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£51402 - £61499 per annum
Temporary (12 months )
Job description

You will be part of the Financial Accounting and Control team within the Finance department and will act as the dedicated Financial Accountant, preparing statutory financial reporting and managing the year-end process, for your 'lead clients'. Whilst you will have autonomy and be expected to be able to work independently, you will also work collaboratively with the rest of the Financial Accounting and Control team to develop a high-quality finance service to the NCIs, including best practice external reporting and a robust financial control environment.


You will act as a mentor to more junior members of the team, using your skills and experience to support the Financial Accounting Officers to develop core accounting skills to manage effective balance sheet control and period-end processes and to prepare and submit compliance reporting using accurate and appropriate financial information.
An effective communicator, you will be able to explain financial issues to non-finance staff and to help people to use financial information well. You will deliver relevant training and support across departments to help improve financial literacy and ensure compliance with relevant financial control procedures.


You will be someone who is always looking to improve processes and worker smarter, collaborating with your finance colleagues to drive best practice in everything we do. You will be a confident Excel user, able to use Excel to design and build financial statements and reports which can be quickly and easily produced.

This role is a 12-month fixed-term contract

RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial Accounting

Responsible for preparing the group and subsidiary financial, including:

  • Setting, agreeing and managing the year end timetable and communication with internal and external stakeholders
  • Updating the accounts template annually, including review accounting policies and ensuring compliance with relevant reporting legislation, regulatory requirements and best practice within the charity sector (including but not limited to UK GAAP and Charity SORP)
  • Reviewing the year-end trial balance and analysing key variances with previous years to identify potential omissions or misstatements
  • Managing the external audit process, including being the primary point of contact with the auditors in planning and delivering the audit, liaising with other members of staff in Finance and other departments to deliver the auditors' requirements, preparing schedules to support each note to the financial statements and providing explanations when requested
  • Preparing the Board and Committee reporting to support the presentation of the Accounts and presenting draft accounts for review and sign-off on behalf of the trustees as necessary
  • Working with Communication Department and design company to prepare financial statements in format to be signed and published
  • Ensuring accounts are signed off and submitted to Companies House or Charity Commission on time

Internal controls and compliance

Responsible for ensuring all income and expenditure (including capital expenditure) is correctly accounted for within a robust control environment, including:

  • Managing the delivery of a smooth, well-controlled and timely month-end and year-end close, supporting with the Financial Accounting Officers to develop and improve this in line with best-practice
  • Working with the Financial Accounting Officers and Financial Processing team to maintain a strong financial control environment ensuring that monthly reconciliations, checks and reviews are done and compliance with the journals policy
  • Managing the Chart of Accounts structure to ensure consistency of approach across the NCIs, ensuring any changes are appropriate before actioning them
  • Working with the Finance team to improve processes and systems and promote efficient working practices with an appropriate control framework
  • Supporting the Financial Accounting Officers to prepare and submit compliance reporting using accurate and appropriate financial information (e.g. Office of National Statistics returns, Charity Commission Annual Returns).

Technical advice and support

Responsible for providing support and guidance on financial accounting practices, issues and problems, including:

  • Working with the Finance Business Partnering team to advise departments on appropriate accounting treatments for new and continuing activities
  • Ensuring legacies are accurately recorded and recognised, including overseeing the liaison with executors as necessary
  • Keeping up to date with best practice and developments in financial reporting and the charity sector and proactively managing personal and continuing professional development
  • Providing financial training and support to non-finance colleagues as required, promoting financial literacy across the NCIs

Cashflow forecasting

Ensuring effective cash management for the NCIs, including the development of regular cash flow reporting as required by each entity, including:

  • Overseeing the production of daily, weekly, monthly and annual cashflow forecasting and monitoring spreadsheets and active management of cash balances to maintain the liquidity of all the NCIs while optimising the funds available for investment
  • Managing short-term investments and cash deposits, including identifying opportunities, producing relevant analysis and reporting, and ensuring compliance with treasury policies
  • Arranging Pensions Board funding drawdowns from the Revolving Credit Facility, monitoring borrowing levels and managing requirements for the CHARM bonds

Other

  • Acting as a mentor to the Financial Accounting Officers, helping them to identify opportunities to grow their skills, and supporting them through advice and training
  • Collaborating with other members of the Financial Accounting and Control team to ensure the delivery of all statutory reporting and year end processes across the NCIs, providing support for other areas as necessary
  • Providing support for projects within the Finance team (which could include for example, process improvement projects, system projects, implementation of new processes and solutions etc.)
  • Developing excellent working relationships and clear communication with the Finance Business Partners, to ensure a consistent understanding of activities across the NCIs, and that this is reflected accurately in both statutory and management reporting
  • Undertaking other ad hoc tasks as required to ensure the Finance team delivers to its customers

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

Education:

  • CCAB or equivalent professional accounting body qualification

Knowledge/Experience:

  • Good technical financial accounting skills and thorough understanding of relevant accounting standards, including FRS 102 and Charities SORP
  • Experience gained from working as a financial accountant or external auditor covering all aspects of statutory reporting for a large organisation

Skills & Abilities:

  • Excellent IT skills, including advanced Excel and strong finance system skills, with a good understanding of data structures and chart of accounts optimisation
  • Ability to manipulate data, analyse information, identify anomalies and extract pertinent information. Excellent attention to detail
  • Well organised with an ability to work calmly and effectively under pressure
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills both written and oral, able to communicate effectively with finance professionals, senior management and trustees, and non-accountants to achieve cooperation and results
  • Proactive, self-motivated and enthusiastic

Circumstances:

  • Willingness to work in excess of contracted hours to ensure completion of deadlines

Desirable

  • SAP experience
  • Experience of working for a charity

Closing date for Applications is 31 March at 11:55 pm

Organisation
Church of England View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 101 - 500

The Church of England’s vocation is and always has been to proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ afresh in each generation to the people of England.

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Posted on: 17 March 2026
Closing date: 31 March 2026 at 15:39
Job ref: 89-
Tags: Christian