Artsadmin is looking for a new Head of Finance to join our small finance team.

If you thrive on variety and would like work for a leading performing arts charity that specialises in producing new work to tour to venues and festivals in the UK and worldwide, we’d love to hear from you. We are a friendly, values-led organisation with an impressive track-record in European co-production. Environmental sustainability and accessibility are at the heart of how we run Toynbee Studios in London’s east end, providing rehearsal spaces for artists whose projects span theatre, dance, opera, music, live art, and interdisciplinary practice. Our artist support programme offers professional development opportunities to artists throughout their careers and our creative engagement programme provides innovative projects for children, young people and adults.

For more information, please visit our website to download the job-pack and submit an application.

This is a great opportunity to lead all aspects of the finance and accounting function of the independent charitable trust, Power To Change, that supports community businesses in England, endowed by the National Lottery Community Fund (previously the Big Lottery Fund). Our vision is better places through community business. We want to back people to build successful community businesses for the benefit of their local places.

We are looking for an adept and meticulous Head of Finance who will take responsibility for the finance function as Power to Change enters its next phase. A self-starter with second to none accounting knowledge who will be responsible for safeguarding the assets of Power to Change. You will relish the opportunity to talk to budget holders as well as wanting to develop the team and the existing systems.You will be comfortable working flexibly and will be able to adapt both individually and lead the team as the organisation takes a new shape.You will have a strong track record of continuous improvement and are a natural problem solver.

You will be working closely with other like-minded passionate professionals in our organisation to build the profile of a movement that will change the face of the country.

Role purpose: 

To lead all aspects of the finance and accounting function and to provide the organisation with relevant and timely information to support decision making.To manage the day to day finance function proactively.

Key responsibilities: 

Strategic oversight and leadership

• Act as a key business partner to internal colleagues and external partners and provide value add decision support and insight.
• Prepare schedules and reports for relevant Committees - Finance & Investment, Audit & Risk and Board.
• Line manage the Finance Manager and Finance Officer with a focus on wellbeing and development.
• Deputise for the Director of Finance and Resources where required.
• Be an active member of the Management Group, supporting and contributing to organisation wide projects.

Financial management

• Lead the development, consolidation and communication of annual financial plans, budgets and reforecasts including supporting schedules and commentary.
• Preparation and completion of Statutory Accounts to SORP standard, including production of schedules for auditors and liaison with external auditors.
• Cash management including cash flow, management of banking relationships and oversight of investment performance.
• Overall responsibility for payroll including responsibility for managing outsourced payroll provider, outsourced pensions provider and P11Ds.
• Ensuring PTC is compliant with statutory and HMRC governance. 

Processes and systems

• Ensure adherence to the financial procedures and controls and where necessary lead the development and improvement to reflect best practice and communicate to the organisation to strengthen internal control framework.
• Ongoing review of finance and internal systems and providers and working with internal and external stakeholders such as delivery partners to improve processes.
• Oversight of setting up and implementing processes and controls for restricted grants and preparing budgets and reports for donors as required. 

Information management

• Review and publish timely monthly and quarterly management information including KPI reporting with supporting commentary.
• Identify and report on key financial risks and performance measures and manage and report on organisation risk register with input across the organisation.
• Ensure consistent information across Management Accounts/Reporting and Salesforce (CRM system).

This job description is issued as a guideline to assist you in your duties, it is not exhaustive.Because of the evolving nature and changing demands of our work this job description may be subject to change.You may, on occasions, be required to undertake additional or other duties within the context of this job description.

Skills and Experience:

• CCAB Qualified accountant or QBE
• Previous experience within the not for profit sector in a role at a similar level
• Experience in preparation of SORP compliant statutory accounts 
• Advanced excel and strong IT skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, to prioritise multiple activities and competing demands.
• Experience of business partnering and effective communication across all levels of non-finance stakeholders
• Experience designing and implementing new processes
• Takes initiative, flexible ‘can-do’ attitude and can work independently
• Strong communication skills, good at building relationships with colleagues across all areas and levels of the organisation
• Experience of Xero and Salesforce

Reporting to: Director of Finance and Resources

Responsible for: Finance Manager, Finance Officer

Deadline for applications: Tuesday, 1st September at 10am

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all candidates irrespective of race, age, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status. We will assess all applications against the requirements for this post as detailed in the job description and person specification and ask for names and education history to be removed from applications.

We are Disability Confident Committed, we welcome and respond positively to applications from disabled people. We will meet individual needs throughout the recruitment process, including making any appropriate reasonable adjustments during the interview stage and to our workplace if selected into post to support colleagues with any form of disability. 

If you meet the minimum requirements for the role and would like a guaranteed interview please email Head of HR, Nicola Fuschillo,you do not need to share any details about your disability at this stage.

As a Mindful Employer we recognise that in the UK, people experiencing mental ill health continue to report stigma and discrimination. We are committed to creating a supportive and open culture, where colleagues are able to talk about mental health. We are also committed to ensuring that our employees feel safe in disclosing any mental health conditions and confident that they will be properly supported and offered reasonable adjustments when required.

If you have any questions about how Power to Change is an equal opportunities employer please contact our Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator, Edward Walden.

Harris Hill are recruiting for a Head of Finance for this well-established charity based in London

The role will be working from home for the foreseeable future and will then have flexibility on days in the office.

You will oversee all financial aspects of the charity, on behalf of the board of trustees, to ensure its short and long-term viability and ensure that the board of trustees fulfils its duties and responsibilities for the proper financial governance of the charity.

Salary £60,00pa plus Benefits

Head of Finance

* Overall financial strategy and outlook for the organisation
* Producing financial papers and accounts for the Board
* The candidate will report directly to the CEO and will sit on the Management Team of the organisation
* Line management of the future Finance Officer

About the role

* The charity is looking for a bright and dynamic financial professional to join our outstanding staff team.
* This is a full time, permanent role, based in London with the potential for flexible working arrangements.
* This is a newly-created role with overall responsibility for the day to day financial control and
* management of the charity.
* The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant able to lead by example and get things done through their own drive and determination. They will take ownership of the end to end finance process and be responsible for producing monthly management accounts. They will have strong communication skills and play a crucial part in liaising with our regional centres, building strong relationships with colleagues across the charity.
* This is a hands-on role and the incumbent should thrive on working in the detail but also be able to articulate in a clear and concise manner to senior management. They will need to be excited about the varying challenges that will undoubtedly come with working for a growing and agile organisation, and have a passion for the work we do and the difference we can make to the lives of the clients we support
* Duties of the role

* Financial systems and controls
* Management and development of the financial systems and control processes using the
* accounting package Xero
* Management and submission of tax submissions, payroll, bank accounts and cashflow and
* ensuring compliance with statutory financial and legal requirements
* Closing the books, production of the Statutory Accounts and liaison with the auditors throughout the reporting cycle.
* Management accounting experience
* Leading the annual business planning cycle, providing support to senior staff in London and
* liaising and providing support and advise to regional centres
* Production of accurate and timely monthly and quarterly management accounts and forecasting continuously improving processes, procedures and controls and working with the Treasurer to manage the Risk Register
* General responsibilities
*

* Direction and training of trainee graduates who assist with expenses input
* Ensuring continuous professional development in keeping updated on latest standards, policies, developments relevant to the charity
* Assisting with the financial aspects of Funding / Grant Applications

For 30 years Farm Africa has worked shoulder to shoulder with farmers to unleash their abilities to grow their incomes and manage their natural resources sustainably. We believe that Africa has the power to feed itself and that its smallholders hold the key to lasting rural prosperity. Farm Africa believes that African smallholders, whether they farm crops, livestock, fish or the forest, will all play a pivotal part in achieving rural prosperity in Africa.

We are seeking an exceptional Head of Finance to provide ambitious and supportive leadership of our finance team. You will be keen to understand the financial implications of our increasingly complex funding opportunities, identifying associated financial risks and technical implications, putting appropriate financial strategies and controls in place as well as providing quality financial information that ensures we maximise the benefit of every £1.

If you are interested in this role of more information and details of how to apply can be found by clicking the apply button or visiting the jobs page of our website. 

A hands on Head of Finance role in a small sized charity.

Senior level position working with the CEO, external stakeholders and the board.

Client Details

My client is in the not for profit and charities sector specifically in social care. Therefore previous experience from social care/charity is beneficial.

Description

The key responsibilities of the Head of Finance:

- Hands on and technically skilled with end to end finance - not afraid to do transnational work

- Oversight of junior members of a team through mentoring and coaching

- Confidence dealing with and challenging senior stakeholders from inside and outside the organisation and able to raise issues as and when

Profile

The successful Head of Finance:

- Must be a qualified accountant

- Experience in an SME environment preferably from within the charity/social care sector

- Able to commit to a long term contract or temp to perm opportunity

- Understand how to approach problems and raise queries sensibly within the charities sector

Job Offer

On offer for the successful Head of Finance is remote/flexible working, circa £400 - £450 per day and an opportunity for temp to perm role.

This internationally recognised Multi-Academy Trust is looking for their next driving force to run the Finance department with the organisations mission at the heart. This instrumental figure will lead the department for a period of time, streamlining processes and providing accurate, timely and relevant data for a seamless finance system internationally.

Client Details

This charitable organisation is unique in running their educational subsidiaries internationally. Whilst being innovative and forward focused, sustainability and worldwide improvement in education is at the fore front of their mission. They are a team full of experts and passionate about the cause, which drives their hard work and ambition.

Description

• Running the finance system across the different international entities with analysis from accurate and up-to-date monthly, quarterly and annual data.
• Ensuring that deadlines are submitted on time and to a high-quality standard.
• Presenting to the board and stakeholders regularly on planning and budgets.
• Manage and guiding the finance team to produce a seamless finance function, supported with appraisals, reviews and training to encourage the team to work at their best.
• Ensuring that processes and procedures are at their most effective and implemented correctly; being in line with the auditing requirements.
• Being instrumental in developing and instigating the global finance strategy for the Multi-Academy Trust, with sustainability being the focus throughout.
• Ensuring the key stakeholders are presented with accurate and relevant financial reports on a regular basis, in a clear and concise manner.

Profile

To be the Head of Finance you will need to be passionate and driven, believing in the mission of the movement that this organisation is striving for. Alongside having previously worked with international entities, you must be a qualified accountant with multiple years of working in education specifically.

Job Offer

• Flexibility of partly working from home
• Competitive day rate
• Training and guidance

Our partner, a well-respected charity, works to support & empower people to live their lives fully, and educates and advocates for inclusiveness. It seeks a Head of Finance to ensure that the charity is able to deliver on its strategy and programmes in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the production of the annual budget, working with department heads to maximise income, recover costs as fully as possible, and ensure that programmes are being delivered on a value for money basis.
• Act as a strategic business partner to department heads, providing financial advice and supporting them in delivering strategic objectives.
• Working with the broader finance team to develop & strengthen reporting and performance; ensure that annual financial statements are produced in a timely manner, and that the charity remains compliant to statutory requirements; and ensure risk management is embedded in individual departments and the organisation overall.
• Support the CFO in preparing the annual report & accounts, and in providing an appraisal of the financial health of the charity

Requirements

• Qualified accountant with demonstrable experience heading up the finance function of charity, and experience of offering strategic analysis and advice to Board of Trustees and Finance & Audit Committees.
• Strong experience and skills in technical financial accounting (including an awareness of UK GAAP and charity SORP requirements), management accounting (developing budgets on a full cost recovery basis for the organisation as well as for individual grant proposals), and analysis (advising on business cases for proposals and fundraising).
• Experience of developing and strengthening internal controls, and of risk management.
• Experience of managing a complex grant portfolio within a charity setting.
• Strong communicator, with developed presentation and verbal communication skills
• Able to work with a range of stakeholders, both within the organisation and externally.
• Advanced Excel skills

This role is only open to those candidates with the right to work in the UK. 

The British Psychoanalytical Society is the oldest psychoanalytic organisation UK. With around 400 members, the Society is a UK wide and international community of professionals, dedicated to helping people enhance their lives through intensive talking therapy and psychoanalysis. The Institute of Psychoanalysis is the outward face and training body of the British Psychoanalytical Society.

Our alumni include some of the most important figures in the history of psychoanalysis, including Michael Balint, Wilfred Bion, John Bowlby, Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, Joseph Sandler, Hannah Segal and Donald Winnicott. The Society continues to have as members world renowned psychoanalysts and the forefront of its psychoanalytical practice.

We are looking for a Head of Finance to take the lead for the financial performance management of the organisation, managing the function operationally, strategically and in relationships with stakeholders, including directing and evolving our finance team.

Reporting into the Chief Executive Officer, this is a key position and your responsibilities include:

• Overall responsibility for the development and successful delivery of the Finance function and providing successful leadership across the organisation;
• Leading on financial  planning and developing projections and business models in line with the Strategic Plan;

• Communicating complex financial information and influencing and building rapport with a range of internal and external stakeholders;
• Leading the design, implementation and review of systems, processes and procedures;
• Producing the Trustee’s Annual Report and Financial Statements; reporting to the Finance & Audit Committee and the Board of Trustees;
• Managing a small team.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with experience of the UK charity or not for profit sector, advanced knowledge of SORP and charity VAT. You will robust technical skills and a proactive approach with a proven ability to ‘roll sleeves up’ and focus on solutions. You will have excellent leadership and communication skills, able to motivate your team and build rapport with a range of finance and non-finance persons across the organisation.

This would be a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious professional looking to step into their first Head of Finance position. We will also consider experienced professionals on a part time basis looking to make a sideways move.

Recruitment timetable:

Application deadline: Sunday 16th August

Shortlisting: w/c 24th August

First stage interviews: w/c 31st August

Second stage interviews: w/c 7th September

To apply please send your CV and supporting statement via the link. For an informal conversation, please contact Bryony Feeney via theAllen Lane agency website. 

British Psychoanalytical Society COVID-19 Response and Impact

We are pleased to say that we have managed to significantly minimise the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our activities and finances.  We made the decision to close our building and move our activities online in early March ahead of the government lockdown requirement.  Our staff, members, candidates and patients have adapted remarkably well to working online and we have not experienced significant difficulties.  Since we have been able to run the majority of our work in full and some areas such as library and archives in part, we have not needed to furlough any staff or apply for government assistance funds.

Moving our work online so quickly has allowed a much wider engagement with people outside of London and UK. We are looking at how in the future, we can continue to use online elements in our activities alongside face to face to ensure that we continue to reach and engage much wider audiences than we had been able to before.  We are also updating our IT systems to enable staff to work more flexibly from home in the future.

JOB PURPOSE

To lead the international finance team and enable excellent financial decision making across the Amnesty International global movement.

This includes:

• leading on the production of insightful global financial reporting & analysis,
• developing and delivering ambitious training and assurance plans
• being a strategic business partner to the International Secretariat (IS) fundraising and strategy teams in order to grow the organization impact and income through the management of the income budget and grants to national entities.
• identifying and leading finance change initiatives as relevant to improve the way finance is delivered across the movement

Ultimately, this role aims for the development of high standard financial practices across the global Amnesty movement, in order to maximise value for money in our work and enable human rights change.

ABOUT YOU

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To lead and develop the International Finance team (team of four) towards the delivery of team objectives

• To monitor and report on the organisation's global financial performance and hence improve global decision making, transparency and accountability to internal and external stakeholders

• To support fundraising stakeholders with the development, implementation and delivery of global income generation strategies

• To business partner with IS fundraising and strategy teams and provide sound strategic financial advice for the effective management of the IS income budget and IS grant funding mechanisms (operational grants and fundraising grants to national entities)

• To embed high standard financial practices across the movement via the delivery of capacity building initiatives and assurance reviews

• To maximise organizational effectiveness through the delivery of global finance projects and improvement initiatives

• To support national entities as required to develop the goal of one financial Amnesty

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Qualifications

• CCAB qualified or international equivalent
• Relevant post qualification experience
• Degree 2:1 or above

Work Experience

• Team leadership, i.e. setting the team vision, planning, delegation, review, coaching, performance management, team building
• Experience of delivering change initiatives
• Strong financial accounting and control experience
• Excellent English language skills, additional languages desirable
• Experience in effective presentation and communication to senior management
• Systems experience:
  • Advanced Excel
  • Sun or Dynamics 365 (desirable)

Personal skills

• Works well with others:
  • Ability to motivate, coach and inspire the team
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills with people of different teams, levels and countries
  • Conducts themselves professionally in terms of dealing with peers and management
• Excellent work ethic:
  • Well organized, efficient and resourceful
  • Takes pride in the organisation and in their work
  • Delivers quality results to agreed deadlines
  • Takes the initiative to improve the status quo, and open minded to suggestions of new and improved ways of working
  • Good timeliness and attendance

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.

For a (financially) sustainable future

Job Title:  Head of Finance and Data Analysis

Department:  Finance

Reports to:  Executive Director

Status:  Full time (38.5 hours per week)

Location:  London

Salary:  Competitive salary 

Changing the world takes passion and dedication

Isn’t it time that your passion and dedication be channelled towards a career and community that genuinely changes lives?

If you...

• want to transform your own life by transforming the lives of others

• crave a career that creates opportunity for others

• desire to make dreams come true for those who never thought it possible

• know that education is the foundation from which we can change the world

• believe that today’s young people can transform tomorrow

• strive for world peace and global sustainability

• dare to dream

...then a career with UWC could be the change you need. 

UWC is a global family of schools with a powerful difference. With a shared goal of working towards global peace and sustainability, we bring together young people from around the world to study in one of our 18 schools on four continents. There they don’t just learn how to be great at passing exams. They learn how to communicate across cultural boundaries. They develop the skills to be a changemaker. They design and engage in initiatives that transform their lives and the lives of those around them for the better. And they stay a “UWC-er” for life, becoming part of a global community of over 60,000 changemakers transforming the lives of others. 

Working with us will inspire and challenge you

Driving a mission to make the UWC experience available to tomorrow’s changemakers, irrespective of their background, beliefs and economic means demands colleagues with passion and dedication, and a talent for transformation. If you studied at a UWC, you’ll know why we’re so passionate and perhaps you want to be part of this again. If you didn’t, prepare to be inspired.

We have so much to do, so isn’t it time you got started?

Are you our new Head of Finance and Data Analysis?

Right now, we are searching for a new Head of Finance and Data Analysis to join UWC International in our London Office.

UWC International works with all our schools and stakeholders around the world, serving the movement through:

• Global fundraising

• Global communications, promotion and marketing

• Supporting over 155 UWC national committees in their daily work and growth

• Global strategy development and implementation

• Assisting UWC schools and colleges 

The position is a challenging one. Our mission is global peace and sustainability, and our success depends on our own sustainability as a movement. That’s where you come in. Your purpose is to drive the financial sustainability of a movement that:

• Offers financial assistance to over 80% of the young people who are offered a place at one of our schools - and supports our aim to offer even more financial assistance in future

• Is supported by a network of mostly volunteer-led national committees in over 155 countries and territories around the world 

• Is a UK registered charity, with a subsidiary in Berlin, Germany. 

As our Head of Finance and Data Analysis, you’ll be responsible for:

• Financial planning and budgeting, financial control, reporting and financial analysis of UWC International and across both the London and the Berlin office

• Providing the UWC International Board, Executive Director and other colleagues with relevant, accurate and clear financial management information

• Managing financial data collection and analysis across 18 UWC schools and colleges to support financial sustainability and transparency.

• Overseeing our financial systems and procedures are effectively implemented and run in order to meet auditing requirements working with the Senior Financial Accountant

You’ll be working closely with UWC International’s Finance and Audit Committee. And while you won’t be responsible for financial oversight of individual schools (who are all separate legal entities), you will be working closely with them and our 155 national committees in the collection and analysis of data to improve our global financial sustainability. 

As you’d expect in a streamlined team working for a charitable organisation, our colleagues all perform a broad range of duties requiring a flexible approach to your work.

This means that we’re searching for someone who:

• Knows how to manage a broad finance function, including financial data collection and modelling, financial forecasting, budgeting, and overseeing the annual audit process

• Has an excellent grasp of technology and how it can serve us

• Has led and loves leading and managing team members and projects

• Knows how to work with and in support of stakeholders and colleagues, including directors, board treasurers and trustees

• Understands the world of grantmaking and reporting to donors 

If this is you, read on for further details…

Key responsibilities

• To manage the full financial cycle with support from the senior financial accountant. This includes annual budgeting and budget approval with the finance and audit committee as well as the board, financial reporting and management accounting, annual audit and submission to Companies House and Charity Commission.

• To oversee the processing of payments, income, disbursements and international transfers and to monitor cash flow and recommend and implement action when necessary.

• To support teams and senior managers with financial management and planning, including contingency planning for unforeseen events, donor reporting and management, financial reporting to the executive director and the board.

• To act as secretary and provide support to the Finance and Audit Committee of the board, in close collaboration with the board treasurer. This includes drafting agendas for regular meetings, producing papers and coordinating minute taking and follow up to meetings, including escalation to the board for decision making. 

• To support the Executive Director and senior management team with preparation of papers for board meetings and taking the lead on papers relating to finances, compliance and data reporting.

• To act as the key liaison with fund managers, auditors and banks to ensure the smooth functioning of the finance function at UWC.

• To oversee internal control processes. 

• To maintain contact with and support the group of college finance directors, act as lead for data gathering, management and reporting on the finances of the 18 UWC schools and colleges as well as the national committee system. This includes refining and launching annual reporting tools, managing data collection and data cleaning as well as working independently and with the help of external consultants to produce interactive data dashboards for internal office use, as well as presentations for external and internal stakeholders.

• To line manage the senior financial accountant. 

Person Specification

Essential

• Excellent financial skills and proven ability to drive budgeting and financial management at an organisation level and in a multi-currency environment. 

• Strong financial planning, modelling and analysis skills.

• Excellent communication, writing and reporting skills, including presenting financial information to the board, senior audiences and non-technical stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.

• Proven experience of acting as business partner support to senior management and their teams on issues related to finances and technology in a dotted management environment. 

• Experience in designing and implementing agile operational policies and procedures fit to the management of a charity operating in a distributed setting.

• Experience in managing direct reports effectively and collaboratively.

• Ability to influence external stakeholders in areas related to financial planning. 

• Knowledge of financial software (Sage preferred) and data visualisation software (MS PowerBi preferred) 

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written), in particular the ability to communicate in a confident and engaging manner at all levels, in culturally very different contexts and in challenging contexts or situations.

• Self-motivation, flexibility and adaptability. A proactive attitude and ability to work independently as well as a member of a team.

• Excellent interpersonal and diplomatic skills and cross-cultural sensitivity with a high level of comfort operating in an international and multicultural environment.

• Excellent spoken and written English (ideally equivalent to native speaker)

• Comfort operating in an international and multicultural environment and ability and desire to travel internationally.

• A deep interest in UWC’s mission and values, and a willingness to engage with issues of relevance to the UWC movement.

It is expected that the job holder will travel to UWC schools and colleges. For that reason a basic DBS check (Disclosure barring statement) or international equivalent will be required before any job offer is made.

Desirable

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA), MBA or equivalent 

• Experience with financial management of consolidated accounts

• Experience working across offices and legal entities in different jurisdictions

• A mix of charity and commercial experience 

• Ideally strong command of additional world languages beyond English

• Knowledge of data protection regimes in the UK and EU.

Are you excited about this? Then apply!

Please send your CV with a covering letter (each no more than two pages) that relates your experience to the requirements of the role to the email address stated. Please state your current salary and salary expectation for this role. Also please include in the covering letter what it is that attracts you to the role and why we should recruit you. Please also indicate how you have heard about this role. 

In your application, please also provide the name, roles and contact details of two referees. We will not contact them without letting you know. Please note that applications without a cover letter will not be considered. 

Deadline for application:  9am 31st August (UK time)

The first stage interviews will take place the week beginning 7th September

This is clearly an extraordinary time and a difficult point at which to change jobs - but we are committed to making this as easy as possible for candidates. We will arrange interviews by video-conference and ensure inductions can be done in a way which makes the successful candidate feel like a valued part of the organisation.

Head of FP&A role with a balance of responsibilities that includes commercial analysis, management accounting, team management and long term planning. Reporting into the CFO.

Client Details

This London University is a unique institution that works on a global scale. With significant recent funding and ambitious plans for growth, the organisation is looking to drive improvement across corporate services, including the hire of two new qualified finance roles. Student numbers are looking strong and this role will play a key part in the ongoing improvement within the finance function.

Description

• Line manage and support members the finance team, including a mixture of qualified and part qualified accountants
• Lead on the preparation of the monthly management accounts, including detailed analysis and development of the board pack.
• Short, medium and long term planning for the organisation, including scenario analysis and financial modelling
• Annual and monthly budgeting input, including regular engagement and meetings with budget holders
• Supporting the CFO as a commercial finance expert

Profile

You will be a full qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) and hold post qualification experience. You will have an excellent understanding of commercial and will have delivered strong financial management, analysis and guidance in your most recent role. Attention to detail is essential, as is the ability to liaise effectively with finance and non-finance stakeholders at all levels. You will be ambitious, eager to learn and keen to work in a fast-paced and growing organisation.

Job Offer

• Salary up to £60,000 dependent upon experience

• Private medical insurance

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and close down over the Christmas period

• Opportunity to study a course free of charge

• Generous pension

£57,034 - £67,970 + £4,000 Accountancy Allowance

Two year fixed term contract

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) is at the heart of the government’s economic and social agendas. A quarter of UK businesses are in our sectors and are among the most exciting and fastest growing of the whole economy. They provide 5.2 million jobs and deliver £38bn worth of exports. Our mission is to drive growth, enrich lives and promote Britain to the world. 

Working in conjunction with our over 40 Arm’s Length Bodies we strive to create the conditions for everyone to enjoy our national culture, play sport, make the most of new technologies and have access to effective communications. Our sectors are critical to ensuring we have a strong place in the world - creating a global UK whose cultural, technological, creative, community and sporting assets mark us out as an essential partner for trade and investment. And making places that people want to live in, work in, invest in and visit.

This role will lead a team that supports one of the three Director Generals (DGs) and their teams to effectively discharge their financial accountabilities. This includes supporting directors’ responsibilities for effective financial oversight of the arm’s-length bodies sponsored by each DG group.

You will work closely with the Deputy Finance Director and other A(U) Heads of Finance to lead and develop the finance business partnering team - fulfilling the team’s vision to support strategic decision making and policy development by being insightful, trusted and professional.

You will be responsible for the provision of a valued, efficient and effective finance business partnering function across your areas.

Key responsibilities are as follows:

• Lead and engender a culture of continuous improvement and personally demonstrate DCMS’s values. Lead, manage, develop and support a high-quality team of individuals to achieve these aims.
• Provide high-quality finance advice and guidance on all financial matters as necessary, from accounting to budgeting, auditing and the government’s Estimates processes.
• Act as a senior finance business partner to your areas of responsibility ensuring that senior stakeholders have the right support to make good policy decisions in line Managing Public Money and other government finance rules.
• Provide strategic and tactical advice on all finance matters to Ministers, the Permanent Secretary, Executive Board and Departmental Audit & Risk Committee.
• Lead the team in scrutinising, challenging and guiding budget holders ALBs in the provision of timely and accurate forecasts against budgets, re-forecasting exercises, end-of-year reporting exercises, main and supplementary estimates and other fiscal events.
• Lead the team on scrutiny, challenge and the provision of financial advice on business cases, policy announcements including attendance at Finance Committee, Investment Sub-Committee in the capacity of the expert finance business partner.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Be strong leader with a solid history of delivery; be able to communicate effectively at all levels both internally and externally; and be able to routinely communicate complex financial, accounting and budgetary issues
• Be a fully qualified accountant with excellent interpersonal skills, along with excellent literacy and numeracy and a collaborate, solutions-oriented approach.
• Working knowledge of Managing Public Money and central government accounting and budgeting rules (desirable)
• Intermediate or higher Excel skills (desirable).

For more information or an informal discussion, please apply via the link, or contact Michael Swinburn or Stuart Thomson at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell. The closing date for applications is Sunday 16th August at 11:55pm.

Badenoch & Clark are proud to be partnering with all a Registered Provider based in Kent to appoint their Head of Finance / Financial Controller.The role holder's primary responsibility will be to support the Finance Director by leading the FP&A and Investment, Asset Charging and Treasury functions working closely with the executive team and the Board. The role will involve contributing to capital and investment strategies and overseeing investment activities and programmes, scrutinise on-going performance and making critical recommendations on the execution of the corporate strategy.Job Duties Principle responsibilities will include:*Support the FD, Board in all debt and equity fundraising and contribute to the funding strategy.*Preparation of board papers and investment papers as required and liaising with credit rating agencies, lenders, debt advisors, consultants etc*Managing the asset securitisation and treasury functions to ensure that funding levels are optimised and treasury and funding policies are complied with.*Leading the FP&A team, ensuring high quality analysis, planning and reporting. *Owning the financial models, and ensure they remain accurate and deliver the analytical capabilities a fast-moving business requires. *Ensuring all analysis provided to the board and investment committees is relevant and accurate*Leading and managing the business planning process including the implementation of processes, procedures and systems to help support the preparation and monitoring of the business plan.*Overseeing the valuation process of all development and completed assets, making recommendations of any opportunities and risks that the valuation analysis shows.*To prepare and maintain financial systems to be used for the appraisal of the division's development schemes, in accordance with the development assumptions approved by the Board*To provide support to the development and new Business teams with their scheme & project appraisals. Skills Required *Qualified accountant or similar *Excellent academic background, with a deep numerical aptitude*Deep technical financial and commercial knowledge and experience in the residential housing industry*Specific affordable housing experience in a similar role would be highly beneficial. * Leadership and management experience *Delivery focused and ability to plan and execute projects across multi-disciplinary teamsBadenoch + Clark working on behalf of this client who are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender identity or age.
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• Salary £25,000 gross per annum pro rata (for example, £20,000 gross per annum at 0.8 FTE)
• Ideally 0.8 FTE (30 hours per week)
• Fixed-term, six months
• Home-based / London office, depending on status of covid-19 guidance
• Reporting to the Finance Manager

Safe Passage International is a looking for a Finance Officer to provide day-to-day financial support alongside the Finance Manager and the Head of Finance & Operations. The successful candidate will support the development of effective financial systems and controls that enable continued excellence in our ground-breaking work to open and defend safe, legal routes to sanctuary.

The role will involve the day-to-day financial running of the London-based office, raising invoices and payments, supporting project budget planning, grant reporting and credit control. Other key areas include liaising with independent accountants, supporting our international operations, and working with the Head of Finance & Operations to prepare for 2020 year end.

Key Areas of Accountability

• Bookkeeping through Xero, maintaining up-to-date processing routines on all financial subsystems
• Recording and reconciling petty cash with the Finance Manager
• Weekly bank reconciliations and supporting production of monthly management reports
• Processing daily banking transactions, dealing with day to day banking needs
• Preparing cash flow forecasts as required
• Assisting Finance Manager with credit control and monitoring budgets on a monthly basis
• Answering relevant telephone or email queries and forwarding to appropriate staff in a professional manner
• Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required to deliver the charity’s objectives

Who we are:

Working at Safe Passage means working at a different sort of charity. We are small, nimble, and laser-focused on the impact that only we can make.

Safe Passage was founded in late 2015 in response to the refugee crisis in Europe.  In the past five years we have grown from a small project of the charity Citizens UK to a separate international organisation. We now comprise 21 members of staff based in the UK, France, and Greece, supporting refugees to access safe and legal routes to asylum across Europe.

• Our vision is for every person seeking asylum to be able to access a safe and legal route to a place where they can lead a full and dignified life.
• We do things differently - championing refugees’ rights by combining strategic legal work, advocacy, capacity building and community organising.
• We are focused on achieving systemic change in refugee and asylum policy at both nation-state and international level.

To apply: send your CV and a cover letter addressing each point of the Person Specification and explaining why you would love this role and working for Safe Passagewith the Email Subject Line: Finance Officer APPLICATION.