Financial Accountant
Fixed Term (Until end July 2020)
£45,000 - £55,000

This is an excellent opportunity to join our busy Financial Accounting and Tax team and develop your skills in one of the UK’s leading charities.

Reporting to the Head of Financial Accounting and Tax, you will become Macmillan’s internal accounting expert, providing advice across Macmillan. You will be the first point of contact for the external audit.

Equally as important as a strong working knowledge of charity accounting will be your ability to research issues and develop your knowledge base further. Excellent communication skills are essential in this role, to enable you to articulate your conclusions at all levels and to influence others. You will be a qualified accountant.

Whilst this position is offered as a full-time role based in our Vauxhall office, for the right candidate we would be prepared to consider slightly shorter hours and more flexible working arrangements. 

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• Financial Controller working for the University Schools Trust
• Ideal for a candidate with experience of managing a companys finance function

About Our Client

Michael Page is working with University Schools Trust (UST, the Trust). UST is a unique partnership of six world-leading universities and five sector-leading bodies who are working together to deliver a shared vision of inclusive, high quality and transformational education delivered by schools which are deeply rooted in the communities they serve.

The Trust was founded in 2016 and comprises two schools. One is a large all-through school, which has been graded outstanding by Ofsted for nearly a decade. The other school converted from a UTC to a secondary school in 2016 when it joined the Trust, and since that time has made significant progress towards also becoming an outstanding school. Both our schools are over-subscribed.

Job Description

The key responsibilities for the Financial Controller role are:

• Build effective business partnering relationships with the school leadership including Head Teachers and School Business Managers, promoting a finance culture across the Trust which is professional, supportive and service driven.
• Prepare the statutory accounts in conjunction with the Trust's auditors, complying with the Academies Accounts Direction.
• Complete and report monthly management results including financial and operational data, for the Trust and constituent schools to the DFO, CEO and Head Teachers on a timely basis.
• Manage the preparation of the annual and three year budgets as well as in year forecasts.
• Manage Trust finance-related matters to ensure proper stewardship of funds, and promote a culture of innovation and challenge in transforming financial performance.
• Support the DFO in developing the strategic plan for the Trust with specific reference to the appropriateness of the key financial and operational assumptions contained therein. Monitor and report on these plans at agreed intervals.
• Plan and manage cash flow and funding, in consultation with the DFO, and develop a plan for the appropriate management of accumulated cash reserves.
• Take a leading role in identifying the Trust's exposure to financial risks, developing strategies and controls for mitigating risk and minimising any remaining exposure.

The Successful Applicant

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious qualified accountant with experience of managing and coordinating a finance function. You will need the following experience:

• Recognised accountancy qualification and demonstrable experience of managing a finance function.
• Experience in the production of both statutory and management reporting and dealing with external audit requirements, with an up to date knowledge of general accounting principles.
• You will be proactive and able to learn, review and develop internal processes and procedures, continuously looking to improve the services and outputs delivered by the team as well as enforcing compliance.
• You will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, able to understand a wide range of stakeholder needs and adapt services where necessary.
• An individual who enjoys a challenge and wishes to work in a high performing finance function, with the ability to develop and motivate a team of people to deliver results.
• Experience of managing a team and getting the best out of team members.

What's on Offer

Salary 60-65K + Excellent Benefits

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

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Want to work for one of the UK's best-known charities and enhance your CV? Have you got proven experience in a financial accounting role and have you led year end? Would you be confident managing a team of five? If yes - this could be your next role!

This permanent Financial Controller is for a leading UK charity with a turnover of over £100 million and has been established for more than 100 years now. This is a brilliant opportunity for either someone with previous charity experience or someone keen to gain experience in this sector.

Main responsibilities of the Financial Controller will be:

• Lead the financial accounting team providing direction, support and supervision always.
• Drive improvements across financial accounting processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness always.
• Lead on investment decisions, looking at risk, liquidity and return.
• Advise finance and non-finance staff across the organisation on technical financial issues and build strong relationships across the charity.
• Coordinate the year end process, audit process and stay up to date with accounting policies.
• Be responsible for the forecasting and monitoring of cash flow.
• Ensure compliance with income tax, VAT and corporation tax.

This position is based in central London, reports into the Head of Finance and will manage a driven and high performing team. As you will be leading an extremely competent team this position requires strong management skills and the ability to get the best out of highly capable individuals.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, or equivalent).
• Have proven management experience.
• Have proven financial accounting experience, including leading on the year end process.
• Have excellent communication skills.

Although not essential the Hiring Manager is keen to see candidates from an audit background.

If you feel this post could be of interest to you then please do not delay in applying.

Are you currently seeking a new Financial Controller role based in Central London? Are you open to working for a commercial Not for Profit Further Education company? Have you experience of Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, staff management and development, Grant management and deputising for the FD on occasion? Are you a very strong and qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA Finance Manager or Financial Controller looking for a bigger role? If so, then please read on?

My client is a dynamic and growing not for profit organisation who through a recent restructure, have created a new Financial Controller role, which will be an exciting mix of senior accounting, staff management of a growing team and full production of the Groups accounts.

In order to be considered, you will need to have the following skills and experience:

• Responsible to produce the monthly accounts including purchase order commitment balances
• Maintain Sage chart of accounts and its standard reporting
• Create and process data uploads from other feeder systems into Sage, checking data integrity
• Review all bank reconciliations (purchases and two from invoice/billing systems)
• Monitor/reconcile balance sheets accounts on at least a quarterly basis
• Calculate and submit partial-exempt VAT return (VAT group) & manage the switch to MTD for Q4 2019.
• Ensure that instructions to (outsourced) payroll each month are complete and accurate; and that those instructions are correctly reflected in payroll calculations
• Ensure monthly returns and payments are made to three pension providers and the childcare voucher company
• Ensure all central costs are correctly allocated to grants and income streams where allowed
• In conjunction with the rest of the team, lead on the year-end process, from preparation of the auditors' files to finalisation of the statutory accounts
• Ensure that all procedures and policies are up to date and propose any enhancement as required
• Assist with the preparation of annual budgets, forecasts, financial planning and delivery plans based on research and data reports
• Assist with ad hoc commercial and financial planning, including tendering for new business, use of separate statutory entities, capital projects, etc
• Ensure that all areas are sighted on their financial progress on a monthly basis
• Line manage the finance team members including performance management and annual reviews
• Actively participate and plan the development of team members and own
• Participate in the healthy life and dynamic of the wider Finance team (includes IT, Procurement coordination and Business Analysis)
• Deputise for the Finance Director in its absence

Should you feel you are now ready to take on this exciting role, are a fully qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA accountant with a possible additional degree behind you, then please apply now. The role will require a cover letter to accompany your CV.

The job involves a range of financial duties including management, system development, tax planning and treasury responsibility.

Client Details

The client is a large, well known charity based in the City of London with excellent transport links and plenty of opportunities within the company for development.

Description

- Financial Accounting

- Management Accounting

- Systems Development

- Liaison with banks and auditors

- Tax planning

- Company secretarial

- Treasury

- Consolidations

Profile

The successful candidate will have experience in financial roles and preferably experience of more than a year in a financial controller position. They will have excellent communication skills and be open to learning new things quickly and effectively.

Job Offer

A large company that support their staff by offering incentives and initiatives to progress within the company.

Do you want to lead a successful finance function in a well-known not for profit organisation? Are you looking to lead a small and vibrant finance team? Would managing and leading on regular finance, IT and operations projects interest you? Read on…

We are recruiting for a well known not for profit organisation to bring in their next Financial Controller.

The key responsibilities for this role will be:

• Manage the day to day running of a small finance team as well as supporting and line managing 3 staff members
• Produce well-structured management reporting and forecasting as well as manage the budget setting process
• Lead on financial year end including the annual audit and liaising with auditors
• Work closely with senior stakeholders to communicate financial information across the organisation
• Develop and improve the existing finance function including all policies and procedures as the organisation grows

The successful candidate will be:

• A fully qualified CCAB accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA) or at least at finalist stage
• A strong communicator who can business partner with stakeholders at a senior level
• Experienced in financial and management reporting for a small-medium size organisation
• Ideally experienced in working in a not for profit organisation/SORP accounting

Applications will be reviewed on a daily basis so please don't delay in applying!

Are you an experienced Financial Controller looking for your next challenge? Would you enjoy working for an established charity going through a period of change? If so, then please read on!

Robertson Bell Finance are working with a charity based in South West London, to recruit an Interim Financial Controller. The role is due to last for a period of 3-4 months to lead on a major financial controls project. Reporting to the Director of Finance, the main responsibilities are as follows:

• Create and implement a new finance manual, standardising practices across the organisation.
• Review current financial controls, introducing new ones and adapting existing rules to ensure much tighter financial governance.
• Transform how the organisation deal with their restricted and unrestricted funds to ensure compliant restricted fund management.
• Upskill the finance team and wider organisation on how the new financial policies and procedures will affect their roles.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a qualified accountant, preferably with 3-4 years post-qualification experience.
• Have previous experience of rolling out new policies and procedures relating to financial controls, policies and procedures.
• Enjoy working in a busy but fun environment where all parties are striving for excellence.
• Be available immediately or with a short notice period.

This is a genuinely excellent opportunity to work in an organisation doing fantastic work in their sector. Please do not delay in applying as it will likely close before the advertised date.

Financial Controller (Part Time)
Harborne, West Midlands

If you are an experienced finance professional looking to make a real difference, this is an amazing opportunity to join a charity that empowers those with disabilities to lead independent, fulfilling lives in an inclusive society.

About Us

Focus Birmingham is a leading charity that provides specialist support, advice and guidance to people in the Birmingham area who are affected by sight loss and other disabilities.

Over 29,000 people in Birmingham live with sight loss, which has devastating consequences on day-to-day life. It prevents people from driving and working and can remove their independence, leading to low self-esteem, lack of self-confidence and depression.

We believe that everyone has a right to an independent, happy and fulfilling life and future. We offer a broad range of training and services to help blind, visually impaired and disabled people of all ages to learn, grow and achieve their ambitions.

We are building a springboard to our next phase of exciting growth and are looking for a Financial Controller to join us on a part time basis and lead our finance activities.

The Benefits

- Salary of circa £38,000 - £40,000 pro rata
- 20 days’ holiday pro rata (rising with service)
- Six concessionary days pro rata
- Pension

This is an exciting time to join our charity as we reach a crucial juncture in our evolution. You will have the chance to play an integral role in strengthening our financial input, enabling us to achieve our growth ambitions and support more people in need than ever before.

As part of our leadership team, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of our charity, share your expertise with staff across the organisation and make a positive, lasting impact.

So, if you want to help a ground-breaking charity continue to change the lives of people in Birmingham, this is the role for you.

The Role

As a Financial Controller, you will oversee a small team, as well as the full range of our accounting functions, including the preparation of final accounts.

Taking a hands-on approach to your role, you will:

- Motivate, support and inspire your team to work at their best
- Contribute to the development of strategic and operational planning processes
- Lead our budget setting process
- Support the running of our Finance, Audit and Quality Committee (FAQ)
- Monitor, review and communicate our financial performance to stakeholders
- Lead the production of statutory and annual accounts

About You

To join us as a Financial Controller, you will need:

- Significant experience of working in a finance function
- Experience of producing and presenting complex management accounts
- VAT experience, including preparing VAT returns
- Previous experience of managing staff and volunteers
- Experience of preparing accounts to audit level
- Previous experience of accounting processes and procedures
- Experience of using an accounting package
- A solid understanding of regulatory frameworks, as well as funding financial management arrangements and reporting requirements of trust and foundations
- To be a part qualified accountant or possess demonstrable equivalent experience

Other organisations may call this role Finance Controller, Finance Manager, Financial Manager, Management Accountant, Financial Accountant or Accountant. Those from an Accounts, Accounting, Accountancy, Finance or Financial background are encouraged to apply.

This is a part time role, working three days per week, 9:00 – 17:30, with an unpaid hour lunch break.

Focus Birmingham is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, age, gender, sexuality or disability.

So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as a Financial Controller, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

My client is a world-renowned performance venue, associated with the best talent on a global stage.  An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Finance function as an interim Financial Accountant. This is a great chance for a technically strong and systems savvy Accountant to join a passionate, proactive and innovative team.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the day-to-day operation of various finance functions, including: Balance sheet, tax, systems oversight, bank & treasury and financial controls.
• Supervise the monthly close process, managing workflow to ensure deadlines are met.
• Manage one direct report.
• Provide technical advice and support to the team and to internal clients.
• Support the Financial Controller in their role when needed.

Person specification:

• A CCAB-qualified accountant with a working knowledge of current UK GAAP.

• Experience of VAT (including partial exemption), and other Charity-related technical issues eg. Charities SORP requirements would be a distinct advantage.
• Excellent technical accounting skills, including a thorough grasp of the concept of double entry, profit and loss statements and balance sheets, including accounting for accruals, prepayments and accrued and deferred income.
• Highly organised and motivated, with strong attention to detail, and the passion and ability to develop, streamline and improve financial and administrative systems and controls.

A Financial Accountant role with a leading housing provider in the UK. Based in attractive central London, you will be supporting the Finance Manager and the Finance Team in moving the business forward within the Not For Profit Sector.

Client Details

The client is a leading housing association based in Central London, with plans for mass expansion and development in upcoming plans. They pride themselves on staff sharing the same core values as the organisation itself.

Description

As Financial Accountant your key responsibilities will include:

Produce monthly statutory accounts and the yearend financial statements

Contribute to a good control environment through schedules, reconciliations and the investigation of unusual balances.

Provide support to the Group Financial Controller and deputise for him/her where necessary

Ensure intercompany accounts remain in balance and perform monthly reconciliations.

Analysis of balance sheet items and work with other areas of the finance department to ensure regular balance sheet cleansing.

Support other areas of financial accounting and the wider finance team to ensure accuracy of the accounts and a good control environment.

Reconcile payroll accounts

Work closely with the Group Financial Controller to ensure smooth operation of month end tasks.

Profile

Fully qualified financial accountant

Knowledge of working in a commercial or not-for-profit/public sector environment

Demonstrable knowledge of working effectively to meet deadlines

Working knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards and changes to accounting standards

Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Excel

Job Offer

Salary of £45,000, as well as fantastic benefits package

Annual leave - 28 days plus bank holiday

Generous pension contribution

Permanent – Birmingham. Full time- 35 hours a week

This is a key senior role within our Birmingham-based team, responsible for the effective management of the Financial Accounting function. Managing two staff, the team are responsible for the production and review of monthly financial information including balance sheet and cash flow, as well as production of statutory accounts and returns and overseeing audit processes.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince's Trust is a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome.

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

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A Financial Accountant role based in the City of London dealing with payroll, timesheets and monthly cash flow forecasts.

Client Details

My client is a large charity based in the City of London recruiting for a Financial Accountant to join them for a fixed term contract.

Description

- produce the monthly accounts of the purchase order

- reconcile balance sheet accounts

- process the monthly payroll

- support the purchase ledger assistant

- review and authorise payment requests

Profile

The successful candidate will have good experience in producing bank and control account reconciliations. Intermediate Excel skills and experience in monthly management accounts. Bonus if the candidate has experience within a charity. Good inter-personal skills is a must.

Job Offer

A fixed term contract role based in the heart of the City of London with great transport links, working for a well known large charity.

Broster Buchanan are partnering with a leading housing association based in Central London who are currently looking for a Financial Accounting Manager. A pivotal role for the organisation, due to the changing nature of the housing market, this role provides key leadership to the integration of two merging organisations. Reporting directly into the Head of the Department, this person will be responsible for:

• Running the financial controls of the organisation; including statutory reporting, ownership of company balance sheet and finance process improvements
• Management of a large finance team
• Project work, including integrating of finance systems and controls process

This is a real opportunity to be gain new experience in a housing association that has one of the largest property portfolios across the UK.

Head of Financial Analysis and Planning 

Position: Head of Financial Analysis and Planning 
Location: WC 1N, Central London 
Job type: Full Time, Permanent 
Hours: 37.5 hours per week 
Salary: £Competitive 
Benefits: 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, generous pension scheme, flexible working, discounted season ticket loan and many more! 

Closing date: 9am on Thursday 3 October 2019 

About the role: 

This role will be pivotal in ensuring the organisation can reach its full potential using financial analysis and planning to inform proactive decision making. 

Our client are looking for someone who continually seeks to improve financial performance, by using analysis of data and insights, whilst understanding the wider organisational context. Working collaboratively across the charity to provide support and guidance. 

About the Team: 

This is an exciting time to join the Finance team who are making substantial enhancements to improve the financial performance of the charity through transparency, reporting and insight. 

About you: 

You will be an exceptional communicator with the ability to not only analyse and model financial data, but to translate it for non-financial colleagues, using a variety of methods. You will be able to support and challenge in a collaborative manner to ensure the best outcome for the charity. 

Specifically, you will have: 

- Experience of financial analysis and modelling. 
- Experience of Business Partnering. 
- A commercial mindset. 

The ideal candidate will also have: 

- Leadership experience. 
- Experience of Agresso and / or Salesforce. 
- Some charity experience, although this is not essential. 

About the Charity 

Every day brings new challenge. 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, Our client can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Their 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 - our client 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. 

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. 

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 our clientreceive, they 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: Finance Manager, Head of Finance, Accountant, Qualified Accountant, Financial Controller, Senior Finance Assistant, Senior Accounts Assistant, Management Accountant, Commercial Accountant, etc. 

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