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Finance Manager

Salary: £55,000 – £60,000

Contract: Permanent, full-time (open to 4 days/week)

Hybrid working (approx. 60% office-based, East London area)

About the Organisation

This growing charitable organisation exists to improve the experience of patients, families, and staff across a network of NHS healthcare sites. Through fundraising, grant-making, and strategic investment, the charity enhances environments, supports staff wellbeing, and contributes to better care for the communities it serves.

The organisation’s vision is to ensure everyone who interacts with its supported healthcare services experiences exceptional care, comfort, and compassion. Its work is driven by values of collaboration, integrity, and community — ensuring every pound raised contributes directly to meaningful improvements for local people.

About the Role

As Finance Manager, you will play a key leadership role at the heart of the charity’s transformation. Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will oversee all aspects of financial management, governance, and reporting — safeguarding the organisation’s financial integrity and sustainability as it moves through this period of change.

This is a rare opportunity for a strategic and hands-on finance professional to help shape systems, embed strong controls, and design the financial frameworks that will support the charity’s long-term growth and impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, audit, and statutory reporting.
• Prepare monthly management accounts, cashflow statements, and multi-year financial forecasts.
• Oversee year-end accounts and manage the external audit, ensuring compliance with Charity SORP and HMRC requirements.
• Maintain financial systems, improving processes and developing fit-for-purpose financial policies and procedures.
• Provide clear, insightful reporting to the CEO and Board to support effective decision-making.
• Manage restricted/unrestricted funds, fundraising income, and grant allocations.
• Oversee investments and reserves alongside external advisers.
• Partner with fundraising and operations colleagues to maximise income impact and ensure financial sustainability.
• Support the charity’s transition to independence, embedding strong governance and financial control frameworks.

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Strong experience in charity finance, ideally within a fundraising or grant-making environment.
• Solid technical knowledge of charity accounting, restricted funds, and Gift Aid.
• Comfortable operating independently in a sole finance role, with both strategic and operational responsibilities.
• Experience developing or improving financial systems during periods of organisational change.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, including the ability to advise trustees and colleagues without a finance background.
• Hands-on and proactive approach — able to switch between daily processing tasks and senior-level strategic work.
• Familiarity with Sage (or similar) and strong Excel capability.

Why Join Us

This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of a newly independent charity with a clear purpose, strong foundations, and the ambition to make meaningful change every day.

You’ll join a supportive, close-knit team working closely with NHS partners and local communities. The charity offers flexible hybrid working, professional development opportunities, and the chance to directly influence the impact delivered across its healthcare sites.

If you’re motivated by the idea of helping to build an effective, dynamic, and compassionate charity from the ground up, we’d love to hear from you.

Job role: Finance Analyst
Pay rate: £21.98 per hour plus holiday pay
Location: Central London
Hybrid working: 2 days in the office, 3 days remote
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract: Temporary ongoing
 
Play a key role in rebuilding a finance function

Join a non-profit membership organisation at a pivotal stage of transformation. This role sits within a developing the financial planning and analysis team and will support reporting, projects and process improvement while the function is being rebuilt.
 
The role

• Support the month-end process, including analysis, variance review and reporting outputs
• Deliver detailed financial analysis on projects and restricted funds, ensuring accuracy and clarity
• Prepare and support donor reporting, ensuring compliance with funding requirements
• Work closely with project managers and budget holders to review spend, challenge assumptions and improve financial understanding
• Investigate and support resolution of historical financial issues, balances and data inconsistencies
• Contribute to the setup and development of new processes, controls and reporting frameworks within FP&A
• Support the creation of meaningful management information, translating financial data into clear insights
• Build effective relationships across the organisation to improve data quality and financial engagement
• Proactively identify process gaps and inefficiencies, suggesting and implementing improvements

About you

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field; or studying for ACA, ACCA, CIMA equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Experience in financial planning and analysis roles within a non - profit or public sector environment
• Previous roles may have included Assitant Finance Business Partner, Management/Project Accountant etc
• Experience in donor or restricted fund reporting
• Strong financial analysis, budgeting and management accounting exposure
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial systems
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Proactive, can-do attitude with strong ownership
• Comfortable working in an unstructured, evolving environment
• Solutions-focused, resilient and adaptable

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

The Partnership Brokers Association is an international, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness and impact of multi-stakeholder collaboration. Our purpose is to explore, exchange and promote effective multi-stakeholder partnering practices and principled forms of collaboration that accelerate transformative shifts in behaviours, attitudes, and systems to create a more just and sustainable world. PBA's mission is to promote and support professional standards in partnership brokering and to advance the global understanding of effective partnerships.

We are seeking a highly skilled and dynamic Accounts Administrator to oversee PBA's financial matters. As part of the PBA Finance Team, the Accounts Administrator works closely with the Finance and Business Strategy Advisor who leads the team.

Profile
The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to excellence and the ability to provide financial support while upholding the highest standards of confidentiality and accountability. The candidate will act with integrity, independence, and professionalism at all times, safeguarding the PBA’s financial interests and maintaining a strong ethical stance. The candidate will liaise with and maintain relationships with outsourced firms, auditors, and others as required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Management of the day-to-day financial operations of the organisation such as bookkeeping and related administrative aspects;
• Attention to detail for accuracy in data entry and raising payments;
• Ensuring compliance with financial regulations and internal policies;
• Flagging up overdue payments to core team;
• Administration of all detail surrounding financial transactions, ensuring timely payment of invoices and taxes;
• Tracking income and expenditure against budgets;
• VAT expertise: Preparing and submitting quarterly VAT returns under Making Tax Digital (MTD) rules;
• Ad-hoc support Finance and Business Strategy Advisor as requested.

Skills & experience – essential

• An accountancy qualification with working knowledge of UK accounting standards and company law;
• Demonstrable financial management experience and competences;
• Proficiency in Xero for bookkeeping, raising invoices, bills and bank reconciliations;
• Experience with Xero-integrated apps e.g. Stripe;
• Demonstrable understanding of accountancy software and G-Suite/ Microsoft Excel;
• Experience of working with not-for-profit organisation;
• Ability to think strategically, and exercise good, independent judgement;
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a small team and respond to queries in a timely manner.

Motivation:

• Enthusiasm for the work of the PBA and its mission;
• A positive can-do attitude;
• Enthusiasm for team working.

Terms and Conditions

• Consultant contract;
• Up to 54 days per year;
• £180 per day to be invoiced quarterly;
• Location: home-based, preferably in the UK;
• Requires a degree of flexibility on availability.

                                 

                                                               Marshall’s Charity

Chief Executive and Clerk to the Trustees

£90,000 per annum + benefits Marshall’s Charity, 66 Newcomen  Street, London SE1 1YT

The Charity was formed in 1631 on the death of John Marshall, a baker in Southwark. In his Will, after making provision for his family and friends, he left the balance of his modest estate to trustees to be used for various charitable purposes. The Charity is funded solely from this endowment and carries out its charitable purposes principally by awarding grants for the Marshall's Educational Foundation, the restoration and repair of parsonages and Anglican churches and as Patrons to  Christchurch, Southwark.

The post holder will be a key part of a small, dedicated and friendly team and play a pivotal role in the organisation by leading on all matters of finance, compliance, regulatory and risk management and office administration systems. In doing so you will be making a tangible and long-lasting contribution to the Charity 

The ideal candidate will:

• demonstrate senior financial experience including accounting, cash management, liaison with contractors, relevant law
• hold a professional accountancy qualification 
• possess excellent oral and written communication skills
• demonstrate proven administrative, IT and organisational skills
• have experience of corporate and fiscal governance gained within the professional, charitable or wider not-for-profit sectors
• be supportive of the Charity’s aims and sympathetic to the cause of the Church of England
• have a positive “can do” attitude

Whatever your professional background, unquestionable commitment, honesty, integrity and energy, along with an eye for detail, are essential. Candidates should be within easy reach to the offices near London Bridge. If you share our commitment and interest and have the skills, motivation and experience to join us we would be keen to hear from you. 

How to Apply

Download further details of the position from our website:

Marylebone Executive Search

For an informal confidential discussion call Richard Evans or Kevin Everett number found on website.

Apply online with a full Curriculum Vitae detailing your skills, qualifications and experience together with a two-page covering letter outlining your motivation to undertake the role and how you meet the competencies required for the position as stated in the Person Specification.

Closing date for applications:                                                       9 August 2026

Long List interviews:                                                                           14 August – 10 September 2026

Short List interviews:                                                                           w/c 21 September 2026

Candidate Visits and Final Panel Interviews:                                    w/c 28 September 2026

Start Date:                                                                                             mid-January 2027

Your new company
An established London-based charity held in high esteem within the local community.

Your new role
Reporting to the COO, you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of finance and financial operations, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and strong financial controls. Duties and responsibilities include managing the small finance team; overseeing the month-end process and preparation of monthly management accounts. Anticipated duration is 6 months+. To start ASAP. Flexible working.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a qualified Accountant with strong, recent experience as a Head of Finance within the charity and not-for-profit sector.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Finance Officer
Full-Time | London | £40,000 | Hybrid

Prospectus are delighted to be supporting a highly respected membership organisation in their search for a Finance Officer. This is a hybrid, full-time permanent position.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly and collaborative team based in a prestigious Central London setting, with the opportunity to contribute to exciting projects including the refurbishment of the organisation's historic building, the development of a new website and CRM system, and a varied programme of events.

You will be proactive, detail orientated and play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of their financial operations. You will have experience managing payroll, bookkeeping and it is essential that you are an experienced user of Sage 50. You will be collaborative, a good communicator and comfortable working with stakeholders at all levels. You will bring a high level of accuracy, work efficiently and be able to prioritise effectively.

You will be an experienced Finance Officer, who is AAT or part-qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), or have relevant equivalent experience. As the organisation’s Finance Officer, you will be responsible for the day-to-day financial operations of the charity, with a primary focus on bookkeeping, payroll and banking. You will also contribute to wider financial processes, such as audit support, and helping to strengthen the organisations financial policies and procedures. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to not only take responsibility for the transactional elements of finance, but to also further develop their skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain Sage 50 Accounts, including sales and purchase ledgers, and bank receipts/payments
• Process and verify expenses, grants, and prize claims
• Analyse and post credit card transactions
• Manage and process supplier and staff payments
• Perform bank and investment account reconciliations
• Handle accounts queries from staff, trustees, and suppliers
• Prepare monthly payroll and pension contributions
• Maintain and reconcile the fixed asset register
• Post and update prepayments and accruals
• Support the annual audit process
• Provide ad hoc support to the Finance Director

To Apply Please Submit:

• Your CV, outlining your relevant experience and skills.
• A cover letter demonstrating how your experience aligns to the role, and what you will bring

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Shannon Sanderson at Prospectus.
 

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced charity operations and finance professional to join as our inaugural Head of Operations and Finance. As we continue to grow our impact, we are seeking an exceptional Head of Operations and Finance to work closely with the Chief Executive and Executive Chair to help strengthen our operations and oversee our finances.

This is a pivotal leadership position combining strategic thinking with hands-on operational delivery. You will, support our Chief Executive and Executive Chair todevelop and implement organisational strategy while ensuring our people,systems, governance and finances support the effective delivery of our mission.You will join a close-knit team that punches above its weight, with real influence on policy affecting millions of babies worldwide.

If you're an experienced charity operations and finance professional looking for your next big challenge, we'd love to hear from you.

Main purpose:

Reporting to the CEO and working with a small, dedicated head office team, the post-holder is responsible for the full finance function of the Charity and its Trading Subsidiary, NAFAS Enterprises Limited (currently dormant), using Xero financial package.

Key Relationships

• CEO
• Chair of the Board
• Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee
• Chair of Risk and Audit
• External Auditors
• NAFAS Staff, Area Treasurers and Members
• Suppliers

Key Responsibilities:

· Maintain accounts for the Charity and it’s subsidiary company.

· Manage outsourced payroll provider and Arrange payment of staff salaries, PAYE, NI and pension contributions.

· Process and Make payments for all staff and volunteer expenses.

· Ensure all expenditure payments are made on time.

· Maintain Direct Debits subscriptions.

· Responsible for annual affiliation fee income and master sheet reconciliation

· Raise quarterly invoices for advertising in the Flower Arranger magazine

· Process website stock orders and raise other ad hoc stock order invoices

· Process charity event receipts and expenditure and reconcile against master spreadsheet

· Responsible for supplier invoice processing and payments

· Responsible for banking of cheques and bank reconciliations.

· Responsible for VAT returns for both companies.

· Preparation of management accounts for the CEO, Finance Committee and the Board ona  scheduled agreed with the CEO

· Maintenance of restricted funds documentation, ensuring proper cost allocations and record keeping.

· Maintenance of P&L and Balance Sheets reconciliations.

· Prepare budgets and forecasts and assist CEO with variance analysis.

· Manage rolling 12-month cashflow forecasts.

· Manage the annual audit process.

· Provide information and advice to the CEO and the Board of Trustees.

· Keep up to date with compliance, legislation and regulation and to work within the organisation’s policies and procedures.

· To maintain the Charity’s supporter database ensuring accurate records of income and contact details is kept up to date.

· To act as Secretary to the Finance & Investment Committee and Risk & Audit Committee of the Board

· To act as a central point of contact for all financial enquiries.

 

General

· To at all times, act as a role model, representing the vision and values of NAFAS.

· Exhibit a strong team-working approach with the aim of maintaining a positive and productive work environment.

· To be involved in shared office duties, such as taking telephone orders, picking, packing and posting orders of trading goods.

· Attend and participate effectively in team meetings, appraisal meetings, and staff development sessions, as is reasonable for part-time working arrangements.

· To attend regular team meetings and undertake relevant training when required.

· To identify and motivate people to be involved in giving voluntary and financial support where possible.

· To undertake any other activities reasonably required.

Personal Specification

• Have significant demonstrable experience in finance and operations within the charity sector, in a similar role

· Be part or fully qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc) or equivalent

· Have a proven track record in budgeting, forecasting, cashflow management, and financial modelling

· Have experience of working within a small central team

· Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

· Have experience of managing compliance areas such as data protection, cyber security, insurance and risk (Desirable)

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Benefits

• Casual informal dress
• Season ticket loan
• 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays (pro rata for part time posts)
• Three days additional leave to be taken over the Christmas and New Year period (pro rata for part time posts)
• HealthShield Cash Plan – Level 2
• Company Pension – Nest with 6% company contribution
• Hybrid working option available with a minimum of three days a week in the office

This Job Description cannot be considered to be exhaustive and other duties not included above may arise. On the understanding that such duties are commensurate with the purpose of the job and have been identified as such by the post holder’s line manager and advised to the post holder, then such additional duties shall form part of the requirement of this post.

About The Role

As a Finance Business Partner, you'll work alongside budget holders across Alzheimer's Society, turning complex financial information into clear insights that support better decision-making.

In a role where every pound matters in the fight against dementia, you'll help ensure our resources reach the places they can have the most impact, whether that's funding ground-breaking research, delivering vital support services, or campaigning for systemic change.
You'll build trusted relationships with stakeholders across the organisation, providing the financial analysis, challenge and support they need to navigate complexity with confidence. Through coaching and partnership, you'll help budget holders strengthen their own financial capability, so that sound financial thinking becomes part of how the Society operates, not something that sits only within Finance.

You'll be part of our Finance and Assurance directorate, where our vision is to be the Society's single point of truth. Working within the Financial Partnering, Planning and Analysis function, you'll be the dedicated finance partner for our Dementia Support and Partnerships directorate, connecting Finance with the teams responsible for providing our services across the UK. You'll translate their plans into sound financial frameworks that enable our mission rather than hold it back.

About you

You're a finance professional with proven business partnering experience who understands that effective partnering means combining accurate numbers with clear communication, constructive challenge and a genuine interest in helping others see the bigger picture. You're comfortable working across boundaries, building relationships at all levels, and coaching colleagues to develop their financial confidence.

- A relevant professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), either fully or part qualified, or qualified by experience.
- Experience supporting business teams with budgeting, forecasting and month-end processes, including ensuring appropriate controls are in place and financial performance is communicated effectively and on time.
- A track record of applying analytical skills to provide financial advice that supports strategic decision-making.
- Experience of identifying and collecting feedback and other data to inform quality improvement and to monitor the performance of processes or tools.
- Good communication skills, with the ability to interpret financial information and present it in a way that tells a clear story.
- The confidence to challenge, negotiate and influence, while taking a balanced view that incorporates different perspectives.
- Experience working with ERP systems. Experience with Unit4 would be particularly valuable, though it is not essential.
- The ability to work independently and manage competing priorities, while knowing when to consult and when to ask for support.

Key Responsibilities:

- Partnering with budget holders across your assigned directorate to provide analysis, insight and recommendations that support effective, informed decision-making.
- Preparing financial reports, budgets, forecasts and business plans, and modelling financial data to support operational and strategic priorities.
- Supporting and challenging budget holders to identify risks and opportunities early, escalating appropriately and agreeing remedial action where needed.
- Strengthening financial knowledge and confidence across your stakeholder group through coaching, training and a partnership-based approach.
- Working collaboratively across the Finance team to design intuitive reports and analysis that meet the needs of colleagues across the Society.
- Advocating good accounting principles and helping to educate, inform and develop others within your directorate and the wider Finance team.
- Identifying cost saving or optimisation opportunities, working closely with colleagues in Procurement and Sustainability to realise these.
- Supporting Senior Business Partners in identifying key performance metrics and collecting routine feedback from partners across the Society to drive constant quality improvement.

You may also line manage a Finance Business Partnering Assistant, role-modelling a high challenge, high support culture where accountability, performance and development go hand in hand.

Are you ready to be a trusted financial partner, bringing both challenge and practical solutions to the people working to make life better for everyone affected by dementia?

Interviews for this role have been provisionally scheduled to take place on Teams during week commencing 27th July and week commencing 3rd August 2026.

Please join us for a Q&A session via Zoom on Tuesday 14th July at 2pm by emailing [email protected] for the joining details.

Hours:  Full time, 35 hours per week. Standard working hours are Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm 

Location: Somerset House, London, although flexible and hybrid working are encouraged

Application Deadline: 12 July 2026 

Please note: 

• We may close the advert sooner if we receive a high volume of applications)
• All finance roles within the charity require a DBS check (basic)

Blue Marine's Mission

The Blue Marine Foundation seeks to protect and restore life in the ocean. Our mission is to see at least 30 per cent of the ocean protected by 2030 and the whole ocean sustainably managed. We support low-impact fishing and equitable use of the ocean and address overfishing – one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges. 
 
We are a dynamic NGO at the heart of cutting-edge marine conservation with headquarters in London but operating globally. This is an incredible chance to join our highly impactful charity; we look forward to hearing from you.

The Role

This role heads the Project Finance team and ensures it continues to support Blue Marine effectively as the organisation grows in scale and complexity. It also oversees the full financial journey of Blue Marine’s project partners, from due diligence and legal agreements through to strong financial oversight and accurate reporting. A key part of the role is building the financial and operational capacity of partners, helping partners scale their conservation impact through improved financial management and operational effectiveness.  

Reporting to the Director of Finance, Operations and Governance, the successful candidate will: 

• Oversee and develop the Project Finance team, setting clear priorities, high standards and effective ways of working.
• Drive the strategic direction of the Project Finance function as Blue Marine’s portfolio grows in scale and complexity.
• Maintain high-level oversight of project budgets, delivery partners, donor requirements, financial risks and reporting obligations across the portfolio.
• Oversee the end-to-end financial journey of project partners, from due diligence and legal agreements through to ensuring timely and accurate reporting is received.
• Ensure high-quality, timely project reporting, budget monitoring, audit evidence and donor compliance, with fit-for-purpose processes followed consistently.
• Provide insight, challenge and analysis to support strategic decisions and funding proposals.
• Lead Blue Marine’s work to build the operational capacity of international project partners, including through some international travel.
• Champion practical improvements to systems and ways of working, building on an existing culture of continuous improvement.
• Provide hands-on support during peak reporting periods while maintaining senior oversight.
• Represent Finance with credibility and integrity across Blue Marine and with external partners and funders.
• Deputise for the Director of Finance, Operations and Governance where appropriate.
• Contribute to wider organisational priorities as a member of the senior management team.
• Uphold Blue Marine’s values and always embody this behaviour internally and externally.

This list is not exhaustive, and the selected candidate will be required to undertake other relevant tasks from time to time.

Skills and experience required

Essential 

• Significant senior experience in project finance, programme finance or commercial finance, with responsibility for complex budgets, reporting and risk.
• Strong track record of overseeing large and complex portfolios, including financial reporting, audit evidence, and contractual or donor compliance requirements and risk management.
• Experience of improving finance systems, reporting tools or organisational processes during a period of growth or change.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, policies and processes, with the ability to apply sound judgement in a practical and proportionate way.
• Experience of working with external partners to improve financial processes, reporting and operational effectiveness.
• Experience of leading and developing high-performing teams, with the ability to set clear priorities and improve ways of working.
• Confident communicator with the ability to build credibility and constructive relationships with colleagues, funders and external partners.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage competing deadlines and maintain accuracy and attention to detail in a fast-moving environment.

Desired 

• Qualified accountant, or equivalent senior-level financial experience.
• Experience of working with Microsoft-based systems, including Power Platform tools such as Power BI.
• Experience of bringing structure, clarity and strong financial discipline to complex or evolving organisations.
• Experience of working with international partners across different legal, operational or cultural contexts.
• An understanding of, or interest in, the environmental, conservation or charitable sector.

You may also...

Have the following personal qualities: 

• Calm, practical and solutions-focused
• Collaborative, supportive and confident working across teams
• Ability to combine strategic thinking with a willingness to get into the detail when needed
• Good judgement, integrity and discretion
• Passion for, and commitment to, the ocean or another environmental cause

Why us?

This is a great opportunity for you to join our inspirational team and be part of making a difference! 

We offer a great salary in addition to a generous benefits package.  

We embrace agile working and trust our employees to work in a hybrid manner that gives them the flexibility to work from home or at the office according to their work commitments. We also recognise our head office is in London and currently offer an optional annual subsidy, which is available to employees committed to attending the office regularly on a weekly basis. 
 
Working alongside some of the most leading and pioneering minds in marine conservation, our training opportunities and collegiate nature means you will always be learning and supported with your development.  
 
Your wellbeing is important to us, and we hold social events throughout the year. We have a great culture and are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.  
 
If you think you have what it takes and the experience to make it happen, then please apply, we would love you to be part of Blue Marine! 

Please note 
We reserve the right to close job adverts early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. If you would like to know more or have any questions, we are happy to help. 
 
We are a responsible and inclusive employer. We value diversity and are committed to equality and creating an inclusive culture. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and will support you to reach your full potential. 
 
We want you to perform at your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us.

Our next Finance Manager will take a lead role in all aspects of bookkeeping, accounting, reporting and payroll for a busy ~£1.8M turnover charity with over 50 staff. The role is based in Willesden, NW10 with some hybrid working after probation.

To apply, Click 'Apply Now' and download the Application Form and Job Pack and follow the instructions. We do not accept CVs.

Job Description

Book-keeping:

·Overseeing a system using hard-copy files and Quickbooks Online

·Maintaining and reconciling bank accounts and credit cards

·Raising purchase orders

·Raising invoices and processing income

·Aged debtor management

·Apportioning overheads and central costs to projects

·Managing restricted funds

·Making payments online and occasional bank deposits

Payroll and staffing:

·Maintaining a system recording all aspects of staffing that impact payroll of a team around 50 people, including

• New starters, leavers and role changes
• Probation ending
• Sick pay
• Parental leave, carers leave etc
• Timesheets and accrued holiday for ‘As & When’ staff
• Staff loans

·Collaborating with an external payroll provider to ensure they have accurate and timely information

·Pension plan maintenance

·Health plan maintenance

·Making monthly salary payments

·HMRC payments

·Responding to ad-hoc queries around pay and benefits

Reporting:

·Monthly management accounts for Executive Director

• Profit & Loss
• Budget vs Actual
• Cashflow

·Bi-monthly reports for Trustee Board

• Budget vs Actual
• Written report explaining variance and anticipated changes

Budgeting:

·With Executive Director preparing a draft annual budget for presentation to and consideration by Trustee Board

·Presenting the agreed budget to Senior Staff, encouraging transparency and ownership for the financial performance of their areas of work

·Supporting with or leading on budget creation for funding bids

·Monitoring performance against budget closely, and liaising with senior staff when necessary

·With Office Manager supporting the process of tight budget control over expenditure such as utilities, building maintenance and training

Audit:

·Completing pre-audit checklist and information submission

·Ensuring online systems are up to date and ready for external auditor review

·Hosting Auditor in office and answering queries

Other:

·Contributing to strategy and business planning, ensuring that the financial position of the charity is considered and prioritised when planning for change

·Supporting the Company Secretary with Companies House and Charity Commission filings and reporting

·Supporting colleagues with the delivery of services in the building and activity participants in any way required

·We are proud to be a point of contact for people with a range of needs locally, so all staff contribute to answering phones, responding to queries and meeting visitors

·Any other tasks and duties as reasonably required in the role

Our client is partnering with Robertson Bell on a retained basis to appoint a Head of Finance on a permanent basis. This is a pivotal leadership opportunity within an ambitious, internationally focused charity at an exciting stage of growth.

This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing, mission-driven organisation at a transformative stage in its journey. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive and working closely with Trustees, Board Members and senior stakeholders, the Head of Finance will play a central role in shaping financial strategy, strengthening operational maturity and supporting ambitious international growth plans.

The role

• Lead the development of the organisation's long-term financial strategy, supporting its next phase of growth and international expansion.
• Partner closely with the Chief Executive, Trustees, Board Members and leadership team, providing strategic financial insight to support organisational decision-making, programme investment and fundraising activity.
• Oversee all aspects of financial management across multiple international entities, ensuring robust financial controls, governance and compliance frameworks are in place.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and scenario modelling processes, supporting both operational delivery and long-term strategic planning.
• Build strong relationships across fundraising, research and programme teams, supporting complex grant funding, restricted income management and commercial partnership activity.
• Oversee the production of monthly management accounts, statutory reporting, audit processes and regulatory submissions across multiple entities.
• Drive improvements in financial systems, reporting processes and operational efficiency as the organisation continues to scale.
• Provide leadership and development support to a small finance team, helping to build capability within the function.
• Act as a trusted advisor across the organisation, balancing hands-on operational delivery with strategic leadership.
• Represent finance confidently at Board and leadership level, communicating complex financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.

The organisation

Our client exists to deliver meaningful impact through innovation, collaboration and investment in research. It brings together experts, funders and partners from across the sector to challenge conventional thinking and accelerate progress towards its ambitious mission.

With income, activity and organisational complexity expected to grow significantly over the coming years, the charity is entering an exciting new phase of development. It combines the pace and agility of a scaling organisation with the credibility and influence of an internationally recognised charity.

The successful candidate will join a collaborative leadership team committed to building an organisation capable of delivering lasting impact. Alongside the opportunity to play a pivotal role within a purpose-driven organisation, the role offers flexible hybrid working, genuine work-life balance, professional development opportunities, private medical insurance, life insurance, pension contributions and generous annual leave.

Essential criteria

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or qualified by experience.
• Strong experience in a senior finance leadership role within the charity sector.
• Proven experience managing financial operations, reporting, budgeting and forecasting within a growing organisation.
• Experience operating across complex stakeholder environments, with the confidence to influence and challenge senior leaders and Boards.
• Strong understanding of financial governance, controls, compliance and risk management.
• Strong commercial and analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex financial information into meaningful insight.
• Hands-on and adaptable approach, comfortable operating strategically while remaining close to operational detail.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with high levels of emotional intelligence and credibility.
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving organisation.
• Experience working across multiple entities, funding streams or international operations would be highly advantageous.

If you are a strategic and hands-on finance leader looking to play a meaningful role within a high-growth charitable organisation, we would love to hear from you.

This role is based in London with an expectation of two days per week in the office.

Be part of the vision; be part of RIBA.

RIBA is a global professional membership body, and a cultural organisation, driving excellence in architecture.

Salary:  £60,000 - £65,000 per annum 

Location: London/Hybrid Working

Hours: 35 hours per week, fixed term contract, end date December 2027. 0.8 FTE will be considered.

About the Role

The House of Architecture is a bold vision to open up architecture for all and is a transformation programme consisting of 5 workstreams, including two major capital projects and a digital portfolio.

The role is responsible for managing all financial aspects of House of Architecture programme, including working closely with other members of the RIBA Finance team, HOAP project leads, HOAP lead contractors (external project managers and quantity surveyors), procurement and other internal and external stakeholders.

This includes the monitoring, analysis, reporting and dissemination of HOAP finance information in accordance with RIBA finance processes and coding structures. It requires collaboration with HOAP project leads (budget holders) to provide timely and insightful financial reporting, budgets and forecasts, and HOAP invoice processing.

As part of the RIBA finance function, the Finance Business Partner, HOAP will produce the HOAP monthly management accounts, quarterly forecast, annual Budget and 5-year business plan, which will include analysis, in numerical, graphical and written formats when required in collaboration with workstream budget holders.

As this role is a key support to the HOA programme there is dotted line management to the HOA Programme Manager.

 

What are we looking for?

Significant experience in a Management Accounting, Finance Business Partner or Finance Manager role along with experience working on large capital projects or transformational programmes.

Essential Skills

• Fully qualified (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) accountant with significant post qualification experience on large programmes (a programme inclusive of multiple projects, running over multiple years, with opex and capex elements)

• Significant experience in a Business Partnering role supporting projects, to include budget preparation, long term business planning, supporting preparation of business cases for new activities, developing different kinds of financial reports, using forecasting and historical financial information for various audiences.

• Experience handling the purchase-to-pay finance process, including raising purchase orders and coding and tracking of project invoices and costs.

• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to tailor reports to their audience.

• Advanced Excel skills.

Desirable Skills

• Experience using and writing reports from the Finance system, Open Accounts.

• Experience of business case financials, grants and funder reporting.

 

Why Join us?

Our Benefits:

RIBA offers an amazing employee benefits package which includes (a) a generous pension scheme with employer contributions (up to 12%), (b) life assurance, (c) annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays and paid closure of 3 discretionary days between Christmas and New Year. For more details on our benefits please visit our website. 

 

We encourage applicants to review the essential criteria carefully and ensure their application clearly demonstrates how they meet these requirements, as applications will be shortlisted against the criteria outlined in the person specification.

Please note that applications without a covering letter will not be considered and we will only review applications received directly through our company website.

If you would like to apply for this position, please submit your CV and covering letter on our website after you click "Apply".

Additionally, please ensure that you complete our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form which will be submitted separate from your application.

Closing date: 14th July 2026
Interview date: WC 27th July 2026

Due to high volumes of applications, we are unable to respond to everyone, however, should you be shortlisted for interview we will be in touch.  We may also close an advert earlier than the date above if we receive enough quality applications.

Please note that you must be able to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK.  We are unable to proceed with any candidates who cannot show the relevant documentation so please only apply if you meet these criteria. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

RIBA aims to be an inclusive employer, committed to building an authentic and diverse environment where all are encouraged to be themselves. We champion work/life balance and welcome requests for flexible working across our organisation. We value applications from all sections of society and appreciate divergent experience, therefore if you are excited about the role and working with us, yet your experience may not align perfectly with every single skill or competency, we encourage you to apply anyway. 

Registered Charity No. 210566

Goodman Masson are working with a prestigious London based University as they a recruit for a new Head of Faculty Finance.

The finance function is currently undergoing an ambitious, institution-wide transformation. As part of a major strategic priority to strengthen financial control, compliance, and process efficiency, they have consolidated their distributed finance teams into a brand-new, centralised business-focused unit. They are now seeking a visionary, high-calibre financial leader to head this newly established division.

The Role

You will report directly to the Director of Finance Business Partnering. You will lead, shape, and embed a newly created team tasked with delivering high-quality, consistent front-line financial support across all internal departments and divisions.

This is a high-profile, transformative leadership role. You will be fully accountable for embedding new ways of working, driving data quality, streamlining processes, and ensuring robust financial management, planning, and forecasting. Furthermore, you will act as a critical advisory partner to senior stakeholders, translating complex financial performance into actionable strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership & Culture: Lead and inspire a large, newly consolidated team. Create an inclusive, high-performing environment focused on professional development, compliance, and excellent service delivery.
• Operational Excellence: Hold total accountability for the operational finance model. Ensure month-end, year-end, budgeting, and forecasting cycles are delivered with absolute integrity and timeliness.
• Service Transformation: Drive continuous improvement across finance systems, workflows, and processes. Work closely with change management colleagues to integrate streamlined practices and contribute to upcoming ERP system planning and implementation.
• Stakeholder Management: Build trusted, collaborative relationships with senior leadership across diverse organisational boundaries to support robust decision-making.

The Ideal Candidate

You will be a resilient, collaborative leader who thrives in complex, large-scale environments. You should possess:

• Professional Qualification: You must be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CIPFA) with significant post-qualification experience in a senior finance role.
• Proven Leadership: A strong track record of managing and developing large teams, with the ability to delegate effectively and foster a collaborative identity.
• Change Management: Clear experience driving continuous process, technology, or people improvements within a complex service delivery model.
• Exceptional Communication: The ability to handle difficult conversations, manage conflicting stakeholder priorities, and articulate expectations with absolute clarity.

Salary range is £85,000 - £98,000 (Depending on Experience) plus excellent benefits including:

• 33 days annual leave (including closure days)
• 14.5% Employer Pension Contributions

The deadline for applications is Friday 3rd of July. Please apply ASAP to ensure you are considered.