Senior Financial Accountant position working for a leading Membership Body in central London. The position reports into the Head of Financial accounting and effectively acts as the deputy in the preparation of the organisations statutory accounts. This is a great role for someone that had recently qualified and is looking for a broad technical position.

Client Details

The organisation is one of the largest professional Membership Bodies in the UK with over 35,000 members in the UK and 15,000 worldwide. The organisation is not only involved in providing services for its members but also invests a lot of money into educational charities, to promote education in the financial services sector.

Description

The Senior Financial Accountant position will involve the following responsibilities:

• Line manage 1 finance assistant providing support, training and development opportunities.
• Responsible for all the financial accounting activities and financial control monitoring
• Maintain and develop accounts payable and receivable services.
• Produce cash flow reports and forecasts.
• Manage all restricted funding and ensure all funds are agreed and utilised in line with business aims.
• Manage payroll accounts.
• Maintain compliance with HRMC gift aid requirements and prepare VAT returns for the organisation.
• Produce and review annual reports and month-end balance sheet reconciliations.
• Liaise with external advisors on tax efficiencies.

Profile

Essential:

• Newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Exposure to the preparation of statutory accounts and ideally hands on experience of preparing them yourself.
• Excellent analytical skills to review data effectively.
• Experience of developing complex spreadsheet models for record keeping and reporting financial information with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills across a range of audiences.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and experience of managing VAT, Gift Aid, and tax matters.
• Experience of working within the charity/membership sector.
• Technical understanding of Charity SORP.

Job Offer

£48,000-£55,000, home working offered, flexible working, 27 days annual leave and 10% pension

Overview

We’re ZSL, an international conservation charity. Our vision is a world where wildlife thrives and we’re working every day to achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and wildlife live alongside each other, we are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink of extinction. Through the work of our pioneering scientists, our dedicated conservationists and our unrivalled animal experts in our two zoos, we guide and enable others in the UK and all across the world. Inspiring, informing, empowering – working for wildlife.

Role Profile

This role will report to the Financial Accounting Manager (FAM) and lead a small team of 3 to develop and operate a high-quality financial accounting service that enables effective and efficient management of ZSL’s financial resources, within statutory and regulatory guidelines.

This role will supervise and manage staff in the transactional services team to ensure:

• accurate and timely processing of financial transactions including payments, credits, expense claim processing etc
• appropriate internal controls are in place and adhered to, and
• a culture of continuous improvement to deliver greater efficiencies.

This role will be responsible for delivering the month end balance sheet reconciliations and reporting supported by the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivables team

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage and develop the accounts payable and receivable team, ensuring departmental, individual KPIs and objectives are achieved
• Ensure accurate accounting of income and expenditure. Make sure that all financial transactions are recorded, filed and reported in line with ZSL’s processes. Provide analysis in order to give accurate information to enable effective decision making within ZSL
• Motivate and lead team members and provide consistent evaluation feedback.
• Develop and lead a “continuous improvement” ethos within the team and help drive this culture across the finance function
• Working with the Financial Accounting Manager (FAM) to develop the treasury management policy to optimise return from excess cash balances and funds held on deposit
• Work with the FAM to ensure VAT is accounted for correctly, particularly in the risk areas of purchase cards and expenses (on ITrent) and ZSL’s partial exemption status and assist with the preparation of quarterly VAT returns to HMRC.
• Become a system administrator for the RBS purchasing cards and Amazon Business account.
• Responsible for ensuring all trade and adhoc invoices are raised within agreed SLA’s and debt is recovered in a prompt manner.
• Reconcile and review aged debtors / creditors on a monthly basis and set targets for recovery of debt. Set up monthly balance sheet reconciliation for sign off by the FAM.
• Lead the resolution of queries, liaising across all the ZSL teams to establish an appropriate solution.
• Responsible for preparation of the following month-end journals, with correct coding and VAT coding ensuring that income is recognised in the correct legal entity: ZSL, ZEL and online shop cashbooks; sales invoices; credit notes; ZEL agency commission reconciliations (Ampersand and Levy) and ITrent expenses RBS purchasing card and Amazon business account.
• Enable the delivery of timely and accurate Management account reporting
• Deliver the business objective of an increase in the use of purchase orders across the whole of ZSL through training stakeholders and setting up processes for suppliers to follow.
• Approve new supplier’s bank details and requests for changes of bank details, ensuring the relevant information is obtained.
• Provide team cover for cashier and accounts assistant and any other ad hoc tasks when necessary

Person Specification

• Be a qualified accountant (either ACCA or CIMA). Previous Retail / other commercial operations and monitoring outsourced contractors is preferable.
• Have proven experience of successfully managing, motivating and developing a small team including performance management.
• Preparation of VAT returns, particularly in a partial recovery environment, is a preference, along with the desire to acquire greater knowledge.
• Ability to robustly challenge decision making and drive continuous improvement in business performance whilst maintaining positive relationships Experience of engaging with non-finance business areas and their process owners.
• Ability to translate a business process end to end into accounting processes.
• Excellent communication and organisation skills with the ability to multitask.
• Proficient with Microsoft packages – Excel, Word and Office.
• Preparation of statutory accounts (desirable, not essential).

To Apply

Applicants will need to upload their CV and covering letter (detailing relevant experience and skills, stating why they want the position and including details of availability) and can do this by clicking the "Apply for this job online" button on the ZSL website. If you have any queries regarding this position or when applying through the system please contact Human Resources.

Closing date for applications: Midnight (23:59) Sunday 10th October 2021

Financial Accountant – Not For Profit

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Financial Accountant to join a well-known not for profit organisation in Central London.

Reporting to the Head of Finance the role of Financial Accountant will have the responsibility of processing all transactions during month end, ensuring balance sheet reconciliations are complete and up to date. This opportunity will also be responsible for one direct report giving the selected candidate the opportunity to build on their management skills.

Main Duties:

• Completion of Month end processes including balance sheet reconciliations and maintaining accruals and prepayments.
• Review the sales and purchase ledger.
• Management of the banking facilities, ensuring the cash flow forecast is accurate and updated.

Person specification:

• Part Qualified or Fully Qualified (Will also encourage progressive QBE professionals to apply)
• Intermediate Excel skills.
• Strong experience in financial controls & statutory financial reporting.
• Good Stakeholder management skills.

Applications for this role close Sunday 12th September for more information contact Tiffany at Allen Lane and use the link below to apply.

An excellent role for a Part Qualified Financial Accountant in a fast moving organisation.

Client Details

This Financial Accountant will join one of the UK's biggest housing associations.

Description

The Assistant Financial Accountant will be responsible for the following duties

• Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• Monthly Prepayment and Accruals
• Prepare Monthly Financial Statements
• Assist with Year End Accounts

Profile

The successful candidate will be Part Qualified and have experience of consolidated accounts.

Job Offer

A salary of between £38,000 - £42,000 plus benefits including study support.

Financial Accountant, Central London – Charity, up to £45,000

A leading children’s charity is looking for a qualified Financial Accountant to step into their team and help the Controls Manager through year end and process improvements. This position is ideal for an ACA qualified accountant looking for their first step into a NFP organisation with a plan to progress through a large finance team. Suitable candidates will be comfortable in a fast paced and ever-changing environment and have a strong technical accounting background.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the monthly and year-end close process
• Ensuring the continuous improvement and the monitoring of internal controls – performing relevant tasks in relation to the balance sheet
• Monitoring and forecasting cash flow and supporting treasury management
• Maintain constructive relationships with the bank and investment advisors
• Preparation of quarterly VAT returns for the organisation and its trading companies
• Supporting the Financial Accounting & Control Manager in the delivery of the consolidated statutory accounts of the organisation and all subsidiaries
• Working alongside other teams within Finance and the organisation more generally, actively continue to develop the financial processes and procedures to improve performance and efficiency

Key Skills & Qualifications:

• ACA/ACCA Qualified technical accountant with minimum of 3 years’ experience in an accounting team
• Strong academics throughout
• Good interpersonal skills and team player
• Strong financial controls
• Interest in working for a charity and a passion for the organisation

Hand in Hand International is exclusively partnering with Robertson Bell to recruit a Financial Accountant to support its fundraising and programme management operations on a permanent, full-time basis. Hand in Hand fights poverty with grassroots entrepreneurship and our long-term goal is to eradicate poverty in the communities where we work.

This Financial Accountant role will play an important part in ensuring that Hand in Hand International’s funds are used effectively to achieve its mission, contributing to our long-term success. Your key focus will be managing the day-to-day accounts, month end processes, and preparation of annual financial accounts for the organisation.

If you are passionate about women’s economic empowerment and have sector experience, we’d love to hear from you.

The organisation:

Since 2003, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, we’ve helped 3 million women launch small businesses that can stand the test of time. Some are smallholder farmers learning to stand up to climate change. Some are refugees starting a new life after running from conflict. Others are young women and girls with few opportunities starting to dream – and plan – for the future.

Our model, help to self-help, puts people’s destinies in their own hands. Hand in Hand we can help women beat the odds and succeed as entrepreneurs. The money they earn and the confidence they gain changes everything. Whole families and communities rise with them.

The key responsibilities are as follows:

• Taking the lead in the preparation of annual financial accounts and managing the annual audit process
• Maintaining financial records and leading the production of the monthly management accounts
• Supporting the Head of Finance & Compliance and the senior leadership team with timely financial information and annual budget setting
• Managing monthly payroll, including NI and pension contributions
• Paying invoices and regular transfers to overseas charity partners
• Setting up and running an invoicing system for donations and grants
• Liaising with international teams to boost financial understanding, providing mini training sessions as required
• Reviewing overseas charity partners’ annual accounts to ensure compliance
• Ensuring Gift Aid is claimed wherever possible
• Drafting project budgets for select proposals, managing budget revisions and funder finance reports
• Duties may vary from time to time as we are a small team in an entrepreneurial environment

The successful candidate will have:

• Ideally fully qualified as an accountancy professional (ACA/ACCA/CIMA etc.)
• Experience and up-to-date knowledge of SORP accounting
• Experience of preparing accounts under the charities SORP
• Experience of QuickBooks accounting and Sage payroll software
• Experience working in the non-profit sector
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Strong attention to detail, with good analytical and problem-solving skills

This position will be based in our office in Baker Street three days a week and working from home two days a week. We will continue to follow government guidance on Covid-19 and ensure that health and safety is a priority.

We believe diversity drives innovation and excellence and welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 10th October, with first stage interviews taking place the week commencing 18th October. Applications will be under constant review before the closing date so please submit your application to our exclusive search agent Robertson Bell ASAP to avoid disappointment!

My client is a very well-known youth charity that supports children throughout the UK with a broad range of initiatives and services. At present, they are looking to recruit an interim Financial Accountant to provide additional support to their accounting team during a number of projects.

Key duties:

• Responsible for the delivery of the charity’s quarterly VAT return, ensuring proper monthly controls are implemented for a smooth process.
• Support in the delivery of a new system, assisting with data validation and parallel running.
• Update and maintain the fixed asset register, improving and updating existing reports.

Although professional qualifications are not essential for this role, a strong understanding of VAT, including quarterly returns and partial exemptions is, and should be evident on your CV.

This role will be inside of IR35 and although predominantly home based, some time in the office will be encouraged.

Flexible working hours available (4-5 days a week)

Allen Lane are pleased to be partnering with a London University on the recruitment of a permanent Financial Returns Manager.  This key role will report the Head of Finance and Analysis and be responsible for proving financial return to the Universities external bodies.

The University operates a highly regulated environment so it is paramount that the University maintain and regulate revenue, which can be influenced by external factors now and in the future.

Key Responsibilities

• Acting as a key point of contact for externally and internally for finance lead returns.
• Production of statutory returns with a  focus on course costings and budgets
• Taking the lead and ownership of all finance driven University returns including TRAC, TRAC-T, VAT exemption, AFR, HE-BCI and HEIF.
• Documenting the end to end process for the returns, provide meaningful insights to aid decision making
• Presenting the outcomes of the returns to the senior leadership team, with insights on the key drivers and the wider impact to the university in regards to external funding
• Working with colleagues across the university to optimise funding and University rankings
• Providing advice to colleagues around financial returns and presenting information to senior leaders  

The Ideal candidate:

• A qualified Accountant
• Previous experience in a similar role in the Higher education sector is highly desirable
• Extensive experience in a finance business Partnering, Planning and Analysis
• Experience of statutory returns in an Higher education or regulated industry is highly desirable

We are seeking an experienced and inspirational leader to join our Leadership Team; someone with a compassionate heart who is motivated by their evangelical Christian faith and has a proven track record and experience of strategic and operational financial management. In liaison with the charity’s Trustees and Leadership Team, you will be instrumental in developing and implementing the Ministry’s ambitious and exciting financial strategy.

You will have the vision, knowledge and skills to convey financial information in a practical and insightful way to different audiences. You will be someone who enjoys combining technical expertise with the ability to inspire and lead others.

You will be expected to demonstrate high levels of accounting knowledge and be comfortable using Sage 50. You will hold an appropriate financial qualification.

If you believe God may be calling you to fulfil this varied and pivotal role and you understand the importance of excellence in accounting for our precious resources, then please apply for this full-time position which is based at our office in Orpington, Kent, with some agreed flexibility to work from home.

Applicants must be committed to Release International’s evangelical Christian beliefs (occupational requirement).

Overview

We’re ZSL, an international conservation charity. Our vision is a world where wildlife thrives and we’re working every day to achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and wildlife live alongside each other, we are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink of extinction. Through the work of our pioneering scientists, our dedicated conservationists and our unrivalled animal experts in our two zoos, our purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals going extinct

Role Profile

ZSL is looking for an Applications Support Lead to manage and support our commercial systems applications (e.g. Retail, Ticketing, Payments etc). The successful candidate will manage the specification and implementation of new features and enhancements to our commercial system and will work with the end users to ensure satisfactory resolution of their issues.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Working on a range of business projects to identify and propose commercial application system changes, enhancements and developments.
• Provide advice, maintenance, support and problem resolution for all ZSL commercial application systems.
• Review, prioritise and allocate to team members commercial systems support calls.
• Analyse and determine faults, improvements or configuration changes.
• Document changes to configuration and /or processes and ensure end users are notified.

Person Specification

• Operational experience of managing a commercial systems application portfolio
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Good interpersonal skills when dealing with both individuals and teams
• Knowledge and experience of supporting the following technologies would be advantageous but not essential:
  • POS (Retail solutions)
  • Ticketing systems
  • CRM (ideally Salesforce)
  • Payment systems (PCI, PED’s etc)
  • SQL and database design
  • Commercial SaaS application solutions

Please fnd the full job description attached here. 

To Apply

Applicants will need to upload their CV and covering letter (detailing relevant experience and skills, stating why they want the position and including details of availability) and can do this by clicking the "Apply for this job online" button. If you have any queries regarding these positions or when applying through the system please contact Human Resources.

 Closing date for applications: Sunday 10th October 2021

The Zoological Society of London is a charity registered in England and Wales: no. 208728.

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Your new company
Working with a charity who focus on delivering community, health and well-being services - they have work specifically with young people and run community events across London. The organisation has recently merged and opened a state of the art new building to provide services to the homeless.

Responsibilities
* develop financial strategies, plans, policies and procedures in conjunction with the Director of Corporate Services that support the delivery of overall organisational strategy and business plans.
* develop and manage the provision of a range of financial professional services, including budgetary management, financial forecasting, management accounting, financial reporting.
* lead and manage the Finance team and ensure a culture of high-quality and business focussed service provision.
* act as Company Secretary, ensuring compliance with the statutory and regulatory requirements and providing guidance and support to Audit Committee and the Board.

You will be a qualified accountant and have first class financial control experience. You will ideally have charity experience, but this is not essential. You must be able to demonstrate strong management experience - able to set clear objectives and plans to make sure that deadlines are met.

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Financial Accountant (6 month FTC)

Are you an experienced financial accountant? Do you want to use your skills to contribute towards a high performing finance team in an incredibly rewarding Charity role? Then this is the job for you!

This is a six-month fixed term contract role which is critical for the delivery of the financial statutory requirements of GOSH Charity. It’s an exciting time for the Charity and this role will be pivotal within the Finance team to deliver on all financial accounting aspects.

About the Team

This role sits within the Financial Accounting & Processing team, which is part of the Finance team within the Finance & Resources Directorate. The team is focussed on all transactional processing, as well as statutory and taxation reporting.

About You

You will be a fully qualified accountant (CCAB/CIMA) with significant experience in financial accounting. You will be willing to work collaboratively across the team and wider Charity, being pro-active in your approach and have a desire to continually seek improvements to Charity accounting.

The ideal candidate will also have:

- Significant experience of preparing statutory accounts
- A strong controls ethos
- Experience of producing HMRC returns (eg VAT, Corporation Tax)
- Solid understanding of VAT treatment
- Excellent numerical and MS Excel skills

About the Charity

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill
children starts with you.

Recently awarded with a ‘Best Companies 2-star accreditation' and placed number 17 on the 2019 Sunday Times Best 100 Not-for-Profit Companies list - we offer a range of attractive benefits including; a flexible approach to working, 30 days holiday, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contributions, and a discounted season ticket loan.

Please refer to the full job description below for more information.

How to Apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete. You are encouraged to include a cover letter with your application and should refer to the ‘Application and Interview FAQs’ on the career section of our website before you apply. ??

Location: WC1N Central London
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 per week
Salary: £45,000 - £48,000 per annum plus benefits

Closing date: 16 October 2021

Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

Due to the large number of applications, we receive, we are unfortunately only able to inform shortlisted candidates of the outcome of their application. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. If your application is not successful, we hope that you will not be discouraged and will still apply for other suitable vacancies in the future.?

You may have experience of the following: Financial Accountant, Finance Manager, Accounts Manager, Financial Reporting, Management Accountant, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, etc.

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Your new company
A well-established and respected London-based charity.

Your new role
Reporting to the Finance Director, you will be involved in helping to develop the five year strategic plan; assisting with budgeting and forecasting and financial modelling/scenario analysis on potential plans for the charity. Anticipated duration is for 3 months+. To start ASAP. Hybrid working - 2 days per week in the office.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be an experienced Financial Analyst with strong, recent experience of complex financial modelling, budgeting and working on financial plans (ideally within the charity/not-for-profit sector).

What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.

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 on your career.

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Senior Financial Analyst

£51,500

Hybrid Working (80% Home Working)

Office in South London

Reporting into the Director of FP&A

A large organisation is seeking a Finance Analyst to join its capital Investment & asset disposal division.

This organisation has grown over the past 5yrs and has the funding in place to expand its assets further.

Experience of working within an organisation with property assets would be hugely beneficial.

Key Responsibility:

Leading the financial analyst of the organisations, investment and disposal decisions, this role is pivotal to our capital allocation decisions.

In leading the analysis of our development and sales programmes in totality, this role is fundamental to risk decisions around the scale and scope of our development strategy as well as informing treasury decisions on liquidity and financial risk management.

Be part of the team which leads the financial review of all new real estate investment opportunities, totalling some £300m annually across some 20 individual schemes. Appraise financial risks and returns for each, making constructive proposals on accounting, tax, economic and commercial terms to improve scheme performance. Give an opinion of accuracy before they are submitted to the relevant sign-off committee or other approving body.

The client is looking for a Qualified Accountant with an Analytical frame of mind and experience of manipulating a large amount of data.

Experience from the property sector would be beneficial.

Experience from an organisation with a portfolio of assets would be hugely beneficial.

£51,500 Salary

80% Home working