Head of financial planning jobs

Financial Guide 
Permanent
Full time (34.5 hours)
Home-based
Salary Range: £23,500-£30,500 (starting salary band will be based on experience, skills & knowledge which will be assessed throughout the recruitment process)

Do you have experience in providing financial services or financial guidance?

Do you pride yourself on delivering exceptional customer care and high-quality information through a variety of communication channels?

Does your compassion, determination, and resilience shine through when supporting customers in a time of great need? 

If so, we would love to hear from you! 

About the Role

Now more than ever, people living with cancer are contacting our support line for financial guidance, so to meet this need we are expanding our wonderful team. 

People diagnosed with cancer often experience an adverse financial impact. We are working with major financial providers to deliver a fairer deal for people with cancer to include a UK-wide rollout of free and impartial financial guidance via phone, and online channels.

You’ll provide confidential, tailored information and guidance on budgeting and financial planning, pensions, mortgages, insurance, tax, savings and borrowing – not selling or recommending specific products, but supporting people affected by cancer in making more informed decisions about their finances and signposting them to the relevant external agencies. 

We will offer you the opportunity to develop your knowledge and give you experience in an environment where you will become an expert in guiding people living with and affected by cancer. This will enable you to build on your existing skills, and you will gain valuable experience from working in a growing and exciting area.

About You

We are looking for candidates who have experience in the financial services sector, who can demonstrate highly developed listening, communication, and interpersonal skills necessary to handle emotional and complex situations. You will do this in a way which always balances empathy with professionalism.

To do this role you will have:

• Recent experience of providing up-to-date and accurate Financial Services or Guidance to the public
• Sound knowledge and understanding of financial issues affecting vulnerable customers 
• Understanding of the financial sector and its regulatory environment
• Contact centre or telephony experience
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience using the Microsoft Office suite of applications

Alongside having financial product knowledge, you will have a flexible approach to work. This will support our service as it enables us to meet the needs of more people affected by cancer.

About Us

We help millions of people with cancer across the UK live life as fully as they can through physical, emotional, and financial support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. Together, we do whatever it takes for people living with cancer; with heart, with strength and with ambition.

We strongly encourage people of different age groups, ethnically diverse backgrounds, religions, beliefs or no faith, and who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities to apply. Macmillan is an employer who welcomes everyone to our team to join us and fulfil their potential with us. If you need reasonable workplace adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know. In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (for example, she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs). 

We want every individual to feel empowered to bring their best to work, and that’s why we offer flexibility in our working locations, working hours and benefits so we can support you in your life and your career.

Working Hours

You will work an average of 34.5 hours per week on a shift system basis. The service operates Monday-Sunday, between 08:00-18:00.

Recruitment Process

The application deadline is August 14th, 2022 at midnight. Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to change the closing date of our vacancies.

Successful candidates will be invited to a virtual group assessment centre w/c August 15th, 2022 via MS Teams.

Successful candidates will then be invited to a virtual interview w/c August 22nd, 2022 via MS Teams.

The expected start date for this role is September 2022.

In order to ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all of our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed so that shortlisting is based solely upon the suitability of the candidate’s experience.

Sightsavers is looking for a Head of Content and Stories – a 12–13-month fixed term maternity cover contract role within our expanding campaigns and communications team.

Salary: Up to £54,000 per annum

Location: UK remote/ hybrid - with occasional travel to Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3BW when required

Contract: 12-12 Month Fixed Term Maternity Cover Contract

Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and some home working

About the role

The content and stories team brings together content production and story gathering functions into one creative team. As well as delivering in these dedicated areas, we are responsible for responding to creative briefs on strategic communications projects. We develop long term creative campaigns and tactical content assets which inform, engage and persuade our priority audiences and help fulfil our communications, campaigning and organisational objectives.

We are looking for a passionate and talented interim Head of Content and Stories who can guide and inspire the team, providing creative and ethical leadership while continuing to embed our processes and adapt our approach based on learning.

The role has responsibility for implementing the creative strategy, ensuring our creative pillars and ethical storytelling principles guide everything we produce. And for championing ethical storytelling across the organisation, promoting the principles and consulting on fundraising materials.

The Head of Content and Stories needs to provide strong management to the team managers and work with them to ensure the three strands of the team collaborate and communicate effectively. The role also needs to manage the budgets for the team and for the directorate’s story collection and content production activity.

About you

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in leading creative development and delivering innovative campaigns as well as extensive experience in story collection. To succeed in this role, you will need:

• extensive knowledge and experience of devising and implementing successful content and story approaches to deliver strategic communication objectives
• a proven track record of developing and delivering creative communication campaigns that achieve high level change
• experience of creative thinking and brief management and leadership
• experience of managing a content and stories function as part of a wider communications department (or being part of function and contributing to the running of the team)
• experience of leading a team of creative professionals in balancing a challenging workload
• experience of working in, and knowledge of, international development issues
• experience of working in a politically sensitive environment and providing communications advice as it relates to ethical content policies and practices to senior colleagues
• experience of critically assessing creative materials
• experience of devising and maintaining systems and processes to ensure creative projects are delivered effectively
• the ability to operate with a high degree of flexibility in covering a range of activities and responding to urgent requests
• the ability to consistently horizon scan, model best practice and learn from success and failure to drive continuous improvement and innovation across content and story methods and practices
• demonstrable understanding of ethical storytelling issues and the integral role it plays in delivering strategic communications

This is a brilliantly varied role, please read the full job description for further details. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.

Next steps

To apply for this opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. Please note that there will be an expectation that you can occasionally visit our modern and collaborative offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW)

We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in late August 2022 and the evaluation process will include a role specific task to be completed by shortlisted candidates in advance of this.

After 25 years, we have reached a stage in our story where for the future of the charity, we need someone with senior management experience to look at the next five year plan, and guide us to the next level.

Off The Fence (OTF) is a Brighton-based charity founded in 1997 working to support the homeless and vulnerable in Brighton and Hove. OTF is both practical and faith-based believing that to love God means loving our neighbour, whomever that may be and whatever the cost. It employs 25 highly motivated full or part-time staff and is supported by 120 committed volunteers.

Job Objectives:

Reporting to the CEO, deputising for him as required and responsible for the day-to-day operations of the charity (excluding income generation and marketing) as well as playing a key role in the development of strategy. Joint responsibility, with the senior management team, to guarantee that the vision of the charity operates within the Christian ethos and values of OTF. The successful candidate will be a mature and committed Christian, in order to ensure that the Christian culture of OTF is maintained throughout the charity. This is a hands-on role where the job holder will be expected to personally deliver against a range of key objectives.

Your duties will include ensuring optimum staffing levels, processes and quality of service delivery. You will continually review all aspects of the Charity’s operations and service and make recommendations to the CEO and Board on tactical and strategic changes.

In addition, the job holder will play a central role in the transition of the charity to new leadership as the founders prepare to retire.

Finance:

• Take responsibility for the creation and management of expense budgets, with particular regard to supplier contracts, property, provisioning and allocation of resources.
• Manage the delivery of budgetary reporting for the CEO, budget holders and Board.
• Work with colleagues to develop a robust, long term financial strategy for the charity that maximises value, enhances delivery to clients and is aligned to overall strategy.
• Play a lead role in future capital appeals.

Property

• Lead the property strategy for the Charity aligned to the five-year plan.
• Ensure a plan for the maintenance of the existing property portfolio and maximise income opportunities including letting contracts.
• Take a leading role in any future property transactions acting as the point of contact with vendors, legal advisers etc.

People

• Working closely with the General Manager develop an umbrella strategy for human resources including pay and reward, succession planning, appraisals and recruitment.
• To provide ongoing Christian leadership and participate in regular staff and prayer meetings.

New Projects

• Prospect and advise on potential new developments for the charity including employment opportunities, housing, partnerships.

External Relationships

• Work alongside the CEO, Head of Income Generation and Comms and General Manager in liaising with external partners, funders and agencies.

Management

• Provide cover for the CEO when required, including with partners, the Board and staff.
• Contribute to the day-to-day running of OTF.
• Provide Christian leadership in areas such as change management, new projects, and staff/board relations.
• Act as expert counsel on key people issues including recruitment decisions, staff allocation, and pastoral care/dispute management.

Personal Qualities

• Ability to apply business knowledge to real-world scenarios in the Charity sector
• Excellent communication skills
• Outstanding organisational and administrative skills
• Able to lead and operate at both a strategic and tactical level
• Knowledge of business software, such as accounting programmes or client management tools
• Able to bring people with them, challenging where required and providing support for each person to reach their full potential
• Reviewing existing operations and finding areas for development and growth
• Experience of C-level interaction and recruitment
• Prospecting opportunities for staff training, development and advancement within the company
• Modelling charity policies and values

Experience

• Should ideally have at least five years of experience working in a leadership role within a third sector organisation, along with a range of management roles prior to this.
• Demonstrable experience in leading people and financial management and strategy.
• Experience working across departments and levels and with external partners is essential.
• You will require a solid range of business skills, good humour and excellent people skills to be successful in this important role.

Location: Hybrid working part London Office (Islington, London) part home work
Salary: £42,150-£45,475 per annum inclusive
Hours: 35 hours per week
Closing date:  Tuesday 23 August 2022 at 10.00am
Interview date: Week commencing 29 August 2022

This is a fixed term maternity cover (12 months) position.  

We are looking for a Head of Brand and Marketing to join our ambitious and growing type 1 diabetes charity, JDRF, as part of the national marketing and digital team.  You will create and implement marketing and communications campaigns to raise our profile, build supporters and boost donations.  You will help us transform the charity to help us reach more people with type 1 through the delivery of a new brand strategy.

An experienced marketing professional, you may have worked for charities before in similar roles.  You will be driven by insight and able to use a wide range of communications channels to reach your audiences. You will be ever-curious, always seeking to improve your skills and adopt new approaches.

You’ll have previous experience of:

• Developing our first full brand benchmarking and awareness plan and delivering a brand campaign
• Planning, producing and evaluating integrated marketing and communications campaigns to support fundraising activity
• Applying audience segmentation insight to all activity
• Be our brand champion ensuring we successfully engage our core audiences
• Leading the production of supporter-facing materials including an impact report
• Managing creative and digital agencies

You will find a vibrant atmosphere and spirited team at JDRF, always striving to make a difference to people living with type 1.

As an employer we offer:

• Flexible working and will consider compressed hours
• Generous annual leave entitlement – 25 days and bank holidays
• Health cash plan
• Season ticket and cycle loan
• Pension scheme

JDRF is the world’s leading charitable research funder into type 1 diabetes, improving lives until we find the cure. We are dedicated to our 400,000 strong type 1 community in the UK and work closely with our international affiliates across the world, including the US, Canada and Australia.

 ‘JDRF is an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age.’ 

RedbridgeCVS is the local umbrella body for the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in Redbridge. We are a small, friendly team based in central Ilford - just 20 minutes by train from Liverpool Street station. Every year we support over 350 voluntary and community groups, helping them to flourish and make a difference in their communities.

We are looking for a dynamic and strategic leader to join the team as our Head of Community Development. This is a varied and exciting role which will involve leading and developing our work with and for the local VCS, including:

- Practical and developmental support

- Voice, advocacy and influencing

- Building partnerships and supporting collaboration

- Nurturing an environment in which volunteering can thrive

You will lead across the programme to ensure synergy, leading to greater impact and stronger support for the local sector. The ideal candidate will be an ambitious leader with the drive to develop and build our work to meet the needs and aspirations of our members and the communities they serve.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

The closing date for applications is midnight on Thursday 25th August 2022. Interviews are expected to take place on Wednesday 31st August.

Please note that the role will be based at RedbridgeCVS, 103 Cranbrook Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 4PU; however, consideration can be given to a hybrid working pattern to enable working from home. Any hybrid working arrangement will be subject to a trial period and will be reviewed during the probation period.

At RedbridgeCVS, we recognise that our team is our greatest asset. We aim to create a culture where everyone feels valued, supported and fulfilled. We offer the following benefits to all our team members:

• A supportive learning culture and opportunities to develop in your role
• 28 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
• A range of workplace wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible working opportunities
• Employer pension contribution
• Season ticket and cycle to work scheme

6-month contract (starting mid-September)

36.5 hours per week

Embrace the Middle East is an international Christian charity helping people of all faiths and none to free themselves from a life of poverty and injustice. Our work and the work of our Christian partners, in Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Syria and Iraq, who run hospitals, clinics, schools and centres for people with disabilities, really does make a difference. Together we lift up the vulnerable and marginalised, serving families escaping violence or persecution, people living with all kinds of disability, women and children deprived of access to vital education and health services.

We are looking to appoint an interim Head of Finance to oversee the day-to-day operational accounting for the charity and trading company. Working in collaboration with the team, the interim Head of Finance will be responsible for the professional management of the charity’s accounts, as well as those of the trading company, ensuring the charity’s operational effectiveness and efficiency, to include maintaining accurate financial management information and compliance with relevant statutory requirements.

This role benefits from the charity’s remote and flexible work commitments allowing home-based working as a default option but with regular attendance at the charity’s Amersham office particularly for the purposes of team building.

Key areas of responsibilities: 

• Ensure effective review, control, and monitoring of income and budgets 
• Assisting senior managers with budgeting and financial plans for 2023
• Line management of 3 team members
• Leading on preparing for audit, including statutory reporting
• Budget preparation for 2023
• VAT return Sept 2022
• Reconcile and align charity donations across systems
• Preparation for year end – agree audit date, auditor’s attendance at stock take
• Prepare quarterly income and expenditure statement and cash and funding forecasts for the Board of Trustees and, together with the CEO, any other papers required by the Board and the Governance and Resources Committee.

This is an ideal role for a qualified accountant with experience of charity financial reporting, using Xero with third party applications such as; ZOHO, MAKE, BOLD, budget preparation, charity fund management (restricted & unrestricted funds) and accounting for trading subsidiary.  Suitable candidates will need to be available to start work from mid-September for a minimum of 6 months.

Personal qualities required:

• Self-motivated and able to work under pressure and prioritise effectively.
• A natural collaborator who enjoys working as part a team to deliver organisation wide objectives.
• Clear and concise communicator and confidence to present financial information to the Board.
• Sympathetic to the Christian character of the charity.

 Staff benefits at Embrace the Middle East:

• To support every member of staff to work as effectively as possible, Embrace offers remote and flexible working arrangements.  This includes flexi-time and home-working arrangements. 
• Embrace’s flexi-time framework means that staff can vary, by agreement with their manager, their start and finish times, taking into account the needs of their work and personal preference/circumstance. Staff are required to start work between 7:30am – 10:00am and finish between 3:00pm – 6:00pm. Our core collaborative working hours are between 10:00am to 3:00pm.
• Pension - option to join from day 1. Maximum employer contribution of 10%
• Holiday - 30 days, including 8 bank holidays (pro-rata), plus 3 days leave between Christmas and the New Year
• Support for home-working allowance (£312 per annum, pro-rata)
• Life Assurance - 3x salary.
• Employee Assistant Programme (confidential counselling, legal and financial advice) available 24 /7, 365 days a year
• Training and development programme for all employees.
• Commitment to staff health & wellbeing.

How to apply:

To apply for this role, kindly send through a completed online application form, via the link on our website.

We will contact all shortlisted candidates either before or shortly after the closing date for applications.

Embrace the Middle East is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to child protection.

Please note that in order to be considered for this position you need to have the right to work in the UK, either through nationality or relevant work visa.

The successful candidate will be required to complete a medical questionnaire and undertake a disclosure check as part of the Charity’s safer recruitment policy.

Closing date: 5pm on Friday 19 August 2022

We are seeking a resolute and proactive individual to lead in generating, developing & managing project opportunities with mainly private institutions.

Making The Leap is a small and innovative societal change charity that aims to make a big difference. From direct delivery, to advocacy and leadership, we refuse to stay in our lane and believe passionately that those we exist to serve have the right to be anything they want to be. To say that this is an exciting time for the organisation would be an understatement, as our incredible funders, donors, partners and supporters have given us the chance to move to the next level, and have further influence and delivery nationally.

The shared soul of the organisation is to be passionate about helping young people from less-advantaged backgrounds; build up other charities and community groups and want to partner with them or support them; want to work with businesses and organisations to get things done; and care deeply about addressing racial inequity generally (and anti-Blackness in particular). The people here work hard, are good at what they do, and for so many it is ‘home’, with an average tenure of 11 years. It’s a nice environment to be in, friendly, flexible and one that gives you the reward of making a tangible difference in people’s lives – it’s great.

The organisation has a number of strands: core Making The Leap; the UK Social Mobility Awards; the Social Mobility Podcast and our brand new initiative Black Charity Leaders.

Head of FP&A for one of London's Universities

Client Details

This university is one of the leading institutions in the world and is made up of a number of academic areas that provide world class education to it's students. With growing student numbers and new enterprise activity, they are now looking to recruit a Head of FP&A to provide team leadership and commercial, decision making support to the executive team.

Description

• Lead a team of commerical finance individuals
• Lead on key budgeting and forecasting, as well as key commercial financial analysis
• Lead on key financial decision making support
• Drive business partnering and finance as a service across the organisation
• Key financial planning, short, medium and long term

Profile

You will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA or equivalent) that has delivered within a commercial finance role already, working with senior leadership to provide decision making support.

You will have led a team already, including all reviews and support.

Job Offer

Salary c£70,000 plus fantastic holiday and pension

Title: Global Financial Planning and Analysis Manager 

Department: Finance 

Location:   London UK or Washington DC  Or this job can be based remotely in a RI country of  operation 

Reporting to: Financial Planning and Anylsis Director  

Direct reports: Not Applicable  

Budget responsibility: Not Applicable 

ABOUT Relief International. 

Relief International (RI) is a leading nonprofit organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty. 

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach — which we call the RI Way—emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them. 

RI includes the four corporate members of the RI Alliance: RI-US, RI-UK, MRCA/RI-France and RI-Europe.  Under our alliance agreement, we operate as a single, shared management structure. 

About our Country Program/ Regional Programs. 

RI is active in 16 countries around the world, including some of the most fragile: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen.  Often, RI is the only organization providing assistance to highly vulnerable communities.  

RI employs 7,000+ staff and auxiliary workers 

97% of staff are local nationals 

We only have some 90 ex-pat staff out of 7,000+ 

RI spent $150 million in 2019 on our programs 

Often, RI is the only organization providing assistance to highly vulnerable communities.  

RI invests in four broad program sectors:  Economic Opportunity, Education, Health, and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.  We design our programs to incorporate The RI Way:  local participation, integrated programming, the development of civic skills, and complementary partnerships including with local NGOs, governments, and the private sector.  RI supports solutions that reinforce and improve upon existing in-country systems. Where such systems do not exist or are chronically underperforming, RI’s crisis response lays the foundation for long-term, sustainable change.  

Position Summary. 

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) unit has the overall responsibility for the financial planning and reporting service supporting the growth and effective management of Relief International and its various business units.

The FP&A Manager works with Director of FP&A to support the global finance team by providing leadership and coordination in the accounting, reporting and compliance efforts of Relief International. 

Essential Responsiblities and Duties. 

Income & Expenditure Reporting and Budgeting 

• Preparing and maintaining budget models and forecasts;

• Reviewing project spend down plans to ensure accuracy of the projections;

• Reviewing Proposal budgets, ensuring compliance with RI common cost allocation policy and donor regulations;

• Preparing pipeline analysis based on data provided by Program development team;

• Reviewing Global department BVA details and ensure correct allocations;

• Reviewing transaction listing at month end closing to check the compliance of allocations; based on Relief international accounting guidelines. 

Financial Analysis and Management Reports 

• Supporting the director of FP&A in standardizing and automating Budget Variance Analysis; models at Country, Regional and Global levels; 

• Manage the process of reporting global monthly portfolio and project risk management reports; 

• Lead the standardizing and automating country master budgets in consultataion with the director of the FP&A 

• Analyzing financial and operational results to better understand business unit performance;

• Preparing and manage the information on project Exchange gain loss analysis and other Global summaries;

• Work with the director of FP&A to manage the  standardisation of  project set ups in NetSuite and ensuring accuracy of data based on donor contracts; 

• Support the implementation of Financial reporting software of Relief International; 

• Develop and design financial reports in financial reportig software.

• Managing the roll out of Financial Software.

• Other Financial Analysis and Management tasks as assigned by the FP&A Director. 

Compliance/Process Improvement 

• Drafting and developing policies, processes and forms for Global department costs;

• Manage or perform periodical or ad hoc financial data analysis, queries, reconciliations and reports as needed by the Senior Management team or to satisfy external audit requests; 

• Propose and support initiatives targeted at financial processes improvement and the implementation of changes to achieve efficiencies and RI objectives in the areas of program billing, contract compliance and reporting, indirect cost recovery, financial reporting and analysis

Other related tasks that may from time to time 

Safeguarding  

• Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve. 

• Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure that all HR activity and practice is compliant with safeguarding standards. 

Experience and qualifications required for the role. 

• Progressive finance and accounting experience with proven success with an INGO context; 

• Financial and accounting education background, CPA, ACCA and/or MBA preferred; 

• Solid understanding and knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS, Good understanding of UK GAAP

• Experience working with international donors such as USG, FCDO (previously DFID) and the EU; 

• Solid experience of financial planning and analysis in an INGO of comparable size and complexity to RI; must have INGO finance/accounting experience; preferably some field experience; 

• Knowledge of accounting and reporting software; Experience with NetSuite and QuickBooks is favorable. 

Skills and competencies 

• Keen analytic, organization, and problem-solving skills, which allows for strategic data interpretation vs. simple reporting; 

• Ability and desire to translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers; 

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; experience in effectively communicating key data, including presentations to all levels of staff; 

• High proficiency in MS Excel (eg formulas, pivot tables and graph production), MS Word and PowerPoint, proficiency in Power BI preferred; 

• Ability to travel domestically or overseas as required by direct supervisor; 

RI Values. 

Guided by the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence, as well as “Do No Harm,” Relief International Values:

We value: 

• Integrity 

• Adaptability

• Collaboration 

• Inclusivity

• Sustainability

How to apply. 

• To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page

• You will be asked to upload a CV and Cover Letter.  The cover letter should be no more than 2 pages long and explain why you are interested in this post with Relief International and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.

Closing date. Please apply immediately we will be reviewing applicants on a rolling basis, therefore may withdraw the position for the job board closing date. 

Please apply by uploading your cover letter and up-to-date CV on our website.  

Due to limited resources, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.  

Note to external agencies, we will not be accepting CVs from third parties. 

Relief International is committed to protecting our staff and the communities we work with from abuse and harm including sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and sexual harassment.  

All staff are expected to abide by our Code of Conduct.  

Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks. 

At Connection Support our team of staff members and volunteers work alongside people to overcome life’s challenges, with the goals of solving homelessness and achieving independence. We do this through our values of empowerment, collaboration, compassion and taking a personalised approach in all aspects of our work.

We are recruiting for a Head of IT to join the team, to ensure the development, growth and maintenance of our information, communication, and IT systems.

What you will be doing?

You will have overall responsibility for leading on the strategic direction, ensuring the smooth running of the organisational IT systems, identifying new software, anticipating growth and the evolving needs of the organisation. You will ensure our IT, digital and data procedures meet the requirements of relevant legislation including GDPR and support us to gain cybersecurity certifications.

Managing a small team, you will be responsible for their professional development, ensuring they have the relevant skills and training, and motivating them to achieve outcomes contributing to the smooth running of organisational systems.

Ensuring regular service reviews are taking place and managing the relationship with our IT and telecom suppliers, you will monitor outcomes and service delivery ensuring the organisation is getting value for money.

What we are looking for.

Flexible and adaptable, you should have proven expereince in IT management, understanding of IT systems, architecture, and local network management, with a continuous improvement mindset and the ability to improve quality across the organisation.

You can build relationships and influence key stakeholders and demonstrate significant experience managing contracts with external suppliers, including IT and telecoms whilst also having an excellent working knowledge of the IT industry and any technological advances.

You should share our values and be passionate about our mission, understanding that we value and celebrate employee and volunteer contributions to the success of the organisation, therefore the ability to build relationships, develop and motivate people should come naturally to you.

Why work for us?

The wonderful people at Connection Support are committed to supporting everyone in our society to become safely and sustainably housed, and to live as independently as possible, so you will be joining a likeminded organisation that will support your development and value your contribution.

This role can be worked remotely, you will be required in the Oxford office at least once a week, and more if the business requires it.

We also offer 30 days annual leave (pro rata for part time), plus bank holidays, sick pay, and an enhanced benefits package which includes cover on health benefits, the ability to sell a week’s annual leave, eco travel incentives, retail discounts and much more.

This role is Monday – Friday working 37.5 hours per week.

Connection Support is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all our services and workplaces.

The full Job Description and Person specification is available to download below.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

Interviews are scheduled for week commencing the 12th September, applicants will be notified if this changes. 

Permanent Head of Planning, Forecasting and Reporting based in West Yorkshire
Offering up to £65,000 and flexible working arrangements

About Our Client

This is an exciting time to join the University of Leeds, in 2021 we published our new 10-year values driven strategy: Universal values, Global Change. At the heart of this strategy is the ambition to create stronger impact locally, nationally and globally; harnessing our expertise to drive change and help create a more equitable and sustainable future.

Vice-Chancellor Simone Buitendijk and the University's leadership team are focused on creating an equal and diverse values-driven organisation. We aim to create an inclusive environment that attracts, develops and retains the best staff and students from all backgrounds, supporting them to achieve their ambitions and, in so doing, contributing to our institutional strategic aims.

Job Description

This is a new, exciting high profile role which will be at the heart of delivering the University's financial strategy.

We are recruiting a senior role to lead the University's financial planning, forecasting and reporting activity. We are looking to grow our planning and forecasting capability, leveraging the benefits of a new planning tool and delivering a more efficient process to create greater opportunities to focus on providing value adding insight and analysis. The role will work closely with the Director of Finance, Head of Management Accounting and Faculty & Service finance leads, and will lead and develop a small central team. We are looking for a commercially aware candidate with good experience of financial planning and analysis. The role holder will build strong oversight and understanding of the University's financial plans and forecasts, being able to identify potential issues and challenges, as well as being able to clearly articulate outcomes to senior stakeholders. Being able to work through detailed issues and analysis, but also operate effectively at a senior level will be a key success factor in this role. The role holder will also develop strong relations with faculty and service teams, which will be key to delivering well managed and successful planning and forecasting processes for the University.

As mentioned we really want this colleague to take forward our planning, forecasting and financial MI capabilities. They will need to draw on their own strong experience to do this, and lead the team effectively through a period of change and development. As part of this we are implementing a new planning system. The Head of Planning, Forecasting & Reporting will be the finance business lead and product owner for this project, ensuring that we design and deliver a product that will realise important benefits and process improvements for our financial planning and forecasting activity.

The Successful Applicant

As Head of Planning, Forecasting & Reporting you will have:

• A Professional accounting qualification;
• Extensive experience of accounting, budget preparation and forecasting and of providing a professional financial and management accounting service for senior managers;
• Experience of providing high quality finance business partnering support, including senior stakeholder engagement;
• Ability to interpret data strategically and affect decision making through excellent influencing and negotiating skills;
• Evidence of the ability to build successful relationships and promote excellent team working practices both externally and internally and at all levels of an organisation;
• An ability to understand the business complexities and technical matters, and to provide a clear financial and commercial perspective, including presentation to colleagues of all disciplines
• Evidence of effectively initiating and implementing process change;
• Ability to establish priorities and consistently deliver accurate, timely and relevant data to tight deadlines.

You may also have:

• Experience of working in a Group, Divisional or other Central Finance function, managing processes for collating plans or reports from subsidiaries/business units.
• Experience of SAP and IBM Planning Analytics or a similar Planning system

What's on Offer

Benefits on offer:

• Basic salary between £51,799 and £65,573 depending on experience
• Flexible working arrangement
• Highly competitive pension (there are different schemes but employer contribution can vary between 10%- 20%!)
• 25 days holiday plus 15.5 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas)
• Health and Well-being: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

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

Allen Lane have partnered with a well established growing not for profit organisation on their search for a FInancial Planning Manager. 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and collaborative proven Finance Business Partner looking to take the next step in their career.Who will bring strong communication, analytical and systems skills, an open mind and a curious and innovative approach to financial planning

This is an exciting time to be joining our client and their finance team. .

Main areas of responsibility

- Ownership of the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes

- Planning and co-ordinating the medium-term financial planning process in support of the organisation’s strategic planning.

- Supporting the growing Fundraising team to develop the financial modelling needed to support the income growth plans.

- Producing monthly organisational management information reports.

- Working closely with the business partners to provide high level analysis on the organisational financial performance.

This role would be a great fit for a candidate coming from a smaller charity who is looking for a larger platform to work on, or someone who works for a mid - large size organisation looking for a more hands on role

I would also encourage ambitious newly qualified finance professionals looking to make their first move out of practice to apply. This organisation prides themselves on their Learning and Development programmes and would provide a fantastic platform in your career to take your first step into industry.

Further Job Spec is available on request. To apply please send your CV via the link. For an informal conversation about the role please contact Tiffany Richards via the Allen Lane agency website.

Southbank Centre is looking to recruit a Financial Controller to lead the financial accounting and transactional teams. You will develop, maintain and embed appropriate financial systems, processes, controls and policies across the organisation to ensure the department provides a first-class service and acts as a collaborative partner across the organisation

Southbank Centre is the UK’s largest arts centre and one of the UK’s top five visitor attractions, occupying a 17-acre site that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames.  The site has an extraordinary creative and architectural history stretching back to the 1951 festival of Britain.

The Financial Controller will report to the Finance Director, working in conjunction with the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis to lead a co-ordinated finance department.

The role will focus on the statutory accounts, system and internal controls, payroll and audit whilst providing oversight on the wider areas of the financial accounting team. You will also monitor and manage Southbank Centre cash flow; ensure the balance sheet accurately reflects the company’s assets, liabilities and reserves; monitor compliance with and provide information in respect of ACE and other funding obligations.

This role is best suited to an ambitious financial accountant or auditor with experience of leadership seeking a progressive move; but the role is also suited perfectly for a proven financial controller seeking a flexible part-time (3 days a week) senior finance role. Southbank Centre is looking to implement a new system in the future and there is scope for the post-holder to lead on the system implementation if they join on a full-time basis.

Applications from those leaving practice and seeking to take a step up are actively encouraged.

Key criteria

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent
• Understanding of charity accounting, including law, tax and VAT issues relevant to charities
• Experience leading a team (5+), with a collegiate management style and strong communication skills
• Experience of reviewing, implementing and improving financial controls

Southbank Centre is 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, returning parents, carers or any other aspect which makes you unique.

Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply regardless.  

Applying:

Please contact Jake Morrow at Ivy Rock Partners directly to find out more.

Timings:

• Application deadline – Sunday 21 August
• Interviews – week commencing 29 August

Haringey Education Partnership

Haringey Education Partnership is a not-for-profit, schools-led school improvement company established by Haringey and Enfield schools in partnership with Haringey Council from September 2018. We exist to improve outcomes for children and young people through delivering the best school improvement available anywhere in the country. We support all types and phases of schools in Haringey and Enfield who want to work with us and our family of 100+ schools.

Our vision is to inspire our schools so every child and young person is able to thrive in a rapidly changing world. Our mission is to raise outcomes for all in HEP schools so achievement is as good as, or better than, anywhere in the country.

Role Profile

We are seeking to engage a highly motivated and experienced qualified accountant to lead the finance function following a period of set up and growth.

This is a hands on, top-table strategy role, and you will have the assistance of a part-time finance assistant. 

We are a small company and the post holder will be expected to contribute broadly across the business, particularly in identifying and delivering new commercial opportunities.

The role straddles financial and management accounting, and the post holder will have excellent communication skills, both written and oral, in being the chief financial advisor to the board, and in being a business partner to the leadership team and beyond.

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure that business processes, administration and financial management are as efficient as possible
• Assist the Chief Executive in the identification and delivery of business development opportunities
• Undertake and present the finance work associated with new services or products, ensuring that the associated commercial strategies (such as pricing) are appropriate
• Act as chief financial advisor to the board and the finance committee
• Act as business partner to company budget holders in the preparation and presentation of tailored financial management information
• Lead the maintenance of the accounting system (Quickbooks)
• Lead planning and forecasting activities with business partners to achieve business and company goals
• Prepare and present financial reports for the company’s finance committee and board
• Prepare and present financial forecasts by modelling scenarios
• Ensure legal compliance with respect to Insurance, Companies House and HMRC requirements
• Prepare revenue, expense, cash flow and balance sheet analysis as required
• Lead on the preparation of the annual budget
• Assist management to make better financial decisions to improve financial sustainability
• Provide the management and development of the financial assistant
• Review and process payments of creditors and employees (payroll is currently outsourced)
• Participate and, where appropriate, lead in the execution of changes to procedures, policies and systems to facilitate expansion, compliance and scaling of the business
• Prepare final accounts and lead the external audit
• Prepare and submit quarterly VAT returns and the annual corporation tax return
• Build and maintain constructive relationships with auditors, solicitors and the bank
• Oversee the correct accounting for the relationship with HEP’s charitable arm, HEP Horizons
• Any other duties commensurate with the role

Person Specification

• Qualifications
  • Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CPFA)
  • Demonstrable CPD
• Financial Accounting
  • Technical knowledge commensurate with a small business
  • Preparation of VAT and Corporation tax returns
  • Preparation of final accounts
  • Leading on annual audit
• Management accounting
  • Budget preparation and monitoring
  • Evidence of business partnering with non-finance managers
  • Preparation and presentation of financial management information to committee and board
• Business Development
  • Evidence of working commercially, preparing finance work for business development
  • Evidence of cross-organisation working
  • Evidence of commercial development aptitude
• Management
  • Evidence of managing and developing staff
  • Evidence of influencing skills

Personal Qualities

You will:

• Have strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Be able to build relationships quickly
• Be adaptable with good organisational skills
• Be a team player, with the confidence to lead, motivate and influence
• Have a commitment to customer-focussed working
• Have a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people
• Have an understating of the issues around diversity and anti-discrimination and a commitment to both

Other information 

• Salary:£60-70k per annum + 30 days holiday + generous defined contribution pension scheme
• Full-time, 35 hours per week (will consider part-time for an exceptional candidate)
• The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check

To apply

Please submit a comprehensive CV AND with a covering letter of no more than 2 sides of A4 setting out your interest in the role along with details of how you would deliver on the responsibilities of the role and how you meet the skills and experience required.

Interviews:  HEP will commence interviews for this role w/c 22nd August