Are you ACA or ACCA qualified with experience in the charity sector? Are you keen to play a critical role within finance for an international organisation? Would you be confident leading on statutory accounts duties and do you enjoy improving systems and processes? If yes, please read on!

Robertson Bell are proud to be partnering with an inspirational and well established international charity whilst they recruit for a new and permanent Financial Controller. Due to COVID- 19 this charity has recently secured a significant increase in funding and its services are now needed across the world more than ever before. This is a varied position and will report straight into the Director of Finance.

The key responsibilities will be:

* Oversee and lead on the implementation of a new system.
* Work closely with overseas finance representatives providing sound support and advice at all times.
* Ensure regular reports are submitted, including all relevant management information and donor reports.
* Assist with the drafting of statutory financial statements, annual returns and liaise with auditors.
* Lead on business partnering across the organisation ensuring finance is seen as an approachable department.
* Review funding proposals and liaise with major Donors.
* Act as the main point of contact for any VAT or taxation queries.
* Prepare monthly management accounts and cash flow forecasts.
* Monitor and implement general statutory requirements.
* Assess suitability and effectiveness of financial controls.

This is an exciting time to join a growing organisation and is a brilliant opportunity for someone to progress their career within the international development sector. To be considered candidates must have prior experience of the charity sector whether in industry or practice and must be qualified. This role will be based in their central London office.

The successful candidate will:

* Be a qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA preferred).
* Have charity experience (ideally within international development).
* Have a strong knowledge of statutory and regulatory environment for UK charities.
* Have strong analysis and report-writing skills
* Have excellent communication skills.
* Have strong system skills.

Applications will be under constant review before the closing date so please submit your application now to be considered!

CHICKS is a national children’s charity providing free respite breaks to young people aged 8-17 from all over the UK who would really benefit from a break from their home lives. We were established in 1992 and since then we have provided over 16,000 young people with a much-needed break.

We believe that every young person has the right to make positive childhood memories. A CHICKS break inspires new confidence and gives young people the chance to have fun, enjoy new experiences and relax. More than anything, it gives them the chance to just be children.

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to build our fundraising capacity as well as grow our presence nationally by providing excellent fundraising and communications knowledge and offer strategic guidance and support as part of the leadership team.

This role has line responsibility for the Fundraising and Retail Team who are based across various locations.

The Director of Income will take up a key leadership role in a progressive, professional, and collaborative organisation. Committed to CHICKS vision and values, the Director of Income will inspire, motivate, and empower others, building a high-performance culture across, fundraising, retail, and marketing.

Our income generation activities need to be fully aligned with this ambition. The Director of Income will build long-lasting partnerships, both internal and external, communicate with and influence a range of audiences, and bring innovation to income generation at CHICKS.

Scope & Purpose:
The successful candidate will be a strong commercial leader with a record of achieving substantial income targets while driving growth and brand development. To deliver this role you will require an extensive track record of developing and implementing strategic plans to achieve income growth, as well as a wide knowledge and understanding of a diverse range of income streams.

Main Responsibilities:

· Develop the income strategy to raise income in line with set targets, the agreed annual budget and the charity's business plan

· Be an active and effective member of the Senior Leadership Team

· Lead the Income teams in expanding and delivering our charitable income

· Control and monitor budgets in respect of the fundraising, shops and communications targets and objectives

· Plan and deliver, with support from the team, new marketing initiatives that will increase our visibility both locally and nationally

· Build relationships with our most significant funders, through regular communication and face-to-face meetings where possible, and ensure that they continue to feel close to our aims and work

· Ensure all income activity is compliant with relevant charity and other statutory legislation and conforms to Institute of Fundraising and Fundraising Regulator codes of conduct and practice

· Keep abreast of changes in market practices and trends in charitable giving both locally and nationally

· To analysis, identify and evaluate income and communications options; utilising financial and other performance management data

· Make and assist with presentations about CHICKS to potential and current donors

· Travel nationally as required, following and strengthening fundraising leads

· Build strong relationships with current and potential donors and ensure that ongoing support is appropriately recognised

· Liaise with the Finance team to ensure that monthly reconciliation of all income and expenditure is in line with targets set

· Continue to develop the knowledge and skills required to fulfill the responsibilities of the position

· Produce regular reports for our Trustees and attend Board and Action Group meetings as required

Person Specification:

· A proven track record in fundraising and retail

· Delivery and monitoring of income generation strategies and implementation

· Capacity to build excellent relationships with key stakeholders, both internally and externally

· Outstanding written communications, particularly for funding applications, project management, including reporting

· Ability to understand and use financial language and budgets, and to set departmental budgets and targets

· Strong research and prospecting skills

· A self-starter with strong self-management skills

· Good humoured and approachable

· Full Drivers Licence and access to a car is essential

· Have excellent attention to detail and the ability to adhere to specific deadlines

· An articulate and persuasive communicator with the ability to establish and manage various donor relationships and building strategic relationships

· Good computer skills with the ability to use database software. Experience of Raiser’s Edge is desirable

· Ability to show a commitment to professional standards and apply industry best practice to all aspects of the role

· To understand and actively reinforce the ethos, culture and operations of CHICKS

Please submit the application form outlining your motivation for applying and highlighting how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the role of Director of Income, as set out in the brief.

Applications should be sent with reference DIRECTOR OF INCOME.

Closing Date for Applications: Midday, Monday 1 June 2020

Formal interviews are likely to take place in early June 2020

We will be reviewing applications as soon as they come in so please ensure that you act quickly if you are interested in this post. CHICKS reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date specified, should we find the suitable candidate.

The current Director will be going on a year’s maternity leave and we are looking for a suitable cover. 

The position of Director is an exciting role that primarily will be external facing in order to promote the essential support we provide to families. A key aspect is to grow our network of stakeholders, partners, corporate sponsors, commissioners and donors to achieve our growth ambitions and diversify our sources of income.

The Director will work with the Board of Trustees to set the future strategy and lead delivery of the implementation plan. This is a challenging role but there is considerable scope for the post holder to make a real difference to the organisation and significantly raise our profile within the community that we serve. 

The Director will also be expected to secure new funding streams and maintain existing relationships with key funders and stakeholders.

Core Responsibilities

• Identify funders and generate income to cover our budgeted annual costs, c350k
• Build networks with new and existing funders to engage their support
• Represent and participate at external events and meetings to promote HSCI
• Actively contribute to expanding the role and influence of Home-Start London consortium in the wider London area
• Be accountable for the management of our resources to enable us to actively support a minimum of 90 to 120 families at any one time
• Provide leadership and oversight to colleagues and volunteers to ensure the correct outcomes for families through training, governance and quality assurance
• Performance and line management for Head of Delivery, Funding Officer and Bookkeeper
• Annual budget setting in conjunction with the Treasurer, and ongoing monitoring and reporting of financial position
• Provide management reports to the Trustee Board on progress against key performance measures
• Ensure that we remain compliant with all legislative and policy changes that impact the charity and our processes
• Understand the impact of legislative, changing political, economic and social climate on our work, and share this knowledge within the team to ensure compliance

Personal Specification / Attributes

The successful candidate will be an experienced Senior Manager/ Chief Executive with a demonstrable track record of successfully running an organisation. You will possess strong leadership, strategic management and governance skills as well as being solution focussed.  Strong stakeholder management skills are essential as is the ability to generate income from a range of sources.  

Essential knowledge and skills

• Ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload, working to tight deadlines
• Demonstrable success in raising significant income from a variety of external sources
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Accomplished at providing motivational and influential leadership
• Proven track record of successfully delivering change
• Good understanding of financial accounting and budgeting in the charity sector
• Strategic and innovative thinking
• Understanding, interpreting and presenting Management Information and data
• Previous experience of working with organisations in social services or health, with an understanding of the public sector commissioning process 
• Good working knowledge of MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint) 

Preferred experience but not essential

• Experience of working in the voluntary sector
• A background in health and wellbeing
• Safeguarding children and working with families

Head of Donor Finance (8 Months FTC) £55,000 - £60,000

For a global NGO, we're recruiting a Head of Donor Finance for 8 months to cover a secondment. Reporting to the Global Financial Controller, the Head of Donor Finance managed a team of 9 and will lead them in supporting all aspects of the project life cycle. This role will lead on the planning for the 10-year strategy from a donor finance and project perspective and will lead the financial aspects of project close-outs. The Head of Donor Finance will ensure reports for project management and for Donors are robust and timely and will oversee all donor compliance and budget preparation.

Main Duties:

• Key business partner to the Executive team, donor teams, donor compliance and international operations; provide advice and training on donor finance
• Provide full life-cycle support to country programmes, regional teams and donor teams
• Oversee cost proposal development processes, ensuring competitive, accurate and sustainable cost proposals are submitted
• Monitor and track performance of new business development functions
• Ensure Donor Reporting and Accounting functions are compliant, and reports and invoices are accurate; Income cashflows and forecasts are robust, and that project deferred and accrued income balances are accurate
• Ensure all project donor audits (EU and USAID) are completed on time and fully compliant
• Lead, motivate and manage a team of 9 through 3 direct reports
• Contribute to the 10-year strategy and planning

Person Specification:

• CCAB qualified with significant management of restricted funds and project reporting and accounting team including DFID, EU and USAID
• Proven staff leadership and management experience
• Multi-currency reporting and accounting
• Ideally experience of Vision Q&A and Sun Systems
• Credibility and gravitas to deputise for the Global FC as required
• Considerable Charity SORP experience

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The Male Survivors Partnership (MSP) is a membership organisation set up to support charitable and not for profit agencies who offer therapeutic services to male survivors of sexual violence.  Created in 2017 by a group of specialist male agencies, the main achievements of the organisation have been establishing a recognised Male Quality Standard for Working with Male Survivors and and the creation of an organisational website with a dedicated members area.

We are looking to recruit a Head of Operations to oversee these current products and develop new resources in line with the organisations business plan.  The successful candidate will have a range of skills and experience in managing a membership and the systems and procedures to run a small organisation along with an understanding of the plight of the male survivor in the current climate.  Acting as the organisational lead for the MSP, they will have confidence in developing a long term membership strategy and managing the day to day business of the MSP.

This is a new post that will report directly to the board of trustees and the successful candidate will work with external agencies that manage our Quality Standards and website/social media.  The successful candidate will build upon the MSP’s achievements and help steer the trustee board to creating a larger and more significant umbrella organisation serving agencies working in the field of male sexual violence.

For more information and how to apply, download our application pack.

• Head of Financial services working for Poplar Harca
• An industry leading housing association focusing on rejuvenating the Poplar area

About Our Client

Poplar Harca, based by All Saints on the DLR, is a community focused housing association. Over the years they have regenerated thousands of homes. They have and continue to partner with private property investors to help develop the area and have attracted over £2.5 billion worth of investment to build and create opportunities in the community.

Poplar Harca are about more than just building houses, they are passionate about providing homes for people whether it is social or private rent, shared ownership or right to buy. They aim to build community in everything they do and focus on how to extend this community through local events and welcoming centres that host a range of clubs and activities. Partnership is key to their mission, whether it is with their residents, private investors or supporting local business owners to help see the area of Poplar thrive.

Job Description

The Head of Financial Services will have the following responsibilities:

• Lead responsibility for the timely completion of the Group's statutory accounts, ensuring that the quality of preparations minimises the process, and that the Audit & Risk Committee are involved as appropriate.
• Lead the accounts payable team ensuring accurate, efficient and timely processing of purchase orders, invoices and supplier payments.
• Ensure that accounting practice and record-keeping evolves as necessary to comply with the prevailing reporting standards; guide the team in these matters, providing training as necessary, to ensure good accounting practice throughout the finance team.
• Working alongside the Assistant Director of Finance - Accounting and Controls to implement a cross-function training plan to drive efficiencies.
• Lead the team in relation to all tax matters, setting policy and standards to ensure compliance; ensure formal tax advice is taken as needed and that it informs and influences decision-making and accounting practice.
• Responsible for the accurate completion of the Group's VAT return/s in compliance with the statutory deadlines and to maximise VAT recovery within the legislative framework.
• Contribute to internal and external audit activities ensuring that any associated recommendations influence practice and are implemented as appropriate.

The Successful Applicant

You will be a fully qualified, chartered accountant (ACA or equivalent) with strong reporting and technical finance understanding that can be evidenced through experience. In addition, you will have a track record of working closely with key stakeholders to deliver excellent financial reporting and decision-making support.

Furthermore you will have led and managed teams successfully. It is paramount that the successful candidate has an understanding of VAT and is able to lead on all tax matters including creating policy and setting standards to ensure compliance. Applications from all backgrounds are welcome.

What's on Offer

Circa. £55,000 - £60,000. Benefits include: bonus scheme, 27 days annual leave and pension contributions. Flexible working and option to work from home available.

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

Ref Code: MPCY14088015Z

Are you looking to join a forward-thinking organisation that is now significantly growing its finance function? Do you enjoy business partnering and describe yourself as highly personable? Are you a qualified Accountant looking for a step up in your career? If so please read on!

Robertson Bell are partnering with a large organisation who have an inspiring social purpose whilst they recruit to a permanent Finance Business Partner role. Leading a team of four this role will partner with key Executive Stakeholders whilst also being responsible for quarterly forecasts, annual budgets and monthly reporting. This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly established team and gain varied experience in a highly sought-after organisation.

The key responsibilities will be:

* Working with key Executive Directors to support them on all financial matters and provide key guidance and advice.
* Be fully responsible for producing annual budgets and future business plans.
* Provide detailed commentary and analysis through the review of overall business performance.
* Deliver finance initiatives ensuring they are in line with the organisational goals.
* Collaborate effectively with the wider business driving key business objectives at all times.
* Create client focused and commercially minded solutions through a range of techniques.
* Lead on the production of accurate monthly management accounts including detailed budget holder reports.
* Highlight long term projects and work with the Director of Finance Business Partnering to implement these.
* Manage a team of three qualified Accountants and one Finance Assistant, ensuring they are motivated and have access to relevant training and development opportunities.

The permanent Finance Business Partner would be based out of their brand-new head office in Hampshire. This role comes with extremely generous employee benefits including 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 over time), flexible and remote working, up to 12% matched pension, employee vouchers and discount plus much more!

The successful candidate will:

* Be a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, or equivalent).
* Have proven business partnering experience.

* Have management experience.
* Experience working within a large and complex organisation.
* Have first class written and verbal communication skills.

This vacancy is likely to close early so please apply now to be considered!

Our partner is a ground-breaking healthcare organisation, looking to inform & educate communities and influence changes in behaviour to improve health & wellbeing outcomes. They are seeking an Interim Head of Finance to oversee the integrity of the finance function, in the UK and overseas, and ensure their programmes deliver maximum impact.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of the accounting systems, in the UK and overseas, ensuring that the organisation meets all its compliance and reporting requirements.
• Lead on financial management – including working with the new business development team on budget proposal developments, managing project budgets, producing management accounts, cashflow forecasts, and reports.
• Leading on preparing of the year-end group financial statements, and preparing for the audit.
• Finance business partner to donors & funders, and responsible for grants compliance & reporting.
• Providing financial analysis, commentary and advice to the senior management team, board members, and other stakeholders.
• Responsibility of junior finance staff.

Person Specification

• Qualified accountant, with broad accounting, financial management, and reporting in an international organisation.
• Experience of budget proposal development and managing a budget in a complex, multi-currency environment.
• Understanding of UK tax & statutory reporting requirements.
• Excellent IT and systems skills; advanced Excel and Quickbooks experience.
• Strong finance business partner with experience of effectively working with colleagues in person and remotely.
• Fluency in French and/or Portuguese is desirable

Programme Finance Officer

Salary: £30,763 - £36,192 annum, depending on experience + good range of benefits

Contract: Fixed-term, full time – 36.5 hours per week

Duration: 18 months (with a view to being made permanent)

Based: Milton Keynes

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

In this exciting and fast-paced role you will work to amplify the impact of the organisation through grants acquisition and quality management of grant funded programmes. You’ll get to work across the World Vision global partnership to ensure the successful management of a portfolio of projects and programmes in compliance with donor requirements and align to the implementation of the Policy & Programmes grants strategy. You’ll have a key focus on the Most Vulnerable Children, facilitating WV's mission of positively impacting child well-being through your work.

The Key Responsibilities of the Programme Finance Officer role include:

· leading on grant compliance and management of World Vision financial processes and reporting;

· providing technical advice on compliance and financial management of donor funded programmes;

· supporting the development and submission of proposals for grant and commercial contracts

· managing financial and operational risks in programme portfolios;

· maintaining up-to-date information on systems and databases;

· conducting monitoring trips including visits to projects in fragile states and as part of emergency response grants; and

· Working with others to build & improve stakeholders’ relationship

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary indicated, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK).

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications: 29th May 2020

Please note that interviews may take place before the closing date, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

No agencies please.

The BBRS is partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell to recruit a Head of Finance on a part-time, permanent basis. The BBRS is establishing an industry funded dispute resolution service to resolve historic and future disputes between Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and participating providers of banking services. It will do this in a transparent, timely and accessible manner and without the need for litigation. It is currently running a Live Pilot in order to finalise its policies in readiness for Go-Live operation.

Background of the role

As the Head of Finance you will be responsible for delivering the organisation's financial strategy in alignment with the overall mission of the BBRS whilst ensuring an environment of tight financial control. You will take full responsibility for the finance function and will report to the Director of Operations; however you will have an important direct relationship with the Chief Executive Officer to whom you will also provide advice on all key financial issues. The outsourced accounting and payroll service providers will report directly to you. This role may be performed on a part-time basis or alongside another job task(s) or role.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Strategy, preparation and controlling of the annual budgeting and forecasting process
• Scenario modelling based on key assumptions and cashflow forecasts to assist with decision making
• Implementing and integrating new scheme agreements with participating member banks into the financial structures and reporting systems
• Ensuring effective development, implementation and evaluation of financial policies and procedures including controls over expenditure
• Evaluating and managing risk
• Coordinating audit processes
• Attending management committee and Board meetings, producing and presenting papers where applicable
• Providing relevant information to management to assist with decision making
• Providing effective management of the funding contracts with the existing and new member banks, including the management of exit mechanisms
• Liaising and effectively communicating with banks, suppliers and other key stakeholder groups
• Building and maintaining good working relationships, collaborating with a wide range of people to progress financial strategy
• Working with outsourced accounting and payroll service providers, providing day to day oversight

This part-time role comes with a highly competitive salary alongside other generous employee benefits and is based at the BBRS central London offices near Chancery Lane and Blackfriars Tube stations. This position will best suit someone with strong strategic thinking, planning and creative problem-solving skills and exceptional interpersonal communication and leadership skills.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, or equivalent).

• Post qualification experience in a financial leadership role
• Sound knowledge of relevant legal, contractual and funding issues
• Compliance oriented
• Experience of working with outsourced finance providers desirable but not essential
• Experience working with complex stakeholders

It is anticipated that the BBRS will operate for around three years. More information on The BBRS can be found at:

BBRS are guided by the commitment to do and be seen to do what is right, fair, and reasonable at all times.

The closing date for applications is 10^th June with first stage interviews taking place on the 17^th June. Applications will be under constant review before the closing date so please submit your application to our exclusive search agent Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!

Recruiting under Covid 19 restrictions

We know we are at a critical point across the economy here in the UK and elsewhere; this is certainly true within Higher Education. We are in touch with our colleagues and our network across the sector and are acutely aware of the challenges both financially and with regard to learning that they are experiencing. It is unprecedented for us all.

This is a difficult time for many and we have taken a carefully considered, deliberate decision to continue to drive our growth and development. We are able to offer a number of people – both for academic and non-academic roles - great opportunities to work with us over the coming months and years.

Our flexible roles for academic content developers could be ideal for those seeking to supplement their income at this time, those seeking short term contracts, or perhaps graduating engineering students.

Who are we?

TEDI-London is an innovative new higher education institution in London wholly focused on engineering, co-founded by Arizona State University, King’s College London, and UNSW Sydney.

Our vision is to transform engineering education to transform lives – both for students and for the users of the products they design and make. Our mission is to attract and empower individuals and partners from diverse backgrounds and perspectives to develop the skills and confidence to create practical real-world solutions that advance how we live as a global community.

Variety and ambiguity is the way of life at TEDI-London

In a start-up, each day really is different. We work collaboratively at TEDI-London on big decisions, but also need individuals that take initiative and have the skills and experience to manage their own work areas. We are a start-up with huge ambition, but you should not expect to join an organisation with all the answers, and everything mapped out. That is what we need you for, to be part of our journey.

You will not have a huge team and infrastructure in place. One day you might be writing a strategy or paper for the board – another you might be proofreading a letter. You will relish the chance to be in a new organisation with a world of possibilities where you can genuinely see the value that you add on a daily basis. The team you work with will be from different functions and levels – all united in one goal -to make TEDI-London a success.

Chief Finance Officer

As the Chief Finance Officer and sole fully qualified Finance professional, your role will provide us with a first-class finance function. This is both a strategic and operational Finance role. Responsible for all aspects of financial management, you will provide strategic financial advice to the Board, Executive and wider leadership team. You will lead the annual audit, produce the annual accounts and ensure relevant, timely and appropriate information is available as required.

You will have a comprehensive and up to date technical awareness of accounting standards, budget setting and monitoring with an ability to seek out, manage and influence opportunities for continuous improvement and change. We are looking for someone with an ability to analyse complex operational / statistical information and produce accurate / intelligent forecasts and plans. The ideal candidate will have experience of leading procurement and ensuring a bestvalue approach.

At TEDI-London, a commitment to and understanding of teamwork and collaborative working in the widest organisation sense are of utmost importance.

We would be delighted if you review the Job Description, Values, Terms and Conditions and Proposition Document. We have provided a video of the recruiting manager discussing this current vacancy and a live Zoom Q & A session on Eventbrite in the Job Description attachment.

International Finance Business Partner: London £45,000 - £50,000

For an international NGO based in central London, we are recruiting an International Finance Business Partner. This international accounting role will report to the Business Partner Manager and will work closely with Conservation Programmes in London and overseas. The International Finance Business Partner will develop and implement accounting systems and procedures and budgeting that is fit for purpose. The role will understand financial performance and compliance, identify risks and build financial capacity with in-country teams.

Main Duties:

• Develop a Grant Management Reporting Tool for all Donor Funded Grants
• Work with International Finance Business Partner Manager to project manage the year-end process for all country programmes and regions
• Develop financial strategy, policies and procedures
• Develop processes to ensure information is received from international programmes for consolidation into the management reporting
• Map out how financial management is resourced and develop operating structure that is fit for purpose
• Provide regular reporting and updates to SMT ensuring oversight across international operations
• Provide expert Grant financial management to support externally funded Conservation Programmes - supporting DFID, EU and various UN and US Government agencies
• Support during all internal and external audit work
• Contribute to an increase in financial management capacity of Conservation Programmes
• Develop budgets that align with multi-year plans and Country strategies
• Support Programme Managers with preparation and review of budgets for new Grant applications
• Identify and mitigate financial risks, working with SMT
• Support Conservation Operations and Programmes senior leadership teams as well as Country leaders to develop plans for rolling our accounting systems and policies
• Work with Conservation Programmes to monitor compliance and financial controls

What will you bring to this role?

• CCAB qualified or finalist level with proven experience of working with overseas finance teams in an International NGO
• Proven experience of financial management and financial reporting in relation to Grant funded work
• Planning, budgeting and forecasting experience
• Business partnering expertise, especially overseas in a development NGO
• Experience of UK Government, EU, UN and DFID

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Anglican Communion Office are exclusively partnering with Robertson Bell to recruit a newly created Head of Finance to join their developing organisation. With exciting plans on the horizon, this will be a critical position for the Anglican Communion Office (ACO) to implement significant changes across a multi-faceted finance function.

About the Anglican Communion Office

The Anglican Communion is one of the world's largest Christian communities. It has tens of millions of members in more than 165 countries around the globe. All of their 40 provinces are autonomous and free to make their own decisions - guided by recommendations from the four Instruments: the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Anglican Consultative Council, the Primates' Meeting, and the Lambeth Conference. Based near Paddington, the ACO is the permanent Secretariat for the Instruments. During this exciting period as they approach Lambeth Conference 2020, a once in a decade gathering of around 1300 international bishops and spouses, this Head of Finance role will be crucial to the oversight of the finance function and managing a small team.

The Role

This role will report directly into the Director of Finance and Resources and will have the following responsibilities:

• Lead a small finance team and manage all aspects of ongoing financial operations of the ACO and related charities
• Work towards the budget and financial planning processes including acting as an effective business partner to budget holders including donor reporting
• Implement and improve financial processes across the function including supporting the Director of Finance with advancing management reporting and an upcoming system upgrade
• Oversee transactional elements of the function including expenses, purchase ledger and petty cash
• Forecast and manage cash flow to optimise between investment returns and operational needs
• Assist in the production of annual statutory accounts and works as a key contact for external auditors
• Taking responsibility of the development of key commercial contracts and provide expertise on key financial negotiations with suppliers
• Ad hoc duties as required

The Candidate

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and ambitious finance professional to take ownership of the finance function. The successful candidate will:

• Be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA)
• Be a confident communicator and able to work positively with a diverse range of staff members and external partners
• Take the initiative to provide pragmatic solutions to improve finance functions without compromising efficiency
• Ideally have a background within the charity sector however other backgrounds will be considered
• Have an understanding of, and be sympathetic to, the life and work of the Anglican Communion

As a newly created opportunity, there is substantial scope to mould this role around the successful candidate's strongest qualities in order to add significant value to the team. Also, the successful candidate will receive direct and supportive management internally from an experienced senior team who are committed to investing in staff development.

There are also impressive career progression opportunities across the team as well as excellent benefits including flexible working, a 10% employer contribution pension and 30 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays.

This role is being exclusively handled by Robertson Bell on behalf of Anglican Communion Office. Please apply now or contact Imogen at Robertson Bell directly for more details.