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The Society of Authors (SoA) is the UK's largest trade union for all types of writers, illustrators and literary translators. We’ve been advising authors and speaking out for the profession since 1884.
We’re currently looking to welcome a Finance Manager to our team.
The role
The Finance Manager leads on the operational management of the finance function to ensure there are robust financial controls, effective reporting and efficient day-to-day financial operations across the organisation, including our ancillary charities and literary estates. The postholder is expected to foster excellent working relationships across the organisation with all staff, member volunteers, senior colleagues, board members and charity trustees.
Reporting directly to the Chief Operations Officer, the Finance Manager has significant responsibility for:
· Management accounts and reporting
· Budgeting and forecasting
· Cashflow oversight
· Audit and compliance
· Financial controls and process improvement
· Operational financial analysis
Responsibilities
Day-to-day financial management
- Manage the day-to-day finances for the organisation. Ensuring all aspects of the financial systems are accurate and kept updated including banking and sales and purchase ledgers.
- Manage the finances for our 14 charities. Ensure all aspects of the financial systems are kept updated.
- Undertake monthly reconciliations ensuring all transactions are properly and efficiently recorded.
- Prepare quarterly VAT returns for the organisation including the partial VAT exemption calculation.
- Oversee the management and appropriate allocation of any restricted funds for the charities ensuring that monies are allocated as per donor wishes or grant specifications.
- Prepare any ad hoc budget request and figures for other departments or the management.
- Regularly review and maintain financial policies and procedures.
- Support with funding bids and reports for donors and grant-making bodies.
Budget process management
- Work closely with the Chief Operating Officer on preparing the annual budgets for the organisation and our ancillary charities.
- Prepare quarterly figures for review, explaining any variation from budgeted figures.
- Monitor the actual spend against budgets for all the charities.
· Ensure adequate cash flow to meet the needs of the organisation and our charities in consultation with the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Charities.
- Work closely with all Departmental Heads to ensure they fully understand their budgets and ongoing organisational performance against budget.
Statutory reporting
- Assist the Chief Operating Officer with the preparation of the organisation’s accounts.
- One of the main points of liaison with the external auditors, ensuring all supporting papers are collated for an efficient and effective annual audit to take place.
- Maintain fixed asset register and inventory of all equipment contracts and agreements.
- Ensure adequate controls are in place to safeguard the financial assets of the organisation.
- Lead on preparing all our charity accounts.
- Assist the COO to ensure the organisation and its ancillary charities are compliant with statutory bodies and external institutions including:
o Companies House
o Certification office
o Charity Commission
o HMRC
o All banks and payment processors
Financial risk management
- Work with the Chief Operating Officer to ensure that the appropriate processes are in place for the long-term financial viability of the organisation.
- Develop, update and produce long-term cashflow forecasts for both the organisation and our ancillary charities.
· Ensure appropriate financial risk management techniques and controls are in place at strategic and operational levels.
Governance support to the Finance Sub-Committee and Charity Trustees
- Assist in the preparation of all associated papers and minutes for the Finance Sub- Committee.
- Assist the Chief Operating Officer in preparing papers for Board and Charity Trustees.
The duties above outline the broad areas of responsibility. The SoA reserves the right to vary these duties to suit the requirements of the business.
Person specification
Essential
- Minimum part-qualified accountant or qualified by experience with strong financial management experience, with an ability to understand the practical impact of finance decisions and processes across the organisation.
· Strong IT skills including the Microsoft Office suite, in particular Excel, and experience of using databases.
- Experience of using Sage 50 Cloud Accounts.
- Significant experience and confidence in managing a full range of finance operations in a small or medium sized organisation in the not-for-profit sector.
- Confident presenting financial information to non-financial audiences.
- Demonstrates excellent attention to detail, organisation and communication skills.
· Resilience in working under pressure, ability, and willingness to both give and take constructive feedback.
· Bring ideas for improvements and is open and honest in all communications where relevant and appropriate.
- Ability to work with the Chief Operating Officer to develop the formulation of long-term financial plans and strategies for the society and its ancillary charities.
Desirable Skills
· Specialist knowledge of Charities, including Charity SORP guidance and procedures, underpinned by strong theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
· Experience of working for a trade onion or a membership organisation.
· Tax and charities law, including a good understanding of partially exempt VAT status.
What we offer
As a progressive and ethical not-for-profit organisation, we offer a range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing. We are a London Living Wage and a Disability Confident – Committed employer.
Benefits include:
- Competitive salary
- Cycle-to-work scheme.
- Death-in-service benefit (8 x salary)
- Employee assistance programme
- Flexible, hybrid working practices.
- Family-friendly, disability-confident inclusive culture
- Generous annual leave, including all bank holidays.
- Salary exchange pension scheme
- Interest-free annual travel card loan
- *Office closure over Christmas
- Private healthcare
*Colleagues can work over the Christmas period, although the building is closed. For those who wish to take additional time off, colleagues take these days from their annual leave allowance.
As an employer, we nurture a working environment in which staff can grow and develop. We recognise the value of flexibility in the way we work with a positive culture of hybrid working practices.
Inclusion, diversity, and representation are at the core of our values, and we work to tackle structural discrimination and prejudice. Part of this commitment means that we are looking to increase diversity in our organisation at all levels. We strongly encourage applications from a broad range of social, cultural, educational, and underrepresented backgrounds
To apply, please send your CV and a personal statement as a single document (max. 3 x A4 pages)
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Empowering authors since 1884. We have been advising individuals and speaking out for the profession for more than a century.
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Fundraising Manager
28hrs/4 days a week - £39,000 pa pro rata (£48,750 full-time equivalent)
Reporting to: Head of Fundraising and Communications
Location: Wimbledon London SW19 with occasional UK travel. The office is just a few minutes’ walk from Wimbledon mainline and underground stations. (Hybrid option up to 2 day p/w working from home).
The Royal Medical Benevolent Fund has been helping doctors, medical students and their families through hardship for almost 190 years. We are looking for an experienced relationship fundraiser to take ownership of our growing mid-value donor programme and help shape the future of supporter engagement at the charity.
This is an opportunity to build meaningful relationships with committed supporters, develop innovative stewardship strategies and contribute to a fundraising programme that has a direct and lasting impact on the lives of doctors within the medical profession.
Joining a friendly and collaborative team, you'll enjoy a high degree of autonomy, excellent benefits including a 15% employer pension contribution, flexible working arrangements and genuine opportunities for professional development.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced senior fundraiser to join our small and friendly fundraising and communications team. The Fundraising Manager is primarily responsible for developing, managing and growing the charity's mid-value donor programme. The role will steward and upgrade a defined portfolio of supporters, delivering excellent supporter experiences that increase donor retention, engagement and income. In addition, the post holder will support on individual giving, legacy fundraising and developing and stewarding a small portfolio of corporate partnerships.
Join a well-established, financially secure charity where people genuinely enjoy working together to make a difference. We pride ourselves on our friendly, collaborative culture, where everyone's contribution is valued and supported. As an organisation, we are committed to helping our employees develop and grow.
About RMBF
The Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF) supports doctors, medical students, and their families, providing vital financial, practical, and emotional support when illness, disability, bereavement, or other life-changing circumstances create hardship. The RMBF helps hundreds of doctors each year, ensuring that those who have dedicated their lives to caring for others have somewhere to turn when they need help most.
For fundraisers, the RMBF is a fantastic cause to work for. We deliver tangible, life-changing assistance that enables beneficiaries to regain stability and, in many cases, return to medicine. We have a long history, a strong reputation, and deep roots within the medical community. We also have a loyal and engaged supporter base, with the majority of our donors coming from the profession.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and develop a portfolio of mid-value supporters, delivering tailored stewardship, personalised communications, meetings, events and digital engagement that demonstrate impact, strengthen relationships and enhance the supporter experience.
- Design and implement segmented donor journeys and cultivation strategies that move supporters from mass fundraising communications to more personalised engagement, identifying opportunities to increase giving through appeals and special funding opportunities.
- Use donor insight, data analysis and supporter behaviour to monitor engagement and retention, reducing attrition, increasing lifetime value, and identifying supporters with the potential to upgrade their giving and progress towards major donor status.
- Develop, manage, and grow a small portfolio of corporate supporters, identifying and securing new fundraising opportunities including sponsorship, employee fundraising, and cause-related marketing initiatives.
- Manage the legacy giving programme, overseeing legacy administration and delivering targeted marketing and stewardship activities to raise awareness, generate enquiries and encourage supporters to leave a gift in their Will.
- Ensure all fundraising activity complies with relevant legislation, data protection requirements, fundraising regulations and organisational policies.
- Maintain accurate supporter records and activity tracking within the CRM system.
Personal Specification
- A proven track record in fundraising
- Ability to think strategically to identify potential donors, prioritise efforts and develop effective fundraising strategies. This includes analysing data, assessing donor potential and adapting approaches based on feedback and results.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain donor relationships and understand donor motivations and interests.
- Excellent written skills with an ability to craft compelling and personalised proposals, with a meticulous attention to detail.
- Confident and comfortable making telephone calls and meeting donors in person as a key part of relationship building and stewardship.
- Strong collaborative skills as a team player, whilst also able to work autonomously initiating and driving tasks as a self-starter.
- Experience using CRM systems and supporter data to drive fundraising performance.
- An understanding of the challenges facing doctors and medical students, including mental health and workplace pressures would be desirable.
Additional Information
- Occasional UK travel maybe required for donor meetings, events and conferences.
- Occasional evening or weekend work may be required (time off in lieu provided)
Package
- The remuneration package includes:
- Generous pension scheme with 15% employer contributions and 5% employee contributions with salary sacrifice option
- Death in service benefit
- Flexible working arrangements
- 25 days paid holiday in first year, increasing in stages to 30.5 days after four years’ service, plus an additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
- Employee assistance programme
- Dental insurance
Application Instructions
To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter. The cover letter should clearly demonstrate your relevant experience and explain how you meet the personal specification outlined in the job description. Applications that do not include both documents may not be considered.
Interview Process
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a first-round online interview, scheduled for Wednesday 8th July. Successful candidates will progress to an in-person second-stage interview.
To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter. The cover letter should clearly demonstrate your relevant experience and explain how you meet the personal specification outlined in the job description. Applications that do not include both documents may not be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Our Company
Keychange is a charity with care and supported housing communities across England, we are a charity based on Christian values and not only do we support those who live and work with us, but we also do what we can to support the wider community. We provide a warm, welcoming and fun environment to work in, with amazing teams across all our communities. We are an inclusive company who is welcoming of all faiths or non-faiths.
Why Work For Us
- Pension & Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Refer a Friend Bonus
- Funded Blue Light Card for discounts on 1000s of stores, days out, holidays etc.
- Keychange Awards and annual conference
- Wellbeing champions across our communities
- Fully funded training opportunities
The Role
We are looking for a strong leader for the role of Registered Manager at Erith House care community, based in Torquay. The person in this role will be responsible for the overall management within the community and creating a healthy team culture. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring person centred care is delivered in the home, the financial budget, management and leadership of staff including training, to understand the expectations set by Keychange and the CQC.
As Registered Manager, you’ll be the heart and soul of Erith House – leading a team to deliver outstanding, person-centred care. You’ll be responsible for:
- Leading and inspiring staff through effective management, supervision, and development, creating a positive team culture
- Upholding care excellence, ensuring we exceed CQC standards across all key areas, that care plans are up-to-date and overseeing all documentation
- Managing budgets, finances, and sustainability with confidence, working closely with the Finance and Care Operations teams to monitor the expenditure and income of Erith House
- Building community, engaging with residents, families, churches, and local networks
- Fostering a safe and nurturing environment, rooted in compassion and faith
- Collaborating with other Keychange Registered Managers in training and learning opportunities
Essential Skills
- Completed or willing to work towards 'Level 5 Leader in Adult Care' Qualification
- Completed or working towards ‘Level 4 Safeguarding Lead’ Qualification
- CQC Registration
- Experience of leading a team in the care sector
- Operational experience of managing budgets, rotas and working with financial data
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
Desirable Skills
- Proficiency with digital care planning systems and booking systems
- Experience working with people with dementia
- Familiarity with Christian values in care environments
How to Apply
Please submit a cover letter clearly addressing the essential and desirable criteria and an up-to-date CV focused on relevant experience. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
For your cover letter, we'd love for you to address the following questions:
- What particularly excites you about this opportunity and why have you decided to apply to Keychange for this role?
- Using the essential and desirable criteria, how do you think that your experience makes you a good fit for the position?
- What would you like to tell the panel about yourself that your CV might not highlight that you feel makes you a great candidate for this role? Please tell us about any work, voluntary or life experience that is pertinent to the role but might not be included on a CV.
While we appreciate the role of AI in work and in life, we want to get to know you as an individual, so please do not use AI to write your application. We’d rather read something that speaks from the heart of who you are, that’s far more valuable to us than the perfectly crafted application written by AI.
Recruitment Timeline
- Start date: ASAP with consideration given to notice periods
- Deadline for submitting your application: Tuesday 23rd June 2026
- Full interviews in person at Erith House: Wednesday 1st July 2026
- Start date: ASAP with consideration given to notice period
All applicants need to be able to evidence the right to work in the UK. At this time we are not able to offer sponsorship for this position.
To focus on developing and encouraging community for vulnerable adults by seeking to address the risks in society of increased loneliness.
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Job Title: Social Investment Manager
(Please note: The role title internally is System Investment Manager)
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time: 34.5 hours a week
Location: Mobile Worker - there is an expectation that there will be frequent travel to meet partners across the UK.
Salary Range: £55,500 - £60,500
About us
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.
Role: You’ll drive forward Macmillan’s social investment programme and manage our existing and growing portfolio of healthcare improvement projects. You’ll also help design and test new funding approaches that enable us to leverage impact for communities. This will involve developing innovative projects focused on future business models and secure partnerships that create systemic change.
Full details of the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached role profile.
Key Skills & Experience:
- Expert knowledge of social investment and building investment portfolios.
- Strong understanding of financial modelling and analysis and sound awareness of NHS funding systems and commissioning
- Experience using data, commercials, and business model insight to shape investment strategies and plans, develop propositions and measure and evaluate performance.
- A strong track record in building effective client relationships and influencing senior stakeholders
- Experience working in matrix structures and multidisciplinary environments ideally across NHS and community partner networks
This role is for you.... if you’re driven to use clever investment thinking to spark innovation and real change in community healthcare.
Recruitment process:
Application deadline: 23:59 on Wednesday 24th June
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please apply as early as possible to allow you to prepare for assessments which will take place in person at our London office.
We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer.


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Senior Systems Accountant
(SEO)
£42,450 to £46,636 (National)
plus an Accountancy Allowance of £5,000 pa (Fully Qualified) or £2,500 (Part Qualified)
The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1 billion in property assets and over 50% of the government’s office estate. We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers. We are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team.
Representing the best covenant in the UK – His Majesty’s Government – we are leading ground-breaking programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme, as well as delivering modern and cost-effective real estate service solutions.
Innovation and progress are at the heart of our behaviours. We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged, and we’re dedicated to becoming a leading, inclusive employer both in the external market and throughout the Civil Service. Our strong emphasis on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces.
Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth. We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.
The responsibilities of the Senior Systems Accountant will include:
- Systems administration and maintenance for Microsoft Business Central, Proactis, Horizon and Power BI.
- Act as a finance system expert to manage and resolve day to day queries and issues occurring on the finance systems, and communicating with users.
- Provide technical guidance and day-to-day task direction to junior team members.
- Quality assure finance system inputs and output, monitor system integrations, and lead on resolving any problems that occur.
- Build, test and maintain finance system reports.
- Lead specific finance system improvements, systemising currently manual processes, and assist with finance system testing.
- Lead specific finance systems and process training to colleagues across the GPA.
- The post holder may be required to undertake additional responsibilities as expected in relation to the role and grade.
Key Skills & Experience:
- Ideally, AAT Qualified, or working towards CCAB qualification.
- Experience of using financial systems in an admin capacity, ideally Business Central, Proactis or Horizon, and have a working knowledge of finance integrations.
- Highly IT literate and experienced at using multiple software tools, including Power BI, Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets.
- A good understanding of financial processes and terminology, preferably in a public sector environment
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills to meet deadlines in a fast paced environment
Behaviours Assessed:
- Working together.
- Managing a quality service.
- Changing and improving.
- Delivering at pace.
For more information contact Emma Fuller at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell at . To apply, please send your CV to .
The GPA is committed to representing the communities we serve by making Diversity, Equality and Inclusion part of everything we do. To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community.
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Deputy Service Manager
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Job Title: Deputy Service Manager
Location: Based within a non-residential service in Wembley, working within communities, homes, and other residentials. This service does have step free access however we are unable to guarantee this at some of the other locations where the role is based such as homes and community based locations.
Salary: £31,700
Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday on a rota working 09:00 - 17:00, hours may be extended 08:00 - 18:00. You may also be required to work outside these hours as per service/participant requirements. You will also take part in our out of hours on call rota for managers.
About the Role
This is a great opportunity for a Deputy Service Manager to join our team based in Wembley. You will support the Service Manager to ensure high quality service delivery, being a key contact for staff, helping them feel supported, skilled, and empowered within their roles. In this role you will be based within a service which is at the heart of delivering person-centred support to vulnerable adults who have been, or are at risk of homelessness. This is a floating support service based in the heart of Wembley, near the Civic Centre. With a team who are dedicated to supporting our participants within their homes, communities, and in outreach based support.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Line Management and Leadership, supporting your team providing advice, guidance and support throughout their employment lifecycle
- Support the Service Manager in leading the day to day operational delivery of the service
- Risk Management ownership, ensuring processes and policies are followed
- Financial Management, including petty cash and budget management
- Contract management and Internal auditing, admin, and general other duties as required.
About You
We are seeking a passionate, driven and motivated colleague to help lead our service in a trauma informed and inclusive way. Someone who is knowledgeable in the needs of our residents, particularly around homelessness and complex needs, able to support the team in delivering their daily duties. You will be driven with passion for what we do, and be able to work flexibly to meet service needs, providing new ideas and opportunities to develop the service further to continue to achieve excellence!
- Understanding of homelessness and complex needs of people from different backgrounds
- Ability to provide high quality support and line management to staff.
- Ability to support the Service Manager and help manage staff with daily tasks, caseloads and overall day to day running of the service.
- Ability to motivate and empower a team to achieve KPI's
- Ability to provide advice, guidance, and support to the team on all aspects of service delivery including resident related queries
- Willingness and ability to work flexibly to meet service needs
- IT proficiency - we use various systems so look for someone who can learn and navigate new systems including case management, Microsoft, ATS, HR systems, and other types of organisational software
- Alignment with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency
Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.
What we Offer
- 25 days (Full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with the length of service
- Employer Pension Contribution
- Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card
- Access to discounted tickets for music events, shows, sports and more
- Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing at work
- Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
- Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Annual Staff Awards
- EDI Ambassador programme
About Social Interest Group (SIG)
SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings, probation settings, and hospitals. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, Kent and Liverpool. Our goal is to transform lives through empowering change.
We believe good care and support improves lives with the vision to create healthier, safer, and more inclusive communities. Join us on our mission to empower independence through trauma-informed solutions and dynamic partnerships that keep people out of prison, out of hospital, and off the streets.
Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group.
Additional Information
Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.
Empowering independence through trauma-informed solutions and dynamic partnerships that keep people out of prison, out of hospital and off the streets
Head of FP&A | Permanent | £63,000 - £67,000 | London | Hybrid
For a well-known charity in central London, we're recruiting a permanent FP&A Lead to join a high-performing finance team. This role will design and deliver accurate and timely financial information, supporting the decision-making process for stakeholders. The role will manage a Finance Business Partner and Systems Analyst and will lead on ensuring the financial systems and processes and fit for purpose, whilst collaborating across the organisation to build financial capacity. Finally, the FP&A Lead will integrate financial planning and drive improvements to enhance decision-making and long-term sustainability.
Main Duties:
- Lead annual budgeting and reforecasting - working with department to set KPIs and provide decision-making analysis
- Build the framework for collecting and communicating the organisational budget and forecast
- Develop and deliver regular financial MI to stakeholders
- Develop first-class financial analysis across income and expenditure, project and fund accounting, and cashflow
- Champion continual improvement in financial management across the organisation
- Lead the production of key financial reporting and analysis
- Lead engagement with all stakeholders, needing FP&A meets needs and good practice
- Manage restricted fund accounting, ensuring financial reporting enables robust grant applications and reporting
- Collaborate with senior leadership to provide insight, planning and analysis for major programmes
- Partner with the Head of Finance to review existing and new finance software to meet strategic planning needs
- Maintain workflows, chart-of-accounts, polices and procedures
- Lead and manage a team of 2
- Partner with senior budget holders to enable planning and budget decisions, and produce robust financial reports to inform decision-making
Person Specification:
- Qualified CCAB or substantial experience
- Experience leading a budget and reforecast process
- Experience developing financial reporting systems and MI
- Experience using tech to deliver financial planning and analysis
- Line management and supporting teams
- Experience evaluating and adapting financial systems to meeting organisational and technological demands
- Ideally experience of Charity SORP, fund and project accounting (restricted funding)
- Experience using AI tools to enhance forecasting, reporting and decision-making
- X-Ledger and Power BI experience
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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.
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About Ataxia UK
Ataxia’ is an umbrella term for a group of progressive, neurological conditions which involve problems with co-ordination, balance and speech caused by disruption of the messages sent from our brains to our muscles.
Ataxia UK funds research into cures and treatments for ataxia, including stem cell and gene therapy. By collaborating with ataxia researchers across the globe, and pharmaceutical and research organisations, we’re confident that cures can one day be found. Until then, we work towards getting better treatments for people with ataxia and providing information and support to everyone affected. Improving their quality of life and helping to slow the progression of the disease.
About the Role
As our Financial Controller, you'll lead the day-to-day financial operations of the charity, ensuring robust financial controls, accurate reporting and efficient processes that support our mission. You'll oversee month-end reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis, providing clear insights to inform decision-making across the organisation. Working closely with colleagues throughout the charity, you'll manage grant and restricted fund reporting, support annual planning, drive continuous improvement in financial systems and processes, and lead a small finance team. You'll also play a key role in ensuring compliance with charity accounting standards, governance requirements and best practice.
About you
We're looking for a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA ,CIPFA or similar) with at least five years' post-qualification experience and a proven track record in senior finance or audit roles. You'll be confident leading finance operations, managing staff, and turning complex financial information into clear, actionable insights.
You'll bring experience of charity finance, including grant management, restricted and unrestricted funds, and Charity SORP, alongside strong skills in Xero and Excel. Experience with Fathom and Raiser's Edge (or similar CRM/database systems) would be an advantage.
Just as importantly, you'll be passionate about making a difference for people affected by ataxia. You'll understand the barriers faced by disabled people, approach our members with empathy and respect, and share our commitment to equality, inclusion and ethical medical research.
This is an opportunity for a skilled finance professional to use their expertise to help drive our mission and make a meaningful impact.
Benefits of working for us.
- 25 days annual leave pro rata (rising to 30 with a length of service)
- Extra holiday day for your birthday
- Access to a free Health Plan, Employee Assistance Programme & Employee Hotline
- Flexible hybrid working
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity and co-parental leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Training and development opportunities
- Accredited Living Wage Employer
Please see full Job Description for further details including Person Specifications. Your covering letter will be used to assess you against the person specification for this role.
*First round interviews will take place online. Second round interviews will take place in person at our office in Highgate.*
You’ll be the System Administrator for our new NPC environment and will work on clearing the pots-implementation backlog, working with teams across the organisation to maximise the potential of our growing Salesforce portfolio. Working closely with the stakeholders, you’ll deliver the development of our Salesforce products ensuring a consistent and holistic approach that compliments our tech-infrastructure ecosystem.
As part of the Technology and Digital Team, you’ll have an active role in supporting the delivery of our digital transformation. By contributing to Parkinson’s UK’s strategy to become Fit for the Future; you will help to improve the lives of people affected by Parkinson’s.
Please note this vacancy is for two roles. Each vacancy has a 12 month fixed-term contract.
What you'll do
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Bringing best practice to everything you do, you’ll provide the administrative functions across our Salesforce suite including: user maintenance, org maintenance, dashboards and reports, basic system architecture, object management, flows and other configurations, advanced platform automation.
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Provide administrative support and maintenance for the FinDock application, including ensuring data accuracy, proper record management and seamless financial integration with the wider Salesforce environment.
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Manage our Salesforce NPC org, running the audits and release cycles. Working collaboratively with stakeholders to define and document development requirements, and prioritise the backlog.
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Continuously improving our products you’ll provide guidance and support with evaluation, scoping, configuration, testing and release management.
What you'll bring
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Experience of working with formal release management processes
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Salesforce Administrator ADM-211 certification (essential) and ADX-211E preferable
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Experience of administering Service Cloud and NPSP is essential, NPC is desirable
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Experience of administering Marketing Cloud and Social Studio desirable
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Experience of working with FinDock is essential
If this opportunity sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
This role is hybrid and your in person working depends on your team agreement, requirements of the role and led by activity based principles. The in person/office attendance expectation for this role will be a minimum on average 2 days per month with flexibility.
To apply, please submit a CV and a supporting statement that demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria (marked with an 'A') in the 'what you'll bring' section of the job description.
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Barnardo's is seeking a skilled and ambitious Children's Services Manager to lead a diverse and high-impact portfolio of services across the Midlands.
This is a unique opportunity to oversee a broad range of provision supporting children, young people and families with varying and often complex needs. The postholder will lead services including Warwickshire BASE, which provides targeted support to improve emotional wellbeing, resilience and engagement with education; the Household Support Fund, delivering practical support to families experiencing financial hardship; Pathway to Potential, offering early help and targeted interventions to strengthen family resilience and relationships; and Wolverhampton Power 2, supporting children and young people to develop confidence, emotional wellbeing and life skills.
In addition, the role includes oversight of Dudley Advocacy, which ensures children and young people's voices are heard through independent advocacy, as well as Sandwell SENDIASS and Warwickshire SENDIASS, both of which provide impartial information, advice and support to children, young people and families navigating special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) systems.
This varied portfolio spans early help, targeted support, SEND services, advocacy and community-based provision. It requires a confident and adaptive leader able to operate across different service models, funding streams and local authority areas.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing strategic and operational leadership across a multi-service, multi-area portfolio
- Ensuring high standards of safeguarding, quality, and performance across all services
- Leading and developing multidisciplinary teams delivering a range of interventions and support
- Overseeing service contracts, budgets and compliance within differing commissioning frameworks
- Building strong partnerships with local authorities and key stakeholders across Warwickshire, Wolverhampton, Dudley and Sandwell
- Driving service development, innovation and continuous improvement
- Ensuring the voices of children, young people and families shape delivery and design
About you:
- Significant experience managing diverse children's services, ideally across multiple local authority areas
- Strong leadership capability with experience of leading managers and dispersed teams
- Knowledge of SEND, advocacy, early help and family support services
- Experience of working in complex, multi-agency environments and managing external partnerships
- A track record of delivering against performance, quality and contractual requirements
- A passion for improving outcomes for children and tackling inequality
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a complex and rewarding portfolio, making a meaningful difference to children and families across multiple communities.
The role requires a flexible and responsive approach to working across a wide geographical area, with regular travel to services and partner locations to maintain visibility, build relationships and support teams. At the same time, the postholder will be expected to work in an agile way, using virtual platforms effectively to lead, manage and collaborate across dispersed services. This balance of physical presence and remote working is key to ensuring strong leadership, consistent oversight and accessible support for staff, while maintaining efficiency and responsiveness across the portfolio.
For more information about the service porfolio, please refer to the additional information sheet.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for someone with the confidence to step into an established, successful system and keep our momentum going. You will be a brilliant relationship builder, an organised manager of data and pipelines, and an excellent communicator who can write compelling narratives. Above all, you will be someone who collaborates naturally across a small, passionate team to champion a healthy culture of impact storytelling and income generation.This is a 12-month maternity cover,
You will have:
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A track record in Trust & Grant success: pulling together compelling data and case studies to write winning bids for large-scale grants.
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Exceptional written skills for drafting persuasive proposals and impact reports.
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A love of data to oversee our fundraising pipeline using our CRM (Beacon), working with organised spreadsheets, and clear, achievable timelines.
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The ability to support others to succeed and feel confident managing a direct report or mentoring colleagues on how to spot fundraising opportunities.
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The ability to balance the day-to-day writing tasks with big-picture financial targets .
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The ability to balance competing priorities in a fast-paced, small charity environment.
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A willingness to travel nationally and work occasional evenings or weekends as required for key events and funder engagement (claimable as TOIL).
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A genuine commitment to climate action and democratic engagement with grassroots communities.
It would be great if you also have:
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Experience supporting corporate partnerships or earned/consultancy income streams.
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Familiarity with Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) frameworks.
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An understanding of UK climate policy, nature campaigning, or the UK political system.
Job Title: Fundraising Manager (Maternity Cover)
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Salary: £34,937.60 per annum (£27,950.08 pro-rata)
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Hours: Part-time (28 hours per week)
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Contract Type: 12-month fixed term (Maternity Cover)
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Location: Remote anywhere in the UK (or Sheffield Head Office/Hybrid working)
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Benefits: 30 days annual leave (pro-rata) + bank holidays, pension, wellbeing support.
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Closing Date: 13 July 2026 | Interviews: w/c 20 July 2026
The Role
Your core focus will balance bid writing with strategy and comms management:
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Securing Income: Crafting and submitting high-quality, persuasive trust and grant applications (targeting five- and six-figure funding) and managing timely reports back to our current partners.
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Managing the Pipeline: Working closely with the CEO to track our fundraising goals, manage cash flow awareness, and keep our CRM system (Beacon) up to date.
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Supporting Earned Income: Helping to streamline the internal processes behind our paid consultancy and campaign training services, collaborating with our Policy & Engagement team to track leads.
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Leading People: Providing supportive, empowering line management to our part-time Digital Communications and Campaigns Coordinator.
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Looking Forward: As the contract nears its end, you will collaborate with the CEO to help us lay the groundwork for our next strategic fundraising cycle.
How to Apply
Please visit our website jobs page to submit your anonymised CV and cover letter.
Important Contract Notice: Please note that this is a temporary, fixed-term contract for 12 months to provide essential maternity cover. This is a non-permanent position.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
We warmly welcome applications from everyone and celebrate diversity across all backgrounds. If you don’t meet every single requirement listed below, please don't let that deter you, we would still love to hear from you.
Our mission is to equip people across the UK with the tools they need to have effective conversations with their local politicians on climate change
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Contract
Full-time, permanent
(We welcome proposals for flexible working arrangements)
Salary
£55k per annum
This is a newly created role. with responsibility for financial management owned previously by the Executive Director, supported by the Head of Finance & Operations. In the refreshed structure operational and finance functions are separated.
The purpose of this role is to ensure the organisation is financially sustainable, well governed, and able to deliver its mission effectively. You will lead the financial management of the organisation, ensuring robust financial control, high-quality reporting, and effective financial planning to support strategic decision-making and long-term sustainability. This is a hands-on, collaborative role in a busy team, spanning both strategic and operational finance.
Being a success in this role will essentially balance three things at the same time:
1. Financial stability, control and risk management
2. Artistic and charitable ambition
3. Long-term organisational resilience and sustainable growth
Over the last two years the Festival has refreshed a number of our platforms and ways of working, including updating our CRM, ticketing and finance systems (Xero). We have worked with an external consultancy firm who have reviewed our systems and processes in finance and recommended new approaches; we are seeking a financial leader who can continue to progress this transformation, embedding new systems and ways of working across the team, while managing the busy annual BAU finance operations. We are in year two of a refreshed Strategic Plan, with a focus on building organisational resilience, maximising income and building new revenue streams; our new Finance Director will play a key role in realising these ambitions.
The role will be the key liaison with the Audit & Risk Committee of the Board of Trustees.
Key Responsibilities:
- Financial leadership
- Financial reporting and insight
- Festival and programme support
- Sustainability and development support
- Systems and data
- Compliance, governance and risk management
- Leadership and team management
Essential Knowledge, skills and experience
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent experience)
- Significant senior financial management experience including Xero accounting system
- Experience of budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning
- Experience preparing statutory accounts and managing audits
- Strong understanding of financial controls and governance
- Experience presenting financial information to boards or trustees
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work strategically and operationally in a fast-paced environment
For full information on key responsibilities and person specifications please see full Job Description on Edinburgh International Book Festival Website.
Key Dates:
Closing date for applications: Monday 29th June 2026. Please complete the online application using the links on our website.
Interviews will be held in central Edinburgh during the week of 6th July. Remote interview requests will be considered but in person is preferred.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Jesuits in Britain are a Catholic religious order, known not only for their faith tradition but also for their contributions to education, intellectual life, and social justice. Drawing on a tradition that combines scholarship, service, and spiritual reflection, Jesuits in Britain have established schools, universities, retreat centres, and charitable initiatives (including refugee support and action on climate change) that aim to promote learning, ethical leadership, and the common good. Jesuits in Britain are active in a range of charitable programmes, including supporting those experiencing poverty, discrimination or injustice, and caring for the planet.
While rooted in the Catholic tradition, Jesuits in Britain are inclusive and welcoming to people of all faiths and none through both their charitable initiatives and staff. The charity’s workforce reflects a diverse range of beliefs, backgrounds, and perspectives, and it values the contribution of everyone regardless of their religious affiliation.
Reporting into the Finance Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for the effective financial management, control, and statutory reporting of the organisation and its associated entities. This is a broad and hands-on role offering exposure to financial reporting, compliance, budgeting, systems oversight, and stakeholder engagement within a values-driven environment. Key responsibilities are as follows:
- Lead the preparation of annual statutory accounts, including year-end close procedures, consolidations, and audit adjustments.
- Act as the primary contact for external auditors, managing audit timelines and responding to queries.
- Prepare the annual organisational budget in collaboration with senior stakeholders.
- Produce quarterly management accounts and oversee reconciliations across different entities and departments.
- Manage the organisation’s accounting system and relationships with external system providers.
- Support accounting and reporting for externally-managed investment portfolios.
- Work closely with the Finance Director to support strategic and operational decision-making.
You will:
- Be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Have strong financial control experience, ideally within the charity or not-for-profit sector though applications from other sectors will be considered.
- Have experience preparing complex statutory accounts (ideally under the Charities SoRP / FRS 102) and managing external audits.
- Have an interest in working for an organisation with strong values relating to social justice, care and integrity.
Important Information
- Salary of £70,000 - £80,000 DOE
- Hybrid working arrangements, with an expectation of at least 40% office attendance (central London).
- Candidates of all beliefs or none are encouraged to apply. More important than personal faith is an understanding of, and respect for, the mission and values of the organisation as a Catholic charity.
Ivy Rock Partners are managing the recruitment of this position exclusively on behalf of Jesuits in Britain. For all enquiries, please contact Holly Arrowsmith at Ivy Rock Partners for further details.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Financial Accountant with a Japanese cultural institution, on a full-time (35 hours per week), FTC (to March 2029) basis. As Financial Accountant you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of accurate financial accounting, compliance and reporting across all entities.
Please note, there is hybrid working in place with this organisation with a minimum of 1 day per week required in their central London office.
As Financial Accountant, you will:
- Support the delivery of month-end and year-end accounting processes across all entities, ensuring financial records are complete, accurate and supported by appropriate documentation
- Lead the preparation and coordination of specific financial reporting and supporting schedules, ensuring accuracy, completeness and compliance with reporting requirements
- Prepare VAT returns and supporting documentation across all entities
- Support the operation and monitoring of procurement and purchase order processes
- Coordinate audit schedules, reconciliations and supporting documentation
The successful applicant will:
- Have significant demonstrable experience in finance, in a similar role, such as a management accounting or financial accounting role
- Be at least a part qualified accountant
- Have strong Excel and financial system skills
- Have experience supporting month-end processes and balance sheet reconciliations
- Have strong technical accounting and reconciliation skills
- Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
If this sounds like you and you're keen to hear more, please do get in touch ASAP!
Please note, only successful applicants will be contacted with further information.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
Financial Accountant – London health charity
Location: Hybrid working (minimum 40% of time in the office)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 PA Depending on experience
· Support a charity funding life-changing medical research and patient care projects worth £6m annually
· Manage complex balance sheet reconciliations, investments and restricted fund reporting independently
· Work within a small, collaborative team of 32 committed professionals across diverse functions
· Access ring-fenced training budget and structured career development opportunities
· Enjoy 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after three years
Position Overview
Our client is a well-established charity dedicated to funding innovative medical research and improving patient experiences. They're seeking a Financial Accountant to take ownership of balance sheet management, investment reconciliations, and year-end audit processes within their growing finance function.
Experience with the following is particularly relevant for this role: manual bank reconciliations experience, purchase and sales ledger background, cashbook experience, rent accounting experience.
Responsibilities
· Prepare and reconcile monthly balance sheet accounts independently
· Maintain fixed asset registers and depreciation schedules accurately
· Reconcile investment statements and prepare monthly investment journals
· Prepare monthly and quarterly cashflow forecasts and restricted fund statements
· Support external auditors and prepare audit schedules
· Contribute to strengthening financial controls and process documentation
· Monitor banking and mail processing activities
Requirements
Essential qualifications and experience:
· Part-qualified ACCA, CIMA, ACA or AAT Finalist status
· Demonstrable expertise with completing manual bank reconciliations
· Strong experience with cashbook
· Strong grounding in both purchase ledger and sales ledger
· Working experience within complex finance functions
· Knowledge of Access Financials or similar accounting systems
· Understanding of Charities FRS 102 SORP requirements
· Strong balance sheet reconciliation and financial controls experience
· Advanced Excel and Word skills
· Ability to work independently under pressure and prioritise effectively
Desirable qualifications and experience:
· AAT Fully Qualified status
· VAT reporting and compliance experience
· Line management experience
· Knowledge of CRM databases and Access Dimensions
· Understanding of the healthcare sector
· Prior experience with rent accounting is useful as much of the charity’s money comes from a property portfolio
Benefits
· 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing by one day annually to a maximum of 30 days
· 6% employer pension contribution
· Ring-fenced training budget and excellent staff development opportunities
· Access to employee assistance programme
How to Apply
Please submit your CV by the closing date of Thursday 25th June