Financial Accounting Manager Jobs in Westminster, Greater London
PCS is the Public and Commercial Services Union, representing many thousands of members working in the civil service and related areas.
We are looking for an experienced manager with an accountancy qualification to join our Finance team for an initial period of one year. Managing the Accounting & Budgeting and Payroll teams, you will be responsible for the compilation and production of management accounts, budgets and annual finance reports, ensuring the integrity and completeness of the accounting records. You will ensure compliance with taxation rules, regulations and accounting standards and liaise with investment managers over the PCS investment portfolio.
You will bring your experience of working at a professional accountant level in the finance function of an organisation, producing management accounts and participating in the external audit process. You will be able to demonstrate your accounting knowledge and how you keep up to date with developments in financial management and taxation. A knowledge of contract and compliance management is essential.
Employer Benefits
You will have access to a generous package of staff benefits including: -
· flexible working (including hybrid working)
· childcare and family support
· generous maternity/paternity leave
· 32 days’ leave and Christmas closure
· pension scheme
· employee assistance programme
Salary and Location
· Band 4, London, Spine points 27-23 Regional Spine points 30-26
· London Salary: £49,299 p.a. rising to £56,079 p.a. Regional Salary: £45,570 p.a. rising to £51,459 p.a.
· Based: PCS offices in London (Clapham) or Leeds
· Temporary for 12 months
Learning and Development
The union offers a wide range of learning and development opportunities. We will work with you to support your continued professional development.
Closing date: at 12 midday on Wednesday 10 April 2024
Applications must be received by the closing date and time specified.
Interviews will be held by Zoom: Wednesday 1 May 2024
Candidates invited for interview are required to make themselves available on the date/s specified. Interview dates cannot be changed to accommodate candidates who are unavailable to attend on the specified date.
· CVs will not be accepted. Only PCS application forms will be considered.
· PCS offers a generous range of benefits including assistance with childcare, extensive family-friendly schemes, generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme.
· PCS is working towards equal opportunities and is positive about disabled people.
· All posts can be considered on a full-time, part-time or job share basis.
Staff/PCS Members should agree the period of release with Line Managers/employing department prior to application. Anyone currently deployed in a temporary position within PCS will be required to relinquish that position if successful at interview.
For further details and an application form please visit the PCS website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
If you want to make a real difference to the experiences of women and birthing people in maternity care, by increasing understanding of the law amongst healthcare professionals and those who manage and regulate maternity care, please read on and download our recruitment pack.
About Birthrights:
Birthrights was founded in 2013 with the understanding that at the heart of the poor experiences and outcomes of maternity care for so many people in the UK, is a consistent failure to listen to the voices of women and birthing people and a complete disregard for their fundamental human rights. We champion the rights of women and birthing people through information and advice, training, campaigns, research and legal action. You can read our new ten-year strategic framework here Strategy - Birthrights
About the role:
This is a maternity cover opportunity for a valued role in our Senior Leadership Team. This position is critical to our work in training healthcare professionals to understand how the law applies to practice. You will be delivering our ambitious plans to take our training service to the next level at this critical time, with support of our two brilliant training co-ordinators and a wider team of associate trainers. You will balance overseeing some exciting new projects whilst ensuring quality delivery of our training to meet our income targets.
About You:
We are looking for someone who has the ability to manage an income-generating service, meet the strategic goals of the service, and identify advocacy opportunities towards our ambition for long term and systemic change.
You will be a collaborative and empathetic leader, with experience managing an operational service or team and generating income or managing budgets. You will have experience developing or delivering training and have some understanding of human rights law or the challenges faced by too many women and birthing people in maternity care in the UK.
We still want to hear from you even if you don’t meet all our criteria. Please tell us about experiences that have not been included here, but that you feel might be relevant to this role
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job description
King’s Global Health Partnerships (KGHP) aims to improve health outcomes in five African countries– Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Zambia, DR Congo and Gambia – working with local partners and drawing on the skills of volunteers from the NHS and King’s College London. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead the development and management of finance systems for an innovative and impactful health systems strengthening programme.
This role will be based within Kings Finance Team and will oversee financial management of KGHP’s restricted and unrestricted funds, leading on financial planning, budgeting and donor compliance across our programmes. You will support Partnerships staff, providing hands-on support as necessary to ensure that internal controls and financial management processes are in place, in order to meet financial, contractual, statutory and legal responsibilities.
The appointee will lead on the development of KGHP’s financial systems and reporting in line with developments from KCL's finance team. You will be able to deliver change in processes by building effective relationships with the Finance team and KGHP staff in London and in Africa, as well as building relationships with teams across King’s College London, ensuring coherence and consistency of approach and compliance with financial policies and processes.
This post will be offered on an a fixed term contract until 31st July 2025.
This is a part-time post - 80% full time equivalent.
Key responsibilities
Financial management, compliance and control
- Manage flows of funding to in-country programmes and partners, including forecast-based transfers and reconciliation
- Support the management of in-country finance staff
- Ensure project-specific financial record keeping; review partner financial reports, proactively raising issues with the project budget holder
- Oversee all international grants and contracts and ensure the timely submission of accurate financial grant reporting, including analysis of exchange rate gains and losses
- Lead and manage external audits, ensuring that recommendations arising from external audits are effectively addressed
- Support capacity building programmes workshops for local partners in Africa, enabling them to effectively implement and monitor statutory and institutional grants
- Work with wider finance teams to ensure income and expenditure is aligned to KCL's wider aims and ambitions
Budget development and oversight
- Work closely with programmes teams to develop proposal and programme budgets which ensure cost recovery and sustainable growth, ensuring appropriate rigour and accuracy. Ensure that match funding requirements for grants are strictly monitored
- Work closely with budget holders to ensure they have good working knowledge of their budgets, conducting regular meetings to understand and explain variances
- Maintain full oversight of KGHP’s finances, ensuring that unrestricted and restricted income and expenditure remains in line with approved budgets
- Provide monthly and quarterly reports and analysis to the KGHP Head of Programs and Senior Management Team to keep them informed of KGHP’s financial position and areas of risk
- Produce an annual statement of accounts for KGHP
Financial processes and systems development
- Improve and maintain systems for financial records, reporting and financial controls in accordance with auditing standards and accounting principles
- Train and develop Partnerships Finance staff overseas and in London in financial oversight and business management; ensure thorough inductions to finance systems for new Partnerships staff
- Ensure that guidance on reporting, budgeting and compliance to internal budget holders and other relevant staff members is clear and well communicated
- Develop and implement an approach to full cost recovery, cost attribution/allocation; reserves policy and management plan; and resource allocation policy, including policy on the application of unrestricted funds
The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.
Skills, knowledge, and experience
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level
- Qualified or part qualified accountant or equivalent (CIMA, ACA, ACCA) or equivalent experience
- Highly competent in Excel, able to build and maintain sophisticated templates and databases
- Experience of financial management of large, multi-partner projects in the international development sector
- Experience of developing and maintaining financial systems in global settings
- Experience of capacity development of non-finance colleagues on financial management
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and ability to communicate complex financial and contractual issues to non-finance colleagues
- Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, actively addressing areas of potential bias
Desirable criteria
- Experience of QuickBooks or similar accounting packages
- Experience of Business World / Unit 4
Further information
We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.
King’s Global Health Partnerships
King’s Global Health Partnerships works with health facilities, academic institutions and governments to strengthen health systems and improve the quality of care in four countries: Somaliland, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. We bring together health, academic and international development expertise from King’s College London, the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) and our international partners to:
- Educate, train and support healthcare workers
- Strengthen healthcare and training institutions
- Enhance national health policies and systems
We connect UK and African health professionals, providing training, mentoring and hands-on support; and undertake collaborative research to inform policy and practice. We also support our partners by providing access to funding, networks and development opportunities. Through these long-term partnerships and our global volunteering scheme we promote skills and knowledge exchange, and mutual learning that contribute to building a stronger health workforce and improved quality of healthcare both internationally and in the UK. KGHP is based within the School of Life Course and Population Sciences.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Hours/Location: Full time/Hybrid 2 days a week central office, 3 days home
Have you recently qualified in accountancy and looking for something senior? Or are you an experienced accountant wanting to work for a place with more social purpose? Maybe you’ve been looking for an in-house hybrid finance role?
At the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), we put our children, families and communities first. Our social mission is what sets us apart from other organisations as our ambition is to change the world, one child at a time. As a social enterprise, we impact thousands of children’s access to quality education across London and hope to be able to reach many more in the next few years. Chloe Johnston – Financial Controller, “We're a friendly fast paced team, it's not all about crunching numbers, there's lots of opportunity to learn and develop - all for a brilliant purpose”.
We are searching for an accountant who will join our close-knit finance team of 15 in an organisation of over 850 people. We help ensure LEYF continues to support over 4,000 children at our 39 nurseries. In 2023, LEYF turned over an exceptional 29 million which was reinvested into our children so they get a great start in life.
This role is perfect if you are at a point in your career where you are already running parts of the process and now want more ownership. You’ll own some parts fully, get a full breadth of exposure across finance, and have the ability to make an impact in our successful growing social enterprise.
We’re looking for an accountant that can work efficiently, and at a pace and wants to bring new ideas and ways of doing things. You’re adaptable and a positive team player who is always willing to give something a go. If you have a good idea and it improves how we do things, we want you to implement it. You will be a valued member of the team.
Your progression:
There is significant scope for growth in the role of Senior Finance Accountant. In the future, you could lead big process improvements, take responsibility for our financial statements, and help develop and coach junior members of the team.
About you:
·Fully (or nearly) Qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent).
·Has a passion for working in an organisation with a social purpose
·Worked in accountancy before and keen on breadth and ownership
·A whizz at Excel and technology
·Proactive, likes solving problems and improving processes
·Efficient and organized
·Excellent attention to detail
·A strong, positive communicator
·Collaborative team player
Main duties and responsibilities:
·Lead on parts of the financial systems e.g. fixed assets, the sales ledger, grant income reconciliations
·Takes responsibility for key month-end entries, reconciliations, and journals
·Works closely with wider Finance team to prepare the annual accounts and act as a key person in our annual audit
·Be the go-to person for stakeholders (payroll, banks, auditors, insurers)
·Constantly seeking to improve systems and processes
What’s in it for you?
·Hybrid working between home and our central Pimlico office
·Your contribution matters as you are an important part of a 15-person finance team within our social enterprise all about purpose
·A good salary for the charity sector
·Up to 35 days off a year, including 8 bank holidays, 3 days off between Christmas and New Year, and your birthday
·Generous pension at 7% from us (1% from you)
·70% discount on childcare fees
·Sector-leading parental leave
·Other benefits that take care of you, include access to the Headspace app, shopping discounts, attending our annual conference, and budget for team celebrations.
Not got everything we mention above but want social purpose and have some accountancy experience? Get in touch anyway as we value diversity and are willing to support the right person to get there.
What’s stopping you? Interviews will be arranged as and when successful applications are received.
We are looking to recruit a Financial and Management Accountant to join our team based in London. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £32,291.50 per annum.
The Royal Air Force Museum is a national museum, a Government non-departmental public body (NDPB) and a registered charity, with two sister sites at London and Midlands. Our purpose is to share the RAF story, past, present and future - using the stories of its people and our collections in order to engage, inform and inspire. Our Vision is to inspire everyone with the RAF story – the people who shape it and its place in our lives.
We have two public sites (London and Midlands) and a stored collection (Stafford). Our trading company and active fundraising supplement Grant in Aid which comes through the Ministry of Defence.
Purpose of the Financial and Management Accountant role is to:
We are seeking to appoint a Financial and Management Accountant for the Museum’s trading company (RAFMEL), as part of a small finance team for the Museum and RAFMEL. The profits of RAFMEL are gifted to the RAF Museum to enhance our visitor experience, improve our facilities, and help us inspire everyone with the RAF story.
Key responsibilities of our Financial and Management Accountant will include:
- Responsibility for preparation and first review of monthly management accounts (including income and expenditure statement, balance sheet, cashflow statement, funds summary, salary summary) and performance reports for RAFMEL, in an accurate and timely fashion, including any associated commentary and key performance indicators (KPI).
- The analysis and interpretation of financial and business data to support budget-holders as required during the monthly operations and during the annual budget-setting process
- Acting as business partner to the RAFMEL commercial teams, providing commercial analysis to support decision-making
- Closing the monthly books through to preparation of monthly management accounts, including notes and commentary
- Preparation of the first draft year-end financial statements
- Reconciliation of daily takings sheets reports from both sites and accurate monthly reporting of income by activity
- Preparation and posting of all journals for RAFMEL, such as accruals, prepayments deferred income, salaries and payroll, intercompany transactions
- Maintenance of Business Intelligence system in Sage200
- Maintaining appropriate financial records and ensuring prior year files are archived at least annually
What we are looking for in our Financial and Management Accountant:
- Accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or overseas equivalents)
- Advanced Excel skills
- Communicates in a straightforward manner, demonstrating respect and acting with integrity and impartiality
- Recognises scope of own authority for decision making and empowers team members to make appropriate decisions
- Displays a strong commitment delivering on own/teams’ objectives
- The ability to flex approach to the different needs of competing work areas
- Uses specialist professional//technical expertise and operating knowledge to its fullest extent, where appropriate
- Articulates the Museum’s purpose and objectives and supports their team to see their role within it
Closing date for applications: 5th April 2024
Interviews will take place on: 16th April 2024
If you think you have what it takes and want to be part of this exciting journey, please click apply now to be re-directed to our jobs page where you can access the application method and details for the Financial and Management Accountant role. Join us in delivering our purpose and achieving our vision, ensuring that the Royal Air Force’s story continues to enrich and inspire current and future generations. We would love to hear from you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Risk & Assurance Manager to join our Audit, Risk & Governance Team. This role will require the successful candidate to support to the Head of Audit, Risk & Governance in the implementation and oversight of effective risk management and assurance policies and procedures for the whole organisation.
Role Requirements
You will attend the Audit & Risk Committee and other board committees from time to time to present on risk and assurance. With experience of delivering 2nd line risk and assurance activities within large, complex or heavily regulated organisation, you will be effective in building professional relationships and influencing and collaborating with colleagues from all disciplines and at all levels.
You will need to engage effectively with frontline and support colleagues to really understand the needs of our beneficiaries and the risks to the charity more broadly. The ultimate objective of risk management at The Children’s Trust is to ensure the charity continues to deliver high-quality, safe and effective and financially sustainable services for vulnerable children now and in the longer-term.
Although the role does not have any formal direct reports, the Risk & Assurance Analyst will have a dotted line into the Risk & Assurance Manager, providing support particularly on business continuity but also on risk management as and when necessary.
With experience of working in a complex environment, across a large and diverse workforce, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will naturally possess excellent inter-personal skills, and an ability to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.
Terms and Conditions
PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and further explored during the interview process.
Strictly no agencies, please.
As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interviews. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for an interview on this occasion.
About Us
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including, adoption pay, time off for fertility treatment, enhanced paternity leave, paid carers leave, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms, time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Equal Opportunity Employer
To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.
Online Searches
In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We're hiring a Service Manager to join our Mental Health Stepdown service in Enfield! You will have overall responsibility of your service and team, aiming to deliver a high quality, trauma informed service to your residents. Your role is to ensure full contract and regulatory compliance whilst being a role model/leader for your team to achieve KPI's and other requirements as per the service needs.
The service focuses on care and support rehabilitation for adults with complex mental health needs, providing a total of 24 units of supported accommodation for residents who may also have behaviours that prove challenging to services, including mental health, and medication non-compliance. We support people moving from complex care inpatient rehabilitation service/acute mental health ward and (if appropriate a residential environment), initially into an intensive rehabilitation arrangement that works closely with the mental health rust community rehabilitation team.
Some of our units provide move on supported accommodation from the intensive support service and provides an alternative to existing residential care provisions. The transition allows our residents and participants to further enhance their life skills.
Shift/Working pattern: 37.5 hours a week in service Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, you may also be required to work outside these hours as per the service requirements and needs. You will also take part in our on call service.
Benefits, including Non-Contractual Perks
- 25 days annual leave, increasing with the length of service
- Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
- Medicash includes discount gym memberships, routine optometry care, dental treatments, and physiotherapy treatments
- Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
- Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing.
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Annual Staff Awards
- Be part of a person-centred organisation!
If you have the passion, creativity, and tenacity to make a real difference in people's lives, challenge stigma and make our communities safer, we would love to hear from you!
ABOUT YOU
We are an organisation which embraces differences and encourage our staff to bring their professional but authentic selves to work! We're looking for someone who is driven to provide high quality, effective, and person centred support to staff, colleagues, residents and participants, someone who thrives working in a team but can also work independently using their own initiative! You need to be confident in leading a motivating a team, being able to be proactive and adaptable and maintain a high morale within the service. We look for compassionate, supportive and empowering leaders who are comfortable working in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment! If this sounds like you, take a look at our full JDPS and apply now!
OVERVIEW OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Line Management and Leadership
- Provide high quality support, leadership and line management to staff, offer guidance, support, and advice to the team and support them to perform to the best of their abilities.
- Provide leadership and management throughout the full employee lifecycle.
- Hold regular one to ones and team meetings to support effective teamwork and communication. Facilitate a culture where constructive challenge is welcomed.
- Proactively embed a culture of learning, development, reflection, and evaluation in a psychologically informed environment.
Service Delivery
- Manage the overall day-to-day operational delivery of your service, working directly with your team, colleagues, residents and participants, as well as other stakeholders to provide a high-quality, holistic service which meets the needs of our residents.
- Ensure service responsibilities and requirements are carried out effectively. This includes but is not limited to; welfare checks, risk assessments, support sessions, safeguarding checks, training and development, and other responsibilities required for effective service delivery.
- Support the team to carry out their day to day duties and responsibilities, offer guidance and support as necessary.
- Work proactively to ensure the service and team meet and exceed Key Performance Indicators, and work in line with professional codes of conduct.
- Empower residents and participants to make decisions to take control over their lives, by creating an enabling environment.
- Be part of the operational on-call Rota for providing out-of-hours support across the operations directorate.
Risk Management
- Follow relevant risk assessment and management procedures, share relevant information with others as necessary.
- Ensure all case recording and information is accurately recorded in a timely manner, ensuring confidentiality and GDPR.
- Champion, and act as a point of reference for safeguarding concerns within the service(s). Ensure all staff attend relevant safeguarding and training and use knowledge to coach and advise the team.
Property and Housing Management
- Ensure the accommodation in which residents live is clean and maintained to a high standard
- Ensure all repairs and maintenance issues are correctly reported and managed through to completion.
- Ensure a provision of high quality housing management service is provided to residents.
Financial Management
- Manage the service budget and review monthly management accounts: Set budgets and ensure resources are maximised.
- Promote effective cost control mechanisms and other financial activities.
- Maintain financial management within the service.
Other
- Some of what else is included: Contract management and Internal auditing, admin, and general other duties as required.
Other responsibilities than those described above may be required to be undertaken from time to time and will be expected to be performed to as long as it is within the capability and level of the position. Please refer to the JDPS attached for more information.
KEY CRITERIA
What we are looking for:
- Understanding and/or experience of working with people of complex backgrounds, ex-offenders, mental health, substance misuse, challenging behaviours
- Experience of working with and engaging with diverse groups of people from varying backgrounds
- Previous experience in people management and development
- IT Proficiency, including Microsoft Office, and the ability to navigate and learn new case management systems and other types of organisational software.
- Ability to promote the service and provide outreach-based provision, with an ability to liaise and work effectively in partnership with stakeholders
- Understanding of Housing Management, including voids and evictions
What we would like, but not essential:
- Understanding, knowledge, and/or practical application of key legislation – Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Mental Health, Criminal Justice, Social Care, and Housing, and Health, Safety and Environment
Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.
WORKING FOR US
ABOUT US
Social Interest Group (SIG) believes good care and support improve lives. Our values of ambition, empowerment, transparency, and inclusivity drive everything we do. Our mission is to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.
SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings (including people's own homes), probation settings, and hospitals awaiting discharge. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, and Kent. We believe in the power of well-planned, well-managed services to make a difference. We work with high standards and external and internal regulatory frameworks.
Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change
Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group.
Our Values
Ambition – Eager to succeed and to accomplish as much as possible for our people
Empowerment – Giving staff and the people we support the tools, training, and information they need to achieve their potential
Transparency – Upfront and visible about our actions and open to scrutiny from stakeholders, service users, and staff
Inclusivity – Listening to, understanding, and including all our stakeholders to ensure we make a difference and get things right
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.
Additional information on our company policies including Gender Pay, Equality and Diversity, Company Benefits and our Candidate Privacy Policy can be found on our website.
Financial Planning and Analysis Manager | London | Permanent | c. £60,000 per annum (including LW) + amazing benefits!
For a leading UK youth charity, we are recruiting a Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Manager to join their ambitious, busy, and dynamic Finance and Commercial Team based in London. Reporting to the Head of Finance, the FP&A Manager will partner budget holders across their HQ and UK-wide centres, providing first-class financial planning and analysis support. The role will coordinate the annual budgeting process and quarterly updates to year-end forecasts for all funding sources.
What you'll be doing:
- Lead a small team based around the country, working closely with Centre and Operations Managers to understand cost drivers for events and activities
- Production of insightful monthly management accounts and consolidated reporting, partnering with, and challenging, budget holders to understand variances whilst producing meaningful MI to enable leadership to make informed decisions
- Forge a strong business partnering service, working closely with the operations team, the Strategy, Digital and Transformation directorate as well as the Finance and Commercial and Chief Executive Office.
- Play a lead role in Transformation projects, partnering the Project teams and Head of Transformation to provide finance support
- Lead the budgeting and forecasting process including the consolidated annual budget and re-forecasting process in collaboration with Head of Finance and Finance and Commercial Director
What you'll offer:
- A Finance qualification (CCAB) coupled with experience of FP&A, including annual budgeting and medium and long-term planning
- Experience of managing and developing a multi-skilled finance team
- A track-record of producing insightful management information, monthly management accounts and financial modelling
- Experience of driving the production of insightful decision-making analysis as well as the ability to support the delivery of strategic objectives
- Attention to detail, a love of people, self-motivation, and a passion to drive change!
What we'll offer you:
- 25 days' paid Holiday each year, rising to 30 (with tenure), and the ability to buy 5 more
- 15% Pension (employer contribute 10%, and employee 5%), plus 4x Salary Life Assurance
- A truly flexible working environment including Flexitime, TOIL, and Family Friendly policies
- Healthcare, Eyesight Tests, Gym Discounts, Flu Vaccination, a Career Break, and many more!
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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.
Location: St Albans -Hybrid
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: full-time (37 hours per week)
Salary: £44,110 up to £48,109 inclusive annual salary + up to 19.7 percent employer pension
Job Ref: P1580
About the role
Reporting into the Finance Manager (Systems and Controls), you will be a key member of the team and the lead officer for the management, maintenance, development and improvement of the Council’s Financial Systems. You will be responsible for the team that deals with all transactional services (accounts payable, accounts receivable and income allocation), reconciliations of these areas, and debtor monitoring. This includes cash handling and income allocation and BACS processing for the Council.
About you
You will be educated to degree level, or with relevant experience of working within this environment. Ideally, you will be a member of an appropriate professional body (CCAB) or be able to strongly evidence equivalent professional experience and be working towards fully qualified status. Previous experience of supporting the closure of accounts process for a large multi-disciplinary organisation to enable the production of compliant Statutory Statement of Accounts is also required for this post.
Up-to-date working knowledge of relevant legislation, standards and core disciplines including IFRS and the Code of Practice on Local Government Accounts, and an understanding of business continuity is also needed for this post. This role offers the opportunity for development and support meaning this is an excellent opportunity to progress and gain valuable experience.
St Albans is a unique English Cathedral City with a colourful history which can be seen in the Roman remains and variety of beautiful architecture, heritage sites and conservation areas. Set within green belt, off the M25, A1M and M1 the District includes a cathedral, vibrant city centre and thriving villages. Their centrally located offices in the city are near to the station (London St Pancras 20 minutes), shops and restaurants. In short it is a great place to live and work.
In addition to working within a great team and a comprehensive salary you will have access to:
• 30.5 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme with current employer contribution up to 19.7 percent employer contributions
• Flexible working options
• Staff Parking Permit
• Reimbursement of professional fees
• Comprehensive development and training
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres
• Access to the Council’s Vivup platform to access discounts and benefits
This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Check.
Come along to find out more about the range of opportunities and meet some members of the finance team at their open evening event at the Council Offices (Civic Centre), on Tuesday 26 March, 5-7pm.
Closing date for applications: 22 April 2024
Interviews are scheduled for w/c: to be confirmed.
NOTE: Interviews are conducted throughout the application process. They reserve the right to close the vacancy at an earlier date and they strongly encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.
You may also have experience in the following: Systems Accountant, Financial Systems, CCAB. Head of Finance, Financial Controller, Management Accountant, Finance Director, CIMA, ACCA, Finance Manager, etc.
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
An exciting position has arisen for a Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to join a nationally recognised Membership Body that focuses on supporting the lives of young women and girls. The post holder will lead on the FP&A service and act as a business partner to all budget holders, developing strong relationships across the Organisation.
Key responsibilities of the role:
- To ensure the production of accurate and reliable monthly management accounts for all cost centres within the Charity
- To prepare the consolidated organisational report each month
- To monitor closely the income and expenditure across the organisation to identify significant changes to the budget year end position at an early stage
- To liaise with and challenge budget holders to understand fully the variances and produce meaningful commentary to enable budget holders and directors to make appropriate decisions
- To provide a strong business partnering service across the Charity
- To respond to budget holder requests for information and support as required
- To review budgets for all submissions for restricted funded grants
- To review the financial reports required for all projects from restricted funds and other significant streams of funds
- To support and challenge budget holders to prepare their detailed annual income and expenditure budgets and forecasts during the year
- To prepare the consolidated annual budget and re-forecasts for the organisation.
- To actively participate in budget and re-forecast meetings with the Head of Finance, Finance & Commercial director and relevant budget holders. Systems development
ideal candidate profile:
- Qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)
- Annual budgeting and planning experience
- Extensive financial management experience in the Charity / Commercial sector
Agency reference number: J79189
Location: Central London
Working hours: Full time
Working pattern: Hybrid
This vacancy will be actively shortlisted so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.
Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.
Role description, March 2024
Salary: £47,388 - £51,255, plus benefits.Annual inflationary pay award pending (decided 25 March 24)
Reports to: Director of Communications and Marketing
Direct reports: One (Digital Marketing Manager)
Role Summary
This role will play a crucial role in coordinating delivery of Alcohol Change UK’s flagship Dry January® campaign and ensuring that other campaigns throughout the year (Sober Spring, Alcohol Awareness Week and more) connect with audiences across the UK and internationally. Working closely with external agencies and the Director of Communications and Marketing, you will be part of driving significant growth in the number of people taking part in our campaigns and increasing the profile of our work.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Project Management of the Dry January® campaign
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In collaboration with the Director of Communications and Marketing, play a leading role in developing our ambitious strategy to grow our Dry January® campaign
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Project manage delivery of the campaign, enabling wider members of the Communications and Marketing team to play their part
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Act as a key point of contact at Alcohol Change UK with an external agency, ensuring excellent lines of communication and coordination through the campaign planning process, delivery and evaluation
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Be committed to insights gathering and evaluation, taking learnings from previous years, testing new approaches to grow our impact and monitoring our success
Delivery of campaigns through the year
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Bring strategic thinking to an annual campaigns plan, creating clear opportunities for audiences to engage with our work and explore their relationships with alcohol
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Support the continued development of Sober Spring (March-June) and Alcohol Awareness Week (July) as key moments to develop new audiences
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With the Director of Communications and Marketing, explore new opportunities for significant national ‘Partnership Campaigns’ in our Culture Shift strategic strand
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Explore audience journeys between all our campaigns, working closely with Communications Team and Engagement Team colleagues – particularly on digital and online platforms
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Guide members of your team to deliver Marketing and Digital Communications (including social media) plans throughout the year, which support our wider strategic plan
Financial Planning and Budget Management
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Managing/overseeing the Dry January® budget, and other campaign spending throughout the year, in consultation with the Director of Marketing and Communications
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Develop and maintain income and expenditure tracking and evaluation systems
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Work closely with agencies and suppliers to agree spend, monitor invoicing
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Maintain good communication with our Fundraising Department
Line Management
You will have direct line management for the Digital Marketing Manager (who in turn manages our Digital Communications Officer) and will be responsible for:
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Agreeing objectives and work plans
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Managing workload and performance through regular one-to-one line management discussions
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Planning and implementing personal development programmes in all relevant skills
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Undertaking annual performance reviews
Other
You will also be expected to:
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Work closely with colleagues across the charity to support their work and to act as ‘one team’
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Contribute actively and positively to charity-wide strategies
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Continually develop your knowledge of alcohol harm and solutions to it
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Act as a positive ambassador for Alcohol Change UK at all times
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Know, embrace and actively uphold the values of Alcohol Change UK at all times
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Work flexible hours as necessary to meet the needs of the charity, time off in lieu (TOIL) will be earnt for any work required outside of normal working hours
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Our Client:
Working across Africa, Asia and Latin America this INGO is based in Central London looking for a strong FP&A leader to join and add value quickly.
The Role:
A newly created role to help set up the FP&A team by bringing together the FBPs into one team. Reporting directly into the CFO, and working closely with other department heads and SLT to provide analysis for the decision making process within the charity on both an operational and financial basis. A real opportunity to add value quickly, and oversee all aspects of FP&A. Managing a team of 3 FBPs.
The Successful Candidate:
- Fully Qualified Accountant ( ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA)
- Demonstrable experience in both Finance Business Partnering and all aspects of Financial Planning and Analysis.
- Excellent Excel skills and analytical mindset
- Demonstrable experience in leading / managing teams
Whats on offer:
Opportunity to work closely with Senior Leadership Team during a pivotal time for a ever evolving INGO.
- c.£80,000 - £85,000
- 9 month contract, with the opportunity to extend
- Hybrid working, one day in the central london office (Wednesdays)
- Reporting directly to CFO
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
Financial Accountant
Permanent, Full-time
£50,000 to £55,000
Hybrid working 2 days in office
Location: Chelsea
My client is a healthcare charity that supports a specialist hospital. As part of the organisation’s ongoing growth plans, they are currently in the process of improving the strength in their financial accounting team and improving their financial systems. This has led to a need to recruit a financial accountant in support of this ambitious plan. As the financial accountant you will work closely with the wider team a well as the finance business partner and head of finance to work on process improvement, and drive the charity forward.
Key responsibilities:
- Responsible for timely year end process and preparation of the annual consolidated statutory financial and lead statements, including liaising with the charity’s auditors and dealing with audit queries
- Ensuring that all balance sheets accounts are reconciled frequently, and any differences are dealt with accordingly, including bank reconciliations, intercompany, fundraising income and restricted fund reports
- Responsible for Quarterly VAT Returns, management accounts for our Trading subsidiary and the reconciliation of the intercompany account with the Charity
- Support the review and development of financial policies and procedures
- Work alongside the Head of Finance on phase 2 of the finance system implementation change programme
The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant, or qualified by experience accountant with a desire to drive change in an organisation including development of the accounting system. Additional skills include highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to liaise and work across different teams.
My client is fully open to sector experience and committed to delivering a first-class training and induction programme. As such we welcome candidates from industry, charity or practice backgrounds
The role
The digital team at Breast Cancer Now are leading a transformation in how we present our information and services to people affected by breast cancer. We are looking for a digital project manager who will be responsible for the delivery, tracking and communication associated with a number of key cross orgnanisational projects. The role will support with the Head of Digital Transformation in driving and tracking program delivery and ensuring that solutions can be adopted quickly and effectively by the organisation. This will entail collaborating across several high profile projects spanning various directorates and co-ordinating with internal teams (such as our Services, Nursing and Data teams) and external partner agencies.
About you
You’ll have significant and demonstrable experience of digital project management within an agile framework. You’ll be highly collaborative, with strong communication skills and the ability to inspire, organise and motivate others to work together to deliver on time. You’ll be able to manage a demanding workload with a strong attention to detail and solution focused mindset. You’ll ideally have experience of working in the charity or public sectors.
About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland.
Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you, whenever you need it.
Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care, for anyone affected by breast cancer.
Why? Because we believe that by 2050, everyone diagnosed with breast cancer will live – and be supported to live well. But to create that future, we need to act now.
Job description and benefits
The job description and our attractive benefits package are available for you to download.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is ideally based in our London or Sheffield office but could also be in our Cardiff, or Glasgow office. Our hybrid working model allows full-time staff members to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. In support of your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. When applying please ensure you refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as possible with examples to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any questions regarding this role please contact the Breast Cancer Now recruitment team in the first instance.
Breast Cancer Now is an inclusive employer committed to developing a diverse workforce.
Closing date 9am Thursday 4 April 2024
Interview date Wednesday 10 April 2024
Wohl Legacy
Part time Finance Director
Salary circa £90,000 FTE (2.5 – 3 days per week)
Remote / Occasional travel to London
The Wohl Legacy is comprised of three independent charities all founded by the late Maurice and Vivienne Wohl. The Wohl Legacy invests in and partners with numerous organisations and communities in the fields of Medical Advancement, Care and Welfare, Jewish and Communal Life, Jewish Education, and Pathways to Employment, working with these organisations to ensure lasting change.
Our partners may be those on the ground acting to make change happen or thought and learning partners who share a common vision. Facilitating relationships between organisations, key funders and interested parties is an integral part of the Wohl approach; we seek the best possible outcomes to the challenges that communities face, to enable them to grow and thrive.
We are looking for a proactive and highly capable Finance Director to join our small organisation and provide 360 degree support to the Chief Executive Officer. The organisation has gone through a period of modernisation and we are looking for someone who will continue to seek to improve and streamline processes and find more agile ways of working.
This position is responsible for the full finance function and responsibilities include:
- Overall responsibility for the development and successful delivery of the Finance function;
- Leading on financial planning, preparing annual budgets and quarterly management accounts;
- Preparing year end SORP accounts and liaising with the auditors; producing the Annual Report and Financial Statements; reporting to Finance, Audit and Risk Committee, Investment Committee and the Board of Trustees;
- Liaising with investment managers to obtain regular reports of performance and undertaking new investment movement analysis;
- Ensuring the Foundation’s policies are kept up to date and compliant;
- Communicating complex financial information and influencing and building rapport with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with experience of the UK charity or not for profit sector, advanced knowledge of SORP and charity VAT. You will have led a strategic finance function, produced statutory accounts, management accounts, financial reports and analysis. You will have demonstrable commercial acumen, a strong understanding of business and strategic issues, and the ability to appropriately challenge and advise budget holders. You will have excellent communication skills and a passion for helping us achieve our vision.
Timings:
- Application deadline: Sunday 21st April
- Shortlisting: week commencing 29th April
- 1st stage interviews: week commencing 6th May
- 2nd stage: week commencing 13th May
To apply, please send your CV and supporting statement via the link. For an informal conversation about the role please contact Bryony Thomas via the Allen Lane agency website.