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Check NowOur client is an international humanitarian Charity, that work tirelessly to ease poverty, hunger and suffering in some of the poorest countries around the world. This worthwhile cause is looking for a Financial Controller who will oversee the management of the Group’s statutory accounts and the processes, policies and procedures that underpin the financial control framework.
This role will be responsible for taking a lead role in ongoing financial improvement work, bringing professional financial leadership to the Financial Accounts Team and the wider organisation.
The role will be responsible for ensuring a sound system of internal financial control is in place, statutory financial reporting, treasury management, cash flow forecasting, AP/AR and management of the Shared Service Centre relationship.
Detailed responsibilities of the Financial Controller include;
- Management and operation of financial control framework including maintenance of the policies and procedures that support its effective operation
- Attendance at the Finance and Audit Committee
- Leading the Financial Accounts Team of 4
- Producing the annual statutory accounts and leading the statutory audit process
- Managing efficient and effective treasury management including robust and timely cash flow forecasting
- Supervising the controls and processes that support effective management of the balance sheet including balance sheet reconciliations
- Managing good quality accounts payable and accounts receivable functions
- Leading on the delivery of a complete and timely month end process
- Managing tax for the charity and trading subsidiary including VAT returns and Gift Aid
- Maintaining the integrity of the Chart of Accounts and the supporting accounting transactions, ensuring compliance and consistency
- Ensuring that income recognition and fund accounting are properly applied according to best practice in line with SORP requirements
- Providing financial accounting advice to colleagues across the organisation in line with the requirement of the Charity SORP
- Managing the relationship and output of the Shared Service Centre
- Finance transformation support including process improvement and training
In order to apply, candidates need to be able to demonstrate;
- CCAB qualified accountant status
- Experience gained in a financial control function of a registered charity
- Strong financial accounting skills: ability to plan and manage all aspects of month end and year end processes, detailed knowledge of Charity SORP and FRS102
- Management experience of leading a Finance team in a busy environment
- Demonstrable experience of automating financial processes
This is an excellent role that offers variety and challenge in well established, growing charity.
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Senior Financial Accountant. Interim. £300 per day Ltd. (Outside IR35). Remote or Hybrid
For a large international organisation with presence in over 120 countries, we are recruiting an Interim Senior Financial Accountant to manage the end-to-end accounting processes across their largest business unit including month and year-end close. The Interim Senior Financial Accountant will ensure consistent, accurate and robust financial accounting processes in line with corporate policies. This role is outside the scope of IR35 and can be worked remotely, so would suit Ltd Co.
Main Duties:
- Manage the month-end process. Report to the UK Finance Controller for pre-closing and month-end closing steps
- Review and monitor all accounting transactions and adjustments
- Financial control for the UK region businesses including monthly invoicing and credit checks
- Management of global fee reconciliations and recharges
- Financial control for a smaller UK-based business
- Financial control for a global operations team including roll-out and re-charge processes
- Management of the Shared Service Centre relationships including management of 2 staff in the SSC
- Lead on corporate business processes
- Point of contact for Corporate Finance for Treasury and Tax
- Cash-flow forecasting and reporting
- Review reconciliations for all control accounts to balance sheet accounts
- Manage internal audit and NAO audit preparation
- Develop and roll-out effective finance processes, standards, templates, and systems
- Liaise with Risk and Compliance, SSC, Corporate Finance, Tax and Treasury and External Suppliers
Person Specification:
- Qualified Accountant (CCAB)
- Experience in Financial Control and in meeting deadlines
- Experience of SAP financial control system
- Experience of managing a diverse group of stakeholders in multiple locations
- Experience of ERP systems
- Experience of MS tools including MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
- Experience of working in international and multi-cultural organisations
- Experience of redesigning and automating processes
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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.
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Senior Financial Accountant: Circa. £50,000 + fantastic benefits
For a large international organisation with presence in over 120 countries, we are recruiting a Senior Financial Accountant to manage the end-to-end accounting processes across their largest business unit including month and year-end close. The Senior Financial Accountant will ensure consistent, accurate and robust financial accounting processes in line with corporate policies. This is a new role in the UK Financial Control team and from organisational change, this role will work with staff aligned to the Control team as well as the FP&A team.
Main Duties:
- Manage the month-end process. Report to the UK Finance Controller for pre-closing and month-end closing steps
- Review and monitor all accounting transactions and adjustments
- Financial control for the UK region businesses including monthly invoicing and credit checks
- Management of global fee reconciliations and recharges
- Financial control for a smaller UK-based business
- Financial control for a global operations team including rollout and re-charge processes
- Management of the Shared Service Centre relationships including management of 2 staff in the SSC
- Lead on corporate business processes
- Point of contact for Corporate Finance for Treasury and Tax
- Cash-flow forecasting and reporting
- Review reconciliations for all control accounts to balance sheet accounts
- Manage internal audit and NAO audit preparation
- Develop and rollout effective finance processes, standards, templates, and systems
- Liaise with Risk and Compliance, SSC, Corporate Finance, Tax and Treasury and External Suppliers
Person Specification:
- Qualified Accountant (CCAB)
- Experience in Financial Control and in meeting deadlines
- Experience of SAP financial control system
- Experience of managing a diverse group of stakeholders in multiple locations
- Experience of ERP systems
- Experience of MS tools including MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
- Experience of working in international and multi-cultural organisations
- Experience of redesigning and automating processes
________
As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.
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Brunelcare is an award-winning Bristol-based charity and housing association providing high-quality housing, care and support for older people in the South West. We believe passionately in supporting older people to remain independent, with the best quality of life, for as long as possible. Housing is provided by 1,000 properties across 33 sites, three extra care housing sites and a retirement village, and we have plans to finance a significant period of development. Care is provided in people’s own homes, in five specialist care homes, and two reablement facilities. We employ a dedicated team of 1,200 people to deliver all our vital services and an overall income of £42m. We are widely recognised for our expertise and excellence in caring for people living with dementia and for supporting their families.
The last few years have brought uniquely challenging circumstances for our beneficiaries, staff and resources. However, with renewed focus from policymakers and commissioners on the importance of social care and with significant recent investment in improvements to our business and homes beginning to bring reward, we are excited and ambitious for the next chapter in our development.
We are now seeking to appoint a new Director of Finance. Reporting to our Chief Executive as a member of our leadership team and Board, your key responsibilities include:
- Embracing collective responsibility for the leadership of Brunelcare, contributing to corporate decision-making, policy formulation, business development and the delivery of strategic aims and objectives
- Leading our financial strategy and ensuring accurate and incisive financial and management information to comply with statutory requirements and enable us to make informed decisions.
- Managing our treasury function, including reporting to the Board and preparation of the annual treasury management strategy
- Assessing all new business opportunities, modelling different variables as well as identifying risk and sensitivities.
- Jointly leading the development and fulfilment of our ESG commitments, including our stated ambition to become a Net Zero business.
- Developing the Finance & IT team, individuals and self, to enhance performance and improve business standards, ensuring that all the team have the skills, attributes, abilities and experience to do their job effectively.
- Supporting the IT team in delivering a comprehensive service whilst also achieving the major milestones of our IT strategy and investment.
- Promoting strong external relationships and liaising with other organisations to share best practices and ideas.
We are looking for a qualified accountant with senior management experience and the ability to think strategically and commercially, ideally bringing some understanding of social housing. You will be an inspirational and compassionate leader, championing our values and bringing a strong focus on supporting our managers and wider teams to deliver first-class services.
Our hybrid working arrangements would enable you to work in the office or remotely, with our expectation that you’d typically be in the office for up to a couple of days per week with some flexibility around this.
They provide a single contact point for companies to donate new consumer goods such as toiletries, cleaning and laundry products, clothes, toys and office supplies to the communities that need them. Working with big names including P&G, Essity, Kimberly-Clark, PZ Cussons, and Amazon; they are the only UK charity with the infrastructure able to deliver this service at scale. The overall impact is an efficient, practical solution which improves people’s lives, makes giving easy for companies, and unlocks vital resource into the charity and voluntary sector.
Their network of thousands of charitable partners is a diverse mix of UK charities, community groups, food banks and schools. The majority of those they work with have an annual income below
£100,000, working with either a handful of staff or run by volunteers. In 2021, they generated £27m in savings for their network.
They are looking for an experienced finance professional with attention to detail and excellent communication skills to join their small finance team within the Partnerships & Impact division. You will be responsible for delivering all aspects of the charity group’s financial transactions & processes and tasks. This role will work with the Finance Manager to develop a business-partner approach to finance and grow financial understanding across the organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to join them on their growth journey as they aim to triple their impact for communities by 2025.
You will lead on delivering efficient and robust processes that maximise the power of their systems to enable their growth. Confident working independently, as well as excited to collaborate across teams, bringing your insight that leads to strong decision making. You will manage specific areas including payroll, liaising directly with the HR function. We believe this role would be a great next step for someone with established financial experience looking to develop and share their knowledge.
Key Responsibilities:
Management Accounts & Treasury support (50%)
• Preparation of management accounts including comparison with budget and forecasting.
• Updating budgets and cashflow, working as a business partner to teams to advise and challenge.
• Support the smooth running of projects with accurate and timely financial information.
• Work with the Finance Manager to prepare the charity’s group & entity annual accounts.
• Responsible for updating and maintaining their chart of accounts.
• Responsible for developing financial reports, using e.g. JET/MS power BI
Transaction processing, VAT & Inventory records (25%)
• Input and maintain accurate financial records, including
• All income including grants, donations and ecommerce charges
• Banking records across the Group and associated allocation of funds
• Compliant donation recording to meet any funder requirements
• All assets, debtors, creditors, accruals, and prepayments
• Sales invoices, BACS reconciliation and payment journals.
• Intercompany reconciliation across the organisation.
• Responsible for the group VAT accounting and returns
• Responsible for maintaining fixed asset and inventory list with depreciation calculations.
Process improvement and organisational planning support (15%)
• Assist with the preparation of the annual budget and long-term strategic planning.
• Review of financial processes to ensure compliance with accounting and data regulation.
• Power user of financial systems, championing their development and process automation
• Support organisational forecasting to support robust decision making and resource planning.
• Working with staff across the organisation to offer guidance and insight.
Payroll and pension (10%)
• Responsibility for payroll, pension administration and benefit management.
• Liaise with HR function to ensure processes are robust and timely.
• To succeed in this role, you will be able to demonstrate:
• Qualified accountant ACCA/CIMA or equivalent
• Experienced user of Dynamics Nav/Business Central for accounting
• Strong IT skills, particularly MS Excel
• An eye for innovation, and openness to doing things differently
• Ability to communicate financial data and analysis concisely and engagingly
• Accurate data entry skills with a methodical, diligent approach
• Post-qualification experience; preferably within the charity sector (D)
• Experience of dealing with a trading subsidiary (D)
Working for Our client
Their team receive excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including an interest free travel loan, volunteering days, 25 days holiday each year (plus public holidays, pro rata) and 7% pension scheme entitlement.
They seek to challenge discrimination and are committed to their values of kindness, togetherness, integrity and innovation. They are on an organisational journey to achieving their EDI vision and welcome any questions about their progress and aspirations. They especially welcome applications from anyone with lived experience of being on low income. They will meet all reasonable expenses and make reasonable adjustments for anyone invited to interview.
How to apply
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Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Contract: 4 days a week (open to flexible options)
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 pro rata
Location: Remote working with 2 days/week in their London office
You may have experience of the following: Accountant, Management Accountant, Finance Manager, Corporate Accountant, Assistant Accountant, Financial Controller, Financial Analyst, Senior Accountant, etc.
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