, a problem solver with energy to always help.

The candidate must meet the requirements for a commercially astute, articulate, operationally and technically strong, insightful and influential leader with the ability to operate effectively at both strategic and operational levels.

Please refer to the job description for more details.

Deadline for applications is Monday 18th November at 17:00.

Interviews will be held in the week commencing Monday 25th November.

Robertson Bell are proud to be working in partnership with UK Export Finance (UKEF) to recruit their Head of Internal Audit.

UKEF are the UK's export credit agency (ECA) and a government department with a mission to ensure that no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance from the private sector, while operating at no net cost to the taxpayer. In 2018-19, UKEF provided £6.8 billion of support to help 262 exporters sell to 72 countries - exports that supported an estimated 47,000 jobs. In the last five years, UKEF has provided a total of £17 billion worth of support for exports.

Reporting to the Chief Executive (UKEF's Accounting Officer) and independently to the Audit Committee (AC) the key responsibilities include:

• Providing the Accounting Officer and Audit Committee with reliable, evidence based, independent opinions on risk management, control and governance
• Developing an annual risk-based audit program using input from the strategic and operational plans, operational risk register, UKEF Accounting Officer, Audit Committee, UKEF Senior Management and UKEF Internal Audit team
• Meeting with the AC members, Accounting Officer, Directors and Managers to discuss ongoing assurance, audit opinions and progress against planned actions determined as a result of the audit work
• Ensuring the completion of audit assignments to provide independent, objective assurance and an opinion on the effectiveness of the UKEF governance framework
• Managing and overseeing a strong team of four through performance planning, coaching and appraisals

This will cover financial, operational and information systems audits while working to board level and managing relationships between internal departments. There are lots of exciting projects and change initiatives happening in the business which offers the right individual an opportunity to have a high business impact. UKEF work across industrial sectors, including infrastructure, defence, aerospace and energy.

The successful candidate will be fully qualified CMIIA, CCAB or equivalent (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA) professional with a driven and proactive approach and robust technical skills, with a strong commercial acumen and an analytical mind-set. You will possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to engage and develop staff that you manage and build rapport with other teams. Considerable experience in Internal Audit with experience at a senior level across complex organisations, preferably with some experience in the financial services, trade or banking sectors is advantageous, with a focus on adding value to the organisation.

A prestigious higher education institute based in London is looking to recruit an Interim Financial Controller to their central finance directorate for a period of 3-6 months. Reporting directly in to the Deputy Director of Finance, the role will have management responsibility for a small team (5.5 FTE) and duties will include (though will not be limited to) the following:

• Responsibility for internal & external financial reporting requirements
• Oversight of transactions team including AP & AR function
• Responsibility of all day to day financial operations across management and financial accounting and transactions for the organisation
• Support the Deputy Director of Finance in long-term audit planning
• Responsible for regular financial reports to directors and SMT members, including monthly management accounts and quarterly forecasts.

The role has the potential to go permanent, and will suit candidates with a passion for the not-for-profit or education sector.

You will be CCAB qualified (or equivalent) with at least 4 years post-qualified experience and demonstrable experience at managing small to medium sized teams. Not-for-Profit or Education experience is not mandatory but may be an advantage.

Finance, Central London – Waterloo

King’s College London

Higher Education

Permanent – Central London

Deputy Financial Accountant

£46,292 to £54,534 plus exceptional pension and annual leave

Closing date for applications (early applications are highly recommended):

Midnight on Sunday 17th November 2019

This is a fantastic role for a qualified auditor seeking a first or second move.

King's College London is one of the top 10 UK universities in the world (QS World University Rankings, 2018/19), and is also one of England’s oldest and most prestigious institutions. King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research.

Having recently implemented a new finance system, King’s College London (KCL) are looking to recruit a recently qualified accountant (CCAB or equivalent) into the role of Deputy Financial Accountant to work with the Financial Accountant in implementing a new financial control environment to make best use of this system.

The role holder will have a significant responsibility for the preparation of the university’s consolidated and subsidiary financial statements (close to £1bn annual turnover) and will aid the Financial Accountant in designing and implementing an updated financial control structure and processes.

This will be a challenging role suitable for someone with a technical accounting background and strong problem-solving skills, ideally from an audit background. The role will often require designing new approaches/solutions and leading on projects.

For more information, please find the candidate pack attached to this advert or contact Michael Quest of Ivy Rock Partners directly.

The selection process will include a panel interview, an assessment and a presentation.

• Application deadline is 17th November
• You will need to meet Ivy Rock Partners before the shortlisting meeting on 21st November
• Interviews with KCL will take place on week commencing 25th November

Ivy Rock Partners have been appointed as exclusive recruitment partner to King's College London - all applications will be treated fairly and consistently.

Senior Subsidiary AccountantLocation: Central LondonContract: PermanentSalary: Up to £50K + BenefitsBadenoch + Clark Housing Team are proud to be partnering with a thriving G15 housing association based in Central London to appoint a Senior Subsidiary Accountant within the group accounting team. Our client is one of the leading providers in supplying communities with affordable housing across London.The RoleReporting directly to the Head of Group Financial Reporting, you will be responsible for the statutory accounting under FRS102 and Housing SORP 2018 for our group subsidiaries, including production of annual Financial Statements as well as monthly financial information, reviewing performance against the annual budget and quarterly forecasts. You will maintain accurate accounting records and control the relevant systems to ensure integrity and consistency of information. You will play an integral part of the annual Group audit of these entities and will need to work collaboratively across the Finance department, wider business and with external auditors to ensure a smooth and successful year end process. You will be able to provide technical expertise and knowledge, interpreting the relevant accounting standards and applying them, selecting appropriate accounting policies, whilst being able to explain these in a simple and understandable way. To take advantage of this opportunity you need to be a flexible, self-motivated individual who is keen to learn and improve on current processes, whilst being able to meet the following criteria:* Be a qualified CCAB accountant, with evidence of statutory financial accounting in a corporate entity, and preferably with some Group consolidation experience or experience from within practice.* Experience in statutory accounts preparation is essential, while external audit experience is desirable (particularly in Housing or Construction industry)* Have excellent technical accounting knowledge and an understanding of IFRS and FRS102 to interpret against complex transactions, discuss with auditors, and practically apply technical skills* Proven and applied knowledge and understanding of regulations relating to statutory accounts* Produce accurate information and reports Senior Executives, with experience in management accounting* Be an excellent communicator with sound presentation skills and the ability to influence people at senior levels* Have a proven track record of ability to manage projects and provide support to senior staff* General understanding of taxation matters affecting the Group and application of deferred tax accounting.Skills, Knowledge and Experience*Successful delivery of Statutory accounts within a regulated environment*Ideally experience from with Public Sector, Government or Housing exposure *Educated to degree level *Fully Qualified Accountant*You will have professional gravitas to influence stakeholders at a senior level and generally strong skills in negotiation and persuasion. *You will understand how to act commercially within a not-for-profit business and act as a role model for the company values*Demonstrable experience of effective project managementIf you a qualified accountant who is looking for a progressive career opportunity please do get in touch with your most recent CV for immediate consideration.
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