Group Management Accountant Jobs in Bexley, Greater London
Term:Full time, one-year fixed term contract with the option to extend
Salary:£43,500 per annum + generous benefits
Location:London (Victoria) – (hybrid working, with one to three days in the office a week)
Closing date:12 noon, 5 April 2024
Interviews: 16 to 18 April 2024
NHS Providers is the membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. We help those NHS foundation trusts and trusts to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care by enabling them to learn from each other, acting as their public voice and helping shape the system in which they operate.
NHS Providers has all trusts in England in voluntary membership, collectively accounting for £115bn of annual expenditure and employing 1.4 million people.
Working as part of our Development and Engagement directorate, this is an exciting opportunity for someone to project manage the day-to-day delivery of one of our high performing leadership development programmes, Digital Boards. The Digital Boards programme is a well-regarded programme supporting senior NHS leaders to lead on the digital transformation agenda, through bespoke board development sessions, peer learning events and written leadership resources.
This role would suit a dynamic, experienced, and hands-on individual who is motivated to work across high performing projects. The role will require a high level of organisation and involve working collaboratively across internal and external teams on events and projects, as well as working with colleagues across communications, policy, and analysis teams to deliver on programme outputs.
We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief. We particularly encourage applications from those from underrepresented communities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Term: Full time, one-year fixed contract with the option to extend
Salary: £28,000 per annum + generous benefits
Location: London (Victoria) – (hybrid working, with one to three days in the office a week)
Closing date:12 noon, 5 April 2024
Interviews: 11, 12 and 15 April 2024
NHS Providers is the membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. We help those NHS foundation trusts and trusts to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care by enabling them to learn from each other, acting as their public voice and helping shape the system in which they operate.
NHS Providers has all trusts in England in voluntary membership, collectively accounting for £115bn of annual expenditure and employing 1.4 million people.
Working as part of our Development and Engagement directorate, this is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to build their project management and event experience to work across two high performing programmes to provide efficient administration of events, project management tools, systems, and processes.
Our Digital Boards and Digital ICS programmes provide leadership development support to NHS Boards and system leaders through bespoke board development sessions, peer learning events and written outputs. This role will involve working with programme leads and project partners to deliver a high volume of outputs every year.
We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief. We particularly encourage applications from those from underrepresented communities.
Job title: Director of Policy and Strategy
Term: Full time, permanent
Salary: Circa £100,000 per annum plus generous benefits, and 30 days’ annual leave.
Location: London (Victoria) – hybrid (one to three days in the office as a minimum), with some travel around England required
Closing date: 10am 22 April 2024
Interviews: w/c Monday 6 May 2024
NHS Providers is the membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community, and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. We help those NHS foundation trusts and trusts to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care by enabling them to learn from each other, acting as their public voice and helping shape the system in which they operate.
NHS Providers has all trusts in England in voluntary membership, collectively accounting for £115bn of annual expenditure and employing 1.4 million staff.
Our Policy directorate encompasses around 35 people, and the director of policy and strategy has responsibility for four direct reports and sits on our Executive Management Team (EMT), also helping to lead strategy and development across our 100-strong organisation. As director of policy and strategy, you will play a pivotal role in developing and strengthening our Policy and Strategy directorate. This will include ensuring we continue to operate in an integrated way across our Policy and Strategy, Communications, and Development and Engagement directorates to deliver the greatest impact for members and our organisation.
You will provide strategic leadership for the organisation’s policy, strategy, analysis and public affairs functions, providing high-level advice and support to the chief executive, deputy chief executive, chair and board, as well as playing a key role as part of the NHS Providers director team.
NHS Providers is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported and welcomes applications regardless of sex, gender identity, race, age, sexuality, beliefs, or disability. To be successful in this role you will need to be personally committed to being anti-racist and support our broader diversity work across all protected characteristics
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Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Charity exists to create new possibilities for people with heart and lung diseases. Working closely with Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals – part of Guy’s & St Thomas, the largest foundation trust in the NHS – we fund life-changing projects to expand medical understanding and find innovative treatment options; to renew and upgrade equipment; and improve the everyday experience of patients and staff alike.
The Finance Officer will take on responsibility for the whole accounts payable cycle as well as other office management duties including post opening and banking. The role would suit someone with experience in working within a charity finance team who is looking to develop their career in finance.
In line with the charity’s core behaviours, we value diverse backgrounds and contributions.
We have a small, committed and skilled team of 27 staff, with expertise across fundraising, marketing, property management, grant-making and financial management.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Senior Finance Manager | £55,000 - £64,600 | Permanent | Fully Remote / Home Based
For the UK's largest not-for-profit social enterprise in the employment and social mobility sector, we are recruiting a Senior Finance Manager. This role will provide high quality financial information and analysis to senior managers and external stakeholders supporting decision-making. This is a highly commercial role, which is key in ensuring service quality is maximised, and financial performance targets are achieved. The Senior Finance Manager will lead a team of 4 and will suit someone happy to work fully remotely whilst developing excellent relationships across a large, multi-location organisation.
Main Duties:
- Budgeting and Cost Control - Lead divisional budget setting and forecasting process
- Coordinate monthly key variance summary in financial performance and KPIs for senior management
- Interpret and present complex financial information to non-finance managers, supporting decision-making and improvements to budget and forecast performance
- Financial Reporting - Maintain robust financial controls across the division and coordinate the audit process with the financial reporting team. Preparation of year end accounts, liaising with auditors
- Lead the team to produce external financial returns to funders, dealing with queries
- Financial Analysis - Support business planning process, and short- and medium-term financial targets
- Lead the production of the multi-year financial forecast with the FP&A team
- Lead in planning and managing the year-end accounts closedown process
- Lead and develop workflows to ensure month-end processes are robust
- Work with Project Accounting team to provide finance support in costing, pricing, and tendering of new business opportunities
- Lead and motivate a team of Finance Managers and Management Accountants
Person Specification:
- CCAB Qualified
- Substantial experience of working at senior level in financial management across a complex organisation
- Experience leading and motivating a team
- Experience leading strategic work streams supporting annual accounting cycle and longer-term financial planning requirements
- Experience of financial planning, costing, and option / investment appraisals
- Experience of budgeting, planning, reporting, and supporting budget holders
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Turquoise Mountain is a British charity that was founded in 2006. We believe artisanal heritage matters and has the power to transform lives. We support artisans to thrive and to revitalise traditions in regions of the world where artisanal heritage is endangered, and to connect people through heritage.
Turquoise Mountain is a fast-growing organisation with offices in Afghanistan, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, and the Levant, and with over 400 international and local staff members worldwide. We combine a cultural heritage focus with a wide scope of activities; we support artisans to thrive and to revitalize their traditions by any means necessary, and to connect people across the world through heritage. The places where we work are complex and sometimes affected by conflict.
Sound financial records and prudent management of our finances is core to everything we undertake. We have a small central Finance team that closely works with in-country Finance Teams. Because we, as part of our charitable mission, promote the sale of artisan goods to international markets, Turquoise Mountain has a trading subsidiary and also engages independent trading entities in the countries in which it is active. This means our Finance focus covers both charity and commercial, across different jurisdictions, and with culturally diverse teams. This makes the Head of Global Finance role a diverse one, that requires the ability to switch quickly, to build strong relationships, to lead and guide, whilst maintaining spotless financial records and financial compliance and providing senior management with the information and transparency it needs to make strategic decisions.
This is an exciting time to join TM, as we expand our operations and implement best-practices, the opportunity is there for someone who is committed to capacity building and leading a team through positive change.
Please read through the provided Job Description and Person Profile for more information on the role and how to apply.
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An exciting position has arisen for a Director of Finance to work for a leading educational not-for-profit organisation. This role will oversee all Finance activities across the organisation, and support in the delivery of the organisation’s strategic objectives.
Key responsibilities:
- Develop and implement financial strategies aligned with the organisation’s mission and goals
- Prepare annual budgets, forecasts, management accounts, analyses and insights for presentation to budget holders and senior stakeholders
- Provide strategic financial guidance to senior management and the board
- Monitor financial performance, identify risks, and recommend corrective actions
- Maintain appropriate financial records and prepare annual reports and financial statements in accordance with UK accounting standards, Charity Commission and company law requirements
- Handle all aspects of the relationship with external auditors
- Lead on the implementation of a new finance and accounting system (Access Financial)
- Hold responsibility for all tax matters and compliance with HMRC requirements
Successful candidate profile:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
- 5 years’ professional experience post qualification as an accountant
- Experience in the not-for-profit sector
- Experience in change management
- Knowledge of Access Financial and experience leading implementation
- Ability to maintain strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
Agency Reference Number: J79278
Duration: Permanent
Location: Central London
Working pattern: Hybrid (2 days a week in the office)
Salary: £70,000-75,000 per annum
This vacancy will be actively shortlisted so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.
Venn Group is an equal opportunities Business.
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Head of Finance
The Landscape Institute are delighted to be advertising the role of Head of Finance.
To fill this position, we are looking for a Head of Finance professional who can help build a positive, supportive work culture that aligns with our strategy. Reporting directly to the CEO, the Head of Finance is fundamental to our success as a membership organisation and charity.
This is a critical position within the senior leadership team and will operate at a strategic and operational level, taking overall responsibility for the financial management, financial risk management, procurement and compliance functions. The post holder will be a qualified accountant who is responsible for the development of financial strategy, long term financial forecast, management accounts, reports, organisational performance and framework as part of a dynamic senior leadership team. The role requires an individual capable of thinking strategically and being hands-on.
To fill this position, we are looking for a highly knowledgeable individual who has significant previous experience operating within a charity and membership organisation.
To be successful you will have
- A qualification in accountancy (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, CIPFA) and an active member of a professional body/network.
- Extensive experience of providing financial leadership and oversight in organisations.
- Demonstrable experience of leading change, building organisational capability, and driving performance and inclusion, in a people positive manner.
- Experience of leading and co-ordinating organisation-wide business plans, monitoring and evaluating performance in line with financial resources.
- Strong knowledge of charity governance and company law and regulatory bodies returns relating to charity and company finances.
- Knowledge of financial regulations, including statutory accounting, budgeting, forecasting management reporting and cash management.
- Ability to successfully interact with the Board and other key stakeholders and lead presentations to the Board and sub committees on financial matters.
- Recent experience of producing annual consolidated statutory accounts, in compliance with FRS102 and supporting external and internal audits
If you have the skills, energy, and passion to join us on this exciting journey, we would love to hear from you.nance.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
To create lasting change on important social issues such as poverty and homelessness, we need to communicate about them in ways which can shift hearts and minds and build a broad movement of people.
At FrameWorks UK, we know that when we change the story, we can change the world.
Our framing research shows how people think about important social issues. We use this knowledge to develop and test communications strategies to help organisations create positive change.
We are the sister organisation of the FrameWorks Institute based in Washington, DC. We are both not-for-profit organisations.
This Operations Manager role will support our small, high-performing team; strengthen our partnerships and projects; and deliver a programme of events to share our work. You will work on a range of projects that seek to improve communications on issues like access to justice, achieving health equity, and securing decent and affordable homes for everyone.
We would like to appoint an Operations Manager to work 4 or 5 days a week with 2 days a week spent in person with the team at our central London office (by Waterloo station). Beyond this, there is scope for flexibility.
The successful candidate will be highly motivated to support the team and our partners to create social progress. They will have previous relevant work experience in operations, admin, events or finance type roles, and will be brilliantly well organised, proactive, confident, and happy to take on a broad range of tasks.
The full time salary is £33,000-£37,000 (depending on skills and experience) per annum plus benefits including 27 days of paid annual leave and 6% employer pension contributions.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and manage our events programme
- Contribute to the management and delivery of our projects
- Support new project development and partner relationships
- Provide administrative support
- Develop and maintain our financial operations
- Manage our website
- Manage and build our social media channels and contact database
- Develop our internship programme
You can download the full job description for this role below, along with the person specification and application instructions. The deadline for applications is 12th April.
We are especially keen to attract applications from Black and other ethnically minoritised people. Therefore we would appreciate all applicants completing a monitoring form (downloadable below and on our website) so we can see if we are reaching a diverse range of candidates. This form will be separated from your application on receipt and stored anonymously.
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Job Description – Corporate Partnerships Manager-Account Manager
Reporting to: Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager
Location:London/Hybrid - in person working on Mondays (either head office or local network office), with flexibility of home/office for the remainder of the week
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 35 Hours/Week
Salary: £38,266 - £40,208 (We normally offer a starting salary at the start of the range)
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident Employer that welcome disabled applicants and provide reasonable adjustments.
About FareShare
FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 8,500 frontline charities and community groups.
The food we redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.
Every year, more than three million tonnes of food go to waste in the UK, enough for 7 billion meals. Meanwhile, the cost-of-living crisis is driving millions into food insecurity.
We are fortunate to benefit from the support of major retailers, the media, ambassadors and a groundswell of public engagement. As a result, there has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.
FareShare’s Strategy & Vision
Our vision is of a UK where ‘No good food goes to waste’. Our mission is to use surplus, fit-for consumption food to feed those who are vulnerable in the UK by supporting frontline charitable organisations that tackle the cause and not just the symptoms of poverty.
Our values run through everything we do and set out a clear framework for us to approach our work: passion, ambition, respect, collaboration, and focus.
The role
We are seeking a fundraiser or an experienced account manager who relishes the excitement of exceeding income targets and developing strong relationships. You will identify opportunities to increase the value of your partnership portfolio and work closely with the Corporate Development Team to ensure the transition between new business and account management is seamless for both FareShare and our partners.
You will manage a portfolio of partners: designing and delivering tailored partnership plans and an innovative and personalised suite of partnership activity. You will work with colleagues across fundraising to ensure we maximise the value of our partnerships. We currently have partnerships with a large variety of exciting brands from Tesco to Oliver Bonas, McDonalds to Subway, Kellogg’s to Pink Lady apples and Bloomberg to Burberry – our partners support us in a variety of ways including cause related marketing campaigns, staff and customer fundraising, corporate donations and wider sponsorships and partnerships.
To be successful in this role, you will have a proven track record of excellent partnership/relationship management and ideally have experience of delivering a variety of fundraising partnerships including commercial brand licensing. You will have excellent communication skills and will be comfortable negotiating bespoke deals and benefits packages and will lead renewal plans to secure and grow the support of current partners.
Cross team collaboration is crucial to the role and you will be able to demonstrate strong relationship building and influencing skills.
Main areas of responsibility
1. Deliver first rate account management of corporate partnerships and promotions with existing corporate partners to achieve objectives and build excellent relationships that facilitate future growth.
- Provide a high standard of professional relationship and account management to a portfolio of partners, delivering a mix of partnership types including; Charity of the Year, commercial brand partnerships/campaigns and retail partnerships
- Working with the Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager and wider team to implement bespoke cultivation and stewardship strategies for each corporate partner, that encourage development of strategic, multi-faceted partnerships thinking creatively and entrepreneurially to maximise the value of each partnership and meet agreed targets and KPIs
- Ensure FareShare’s strategic priorities are addressed through our partnerships and that the brand is protected and appropriately valued
- Prepare and deliver engaging and confident presentations (both at one-to-one level and at a much larger scale)
- Establish, agree and monitor key milestones for each relationship
- Ensure that benefits are fulfilled and delivered on time
- Monitor and maintain systems and processes; including Salesforce database, financial accounting, pipeline, contracts and due diligence.
2. Work closely with internal project teams to maximise the potential for fundraising
- Work with the Corporate New Business function on the development of new partnerships and to ensure a smooth transition from new business to account management
- Work with other areas of Fundraising, the Food Team and Operations Team to maximise possibilities for partners and FareShare and to report to partners in a timely manner
- Work with Marketing and Communications Team to promote partnerships across FareShare and partner channels.
3. Legal, Compliance & Policies
- Efficient and effective management of commercial income activity ensuring compliance with GDPR, legal and charity regulation and FareShare’s own Ethical Gift Policy
- Manage all legal and financial aspects of partnership agreements
- Manage and work within FareShare’s IT systems and data guidelines
- Represent Fundraising where required on internal working groups
- Undertake training and skills development and keep up to date with the changing requirements of the role
- Undertake other duties as required
Person Specification
As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.
If you are a real team player with a proven track record in delivering exceptional account management, always meeting targets, as well as having excellent communication and relationship building skills, along with a tenacious approach, then we’d love to hear from you.
Essential
- Experience of providing excellent relationship management and stewardship with key external and internal stakeholders
- Demonstrable experience of managing high value six figure partnerships in either a charity or commercial environment ideally including commercial brand licensing
- Ability to create and deliver compelling tailor-made pitches, business plans and proposals to meet corporate objectives
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence at all levels
- Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects with competing deadlines
- Experience of financial management
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills with experience creating legal agreements
- Commercial awareness with knowledge of various corporate sectors and relevant VAT considerations
- Target driven, proactive and creative
- Evidence of – using data, insight and creativity
Desirable
- Experience of working with FMCG brands and retailers
- Experience of working in a third sector environment
- Experience of using Salesforce or a similar database
- Line Management experience
- Understanding of the Institute of Fundraising’s Code of Practice, data protection and other relevant legislation, guidance and good practice
- Understanding of GDPR requirements
Competencies and behaviours
A commitment to Equal Opportunities. An understanding of, and sympathy with FareShare’s mission Flexibility of approach and ability to work in a team and across other internal teams.
Benefits
- Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
- 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Employers pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Program
- Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
- Season ticket loan
The Epilepsy Research Institute serves as the central hub for the epilepsy research community. Our mission is to radically advance research into the causes, prevention and treatment of epilepsy and associated conditions. The Institute aims to strengthen the epilepsy research ecosystem by driving strategic investment and developing partnerships and collaborations between academia, the NHS, industry, funders, patient groups and people affected by epilepsy. Central to all we do is a culture of advocating and actioning the research priorities of people affected by epilepsy.
Underpinning our strategy are six themed research programmes, each with a task force group led by leading UK scientists and clinicians. These research themes are driving a programme to secure large-scale research investment which will feed into an overall roadmap for research into epilepsy.
The Institute is building an ecosystem that will attract the best researchers, foster an ambitious and inclusive culture of collaboration and enable research into epilepsy to flourish.
The Institute is seeking to employ a Head of Finance to lead the financial administration of the organisation through its next stage of development.
We are looking for an experienced Finance manager, as a qualified accountant who is ideally experienced in working with a charity or research environment. The post holder will be a self-starter that relishes a challenge, who is prepared to support and develop the Finance function of the Institute. They will need to be a hands-on Head of Finance who understands the mechanics of working within a small organisation, with competing and evolving priorities.
Closing date: 4pm Wednesday 3 April 2024
Interviews to be held: Thursday 2 May 2024
Please see attached the full job description and person specification.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Charity Partnership Manager Role
We are looking for a passionate, strategic and results-driven Charity Partnership Manager to join our team immediately.
Salary: £35,000
✍️ Contract: Full-Time (Hybrid)
Location: Central London
We are a small, dynamic team, passionate about providing a platform for people to be their best selves. We specialise in mass participation events across the UK; marketing, producing and executing best-in-class short and long-distance experiences. We are a small team that is often required to travel on weekends to bring our events to life on the ground.
So if you have an innate interest, or even love, for mass participation events and you consider yourself passionate about how to grow and engage our charity portfolio, then this could be your next exciting challenge.
Who are Motiv Sports UK?
Motiv Sports UK is the team behind some of the UK’s most iconic mass-participation events, including the Hackney Half, London 10K and the Oxford Half. We own and manage the end-to-end delivery of every event during the season from May – October. Every event has a strong charity presence, and in 2023, participants fundraised over £3 million!
The Opportunity:
• Reporting directly into the Head of Partnerships, the Charity Partnerships Manager will manage the relationship with new and existing charity and community partners across the Motiv UK portfolio.
• You will be responsible for selling, upselling, and renewing partnerships, as well as managing key relationships.
• You will ensure agreed activation plans are executed, working closely with the Motiv UK marketing and operations teams.
• You will lead on the creation of annual reports for each partner, in doing so by ensuring all contractual rights are being delivered according to each contract.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Identifying potential targets, creating materials, and attending pitch meetings to support with the securing of new deals
• Delivering a fantastic service to all Motiv UK charity partners and community groups
• Managing multiple relationships to ensure partner contractual rights are delivered to the highest possible standards
• Ensuring operations, customer experience, and marketing departments are aware of the contractual obligations of charity partners
• Implementing research and measurement programmes that track and demonstrate return on investment, ensuring they are relevant and meaningful to each individual charity partner
• Maintaining a thorough understanding of the charity marketplace (not just in sport) to ensure Motiv UK is fully informed of industry trends
• Maintaining accurate financial records for partnership deals; and ensuring payments are made on time working with the finance team and internal accounting systems
• Attend the Motiv Sports UK events as Charity Partnerships lead, managing key relationships across the event day/weekends.
• Attending relevant industry events; capture learning and share with the wider Motiv UK team
You Have:
• A track record of both selling and managing partnerships, ideally in the charity and/or sport sector
• First-hand experience in a service driven business environment; able to respond quickly and confidently to client needs; know when to prioritise actions
• Ability to build strong, lasting relationships with senior clients
• Confident presentation and communication skills
• Experience of managing 'rights' delivery programmes with clear examples of delivering exceptional value for partners
• Exceptionally well organised; strong in planning and implementation
• Resilience, especially when under pressure to meet targets
• A positive outlook and strong team ethos; but be a self-starter too
• Strong financial acumen and the ability to be able to analyse financial data
• Passionate about, and a good understanding of the mass participation sports landscape
Personal Specifications:
• Enthusiastic
• Good Planner
• Creative
• Collaborative
• Good Time Management
• Team player
✨ Some Things To Look Forward To
• Opportunities to travel and experience some of the best mass participation events in the UK, while working with an ambitious and passionate team.
• 25 Days annual leave + bank holidays + time off in lieu of every weekend day worked
• Private health care
• Workplace pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexible exercise time
• Friends and family spaces to Motiv UK events.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Deputy Financial Controller | £75,000 - £85,000 + amazing benefits! | SE London | Hybrid
For a progressive, forward-thinking university in southeast London, we are recruiting a Deputy Financial Controller. This is a new role, reporting to the Financial Controller, which will lead a high-performing team of 4, and manage the statutory returns, external financial audits, financial reporting, and the balance sheet. The Deputy Financial Controller will produce high-quality financial, management, and regulatory reports, and insightful financial control analysis and information essential for strategic decision-making. This role will lead the ownership for the Oracle ERP platform and will deputise for the Financial Controller as needed.
What you'll be doing:
- Lead the timely and accurate production of year-end financial statements
- Own the relationship with the external auditors and be responsible for continuous audit process improvements
- Lead on taxation compliance, and lead on policy updates to Finance Regulations
- Lead on cashflow forecasting and treasury management
- Ensure effective financial controls are in place
- Lead on optimisation, and best practice of the Oracle ERP platform, championing system compliance across the Finance team and wider organisation
- Lead on continuous improvement initiatives
- Represent Finance on Committees, working and project groups
- Motivate, lead, and empower team members and role model / set expectations to lead a high performing team culture.
What you'll offer us:
- Qualified accountant with up-to-date financial accounting knowledge and experience
- Experience of working within Higher Education, the wider public sector, practice, or complex commercial organisations
- Experience in developing high-performing teams
- Oracle Cloud experience
- Substantial financial reporting experience within the public sector
- Experience coordinating a financial year end timetable and deliverables
- Experience providing financial information to auditors and coordinating the audit process
- Strong business partnering experience and track record of providing impactful analysis
What we'll offer you:
- A very attractive defined benefit pension scheme, 26 days annual leave + 3-4 closure days over Christmas
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Additional weeks at full pay for maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
- Study leave, Leadership Development programmes, Annual Season Ticket Loans and more!
- A highly visible role giving an opportunity to gain broad exposure across the University
- Contribution to the success of an institution with strong social values and outcomes
- The opportunity to be part of a growing team with emphasis on impact, positive atmosphere, and sustainable work-life balance
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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.
Salary: £27,000 - £30,000 per year based on experience (Pro rata if part-time)
Terms: Permanent. Full-time or part-time with a minimum of 4 days/week (0.8 FTE).
Location: Remote. We will strongly prefer candidates who can be based in the UK.
Probation: 6 months
Reports to: Director of Finance and Operations
Who We Are
Humanists International is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) and the global representative body of the humanist movement, uniting a diverse community of non-religious organisations and individuals. Inspired by humanist values, we are optimistic for a world where everyone can have a dignified and fulfilling life. We build, support and represent the global humanist movement and work to champion human rights and secularism.
We campaign on humanist issues. We defend humanists at risk of persecution and violence. We lobby for humanist values at international institutions, including the United Nations. And we work to build the humanist movement around the world.
Our Members and Associates include humanist, rationalist, secular, ethical culture, atheist and freethought organisations from all over the world. Our community also includes many individual supporters who share our vision and values.
About the Role
Humanists International has another separate entity based in the US. This role will be a part of the UK operations team but will collaborate with the US finance team occasionally when it’s required, for example, during the audit period. Both UK and US finance teams are managed by the same Director of Finance and Operations who is based in London.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual who can provide excellent finance and administrative support to the small, predominantly home-based team. We’re seeking someone who is personable, highly organised, has attention to detail and is keen to take initiative and learn new skills. Onboarding training will be provided, but we would like you to demonstrate transferable skills.
You will work on a wide variety of tasks which will include bookkeeping and bank reconciliations, being the first point of contact for the organisation, as well as providing general administrative support to the team. You will be comfortable working both independently and collaboratively across a diverse international team.
This is a full-time or part-time with a minimum of 4 days/week (0.8 FTE), permanent position, which is predominantly home-based but does require the attendance of in-person events such as the General Assembly and Team Building. You will also be expected to attend a number of board-level meetings held on weekends to take meeting minutes - further details are listed in the Key Responsibilities section.
We are open to flexible work arrangements and committed to diversity and inclusion.
Key Responsibilities
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Taking charge of the day-to-day financial activities and office administration of the organisation.
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Ensuring high-accuracy bookkeeping and bank reconciliation are completed to deadlines.
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Ensuring adequate financial documents are filed on Drive to comply with the audit requirements.
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Preparing invoices and receipts to stakeholders as required.
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Generating month-end Budget vs. Actual Report from accounting software on time, for the Director of Finance and Operations to review.
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Preparing financial data for quarterly Finance Report in tables for the Director of Finance and Operations to conduct quarterly financial analysis.
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Assisting the Director of Finance and Operations with the preparation of financial data, tables and files for the annual budgeting and UK audit.
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Reviewing and processing expense claims. And ensuring the Expenses Policy is being followed.
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Preparing and attaching expense receipts to the CEO’s monthly credit card statements.
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Being the first point of contact of the organisation. Managing office inbox, answering office calls and sorting out the letters.
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Attending online board meetings (four times a year on Saturdays) and investment committee meetings (twice a year on weekdays between 5-7pm) to take meeting minutes. Board meetings normally take 3 hours and investment committee meetings take 45 minutes. These meetings are usually planned 6-8 months in advance. TOILs will be provided when the meeting is held outside your normal working hours.
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Assisting the CEO with board papers and circulating them to board members before board meetings.
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Arranging flights and accommodations for the CEO and board members to attend in-person meetings when required.
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Arranging meetings for the CEO when required.
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Assisting staff and board members with queries on finance or administrative matters.
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Any other appropriate duties.
Essential Skills
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Accounting, finance, or economics qualification.
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A minimum of two years’ experience in bookkeeping and administration roles.
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Experience using financial software. e.g. Quickbooks, Xero, Sage or equivalent.
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Understanding of the chart of accounts structure, cash/accrual accounting basis.
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Understanding of the expense claim process.
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Experience preparing the budget. (Not necessarily the whole organisation’s budget, but specific section(s), for example, travel costs and fixed-costs related budget lines would be essential.)
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Excellent organisation, time management and multi-tasking skills with the ability to prioritise and plan a busy workload.
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Self-motivated and able to meet all deadlines.
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Supportive, collaborative and able to build relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
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Abilities to work independently with initiative.
Desirable Skills
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Understanding of the annual audit process.
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Understanding of the organisation’s annual budgeting process.
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Experience of working in a not-for-profit sector.
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Awareness of charity accounting and restricted funds.
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Submitting Gift Aid Claims.
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Experience using CRM system.
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Experience in remote working.
Staff Benefits
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30-days annual leave (this is in addition to the UK public holidays). Pro rata if you work part-time.
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Remote working
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Employee Assistance Programme
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Season ticket loan
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Cycle to Work Scheme
Application Process
Please download and complete our Employment Application Form for Finance and Admin Officer below, and send it to a dedicated email address (which can be found on the last page of the Job Description PDF below) with the subject heading “Job Application for Finance and Admin Officer” no later than 10:00 am (BST) on 29th April 2024.
Successful shortlisted candidates will be notified by COB 1st May 2024.
Interviews are expected to take place on 7th - 8th May 2024 online.
This opportunity is also listed on our website: https://humanists.international/about/work-with-us/
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Finance Analyst - Country Programmes | Interim | 6 Months + | £250 per day (Umbrella Co) London - Hybrid
For a large international NGO, we're recruiting an Interim Finance Analyst for their Strategic Operations and Country Programmes team. This role will support Nigeria and India country programme teams, and a complex grants portfolio. This role will analyse financial performance ensuring integrity and accuracy of data reported and help support commercial decisions. This role is for at least 6 months and is hybrid working.
Main Duties:
- Compliance - review monthly country programme P&L, and balance sheet reconciliations
- Develop automated reconciliation and reporting
- Effective roll out of global standards and compliance reporting, ensuring all global audit requirements are actioned
- Collaborate with Donor teams, and Regional Programme Officer to ensure Donors' compliance requirements are understood
- Analyse financial and service data, variance analysis and trend analysis
- Support budget versus actual variance analysis and support the creation of financial models
- Financial forecasting, reporting and KPI tracking
- Reporting, budgeting, and grant accounting. Work closely with country programme Grant Managers to ensure Donor reports are robust, and that spend rates are monitored
- Review all new project budget proposals, working with country programmes to ensure projects are set-up, reported on, and closed down effectively
Person Specification:
- Qualified or Part-Qualified Accountant
- Experience within the international charity sector
- Experience of Donor regulations, Donor policies and procedures, and supporting donor-funded grant management
- Strong Excel skills and ideally experience with SunSystems, Q&A and BI tools
- International and multi-cultural organisation experience
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