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Venn Group are delighted to be partnered with a large international Charity to support with the recruitment of a Financial Accountant. The role will be supporting with producing statutory accounts for certain large entities, as well as being a key point of contact during external audit.
Key responsibilities of the role:
- Assist in the preparation of audited financial statements for two major subsidiaries
- Complete the consolidation of subsidiary entities into the relevant group financial statements
- Prepare statutory accounts for smaller entities for review by senior finance colleagues
- Submit statutory returns, including those for tax and national statistics authorities, and support fundraising and grant teams with financial data derived from statutory accounts
- Collaborate with senior finance leadership to support strategic initiatives aimed at streamlining financial processes, reducing errors, and improving data-driven decision-making
- Lead a project to automate and integrate statutory account preparation using linked Excel and Word documents, ensuring real-time updates and maintaining template functionality
- Reconcile a range of control accounts on a monthly basis and resolve outstanding items in coordination with cross-functional finance teams
- Act as a key contact for external auditors, attend senior-level audit meetings, process adjustments, and implement recommended improvements
- Partner with management accounting and regional teams to align reporting processes and agree on accounting treatments for key balances such as debtors and accruals
- Develop insight into property reporting and funding, and its alignment with statutory reporting—particularly regarding reserves and contingent liabilities
- Support the preparation of key board and audit committee papers, including going concern assessments in collaboration with senior finance leadership
- Ensure compliance with year-end procedures and produce balance sheet reconciliations and supporting notes for audit purposes
- Serve as a principal liaison for external audits relating to both major trusts, providing assistance and documentation as required
Ideal candidate profile:
- Fully qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)
- Experience in planning and preparing statutory accounts and disclosure notes
- Good understanding of Charity SORP and FRS 102
- Advanced IT skills to enable complex manipulation and interpretation of financial data
- A deep understanding of accounting concepts with proven experience of dealing with external auditors
This vacancy will be actively shortlisted so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.
Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.
Finance Manager | 9 Months FTC | London | £40,000 - £45,000 | Hybrid - London
For a leading global NGO, we're recruiting an Interim Finance Manager for 9 months. Supporting the Senior Finance Manager and Director of Finance and IT, the Interim Finance Manager will oversee the month-end processes, balance sheet and income reconciliations, VAT returns, and budgeting and reforecasting process. Supporting the UK Finance teams, this role will consolidate management accounts and budgets at group level and provide support and analysis to help decision-making.
What you'll be doing:
- Preparation and posting of monthly journals and assisting the Senior Finance Manager in preparing management accounts, and investigating variances
- Overseeing the monthly management accounting for central support functions, acting as their business partner
- Monthly income processing and reconciliations
- Maintaining records on restricted funding
- Balance sheet reconciliations
- Monthly bank reconciliations and maintain fixed asset register
- Processing BACS payments to suppliers and compile VAT returns for sign-off
- Project work to include updating the fixed asset register, reviewing and optimising month-end processes and procedures, updating the payment processes, act as Audit contact for submitting files on the audit portal, and updating the finance manual / finance training
What you'll offer:
- AAT qualified or part-qualified accountant
- Proven experience in management accounting and reconciliations
- Experience in an international development charity or NGO
- Strong experience of Excel, and ideally Unit4 / Agresso.
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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.
Financial Operations Lead | Permanent | London - Hybrid | £43,941 + Benefits
For a well-known UK charity, we're recruiting a Financial Operations Lead on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Financial Operations Lead will oversee all processing and reconciliation of financial transactions, accruals and prepayments, as well as VAT returns, and all day-to-day banking, credit card and investment matters. The Financial Operations Lead is a key role, supporting staff queries, liaising with HR on payroll returns, and supporting the development of robust month-end processes across the team.
What you'll be doing:
- Financial Transactions - support AP processing, and approval of invoices on the AR ledger
- Prepare payroll journals and reconcile all payroll information
- Prepare accruals and prepayments for income and expenditure and support month-end accounts
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and VAT returns
- Support year-end with the preparation of note to the accounts including payroll, banking, fixed assets and investments
- Liaise with bank, investment fund managers and credit card providers
- Support wider teams with finance queries, and financial compliance procedures
- Payroll - check all finance aspects of the payroll before final sign-off and work closely with HR team to ensure payroll system is compliant with HMRC guidelines
- Develop improvements within the finance ledger and HR systems, and support the training and roll-out of any new systems updates
What you'll offer us:
- Part-qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA)
- Experience of financial ledger packages, and automated payroll systems
- Experience preparing accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations
- Experience preparing VAT and Payroll returns
- Strong people and process management
- Experience of developing and implementing robust financial processes and systems
- Attention to detail, a love of people, and a heap of self-motivation!
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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.
WCCM seeks to appoint an experienced, highly motivated, talented, resourceful, emotionally intelligent and hardworking Senior Finance Manager to manage finance and governance across our international office in London and our Retreat Centre based in Bonnevaux. Working with the Executive Director and Trustees, and with the support of a small, dedicated team, you will lead on WCCM’s financial strategy and planning, ensuring compliance with statutory and non-statutory bodies, working to maximise income and automate processes. You will also have responsibility for core organisational support functions such as HR, GDPR and Health and Safety. You will have significant experience in finance roles, with knowledge and experience of UK charity finance, and operational support functions. Occasional trips to France. Interest in Christian Meditation/Spirituality an advantage.
Application is by submission of your CV and a full detailed cover letter setting out how your skills and experience meet the job description and person specification.
We will not consider CVs that do not have an accompanying cover letter.
People’s Palace Projects (PPP) is a research-led arts charity based at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and a National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) of Arts Council England (ACE). We develop collaborative arts-based projects with artists, activists, academics, policy advocates, and audiences to address social and climate injustices in the UK, Brazil and beyond. Over the past 28 years, PPP has gained national and international recognition for extensive work exploring the power of creative practices and partnering with marginalised communities to drive change.
The next five years (2025-2030) will focus on expanding research supported by leadership transition, strengthening capacity, and strategic development, while maintaining core values of collaboration, inclusivity, and innovation. At this exciting moment, PPP is seeking a new General Manager (part-time) to deliver and develop the financial, administrative, and HR systems that anchor our energetic programme of arts research activity and support our committed team to flourish.
Job Description
- Title: General Manager
- Hours of work: 22.5 hours per week (0.6FTE)
- Salary: £43,000 FTE (£25,800 actual)
- Location: PPP office, Queen Mary University of London Mile End campus.
- Hybrid homeworking is available, and there will be an occasional requirement to attend events or meetings elsewhere.
- Reporting to: Executive Director (ED)
- Supervising: Administration & Finance Officer (A&FO)
- Notice period: 3 months (either side)
Key Objectives
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To lead on the Financial Accounting & Management, Human Resources, and Administration functions of People’s Palace Projects (PPP), working closely with the Directors and A&FO.
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To support the operations of PPP’s Board of Trustees, including managing the business planning process.
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To manage statistical monitoring and funder reporting.
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To contribute to PPP’s overall strategic development as a member of the Governance Group (senior management team).
A thorough list of the role's duties and responsibilities, along with the person specification, can be found in the attached application pack.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.