Are you looking to apply your tax expertise in a role that will allow you to grow? Do you enjoy being considered a subject matter expert and being able to apply your in-depth Tax knowledge? Are you looking for an opportunity that will enhance your VAT understanding and contribute to the effective running of a well respected organsiation?

My client, a large public sector institution with key links to the Arts, is recruiting for a knowledgable Tax Accountant to join their friendly and dedicated team. As an organisation with multiple sites and revenue streams, the complexity and opportunity to grow in the role stands out above similar posts. The role has line management of one junior member of staff and reports to a long-serving manager with an excellent history of developing the skills of those reporting to them.

Key accountabilities include:

• Being the first point of contact for VAT and other tax queries by operating the helpdesk, responding to wide ranging ad hoc enquiries made by internal customers at all levels
• Providing verbal advice to inform on best practice, and following up with written confirmation to a highly professional standard
• Assisting with the successful delivery of new income streams by ensuring that upcoming events and other business opportunities are correctly prepared for from a tax perspective
• Supporting one direct report in their day to day workload, dealing with escalated queries, and encourgaing their ongoing development
• Analysing complex data sets, gathering data effectively and applying core accountancy skills to be contribute to a smooth month end process.

On offer is the chance to work in a bright, modern office in an easily accessible Central London location, surrounded by urban attractions and cultural hotspots. Many employees report the satisfaction of representing a well respected organisation and there are regular opportunities to engage in high profile events, making this an excellent CV enhancing role.

To be considered, you'll need to meet the following key criteria:

• Demonstrate up to date VAT knowledge and have experience giving detailed, technical written tax/VAT advice, with exposure to complex VAT areas
• Hold a full or part accountancy qualification
• Be a great relationship builder, posess excellent written skills and be able to explain complex taxation terminology to those without a Finance/tax expertise.

Applications are under review every day - apply now to be considered.

The successful Accountant will be responsible for helping to alleviate the pressure on the Finance team as the organisation continues to grow internationally.

You will be assisting the Head of Finance with management accounts and a variety of other duties.

Client Details

The client is an international membership body who have their head office in London.

The environment is friendly and supportive.

Description

The key responsibilities of the Accountant will be to:

• Assist with the management accounts/carry out upto trial balance

• Carry out bank, balance sheet, credit card, inter-company and investment reconciliations

• Post the monthly payroll journal

• Assist with the year end close, reporting and audit requirements

• Carry out a monthly review of the fixed assets and capital expenditure and preparation of depreciation calculations

Profile

The successful Accountant will have a keen eye for detail, checking and reviewing processes, the ability to work on your own initative and a real interest in accounting.

You will be AAT qualified and/or ACCA/CIMA part qualified.

Experience with Sage 50 and/or 200 will be very desirable. You will be a proficient user of Excel with a good understanding of V Lookups and Pivot Tables.

It is essential that you have experience and a strong understanding with multi-currency reconciliations as it is an important part of the role.

You will have worked in a similar role where you have carried out management accounts up to trial balance.

If you have come from a charity or a membership body background this will be highly desirable experience.

Job Offer

The successful Accountant will receive the option of two pensions and flexible working hours.

Job Overview

Temp to Permanent

£45,000

Immediate Start

A Globally Renowned Charity is looking for a Senior Management Accountant to specifically liaise with their budget holders.

• Daily duties include providing high quality management information, performance monitoring and reporting while planning, budgeting and forecasting effectively, enabling faculties to achieve their objectives. The role is largely collaborative and will give you the opportunity to influence departmental decision making, creating an integrated finance support service.

Responsibilities

• Managing the faculty reporting, forecasting and year end processes
• Working with faculties to create and monitor operational and finance plans
• Providing financial advice on a range of topics including performance management and resource allocation
• Providing mentoring/training through improving the financial knowledge of the staff within the team
• Developing business cases, costing and pricing for new initiatives

Required Qualifications

• Qualified accountant
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Significant management accounting experience
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to analyse complex financial, business and management information in a commercial environment.

Salary- £45,000

Excellent benefits

New finance role in Cheshire based charity that works in the UK, India and East Africa. Great opportunity to contribute to the continued growth of our work helping vulnerable children who are alone and at risk on the streets.

You should be part qualified CIMA, ACCA or AAT. Strong Excel skills and knowledge of web based accountancy systems are essential with knowledge of charity accounting an advantage.  A self starter with good people skills and a willingness to travel to our overseas programmes, you will be able to represent complex financial information to colleagues in a meaningful way.

Senior Financial Accountant Job paying £35000-£40000 per annum on a Permanent basis

Your new company
Your new company is a leading organisation with offices based in Belsize Park. The role is for a part-qualified or qualified by experience person and will report to the Head of Finance.

Your new role
Your new role will consist of the following duties;
* Assisting with month end processes by processing various income and expenditure items inc. their reconciliation
* Responsibility for all capital expenditure including budgets, maintaining the fixed asset register and posting monthly depreciation
* Assisting with the preparation of the statutory accounts including auditors lead schedules

What you'll need to succeed
You will need to be part-qualified or qualified by experience finance professional. Beaming a team player and having solid excel skills is integral for this role - Sunsystems and Vision experience.

What you'll get in return
In return, you will be receiving a great competitive salary of 35-40K and have the opportunity to work for a world-class national company recognised internationally for the standard of our work.

What you need to do now
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I am recruiting for one of our top charity clients based in London who are looking to recruit a Financial Accountant on a permanent basis.  

The postholder will be responsible for dealing with bookkeeping, finance, payroll and general financial administration.   The post-holder’s main aim is to ensure that robust finance management systems are operated that meet the needs and requirements of the organisation, funders and UK law.

Main Duties:  

Include but are not limited to:

• Collect the daily record sheets for all monies received, consolidating and reconciling the cash and cheques.
• Complete Donation Forms including details of restricted income from the daily record sheets and enter the information onto the accounting system.
• Post all sales ledger receipts onto the accounting system on a weekly basis and maintain the sales ledger.
• Manage the Purchase Ledger for the organisation in accordance with the procedures outlined.
• Maintain payroll including updating employee information on the payroll system, pension and new starter forms.
• Reconcile all bank accounts weekly, providing a weekly report detailing the current cash status and liaising with the bank to ensure that queries are resolved efficiently.
• Assist with budget setting for all parts of the organisation, under the direction of the Director of Finance and Operations.

Qualifications:

• Part-qualified with any CCAB professional body or AAT qualified

Experience:

• Previous book-keeping and payroll administration experience
• Knowledge of control account reconciliation
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Knowledge of Sage Accounting, Sage Payroll and Raiser’s  Edge is an advantage

This is a great opportunity to join an organisation going through a period of change and help the team develop, sharing with them your previous skills and experience to allow the Finance division to flourish.

Want to work for a prestigious organisation that impacts the lives of the local community?

Are you a determined and ambitious individual looking to gain exposure to year-end accounting?

Looking for a rewarding role with excellent flexibility and the opportunity to work in a close-knit team under supportive leadership?

If yes, then read on!

My client is a South London based organisation that is looking for an Assistant Accountant to join them on a permanent basis.

The mains responsibilities of this role are as follows:

• Take the lead on preparing reconciliations for the balance sheet and the organisation's main accounts.
• Full responsibility for raising invoices related to accounts receivable for designated income streams and posting journals, prepayments and accruals in a timely manner.
• Provide invaluable support in the year-end process and play a pivotal role in the production of monthly reporting.
• Sole charge for preparing data related to cashflow.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation to support on financial queries and deputise for various members of the finance department in a variety of ad hoc tasks.

With flexible working, an excellent benefits package and fantastic opportunities to develop professionally, this is the perfect opportunity for a proactive and ambitious individual who is looking to further their finance career in a dynamic and prestigious environment.

The successful candidate will have:

• Part-qualified or be actively studying towards a relevant accountancy qualification.
• Experience working in a finance role of a similar capacity.
• Fantastic communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently.
• The ambition and determination to build a fantastic finance career and enthusiasm to learn on the job.

If you are interested in this position, please do not delay in applying as applications are being reviewed daily and the client is looking to conduct interviews ASAP.

Are you looking for a Systems Accountant role where you can take ownership and deliver a range of projects across finance?

Do you want to work in a developing team and hold responsibility for second line support for users?

Does working for a commercially aware charity pique your interest?

This is a newly created opportunity in the Finance System's team of a well-known and commercially aware charity is critical to providing quality service to users on Business World as well as developing functionality.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Working towards and take ownership of multiple change projects, including annual system upgrades and other cross-organisational implementations
• Working as second line support for a large and complex finance function to help support and develop the system for end users
• Responsibility for maintaining and monitoring the day-to-day system performance, identifying and working towards KPI's
• Ensuring effective use of utilising Business World for the finance function's purpose
• Providing training and development for Business World end users

The candidate:

• Have an understanding Business World and its functionality
• Have an understanding of financial functions such as P2P, fixed asset reporting and bank reconciliations
• Ideally have an accountancy qualification such as ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA/AAT. QBE will be considered
• Experience of working on other financial systems upgrade/implementations
• Proactive nature with excellent communication skills

Benefits of this role:

• Excellent working culture including flexible working options and modern offices
• Opportunity to take ownership of change projects
• Many opportunities for internal progression in the team
• Generous annual leave entitlement

Applications are being considered as soon as possible with interview dates of 16^th, 17^th and 18^th of December so please apply now

FFI is seeking an experienced Financial Accountant to cover a range of tasks including supporting the Financial Controller, leading on developing effective processes to embed FFI’s updated Staff Expenses policy and procedure into the organisation, playing a key role in preparing payroll information and supporting the timely and accurate production of management account information. This role will suit an individual who is looking for exposure in a number of different areas of finance in a multi-currency, global organisation.

You will be CCAB qualified or part qualified and actively studying, have a good technical understanding of current UK GAAP and FRS 102, together with proven management reporting experience (up to balance sheet reconciliation), experience in payroll and exposure to HMRC employee expenses and benefits regulations. As a member of the UK-based Finance Team, your strong communication, interpersonal skills and customer focus will enable you to build effective working relationships at all levels across the organisation.

You will enjoy working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, where the ability to manage a variety of concurrent tasks is paramount. You will be comfortable researching technical financial guidance and documenting findings. In return, we offer the opportunity to work for a ground-breaking organisation at the forefront of global conservation, with generous pension contribution, attractive annual leave allowance, life insurance and salary exchange schemes.

Our offices are located in The David Attenborough Building in central Cambridge, just a few minutes’ walk from glorious historic buildings and museums, the picturesque River Cam, the central market and shopping centre, and a host of cafés and restaurants.

The closing date for applications is Monday, 6 January 2020.

An iconic cancer charity are looking for a Business World expert with experience of working in a finance role who can support the finance department optimise their use of the system.

In this role you will be supporting your colleagues to identify training needs, providing second line support and promoting the benefits of the system. You will be supported by an analyst and will sit as part of the finance systems and projects team. The role is paying £35,000 - 40,000 DOE

This role requires a person familiar with a finance environment because you will need to be able to understand and empathise with the problems your core finance colleagues face, and be able to offer them practical, functional solutions in the system.

In addition to ongoing support and continuous improvement of the system, you have the opportunity to be innovative and impactful at this evolving charity, getting involved with long and short term projects, and having an influence on the evolution of best practice. This is a forward looking finance systems role and is exemplary of the culture of change and growth within the organisation

Requirements:

• Part qualified in an accountancy qualification including AAT, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, etc
• Business world experience is essential, ideally exposure to Milestone 7, and no lower than M5
• An understanding of and ability to demonstrate all core financial modules including P2P, R2R, S2C, Fixed Assets, Bank reconciliation and System Administration

Benefits

• Flexible working and working from home available
• Excellent L&D facilities as well as good opportunities for internal progression at our large organisation
• Health and wellbeing are a priority with a cycle to work scheme, life assurance and season ticket loans
• An emphasis on work life balance plus discounts near the offices, generous annual leave entitlement

You will recieve a full candidate application pack with full information on the role and responsibilities aspart of your application. Interviews will be held on the 16th, 17th or 18th of December and are being scheduled as soon as applications come in. In order to be considered please apply now or contact Emma at Allen Lane.

Are you seeking a Financial Accounting role within a £100m turnover organisation? Would you enjoy being a part of a high performing team? Are you a newly qualified Accountant now keen to gain experience in the charity sector? If yes - this could be your next role!

Reporting into the Head of Financial Accounts this permanent Financial Accountant role based in central London will offer a great challenge for a newly qualified Accountant working within one of the most prestigious brand names in the charity sector.

Main responsibilities of the Financial Accountant will be:

• Manage the year end process, working closely with the Head of Financial Accounts.
• Prepare corporation tax calculations and act as one of the main points of contacts for any VAT related queries.
• Provide analysis and closely monitor audit adjustments.
• Write commentary for balance sheet reviews to support the monthly management accounts.
• Manage cash flow reporting on a weekly basis and carry out reviews of balance sheet reconciliations and journals.
• Oversee the accurate and timely documentation of financial procedures and processes.
• Oversee cash flow monitoring and forecasting and ensure effective treasury management is maintained at all times.
• Deputise for the Head of Financial Accounts when necessary.

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant ideally with experience in audit. Additionally, this position requires someone to have experience handling and analysing large volumes of data. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone looking to make their first move into a role in industry.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, or equivalent).
• Have proven financial accounts experience.
• Have excellent communication skills.
• Be technically sound.
• Have strong system skills including advanced levels of Excel.

Knowledge of charity SORP from time in audit is preferred but not essential.

If you feel this post could be of interest to you then please do not delay in applying.

Financial Accountant, London: £45,000 + Benefits

On behalf of a national charity and household name, we're recruiting for a Financial Accountant to deputise for the Financial Accounting and Control Manager and support the delivery of operational effectiveness and controls. The Financial Accountant will be responsible for primary ledgers, financial controls, production and reconciliation of the balance sheet, cash flow, VAT / Tax compliance, statutory accounts production and other external reporting. This role will particularly suit a finalist or newly qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA) from practice who is looking for their first step "in-house".

Main Duties:

• Ensure implementation, enforcement and monitoring of internal control procedures
• Reviewing journals and balance sheet reconciliations
• Monitoring and forecasting cash flow and maintaining treasury management procedures and controls including banking mandates
• Preparation of quarterly VAT returns and oversight of tax compliance
• Evaluating, developing and embedding financial processes and procedures ensuring full documentation
• Support the Financial Accounting and Control Manager in the delivery of the Annual Report and Accounts and preparation of Trading Company and Statutory Accounts, liaising with Audit

Person Specification:

• Newly qualified of finalist level accountant (ACA or ACCA) ideally with charity accounting (SORP 2015) experience
• Experience in preparing VAT returns, giving advice in relation to VAT and in Tax compliance and the calculation arising under VAT partial exemption methods
• Experience in treasury management, including liaising with banks and investment managers
• Experience in preparation of consolidated Statutory Accounts and dealing with external audit
• Implementation of financial control processes and procedures
• SunSystems, Proactis and TM1 systems knowledge would be ideal

The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and .

The successful Finance Officer will be part of a close knit team where you will be playing an important part in their aim to make changes in the team and improve processes.

This position will give you the opportunity to get involved with other areas of accounting and gain exposure to help further your career in finance.

Client Details

The organisation is a small charity which a very good cause, providing care and support to children.

They are based in London and are a great organisation to work for.

Description

The key responsibilities of the Finance Officer role are to:

• Manage the purchase ledger, process invoices on Sage 50 and handling staffing expenses
• Manage the sales ledger
• Maintain the payroll, working closely with HR, processing the journals onto Sage 50
• Reconcile control accounts monthly up to trial balance
• Maintain VAT records
• Carry out bank reconciliations
• Assist with the budgets

Profile

The successful Finance Officer will have experience in a finance department and will have worked in a role where you have covered the purchase and sales ledger. Experience with VAT and Payroll would be highly desirable.

You will be someone who can work on their own initiative, has the confidence to question how things are done and seek to make improvements to the processes currently in place.

You will have a desire to gain more experience in finance and take on extra responsibilities.

You will be a very proficient user of Excel spreadsheets and you will have a proactive approach to your work.

Job Offer

In addition to the salary, you receive a great pension, flexible working, 27 days holiday not including bank holidays, plus additional benefits available.

Finance Systems and Projects Accountant

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm - Flexible working requests considered

Location: London, Stratford International

Salary: £32,000 - £40,000

Closing date: Midnight 15th December 2019

Interviews: 16th, 17th and 18th December 2019

Are you a self-motivated, systems accounting professional looking to move into cause driven environment working for the world's leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research?

What will I be doing?

This role is a new role in our Finance Systems and Project Team, not only supporting the operational business work, but also has the opportunity to work on and lead on various finance system projects.

Make an impact every day by...

• Monitoring performance of finance systems
• Providing second line sypport to end users
• Managing the reporting nneeds with the function functions and design of reports creation
• Delivering training to end users
• Working closely with the team to promote efficient system usage and process automation
• Working on finance systems projects

You can help us beat cancer through your….

• Experience of working in a complex finance function
• Expertise in Business World.
• Knowledge of all core financial; modules in Agresso Business World
• Worked on system implementations or upgrades.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate effectively in laymen's terms.

To be successful in the role, you will be a proven systems accounting professional with extensive exposure in working across accounting functions

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What will I gain?

• You'll be making a real difference to people's lives - we're the largest global Cancer Research charity.
• There's plenty of career progression and training opportunities, through internal and external L&D.
• Benefits: Pension (employer contributions of up to 12%), 25 days annual leave plus 1 CRUK day, life insurance and a great benefit discount platform.

Full role profile can be found in the candidate pack