To build a fair education for all, we need to unlock the potential in all children – not just some. Together, we’re making it happen. Every day, our work takes us closer to a better future. But we need to do more. It’s a big challenge – and we need your help to take it on.

This role provides strategic analysis to support and challenge our stakeholders in making the right decisions for our growing organisation. We are a critical friend to the organisation, ensuring that we are maximising the impact of our income and expenditure for our social mission. You’ll understand and support the programmes we work with, adding value to decisions. The focus of this role will be budgeting, forecasting and management reporting as well as representing our team in organisation-wide projects and driving consistent improvement in processes to add value to Teach First.

• Are you a part-Qualified accountant (CIMA, CIPFA, ACCA or ACA), or are qualified by experience in business partnering roles?
• Can you convey complex issues with clarity, brevity and confidence?
• Can you promote dialogue with stakeholders through active listening and effective questioning and can adapt style to maximise support and engagement?
• Can you maintain a broad and strategic perspective and an awareness of details?

Yes to the above? Then we want to hear from you. You might be our next Finance Business Partner

Please be aware that ‘Total Pay’ for this role includes a Recruitment Premium of £2,490 per annum. This brings total pay to £36,490. A Recruitment Premium is paid when market pressures prevent us from being able to recruit for a job at the normal salary for a role of that level. As Recruitment Premium payments are not part of an employee’s basic (or normal) pay they are independent from the Annual Salary Review and will not reviewed or uplifted during that process. If there are changes to the labour market conditions or an employee moves role, the premium will be reviewed and may be withdrawn.

Please note that interviews will be conducted on a first-come first-served basis, so early application is strongly encouraged.

Take a look at the job description and then complete an application on our careers website. Make sure you’ve got your CV and cover letter showing how you meet our essentials ready to upload.

Would you like to join the world’s leading charity in axial spondyloarthritis (AS)? Our mission is to ensure that everyone with AS receives timely diagnosis and support, is empowered to manage their condition, and feels part of a supportive community.

NASS is looking for a dedicated, hardworking, and experienced Finance & Administration Manager for a maternity cover. Reporting to the CEO the successful Finance & Administration Manager will be responsible for the efficient and accurate preparation of all financial records and management information for the Charity as well as management of the smooth running and maintenance of the office and carrying out the administration tasks that keep this busy charity going.

The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with a solid track record as a Finance Manager or similar. Experience of office administration and of SAGE 50 is essential, experience of a finance role involving detailed reconciliation work between different business systems would be advantageous. You would bring knowledge and experience of managing financial systems and procedures, and providing financial information to the board of trustees and budget holders to assist in decision-making, ideally, in an not-for-profit, donor-funded setting, but candidates with transferrable experience will also be considered.

This role would suit someone with flexible and pro-active approach to work, attention to details, strong interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, both in person and remotely.

The Benefits

• Salary up to £40,000 p.a.

• Employer pension contribution of 10%

• 25 days annual leave plus 3 days leave between Christmas and New Year

• Flexible working

• Time off in Lieu scheme

• Death in Service benefit to loved ones

Please download the job description and person specification for more details about the role.

If this sounds like you, then please get in touch. We would love to hear from you. You will need to submit your CV together with one-page cover letter explaining your interest in the role - don’t forget to address the person specification in your letter. Deadline for applications 5pm on 9 December. Interviews will be held on 16 December. For further information, and to submit your application please contact Justyna Potiopa.

Disability Action Yorkshire are a Harrogate based charity that aims to facilitate solutions for disabled people, whatever their aspiration, through a range of options and practical solutions and services.

Reporting directly to the chief executive, the finance manager is a key part of the leadership team of the organisation.  As well as having responsibility for the day to day running of the finance department the post holder will be part of the team working on moving our organisational strategy forwards to ensure that we meet our continued commitment to improving the lives disabled people.

The post holder will have responsibility for all aspects of the financial function of the charity which will include the maintenance of accounting records and the production of timely financial information for the trustees, chief executive and auditors.

The key responsibilities of the post are outlined in the job description and include, but are not limited to:

• Financial control and reporting including timely monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, process and systems improvements
• Management of the finance team
• Management and production of the audit process and statutory accounts
• Management of the payroll, working with the outsourced provider
• Budget production including annual budget and project specific

The person we are looking for will:

• Be a qualified or part qualified accountant
• Have an understanding of charity SORP
• Have experience of working with SAGE and strong Excel skills
• Be self-motivated and highly organised

An exciting opportunity presents itself in this newly-created role with a fast-growing property company! One of the leading companies in its field, this national provider with ambitious plans for continued growth is looking to add a further Rent Accountant to its team. Working alongside the existing Rent Accountant, this role also supports the Financial Controller.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Acting as internal and external liaison point for all financial entries relating to the organisation's rental housing manager, ensuring transactions are appropriately reconciled
• Reviewing service charge actuals and updating the rent ledger for correct service charge amounts to tenants annually
• Maintaining the rent ledger and taking responsibility for posting rent journals to the general ledger
• Taking ownership of Net Operating Income P&L lines, posting accruals and prepayments and reviewing accounts to ensure accuracy
• Working closely with the Management Accountant to ensure smooth running of the month end process; working closely with the Financial Controller to support the year end statutory accounts preparation

The successful candidate will:

• Have strong prior experience working in rent accounting
• Be an excellent communicator, both verbally and written
• Have advanced Excel skills (not including macros) and confidence manipulating high volumes of data
• Be working towards an accountancy qualification, or be a qualified accountant

My client is a national charity based in the South West who is looking for some interim support for the next 3 months

Working directly with the Finance Director you will be supporting them during a busy period of time focusing on a lot of ad hoc finance work and projects

Key areas of work will include:

• Review of financial controls and governance
• Input into business cases and financial appraisals
• Review of a new system and recommending any changes to its day to day running
• Picking up any finance matters which the Finance Director needs support with

This is very much a project role and will not get involved in any of the day to day running of the finance team

Prior experience of working in a small – medium organisation would be useful and the ability to juggle a number of tasks and change priorities to suit business needs

Part time hours are an option

Finance Manager

Cruse Bereavement Care is the largest bereavement charity in the UK. Our mission is to offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies and to enhance societies care of bereaved people.

This is an exciting time to join an evolving organisation and an excellent opportunity to take the next career step. 

This is a key role in Finance that will manage the finance team and report to and deputise for the Director of Finance & Corporate Services. The role will provide true business partnership, drive the accuracy, completeness and timely completion of the management and statutory reporting for Cruse, and enable positive change and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Ownership of all financial control and reporting, including but limited to, monthly management accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow), balance sheet reconciliations, process and systems improvements, etc.
• Management of the finance team, including performance management, training and mentoring.
• Business partnering with stakeholders within the organisation including providing reports, analysis, budgeting support, financial plans, business cases, etc.
• Full preparation and ownership of the statutory accounts and audit process in line with SORP requirements.
• Any other duties commensurate with the accountability of the post including flexibility of working hours and additional responsibilities.

Skills and Experience

• Part-Qualified / Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Strong finance and accounting technical skills with an understanding of charity SORP
• Prior experience working with Netsuite is highly desireable
• Experience of managing a team of 4+
• Strong excel skills (e.g. pivot tables, vlookups, etc)
• Stakeholder management, relationship builder and collaborator
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work with a high degree of autonomy
• Highly organised and able to work under pressure to meet conflicting priorities
• Great interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

This role is home based during the Corona virus pandemic, but will be office based when we can return to work in offices. 

Your application must consist of a CV and covering letter, which outlines your suitability for the role and should be no longer than two pages.

Cruse welcomes and encourages applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.

The Helen Bamber Foundation (HBF) is a pioneering Human Rights charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers who are the survivors of extreme human cruelty. The people we work with have been subjected to atrocities including state-sponsored torture, human trafficking, religious and political persecution, forced labour, sexual exploitation, and gender-based and ‘honour-based’ violence. Recognising the complexity of each client’s suffering and needs, HBF offers specialist services within a Model of Integrated Care encompassing: therapy; medical advice; legal protection; counter-trafficking support; housing and welfare advice; and community and integration.

HBF exists to ensure that all survivors of trafficking and torture are free and healthy (both physically and mentally), are safe, are protected from re-victimisation, detention and poverty, and have the ability and agency to integrate in and contribute to the communities around them. HBF also uses its unique expertise to drive change and improve practice and policy for all survivors.

We are innovative, ambitious and compassionate. The bravery and resilience of our clients is an inspiration to all the team at HBF.

Purpose of the job

This is an exciting time to be joining HBF as we are successfully driving forward our strategy to increase impact and income, and have recently become a group structure with the addition of Asylum Aid to the Helen Bamber Foundation Group team.  You will be joining Helen Bamber Foundation Group at a time when we are looking forward to the next phase of the charity’s development. As the Director of Finance & Operations, you will oversee the financial management and financial control of the group, ensuring that the charity’s operations continue to be financial sustainable and based on robust financial planning. You will also oversee all non-frontline areas of operations for the charity, leading a small team to ensure the efficient running of the charity and offices. 

Working closely with the bookkeeper and the CEO, you will manage the processing of payroll and payments, produce and monitor monthly management accounts, monitor income, develop an annual budgets, and create the annual accounts for the audit process.  With the recent addition of Asylum Aid to our charity we are also looking to increase the team to deliver the necessary finance support for the Legal Aid Authority engagement.

You must have experience of strong financial management, as well as accounting procedures and ideally would hold a Recognised Accounting Qualification. You must be able to work under pressure, manage your time effectively and have strong communication skills.  You will be overseeing the organisational risk register and helping to ensure improvements in its support systems including sourcing a new premises.  Our current lease expires in April 2023.

This position is key to helping the Helen Bamber Foundation to deliver its ambitious strategy to increase impact on all survivors of trafficking and torture.  

HBF is an equal opportunities and Living Wage employer. We are committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates as we are keen to make sure that our staff, trustees, volunteers and ambassadors reflect the communities we serve and the wider community we work in at every level within the organisation.

Please note that the successful candidate will be offered the job subject to suitable references and a DBS check. If appointed, you will be required to give your consent to HBF to receive regular updates on your criminal records status throughout your employment.  

Please submit an up to date CV and a covering letter by 9am on Monday 30th November by outlining your relevant skills and experience, as well as how your previous experience that matches the listed responsibilities and person specification. Please state in your covering letter when you would be available to start the role. Interviews are scheduled to be held on Wednesday 8th or Thursday 9th December and will be conducted either via Zoom or in person. 

We particularly welcome applications from those from Black, Asian, Minority-Ethnic, refugee and migrant backgrounds. 

If you have any enquiries or would like to speak to someone about the role please contact Kerry Smith.

 We regret that we can only respond to applicants who make it to the interview stage.

Business Partner reporting into the Head of Business Partnering with responsibility for the management, budgeting and business partnering activities for a number of key departments.

Client Details

The organisation is a Membership body based in South East London. The membership body is one of the largest medical bodies in the UK and is heavily involved in the national response to the Coronavirus. The company is going through a significant period of change and as a result is looking to strengthen their finance team.

Description

The key responsibilities of the Finance Business Partner are:

• Providing support to Managers on all aspects of budgeting, financial performance reporting, forecasting and financial business analysis.
• Support the Manager to develop a series of Dashboards or other suitable reporting frameworks which provides insightful management reporting.
• To challenge business assumptions in forecasting and planning.
• Participate in a programme of cost/business reviews which delivers meaningful, timely and relevant financial business analysis.
• To take a key role to support the annual budgeting exercise for your business area and to develop a more responsive budgeting system which is aligned to strategic plans and delivers improved bottom line performance.

Profile

Business Partnering across multiple work streams is huge part of this role - the successful candidate must have exposure of this in a similar role. You will have a track record of engaging with management with the gravitas to support and influence decision making in the business, demonstrating tangible benefits. A self-starter approach is key, with a 'can-do' attitude and the ability to recognise opportunities and drive forward.

• The successful candidate for the Business Partner role, will be a CCAB qualified accountant with exposure to operating at similar level to the position.
• Ideally you will have exposure to working within the Membership, Not for Profit or Public Sector.
• Track record of engaging with management with the gravitas to support and influence decision making in the business, demonstrating tangible benefits.
• Ability to distil complex analysis and succinctly present findings.
• Previous experience of creating management reporting process and implementing financial controls across multiple departments.

Job Offer

£49,000-50,000, 26 Days Annual Leave and 9% Employer Pension contribution

An opportunity has become available for a qualified Head of Finance to join a very fast- growing health organisation based in London.

If you are a qualified accountant looking to be a part of a ground-breaking organisation and enjoy supporting the development and growth of a team and processes, then this role could be a great fit.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is a fully- qualified accountant
• Has demonstrable post-qualification experience
• Has experience managing change such as systems implementations and financial controls improvements
• Is a strong people-manager who can lead by experience
• Has confident people skills and enjoys business partnering with non-finance stakeholders

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead operational accounting, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, treasury management
• Overseeing delivery of all consolidated financial reporting, including management accounts and KPI information, funder reporting, financial statements etc.
• Preparation of monthly papers and quarterly financial reporting packs for Governance meetings and Board Committees
• Deliver the budget process and oversee quarterly reforecasting, revised budgets etc
• Advise on and ensure compliance with financial processes and procedures
• Anticipate the impact on the business of internal, external and legislative changes, ensuring recommended changes to accounting policies and financial policies and practices are planned and implemented
• Continually assess the internal controls environment, recommending improvements for policy, process and control and ensuring documentation remains current
• Manage relationships, plan and co-ordinate work with key external finance service providers, including external auditors, banking partners, insurance
• Make recommendations for reporting improvements across sites and partner organisations
• Owning the integration of new funding streams and activity into financial processes
• Provide business partner support for central support functions
• Contribute to the development of the Finance department strategy and plans, understand, support and advise on the operational finance implications of the organisation's financial and business strategies
• Supporting contract reviews and analysis for value for money etc
• Adhoc analysis and reporting.

Finance system

• Develop, integrate and improve accounting and related systems to maximise effective and efficient financial management and controls within the organisation.
• Ensuring integrity of financial data across all systems and interfaces

Development of Finance team

• Manage team resource planning to support service demands and agreed department and objectives
• Establish monitor and report on service and performance targets for operational finance
• Develop the appropriate team as required to meet the evolving needs of the organization.

This is an organisation which is constantly growing and so the finance team needs to evolve with it. The successful candidate will therefore enjoy continuous improvement projects and will be good at managing conflicting priorities.

English and Maths Teacher
Full Time Salary: £24,000 – £29,000 per annum (depending on experience)
Work Hours: 40 hours per week
Location: Cornerstone House, 14 Willis Road, Croydon CR0 2XX

The Write Time is offering outstanding individuals the opportunity to join our team as a English and Maths teacher (with the ability and enthusiasm to teach employability) subject. We are looking for an practitioner who can deliver functional skills English and Maths up to level 2 and Employability qualifications.

This is a fantastic role for an outstanding practitioner looking for a challenge to work with NEET young people and adults.

It is The Write Time’s belief that people will not achieve their learning potential when both social and emotional needs are not being met. As a result, we work very closely with other parties (local authorities, social services, referring schools, etc.) to provide an educational and social environment in which our students can flourish; emphasising not just statutory duties, but giving equal weight to prevention and early intervention to address social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.

Do you have what it takes to join The Write Time and help shape the future of some of London’s most hard to reach people?

In order to apply for this, post you will need: -

English & Maths Teacher

• A teaching qualification (PGCE or equivalent)
• A degree in English and or Maths or equivalent in a related subject to give you the confidence to teach English & Maths subject up to and including GCSE level
• A minimum of one-year direct teaching experience to young people and adults
• be dynamic, creative, energetic and willing to communicate ideas
• be flexible to the ever-changing needs of the school and the requirements of the role

Closing date: Friday 18th December 2020 at 10am.
Interviews: Thursday 7th January 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and application form.

Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

No agencies please.

Since adopting our global strategy, 100 Million Reasons, our global work to advance children’s rights and equality for girls has had unprecedented impact. We have been transforming our operations at the Global Hub to be the best possible partner for the 8,000+ staff who work in our country offices, and working to become a more agile, efficient and accountable organization.

We have improved our mechanisms for collaboration, transparency and data-gathering and disaggregation. The transformation has increased the number of decisions to be taken close to the point of impact and distributed power more widely throughout the organisation. We have made significant progress towards greater localisation and developing industry-leading equality, diversity and inclusion best practices.

To bring about lasting change, we have to live our values. We are committed not simply to telling the world we are the go to organisation on girls’ rights, but to embedding justice and equality in all that we do. Will you join us?

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

The Opportunity

It is an exciting time for the Finance team at Plan International. We are embarking on significant departmental transformation to ensure strong financial capability and to maximise the impact of our financial resources, particularly important in challenging economic times, for the ultimate benefit of children, especially girls.  As we embark on this ambitious and exciting journey, we are recruiting for a number of new finance roles, who will help to prepare, position and strengthen the organisation to achieve long lasting change in children’s lives. We are particularly keen to build our strategic and analytical insight and create stronger business partnering approach, so would love to hear from candidates with exceptional skills and experience in these areas on a global scale.

As the Roving Finance Capability Business Partner, you will partner with colleagues in country and regional offices and/or GH Departments to provide broad and varied financial skills and capability in support of Plan’s work in countries where additional supporting capacity building is required.

In this role, you will be deployed, sometimes at short notice, to support Regional or Country Offices. You will assist with additional financial skills as required to provide the skills needed in the short term and build long term sustainable financial capability in country. This could be in response to a local change in circumstances, response to audit recommendations or other performance challenges in the country. As a finance professional you will provide technical skills and knowledge involved in all aspects of finance and/or provide specific financial skills to supplement and develop the local finance department.

The Individual

We are looking to recruit an individual who has extensive experience of finance in one or more of the fields: accounting, reporting, grants finance, financial planning and analysis. This experience will need to have been at an International NGO at both local or Country Office level. With exceptional stakeholder management skills, including political credibility to work across all levels of the organisation, including senior leadership. You should be resilient, thrive in dynamic and fluid environments, as well as adaptable and proactive.

To be successful in this role, you need to be able to communicate clearly and effectively and have well-developed skills in staff management, supervision and capacity building. The ability to remain solution-focussed and able to prioritise tasks, deliver on time and cope with ambiguity.

Location: Global Hub, Woking, UK or in most locations where Plan International has a legal entity and you have the pre-existing right to live and work
Type of Role: Permanent
Reports to: Head of Business Partnering & Strategic Finance
Salary: We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that this will vary according to the location of the appointed candidate and therefore, it is not possible to include full details here. 
Closing Date: Sunday 29 November 2020
 

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

• 3-4 days per week
• 6 month contract with a view to being made permanent after this period

Why do we need this role?

Müllers exists today to “Strengthen the Church to meet the needs of the vulnerable.” In all we do, we work to help Christians use their skills and influence for the benefit of the most disadvantaged people of our world. We do this through training, resourcing, praying, teaching, networking, mentoring and inspiring. None of this is possible without clear, helpful, effective, robust, honouring and proactive administration happening behind the scenes. In fulfilling the role of bookkeeper and administrator, you will play a key role of ensuring the internal health of Müllers is strong, therefore enabling those in need to experience the hope, love and wholeness on offer in Jesus.

Overview of role

As part of the Operations Team, you will be responsible for managing the records of our financial activities, carrying out routine bookkeeping tasks and following our financial processes to ensure the smooth running of the charity. In addition to this, you will be responsible for other important administrative tasks such as organising meetings, minute taking, events and reception duties. 

Our work

Last year, Müllers resourced 228 global partners through prayer and donating £1.4 million as they met the practical, financial, spiritual and health needs of the most vulnerable of our world. We taught a free, year long theology course to 22 students to inspire their faith and strengthen their minsitry. We equipped 49 youthworkers to engage with young people in Bristol. We saw record numbers visit our museum, we hosted workshops on caring for the elderly and mentored church leaders, all so we can continue to pursue George Müller's vision, "that it may be seen that God is faithful still and hears prayers still." Would you consider joining us to make future years even better?

For more information, download the job description or contact us via email.

This is an exciting role to lead a Big Local initiative in the Plaistow area of east London and oversee the delivery of our plan and staff. Internally the role is known as Director.

Plaistow South Big Local (PSBL) is the resident-led Big Local Partnership whose aim is to bring together the local talent, ambitions and skills from individuals, groups and local organisations to achieve this. South Plaistow is one of 150 areas across England to receive funding over 10 years from the Big Lottery to make the area an even better place to live. PSBL is supported by Rights & Equalities in Newham (REIN) in the development and delivery of the Community Plan, which has been established through consultation with local residents.

PSBL and REIN are looking for an exceptional manager who will lead on the implementation of our ambitious plan to make a lasting, positive difference to the community whilst supporting the partnership in the development, delivery and management of the Community Plan. This will include the line management of PSBL staff and volunteers.

There are five key areas of responsibility that are relevant to this role (described more fully in the Job Description). The areas are:

1. Project management
2. Staff management
3. Partnership support
4. Legacy and sustainability

As a minimum our ideal candidate will have previous experience of working in a role which involved  networking/engagement with the public and will have managed a small staff team.
Experience within the other areas will strengthen your application.

We encourage applicants from Black and Asian communities as we are underrepresented in this area in our team, and value having a diverse pool of applicants to find the best candidate.

To apply for the role please submit an up-to-date CV (max of 2 pages) together with a supporting statement (max of 3 pages) describing how you fulfil the requirements of the role

When writing your supporting statement, you should use the information in the  attached Job Description and Person Specification to explain how your experience meets our requirements within each of the five areas of responsibility. Your statement should include specific examples of your relevant experience in each area.

The closing date for applications is: 5pm on Friday 11th December 2020
Interviews will be held on Thursday 17th or Friday 18th December 2020

This is an exciting opportunity to work within an innovative social enterprise & charity that’s committed to supporting young people into work, as well as helping emerging fashion talents get their brands off the ground. Our social enterprise store also acts as a training ground for our trainees where they gain valuable customer service experience. We can offer flexible hours and working arrangements along with a competitive hourly rate - negotiable depending on experience

What are the main duties?

• Basic accounting services activities for the charity and the shop ensuring that Xero is up to date on a monthly basis. This includes control account reconciliations for bank, petty cash, debtors, creditors, intercompany etc;

• Allocation of restricted / unrestricted expenditure again funds;

• Payroll, including PAYE and pension payments on a monthly basis;

• VAT calculations and payments for the shop on a quarterly basis;

• Raising and sending invoices to debtors, and ensuring supplier/creditor payments are

  dealt with on a timely basis (minimum monthly);

• Preparing cash flow forecasts for the charity and the shop on a monthly basis, including

  potential scaling of information (applicable to shop expansion only);

• Preparation of the monthly payment run, ensuring CEO approval has been provided;

• Preparation of management accounts for the charity one week in advance of Trustee

Board meetings and P&L for the social enterprise;

• Preparation of management accounts for the shop one week in advance of the Advisory Board meetings;

• Company returns for the charity and the shop;

• Integration of bank, Vend and Shopify with Xero;

• Annual budgeting process – to be carried out in Jan / Feb each year ready for the new

  financial year;

• Preparation of annual accounts for the charity and shop for independent examination;

• Assistance with financial information for funding bids for the charity or shop;

• Monthly 30 minutes catch up with the charity Treasurer.

 Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant bookkeeping or other financial management qualifications

Desirable 

• A good academic record

Experience

Essential

• Experience of bookkeeping or in a related financial management role with charity and/or social 
  enterprise experience
   
• At least one year of experience using Xero accounting software
   

Knowledge

Essential

• Proficient in the use of Xero accounting software
   
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office package
   
• Highly competent with modern financial systems, rules and processes

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
   
• Personable
   
• Strong organisational skills
   
• Very good written and verbal communication
   
• Eligible to work and based within commuting distance

Attitude

Essential

• Calm under pressure 
   
• Impeccable communications skills and responsive to requests
   
• Flexible
   
• Reliable
   
• Enthusiastic Organised
   
• Proactive and efficient