Are you looking for a new challenge in 2020? Eden Brown is currently recruiting for a Head of Trusts and Grants to join a much loved Charity in Birmingham. You will be working closely with the assistant director of Philanthropy to drive forward the current fundraising strategy and focus on building a major relationship programme.

You will be responsible for growing a sustainable Trust, Foundations and Charities funding pipeline and will move forward with your team to develop detailed proposals with an aim to secure up to seven figure sums for the Charitie's priority projects.

You will be joining an established, friendly fundraising team and will have one direct line report.

As Head of Trusts and Grants you will play an instrumental part in the senior fundraising team and will take responsibility for the development of the Trust teams strategy and also their operational plans. You will be expected to focus on high level funding bids whilst supporting the Assistant Director of philanthropy to deliver the Philanthropy Team's wider objectives.

To be successful in this role you will have a proven track record of exceeding Fundraising targets and also have secured six figure sums either within a Trusts or Major Donor Setting. You must be an excellent team player and also have experience of managing high value strategic funder relationships. This really is an exciting time to join a Charity with exciting growth plans, please call Laura iliff on 01132207542 for more information. Please note the closing date for this role is the 16th February 2020.

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

The Cabinet Office has a vital role to play at the centre of government. Its purpose is to maintain the integrity of the union, the security of the country and a flourishing democracy, to ensure delivery of the government's programme and the Prime Minister's priorities, and to ensure the delivery of the finest public services by attracting and developing the best public servants and improving the efficiency of government.

This is a key post within the Cabinet Office's Finance department. The successful applicant will work with a range of stakeholders to provide robust financial information, enabling the department to manage its financial position throughout the year.

The Senior Financial Reporting Manager will be involved in the management and control of the overall Cabinet Office financial position. The Senior Financial Reporting Manager will be responsible for providing strategic financial advice and support to Directors, the Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury, the Cabinet Office Audit and Risk Committee and the Minister.

Notably, the role involves working with Finance Business Partners to provide challenge to forecasts and influence the strategic direction of the business units, by providing an independent view of what is happening to the Department as a whole. The role also requires a good understanding of the Estimates and Government Accounts, to ensure robust forecasting in OSCAR and to be able to advise on budgetary changes for the Department and their impact on the Department's Estimates.

The responsibilities of the Senior Financial Reporting Manager will include

• Leading on the Cabinet Office financial position including in year spend and forecasts as well as financial risks to the Department.
• Advising the Finance Director (FD), and Deputy Directors (DFDs) on the Department's financial forecasts and ensuring the information is accurately reported against the departments control totals to support the Supplementary Estimate. This also involves agreeing changes between operating segments and control totals.
• Manage the delivery of prompt, accurate management accounts based on standardised systems and processes to an agreed timetable. Take a proportionate approach based on materiality, with emphasis on providing insight.

Maintain a strong understanding of the overall financial position of assigned business areas. Provide incisive variance explanations of material /sensitive /volatile areas, with clear summaries and interpretation for senior management.

• Management of the forecasting process, providing trend data to FBPs to inform the annual budget and workforce plans.
• Ensure that detailed budgets are accurately profiled, documented and uploaded to agreed timetables.
• Develop strong, collaborative relationships with finance colleagues and business areas; develop consistent and efficient financial processes, implementing continuous improvement.
• Developing and using reporting tools for maximum impact and efficient delivery through collaboration with IT, shared service provider and harnessing relationships across government.
• Oversight of performance, including identifying areas for improvement by using recognised continuous improvement principles
• Manage the delivery of commercial savings calculations where facility is not supported by embedded resource.

Key Skills & Experience

• CCAB, or equivalent, qualified
• A minimum of two years' post qualification experience or equivalent.
• A strong track record in team leadership.
• Excellent technical skills across a wide range of financial disciplines and a proven ability to apply them effectively.
• High credibility with senior colleagues and stakeholders and the ability to influence decision-making.
• The ability to analyse and communicate complex financial information in a clear and understandable way.
• Well-developed networks that enable you to gain a better insight into complex cross-government issues.
• Strategic and commercial skills gained from working in other specialist areas such as commercial, policy, IT, HR or delivery.

Salary - £52,500 - £60,635 + £5,000 accountancy allowance (Dependant on qualification status)

Are you looking to lead and develop the Retention team of a reputable membership organisation?

Do you want a home-based role with regular travel to sites across the UK?

Do you pride yourself on relationship management from an internal and external perspective?

Would maintaining as well as driving improvements of the customer experience be an appealing role to you?

This is an incredibly exciting Associate Director of Retention role which is home-based position with regular work in the Midlands as well as travel across the UK to regional sites. This opportunity is working for a flexible and commercially aware organisation. As well as a competitive salary of £55-60k, they also off a fantastic range of benefits.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a remote and strong team of Regional Managers whilst maintaining the retention and revenue streams across existing members of the organisation through enhancing the customer experience
• Manage the Retention team remotely, providing advice and leadership across all the regional teams
• Deliver workshops and creating training partnerships with a variety of networks
• Secure consistency on the delivery of all current services from a customer service perspective
• Ensuring relevant KPI's are met across the team
• Elevate the value of existing membership satisfaction through driving improvements and engagement
• Lead the budgeting process for this area of the business

The Candidate

• Proven experience of customer service or retention management and leadership at a senior level
• Experience of managing remote teams
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build strong working relationships both internally and externally
• A highly analytical individual with commercial acumen
• A strong record of strategic development and improvements

This is a genuinely exciting role with the opportunity to working from home, but based around the midlands, due to the regular travel from sites.

Robertson Bell encourage applications from all backgrounds so please apply today.