Imagine going home tonight not to your flat, with the TV on and the dog waiting but to a park bench or shop doorway. No hot dinner, no warm bed, in fact no bed.  Unimaginable? Sadly not for the hundreds of people we work with every year. Do you think you could make a difference to their lives? Could you tell their story across a range of media to get others to notice them and do something to change their future? If you do then read on ……….

We have been transforming lives of those experiencing homelessness across SW London for over 30 years.  We have big ambition and our clients are at the heart of everything we do.

SPEAR is dynamic and unique – much like those who work with us. Their expertise and commitment has enabled SPEAR to thrive, despite all the challenges of the last couple of years.

ARE YOU THE RIGHT SORT OF PERSON TO MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE?

Bringing alive the stories of our clients is challenging but when we do it right it unlocks so much – financial support, people coming forward to give their time and importantly, more people become aware of the problem that exists all around us and that makes them committed to make change happen.

We’re looking for an outstanding communications professional to lead and develop all communications – you will have strong experience of developing multi-channel communications plans and taking a communications campaign forward through different digital and offline channels. Proficient across IT systems and platforms you will also have commissioned and designed creative publications and branded materials and actively led on web, branding and social media.

But we know communications needs buy in, so we need you to take a collaborative to ensure full support and active participation across the organisation allowing you also to act as our brand champion. Your strong copy writing & editorial skills and attention to detail will help us maximise our opportunities and reach.

We need you to have creative flair and thrive in a fast paced environment and we especially need you to be passionate and committed to making a real difference to people experiencing homelessness.

IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME FOR YOU TO JOIN US?

This is a time of change at SPEAR when we are actively looking to do things differently. The Fundraising & Communications team will soon have a new leader and as an organisation we are looking to expand our provision and reach more people. This role will sit right at the heart of that change.

Does this sound like something you could do? Do you feel homeless people deserve better? If so, read more about the role in the Job Description. 

Benefits
• Salary of £35000 per annum
• 26 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (rising to 31 with length of service)
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of benefits, including cycle to work scheme
• Training and development opportunities

SPEAR welcome and encourage applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.
 

Hope Health Action (HHA) is in an exciting period of growth and are looking for an accomplished fundraising professional to join our small team, taking the lead on our individual and community giving activities. Working alongside the Partnerships Manager and CEO, you will develop and deliver an exciting 3 year fundraising strategy that meets HHA's ambitious growth goals for the coming years, inspiring existing and new donors to support the growing portfolio of life-saving health, disability care, and emergency relief projects in Haiti and East Africa. 

The ideal candidate will be experienced in creating and executing both offline and online appeals/campaigns, organising successful fundraising events, managing multiple work streams and inspiring volunteers. You will need experience in working with data to effectively record and extract key donor information. You will also be comfortable working with digital communication media (email, social, websites), and be able to use those effectively to deliver compelling supporter communications. HHA is a Christian charity so a good understanding of the Christian faith is desirable but not essential.

HHA has a small UK team so you will need to have the flexibility to work across multiple fundraising disciplines and have strong communication skills to work effectively with the rest of the UK team (often working remotely), but also other HHA teams and partners based in the US, Haiti and Uganda. 

Please read the attached Job Description carefully for full details of the role and the expectations. You can also contact us should you have further questions about the role. We look forward to receiving your application.

Reports to:

Mike Tsang

Job Description:

Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Manager – Finance

Reports to: Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

This is a full-time, permanent position on Crick terms and conditions of employment.

Summary

The position of FP&A Senior Manager is a key position in the Institute with responsibility for financial planning and reporting for research groups and STPs in the institute and partnering with Science Directors at the Crick. This position may also deputise for the Head of FP&A when required.

The FP&A Senior Manager reports to the Head of FP&A and takes the lead for Finance on decision support and business partnering with senior Crick leaders. The role line manages the FP&A Analyst position. The role will lead strategic financial planning, budgeting and forecasting, particularly relating to the primary science-facing functions of the Crick, and be responsible for ensuring that the Crick has the information it needs to support effective decision-making and strategic development. The FP&A Senior Manager is expected to provide significant input to the creation of an FP&A roadmap and contribute to the regular team meetings.

Key responsibilities

These include but are not limited to:

• Providing accurate information and recommendations on core and grant-funded research and STP spend to the Head of FP&A
• Support the development of strategic financial plans and models that influence and support decision-making within the Crick
• Supporting the annual financial planning and budget setting process
• Supporting Crick leaders and the Head of FP&A in developing and delivering efficiency plans and ensuring value for money across the Crick
• Partnering with key stakeholders at the Crick, especially the Director of Research and the Director of Science Operations
• Being responsible for continuous improvements of the recharge process that allocates direct and indirect Science Operations costs to grants and research groups
• Providing management information across the Crick, including monthly management reporting at all levels and ad hoc reporting. Constantly looking forward ways to develop this information.
• Developing forward-looking reporting to profile income and costs relating to external grant funding
• Leading the development of resource allocation and costing models that will support internal management and the needs of grant funders. Developing effective reporting on budget, forecast and actuals and maintaining an up to date impact assessment on costings.
• Working with the Head of FP&A and the Head of Finance Operations and Control to ensure that month and year–end processes are completed in a timely manner
• Supporting the Head of FP&A and Head of Post-Award on strategic projects
• Expected to work in the Crick office for 2-3 days per week

Key experience and competencies

The post holder should embody and demonstrate our core Crick values: bold, imaginative, open, dynamic and collegial, in addition to the following:

Essential

Qualifications, experience and competencies:

• A qualified accountant with a senior track record in managing FP&A in a complex organisation
• Well-developed leadership and business partnering skills
• A senior team player, able to work flexibly with others and contribute effectively across a broad range of activities
• Able to act credibly and persuade, negotiate and influence at senior level
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to engage with people at all levels internally, with partners and externally
• Experience delivering a financial change management project end-to-end
• Strong experience of Excel, management reporting and financial modelling

Desirable

Qualifications, experience and competencies:

• Demonstrable experience of developing and then implementing financial strategies
• Experience of a research environment, a grant-funded organisation or the NHS
• Experience of Power BI

If you are interested in the role, please apply by submitting your CV and Cover Letter with your application.

Job Title: Financial Modelling and Reporting Analyst
Salary: £49,000 to £58,000 (depending on experience)
Contract: 12 months Fixed Term - 35 Hours Per Week
Location: Hybrid Working - Home/Office - London, Canary Wharf

WaterAid are looking for an interim Financial Modelling and Reporting Analyst. Could this be you?

Reporting into the Head of Management Accounting, you will play a critical role in the successful development of our new organisational strategy. You will lead on the financial modelling of our current 3-year financial plan and by using your exceptional Microsoft excel, financial reporting and business acumen, you will work with senior leadership teams across the globe to build scenarios and demonstrate the impact of external factors that will inform strategic organisational decisions. This in turn will help change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that you'll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

Apply Now!
To see the full job description, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by:

* Submitting your CV and a short cover letter in a single document in either Word Document or PDF format.
* Please indicate your location and confirm your right to work eligibility in the UK, within your cover letter.

Early submission is encouraged as shortlisting will take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date. Applications will close one minute before midnight on 22/01/2022. Availability for interview is required from week commencing 10/01/2022, with the potential for an immediate start.

To be successful in this role you will:

* Be a financial wizard on Microsoft excel and have excellent financial modelling, reporting and technical skills.
* Be able to work effectively, even in ambiguous situations
* Be skilled in assessing what impact multiple internal and external change factors could have on the organisation financially.
* Be an effective communicator, with the ability to work across multiple stakeholders and effectively translate complex financial data to finance and non-finance professionals.

This is a very exciting opportunity to join our Finance team. You won't want to miss it.

Location: This is a full-time, 12-month fixed term contract role with flexibility in working hours and remote working from home or our offices in Canary Wharf, London. WaterAid is open and supportive of flexibility. We are currently defining our approach to hybrid working.

The right balance between office and home-based working should be agreed with your line manager. Your flexibility requirements and that of the role can be discussed at the interview stage.

Additional Information:

Please note that we are unable to provide sponsorship for this role. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your right to work in the UK.

Closing date: 26th January 2022 at 11.30 pm

Has your proven senior project management and cross-functional leadership experience been gained managing complex integrated campaigns within fast-paced and rapidly changing environments? Then join Shelter as Head of Planning & Project Management and you could soon be playing a lead role in embedding best practice ways of working around operational planning and project management within our ambitious Income Generation directorate. 

About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.

We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

About the team
This key role sits in both the Planning & Improvement team within our Income Generation Directorate and the Project Governance office in the Strategy Enablement Directorate as a matrix managed role. The Planning & Improvement team is the glue that binds together all income generation campaigns, appeals, activities and products. It’s responsible for enabling and accelerating the delivery of Income Generation’s strategic plan. The Project Governance Office works with teams from across Shelter to ensure the organisation is planning and prioritising its activities in line with agreed strategic priorities and in keeping with Shelter’s accepted project management approach. 

About the Role
Your challenge will be to lead a Planning & Project Management Team that consists of a Senior Project Manager and a Project Manager who are responsible for improving the directorate’s approach to integrated and cross-organisational working. As well as bringing leadership to the team, we’ll rely on you to head up and project manage a variety of major income generation projects of strategic importance, such as our winter fundraising campaign. You’ll also be responsible for identifying and equipping our Income Generation Directorate with the tools they need to make cross-organisational working the default approach to everything we do. Playing a big part in financial and operational planning and programme and campaign management, managing your team’s performance and driving cultural change – all are aspects of a high profile role that will play a big part in helping us achieve our ambitious fundraising goals.

About you
Highly collaborative, flexible, diplomatic and assertive, with good influencing and negotiation skills, you have the management and leadership skills it takes to manage, motivate and develop others. You’re also used to working in a matrix management environment where you have taken responsibility for cross-organisational objectives. Identifying, managing and mitigating risk to ensure successful project delivery comes naturally to you too, as does working with project management methodologies and processes. And, when it comes to training and facilitating others to plan well together and communicate success, failures, contingency and change so that income generation plans are delivered and KPIs met, again, you are able to deliver.

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
 
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
 
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
 
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
 
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
 
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

About the role:

A leading university striving to improve lives and promote success for all are currently seeking to appoint a Financial Reporting Manager with solid experience to join their Finance Team and support the wider Finance function, whilst having one direct report into them. This opportunity offers excellent benefits, opportunities for professional growth, and hybrid working with 2 days in the Central London office.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the production of external financial reporting, including year-end financial statements and reporting
• Reviewing the production of financial reporting, including management accounts and year-end financial statements, for the University's associate companies
• Revising the internal control environment, producing internal accounting controls pack each month and alleviating risks
• Managing, building and developing one member within the team
• Dealing with local and worldwide corporate tax liabilities, including returns and queries
• Assisting the Finance function and the Senior Finance Manager with various tasks such as handling technical accounting queries, Treasury matters, project work, ad hoc reporting and communicating with key advisers

The successful candidate:

• A qualified Accountant with at least 2+ years' experience in a similar managerial role
• Solid understanding of accounting standards, taxation and other relevant policies, regulations and legislation
• Able to manage multiple stakeholders both internally and externally
• Have experience of successfully leading projects
• An advanced Excel user, confident using data manipulation tools and building basic models/tools
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to build rapport with stakeholders at varying levels

Facilitation and Planning Manager

Full Time 37.5 hours per week 

Birmingham, London or Manchester

£28,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable) 

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for a motivated and talented professional to join our Facilitation and Planning team as Facilitation and Planning Manager. The role is responsible for maintaining a world-class pool of external facilitators and academic tutors, scheduling all events across the organisation, and managing staffing of internal and external facilitators and tutors against all programme delivery.

This role is also responsible for implementing systems and processes within the team, department, division and organisation to understand events required and to forecast facilitation and academic tutoring capacity against different people specs. This is a fantastic opportunity to coordinate recruitment, selection, contracting, quality assurance and ongoing training processes for internal and external facilitators and tutors.

Based in either our Birmingham, London or Manchester office, and reporting to the Faculty Planning and Assessment Associate Director, you’ll work closely with the Impact Governance department to input into quality assurance and training plans and deploy appropriately qualified senior faculty members as interviewers and trainers. You will ensure comprehensive event records are kept on shared systems accessible to other teams to aid planning and internal and external reporting, maintaining a robust and accurate database of facilitators and tutors on Salesforce including relevant qualifications and experience, QA feedback scores and availability.

This exciting role is varied and complex, and will require someone with excellent organisation, programme and project management skills. It is essential that you have high proficiency in excel, and are confident using technology such as Salesforce. You must be a team player able to lead teams working in a matrix team structure. To succeed in this role, you’ll be confident in negotiating and contract processes and be able to build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders.

Who are Ambition Institute? 

At Ambition Institute we help schools tackling educational disadvantage to keep getting better, and help their teachers and school leaders to become more expert over time. That’s how we’ll make sure every child gets a great education and the best possible start in life.

• We train teachers and leaders at all levels to get better at the things that make the biggest difference: what you teach, how you teach it, and how you create the conditions for schools to thrive.
• We share what works. Everyone can benefit from evidence of how great teaching and leadership can improve schools and change lives, so we connect people to the latest research and best practice.
• We champion every teacher and school leader’s potential to develop, as the driving force for sustainable school improvement. 

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Agile working culture, so you can control how you work.
• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work.
• Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service.
• Shared parental leave package.
• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line.
• Professional development offer for all staff.
• 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays.
• Employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% national insurance rebate).
• Interest free season ticket / bike loans

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, 9am on 27 January 2022. Interviews are expected to take place on 2 February 2022.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

Financial Planning Analyst: up to £44,600 (6 months FTC) SE London

For a large University, we are recruiting an FP&A Analyst for 6 months (FTC) although this may move to a permanent position. They FP&A Analyst will report to the FP&A Manager with will support with the production of consolidated management accounts, quarterly re-forecast, budget planning and cyclical forecasting. The FP&A Analyst will also take on analysis projects including student numbers, revenue analysis, and cost allocation using advanced Excel skills.

Main Duties:

• Preparation of monthly management accounts in terms of updates, analytical reporting, and first-draft of papers
• Forecasting for revenue and income, in year and in future years
• Work with the Planning and Statistics Team to model revenue including scenario modelling
• Analysis of high volumes of data and delivery of key insights
• Reconciliation of complex datasets and construction of scenario-based forecasts
• Suggesting and implementing improvements to systems and processes
• Analysing large data volumes in conjunction with the Planning Team
• Maintaining and updating budget and forecast spreadsheets, coordinating collection of data across the Finance team
• Reconciling budget and forecast spreadsheets, evidence, and workings file
• Preparing summary and presentational data for Board

Person Specification:

• Part-Qualified / Finalist level Accountant with proven experience of Financial Planning and Analysis
• Experience of preparing consolidated / monthly management accounts
• Experience of budgeting, forecasting, and modelling revenue data
• A proactive mindset is essential as is the ability to seek information and problem solve
• Experience of report writing and analysis of complex data in MS Excel
• Financial Modelling and the understanding of source data and data models is essential

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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.

Job Title: Financial Modelling and Reporting Analyst
Salary: £49,000 to £58,000 (depending on experience)
Contract: 12 months Fixed Term - 35 Hours Per Week
Location: Hybrid Working - Home/Office - London, Canary Wharf

WaterAid are looking for an interim Financial Modelling and Reporting Analyst. Could this be you?

Reporting into the Head of Management Accounting, you will play a critical role in the successful development of our new organisational strategy. You will lead on the financial modelling of our current 3-year financial plan and by using your exceptional Microsoft excel, financial reporting and business acumen, you will work with senior leadership teams across the globe to build scenarios and demonstrate the impact of external factors that will inform strategic organisational decisions. This in turn will help change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that you'll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

Apply Now!
To see the full job description, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by:

* Submitting your CV and a short cover letter in a single document in either Word Document or PDF format.
* Please indicate your location and confirm your right to work eligibility in the UK, within your cover letter.

Early submission is encouraged as shortlisting will take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date. Applications will close one minute before midnight on 22/01/2022. Availability for interview is required from week commencing 10/01/2022, with the potential for an immediate start.

To be successful in this role you will:

* Be a financial wizard on Microsoft excel and have excellent financial modelling, reporting and technical skills.
* Be able to work effectively, even in ambiguous situations
* Be skilled in assessing what impact multiple internal and external change factors could have on the organisation financially.
* Be an effective communicator, with the ability to work across multiple stakeholders and effectively translate complex financial data to finance and non-finance professionals.

This is a very exciting opportunity to join our Finance team. You won't want to miss it.

Location: This is a full-time, 12-month fixed term contract role with flexibility in working hours and remote working from home or our offices in Canary Wharf, London. WaterAid is open and supportive of flexibility. We are currently defining our approach to hybrid working.

The right balance between office and home-based working should be agreed with your line manager. Your flexibility requirements and that of the role can be discussed at the interview stage.

Additional Information:

Please note that we are unable to provide sponsorship for this role. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your right to work in the UK.

Long-Term Financial Planning Manager, £400 per day (Umbrella) 3-6 months

For a large international organisation, we are recruiting an interim Long-term Finance Planning Manager to support the CFO and FD in ensuring the financial trajectory of the business is linked to strategy and operational plans and will own the financial models sitting behind this. The Long-term Financial Planning Manager will develop 5yr financial plans, establishing targets and core assumptions and will ensure all scenarios are contextualised and analysed with insights provided to leadership team.

Main Duties:

• Support CFO and FD in developing a comprehensive strategic 5yr financial model in conjunction with regional leadership team
• Model scenarios across the commercial business and for multiple investments
• Model overheads and profitability
• Work with transformation finance regarding investment iterations
• Model tax assumptions
• Cash flow modelling and forward-looking balance sheet metrics
• Support the FD in preparing papers, models, and presentations for Board
• Provide MI and analysis for commercial decision-making e.g., market, competitor, and pricing information

Person Specification:

• Qualified Accountant with proven long-term planning experience including MI reporting
• Operating in international and multi-cultural organisations
• Experience of investment projects and ROI
• Financial modelling, scenario modelling and Excel model experience
• Reporting and budget / FP&A consolidation experience
• Excellent analytical skills

________

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.

Job title: Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

Region: London or Home-based

Directorate: Finance

Contract: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 per annum (plus £4452 London Weighting if applicable)

About The Royal British Legion

Careers in Finance, Commercial and Projects

Across the country, in every city and on every street, the Legion is there to support our Armed Forces community. As the largest charity of our kind, we have 235,000 members, 60,000 volunteers and a network of partners all helping us give support wherever and whenever it's needed.

When it comes to providing this support to such a deserving community, every penny counts. Not just because we owe it to those who have served for us and their families, but also to those who choose to support us. They need to trust that we do the right thing and make the most of their contribution.

It's this mission, this scale, this challenge and the values we all live by, that makes the Legion such a fulfilling place to thrive.

Our Finance, Commercial and Project directorates consist of various sub-departments – such as Business Processes, Financial Planning and Analysis, Procurement, Facilities, Property and the Transformation Office. If you were to join any one of them, you’d help ensure these financial responsibilities are achieved. While seeing that RBL has the means to go on innovating and developing.

The Role

We’re looking for an experienced finance manager with exceptional interpersonal skills who is passionate about the charity and welfare sector to deliver high-quality financial support across the Royal British Legion Group of companies.

You will need to develop trusted relationships with Directors and other senior leaders to ensure that the RBL’s financial plans are fully aligned with our strategy. Through the leadership of a team of Finance Business Partners, you will ensure that the charity’s budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes are robust and that Directorates are provided with the high-quality financial advice, challenge and support they need for effective decision making. You’ll be an effective leader, able to motivate others to achieve and maintain a high-performance culture.

A keen problem solver, you will have a strong focus on customer service, proactively identifying opportunities to drive improvements in our productivity and effectiveness. As a key member of the Finance leadership team, you will contribute to the Directorate’s operational plans and take a lead role in projects to improve our financial systems and processes.

Please note that this role can be based at our London office, which is located at Haig House, 199 Borough High Street, London SE1 1AA, or can be home based. London Weighting will be offered to candidates based at Haig House with an expectation to attend the London office regularly. Candidates taking up the role on a remote basis will not be eligible for London Weighting, however all work-related travel expenses will be paid.

As an inclusive employer, we welcome conversations on flexible working and any reasonable adjustments that may be required.

Diversity Statement

We believe that the compassion, understanding and service we show each, and every individual customer should be reflected in the way we all support, respect and include every individual who works with us.

It’s because of this that we have strived hard to create a One Legion culture that we can all feel part of and succeed in. It’s why we make sure that you have the opportunities you need to learn and develop. It’s why we’re invested in making RBL a truly inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves. It’s why you’re welcome, whoever you might be.

It’s why we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

How to Apply

Please apply by clicking ‘apply online’.

Closing date for this role is: Thursday 27th January 2022

About the role

The St Mungo’s Finance team has embarked on an exciting period of change, we are now looking for a talented individual who can help us deliver seamless reporting of St Mungo’s current and future performance.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Finance, we are looking for someone to join the team as Head of Financial Planning and Analysis with the core purpose of developing and leading a robust, accurate and timely Business Performance Management (BPM) process that enables performance visibility and improved decision making across St Mungo’s; alongside taking lead of the St Mungo’s Budget, Plan and forecasting processes. 

You will ensure full financial regulatory compliance, including the delivery of accurate and on time regulator returns and supplementary information in accordance with Regulator requirements and support the development and delivery of a clear long term financial systems strategy that enables the Finance team to report effectively with an accelerated month end close. Other key responsibilities will be to develop and lead:

• The monthly BPM process with detailed I&E, reserves, capital and cashflow reporting to the Executive.
• The annual and five year budgeting process including preparation of financials and commentary reporting to the Executive and Board.
• The forecasting process including preparation of financials (detailed I&E, reserves, capital and cashflow) and commentary reporting to the Executive and Board.

About you

We are looking for an energetic and curious individual with a strong desire to deliver high quality analysis.  You will be a qualified accountant with a successful track record of leading and managing a FP&A (or equivalent) function, including the management of monthly, quarterly, annual and multi-year reporting. You will be able to demonstrate your knowledge of and ability to manage planning, budgeting and reporting systems.

Strong direct and indirect people management skills, including the ability to upwardly manage senior staff; your excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with finance and non-finance staff, explaining complex financial issues to non-financial staff are essential; Housing and/or Charity sector experience will be beneficial but not essential.

What we offer

Flexible Working and Pension

• We are committed to maintaining your work/life balance. We offer 25 days annual leave, and operate a very popular Flexi Time scheme, which allows you to supplement your annual leave entitlement. After 5 years, staff annual leave entitlement increases to 28 days.
• St Mungo’s contribute 4% of your gross annual salary, and you are able to enrol in the Defined Contribution scheme following a successful probationary period in which the employer contribution is 6%.

A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place

• Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work.
• We are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and have 8 great Diversity Networks to support clients and staff from different backgrounds so they are able to be their best selves.

Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities

• We hold Investors in People Gold accreditation – one of just 3% of Housing Associations to achieve this. 82% of staff who took part in the survey say St Mungo’s is a great place to work.
• We are committed to developing all of our staff via routes such as secondments, transfers and promotion. In 2019 35% of our vacancies were filled by internal promotions.

What we do

At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do, and in 2019 – 2020 we supported 32,800 people across all of our services. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.

How to apply

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website. 

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document available’ tab at the top of the advert page on our website.

Closing date: 10am 24 January 2022

Interview and assessment dates: 2-3 February 2022

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.

ABRSM is the UK’s largest music education body, one of its largest music publishers and the world's leading provider of music exams, holding over 435,000 assessments in more than 90 countries every year. As a registered charity, they also make significant donations towards music education initiatives around the world. This is an exciting time to join ABRSM. They appointed a new Chief Executive last year who has ambitious plans and they are continuing to increasingly engage with technology to reach as many people as they can in a consistent and reliable way. They are committed to actively supporting high-quality music-making, learning and development throughout the world, and to producing the best possible resources for music teachers and students.

Reporting to the Director of Finance this role is focussed on the production and effective communication of financial planning, analysis and reporting.  You will manage four Management Accountants and will be committed to developing their skills and performance through delegation and supportive coaching. The role is to ensure timely and relevant information is provided to budget holders, the executive team and trustees responding to their requirements. You should be confident that you are able to improve the financial awareness of personnel across the organisation promoting business partner principles to your direct team to achieve this.  Financial management and planning reports require consistent review and development and you will have an agile approach to providing a first- class service to your stakeholders.

You will be a qualified accountant and have had significant experience of leading financial management and planning in a complex organisation.  You will be committed to continuous improvement, prioritise engagement with non-financial managers and be committed to insuring that your team deliver first class decision support and business partnering.  An effective communicator, you will be confident setting clear objectives and provide leadership and direction which will result in your team providing an excellent service to the organisation.

This is a fabulous opportunity to manage the ongoing development of the team and to provide a meaningful contribution to the ongoing growth of this highly prestigious organisation. Apply now, or contact us for further information on this job.

Closing date 20th January. Please note that applications will be reviewed and processed prior to the closing date. Please do not wait until the aforementioned date to apply.

Our partner has played a key role in supporting the most vulnerable people during the COVID-19 crisis in the UK. As a result of a recent growth in the demand for their services, and on the back of their new three-year strategy, they are looking to recruit an FP&A Manager with a strong background in finance business partnering.

Responsibilities

• Leading on planning & coordinating the annual organisational budget; this includes working with heads of departments and the senior management team to ensure that the process is coordinated and delivered on time.
• Leading on the quarterly forecasting and reforecasting processes.
• Act as a business partner to internal stakeholders; these will be a mixture of finance and non-finance staff, and junior and senior finance staff preparing budget versus actual reports, and ensuring variances are properly understood.
• Working with the Finance Head to develop and deliver on systems and process improvements.
• Support the Finance Head in preparing reports for the Board of Trustees.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant with demonstrable experience of financial planning in an organisation; this includes budget creation, forecasting, and undertaking monthly variance and other analysis as required.
• Experience in working in a changing environment, specifically experience of systems and process development and improvement.
• Strong demonstrable experience in business partnering, able to work collaboratively and effectively with a range of junior and senior finance and non-finance staff; strong negotiator and able to influence change.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) & relationship building skills.
• Proactive, flexible, motivated and able to thrive in an environment of growth and change within the organisation.
• Strong finance systems skills; advanced Excel skills is a key requirement for this role.

This role offers hybrid working, with the candidate expected to be office based 2 days/week in London once restrictions are lifted. Candidates are being considered on a rolling basis, and early applications are strongly recommended.