Spurgeons is one of the UK's leading children's charities, firmly supported by Christian beliefs and values, helping to support disadvantaged children and their families through delivering projects to support children, young people, their families and communities to find long-lasting solutions to the challenges they face.

We are passionate about the work we do and need equally committed members on our team to help us achieve those goals.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing excellent, timely, accurate and value-added financial management and reporting for Fegans branded activities and a selection of Spurgeons projects. They will ensure that all income (restricted / unrestricted) is correctly invoiced, collected and accounted for and all expenditure is correctly recorded.

They will support the budgeting process, working alongside budget holders to provide robust budgets for consolidation and submission to the Head of Finance & Corporate Services.

You will be required to work remotely for this role.

Full information about this role can be viewed in the job description on our website.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people we serve. This post is subject to necessary safeguarding checks including an appropriate level DBS Disclosure.

Spurgeons is a Living Wage Employer

Bid and proposal costing and pricing standards

• Work closely with other Senior managers to develop clear processes and tools in order to price and cost bids to achieve full cost recovery on all bids and contracts developed
• Set, maintain and actively communicate to all relevant stakeholders a database of standard costs and charge out rates to be used in bid development process
• International Overhead rate calculation, communication and audit as necessary, this includes FCDO Non Project Attributable Costs (NPAC) and USAID Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA)

Bid and proposal budget review for full cost recovery

• Lead a small team of bid costing managers
• Feed into Go/No go decisions in funding processes, advise on strategies of engagement with donors
• In close collaboration with colleagues, ensure clear financial strategies for budget development, financial negotiations parameters and red lines are in place
• Review all bids submitted to donors to ensure Full Cost recovery principals
• Ensure all bids submitted cover all costs incurred, articulate VSO value and demonstrate value for money to the donor before they are submitted
• Lead on particularly complex or large bid budget development and negotiation
• Work closely with the Implementation Team on budget re-negotiation

Key donor specific guidance development

• Develop specific guidance tools (knowledge hub) for VSO key donors
• Ensure bid budgets and negotiations briefs are tailored to donors and cost recovery is maximised

Reporting and performance management

• Set and report on Key Performance that demonstrate full cost recovery is achieved
• Maintain global view on risk and liabilities arising from funding submissions

People management

• Build effective relationships with senior leaders across VSO and effectively lead and develop a high performing team
• Ensure team ways of working and behaviours are in line with VSO People First values and policies and comply with legal and organisation requirements
• Ensure team delivers a consistent high-level customer-focused approach, and achieves objectives

Our partner is a Christian charity, leading the fight against treatable disease, and offering people the chance to access healthcare and live a life of dignity. They are seeking an experienced programmes accountant to lead on the financial compliance and reporting of their institutional grants.

Responsibilities

• Institutional donor compliance – this includes monitoring the financial management & reporting requirements, ensuring these are understood and adhered to by overseas partners, ensuring timely review of budgets, grants reporting, preparing for grant audits, and managing correspondence with the donors.
• Working with the programmes team to develop programme budgets, based on a full cost recovery basis, updating these as required.
• Monitoring cashflow for each project.
• Undertaking budget vs. actual analysis, and proactively monitoring expenditure to maximise funds.
• Business partnering with the overseas offices – improving and streamlining processes; supporting them in adhering to best practice in budgeting and monitoring expenditure, financial controls, and donor compliance and reporting; and supporting them with any capacity building support, including software upgrades.
• Carrying our financial monitoring visits (these are being conducted remotely at the moment), an supporting them in implementing recommendations.

Requirements

• Part qualified or qualified experience with at least 3 years of demonstrable understanding of institutional donor compliance and reporting requirements. The organisation is open to considering candidates with longstanding charity finance backgrounds, or those looking to transition into the sector, as long as they are well-versed with institutional grants management.
• Excellent management accounting, analysis and reporting skills.
• Strong IT skills; this includes intermediate/advanced Excel skills
• Strong and culturally sensitive business partner, able to work with colleagues in the UK, as well as partners overseas. Some of them operate in fragile states, so an understanding of the practicalities of working in this context is essential.
• Good written and communication skills, able to communicate and negotiate with donors confidently, and to communicate financial information to non-finance staff.
• Thrives working in a small, close-knit team.
• Passionate about the work of the organisation, and empathy with the Christian ethos of the organisation.

The organisation is offering hybrid working arrangements; however, it will be essential to spend 3 days in their office in Cambridgeshire.

We have an exciting opportunity to join us as a Management Accountant based in Bristol. You will join us on a full-time, fixed-term basis for 18 months, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £32,000 - £35,000 per annum.

About our Management Accountant role:

This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to take a lead on our management accounting process, utilising the outputs to partner business areas, provide insightful analysis of financial information, influence business decisions, and challenging value for money.

Key Responsibilities as our Management Accountant:

• Working with the Finance Manager to develop and deliver budget reporting, financial forecasts, internal and external financial reporting, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.
• Leading the monthly management accounting process, through journal posting and reconciliations to provide timely reporting that links financial results to operational outcomes.
• To be the main point of contact for budget holders regarding the development of forecasts, budgets, and financial analysis for project initiatives, supporting and influencing their decision making.

What we’re looking for in our Management Accountant:

• AAT qualified, studying for a professional qualification, or qualified by experience.
• Experienced in supporting the production of monthly management accounts.
• Experience of analysing financial performance.
• Strong communication skills.

You will receive the following benefits as our Management Accountant:

• Flexible and remote working
• A company culture that promotes diversity and inclusion
• Commitment to continuous learning and development
• Access to mental health support
• Subsidised gym membership

 Closing date: Wednesday 27th October 2021

If you feel you have the skills and experience as our Management Accountant, then please click apply today!

Our partner is a well-respected advocacy INGO. They are seeking to recruit two Project Accountants to provide financial management support to project managers and the broader programmes teams.  

Responsibilities

• Prepare project budgets, monitor expenditure and cashflows, and prepare management accounts, including variance analyses and supporting narrative reports.
• Grant management, compliance and reporting – preparing financial reports to donors, ensuring that these meet their requirements.

• Ensure the integrity and operational effectiveness of project accounting procedures, developing, and maintaining these as required.
• Finance business partner to project teams and partners, helping them understand variances in their budgets and expenditures, identifying material issues and proposing solutions and implementing recommendations in a timely manner.
• Supporting the broader finance team in any ad hoc analysis, reporting and project work as required

Person Specification

• Accountant, qualified or QBE, with at least 5 years of experience in accounting, an understanding of accounting & finance principles and management accounting & reporting.
• Experience of project accounting, grant compliance & management is desirable; an understanding of the grant compliance & reporting requirements of the EU and German government grants is desirable.
• Strong IT skills, including advanced MSExcel skills.
• Strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, including ability to communicate financial matters to non-finance staff.
• Quick learner, organised and flexible, able to meet tight deadlines.
• Fluent in English, with excellent spoken and reporting writing skills. Working knowledge of French or Spanish is highly desirable.
• Culturally sensitive

This is an excellent opportunity for an accountant looking to get good grounding in project accounting & grant management within a large, complex INGO. 

Artsadmin is looking for a Management Accountant to support the Head of Finance in managing the charity’s finances. They will ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the finance processes, prepare budgets, forecasts, commentaries, analyses and financial statements, and support informed decision-making through regular reporting to the Head of Finance and Directors.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter with demonstrable experience of working and helping to drive change within a finance function and of building relationships with non-finance stakeholders. They will have strong analytical, communication and organisational skills, be outcome-focused and either have, or be pursuing, a professional accountancy qualification

This is a new, full-time post with scope to really make a difference to a well-regarded arts charity. Artsadmin is a company of creative people working with artists to develop and make performance projects for local, national and international audiences in a variety of places and contexts. This is an exciting time to join us as we embark on the next chapter of our work, updating our artistic programme, refreshing our brand and reviewing our connections to our local area of Aldgate East.
 

Reporting to: Head of Finance

Deadline for applications: 12pm on 8 November 2021. First interviews: w/c 15 November 2021.

Hours of work: 40 hours per week including a paid lunch hour. Office hours are usually 10am – 6pm Monday to Friday. Flexible working available. Location: Principally located at Toynbee Studios, Aldgate East, London

Holidays: 20 days plus 8 statutory holidays and additional winter break

Staff benefits:

● Pension scheme with Royal London

● Subsidised Bike Purchase

● Travel Card / Season Ticket Loan

● HSF Health Plan

● Life Assurance at four times annual salary

● Group Income Replacement Scheme

● Childcare Salary Sacrifice Scheme

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT

Salary: £35,000 - £42,000 per annum dependant on level of qualification with an approved accountancy body and experience to date

Contract length: Permanent

Location: Stratford w/ high-flexibility

Closing date: Sunday 24th October 2021, 23:55*

* Please note that we may close this role early should we receive enough interest, therefore early application is encouraged to avoid disappointment.

Are you a self-motivated and sharp minded individual with management accounting experience that can help us beat cancer?

Why we need you

We’re looking for a part-qualified or qualified Management Accountant to join our exciting new team and someone who wants to be a part of change as we strive to make a real difference in our organisation. In this role, you will own and deliver accurate and timely management accounts for specific business areas. Successful candidates should be able to present relevant experience in working to strict deadlines and provide clear and concise financial information and advice to non-financial managers. As you will be the first point of contact for a range of stakeholders you should therefore possess excellent communication skills and have the ability and willingness to build relationships across different teams.

What will I be doing?

Make an impact every day by…

• Owning and delivering timely, high quality and accurate management accounts for retail business area

• Reviewing existing management information to find efficiencies and improvements

• Working with multiple stakeholders to identify and process transactions needed to ensure accounts are complete and correct

• Taking ownership for business critical tasks such as royalty and revenue share processing for commercial partnerships

• Being a key finance point of contact for your specified business area

• Supporting the financial planning process by building budgeting and forecasting tools and templates

• Facilitating and supporting budget holders to complete headcount budgets.

What skills are you looking for?

You’ll be able to bring to the role…

• Strong relationship and influencing skills, with the confidence to work with Directors and senior stakeholders

• Proven management accounting experience

• The ability to clearly present and explain financial information

• Experience of helping decision makers understand the impact of their decisions

• An innovative mindset with experience of working in a continuous improvement environment

• Strong problem-solving skills.

What will I gain?

Without you we wouldn’t be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership, childcare vouchers and much more. You’ll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately you’ll know that you’ll be changing lives through your work. 

If you’re as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years.

Job title Financial Accountant

Salary £40,000 to £45,000 per annum

Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, some flexibility may be possible

Allen Lane are delighted to be supporting The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity in their search for a new Financial Accountant. This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established not-for-profit organisation which funds The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, a world leading cancer centre.

Why work for us

The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity raises money solely to support The Royal Marsden hospital. We ensure our nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments, which are used across the UK and around the world. From funding state-of-the-art equipment and ground-breaking research, to creating the very best patient environments, we will never stop looking for ways to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.

This is an immensely exciting time to join a charity that has set an ambitious strategy that will ensure we can continue to improve the lives of cancer patients. The charity has been through a period of significant growth, completing our last three-year strategy by almost doubling fundraising income.

We have also been progressively investing in a best-in-class finance team, resulting in the team being shortlisted for Charity Finance Team of the Year at the prestigious Third Sector Award.

Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future.

What the job involves

As Financial Accountant, you will work closely with the Head of Finance in providing proactive advice on financial accounting across the charity. You will have opportunities to work closely with the charity’s Fundraising and Grant teams, and senior internal stakeholders maintaining a collaborative relationship and providing high quality support.

Your key responsibilities are:

• Delivering efficient and robust Financial Accounting; including year-end statutory accounts preparation, the year end audit process.
• Responsible for the systems administration including code and user set up and taking ownership of the accounting systems maintenance.
• Developing the relationship with the wider finance team and supporting the finance officers in their development.

What we want from you

The successful candidate must be a CCAB qualified accountant or working towards their final papers, ideally with charity or not for profit experience. The role would suit someone who is looking to make their first move out of practice or someone working in a similar role in another charity. You will have robust technical skills and direct experience of year end statutory accounts preparation. You will be an excellent communicator with the confidence to communicate and build rapport with a wide range of internal stakeholders. The successful candidate will be ambitious and self-motivated looking to pursue their career in the not-for-profit sector.

Closing date: Applicants should provide a CV and supporting statement by the closing date of 18th October

Management Accountant: £50,000 - £55,000 | Permanent | London

For a global education company, we're recruiting a Management Accountant on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Head of Business Partnering, this role will own the production and delivery of management accounts for the organisation. The Management Accountant will produce accurate and insightful MI and will drive the transformation of the Finance function by improving month end processes, the quality of MI and the timeliness of reporting and controls. This role will also business partner two corporate functions as well as leading, coaching and managing an Assistant Management Accountant. Based out of the London office, this role attracts very flexible working.

Main Duties:

• Lead the month-end processes from start to finish, delivering MI to tight deadlines
• Generate monthly management accounts and the monthly Finance Report to the Executive
• Work as Finance Business Partner for various corporate directorates
• Provide support and guidance to departments and work with budget holders to produce budgets and forecasts, analysis, and business cases
• Lead the continuous development of finance process and controls including reducing the month-end period, lead on the development of Finance reporting with the Data team and improve the accuracy of cost allocations to provide better MI
• Prepare year-end reconciliations, supporting schedules and liaising with Audit
• Support Head of Business Partnering in preparation for monthly financial meetings with budget holders to review accounts, forecasts, and queries
• Lead, manage and motivate the Assistant Management Accountant

Person Specification:

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified
• Strong experience of running month-end processes
• Experience of delivering process improvement
• Strong experience in preparing year-end and monthly management accounts including year-end forecasts and budgets
• Advanced MS Excel skills and working knowledge of Sun Systems (ideally)
• Experience of consolidation of management accounts packs for management reporting
• Experience of working in a multicultural and multisite organisation

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

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Independent Age is partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell to recruit to a Systems Accountant on a permanent, full-time basis. Independent Age is a national charity founded over 150 years ago with a clear mission to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose.

The Systems Accountant plays a vital role in Independent Age’s Finance Team. Reporting to the Head of Finance and working closely with the Financial Controller and Finance Planning and Analysis Accountant, the post holder will lead on implementing, managing and ensuring the efficient and effective operation of our financial systems, and in training colleagues to use those systems. The post holder will also maintain some key accounting functions, design and build management reports, and work together with the rest of the Finance Team to enable colleagues to make good use of financial information and to deliver a high quality service to all stakeholders.

The key responsibilities will be:

• Day to day management of the accounting system structures and interfaces to other applications, i.e. CRM systems.
• Regular review of financial systems performance to identify and fix system performance issues.
• Regular review of financial systems for efficiency and effectiveness process gains and working together with the Financial Controller to implement systems and process changes as a result
• Support the project management, testing and implementation of new finance system applications (i.e. procurement system, invoice processing system) and dashboard reporting.
• Train and support finance team members to efficiently use the financial systems and train other colleagues on core transactional processes (i.e. procurement system, invoice processing system).
• Build and maintain the financial reports required in support of the monthly management accounts, budget setting and reforecast and other reporting obligations.
• Produce and publish monthly management accounts to budget holders.
• Prepare monthly payroll funding reconciliation and payroll journal, including payroll funding transfer for authorisation.

The successful candidate will have:

• Prior experience of working with Sunsystems and related systems development.
• A recognised accountancy qualification.
• Broad experience and knowledge of different accounting systems and a track record of identifying and introducing process improvements.
• Strong problem-solving skills; ability to suggest and trial new ideas to bring about change.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in communicating with and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Ability to collaborate with and train other finance staff, and to enable other colleagues to make good use of financial systems and to understand and act on financial concepts and management information provided.
• Advanced computer software skills, including Excel macros. Experience of PowerBI is an advantage but not essential.
• A demonstrable passion for, and affinity with, our cause. 

The position will be based at Independent Ages’s head office opposite Kensington Olympia and will offer incredibly flexible working, including regular homeworking. The closing date is 15th November. Applications will be under constant review before the closing date so please submit your application to our exclusive search agent Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!

Management Accountant

Location: London, Wigan, or remote

Salary: £35,000-£37,000 per annum pro-rata

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 3 to 4 days per week (22.5-30 hours)

Keep Britain Tidy is an iconic and dynamic charity providing first class solutions to environmental challenges. For more than 60 years, we have campaigned for cleaner, greener places. As the country’s anti-litter charity, we work tirelessly to combat waste and neglect so that everyone can love where they live. Using our world-class research and working with partners, we develop game-changing programmes that fly the flag for clean, accessible and attractive beaches, parks and green spaces and are proud to inspire and educate millions of children through our Eco-schools programme. The work of Keep Britain Tidy has never been more informed, important and urgent.

The Management Accountant will be a key member of a small Finance team; playing a leading role in the financial management of the organisation. The successful candidate will have particular responsibility for managing financial systems, processes and procedures, and for the preparation of accurate financial information.  The role reports directly to the Finance Director and can be based in either of our offices (London or Wigan) or performed remotely with the ability to travel to either of our offices. Duties include:

• Preparation and posting of monthly and year end transactions
• Review and reconciliation of financial data and variance analysis
• Credit control
• Preparation of monthly management accounts and other reports
• Business partnering
• Review and updating of finance systems, processes and procedures as necessary
• VAT and PAYE returns
• Preparation of budgets and forecasts
• Assistance in the preparation of statutory accounts

Applicants will ideally be Qualified or Part Qualified CIMA/ACCA although significant experience of working in a similar role will also be considered.  Experience of charity accounting is desirable but not essential.  You will be a good team player, have excellent communication and organisational skills, and a flexible approach to this wide ranging role.  

This role is being brought in to shadow a current member of staff who plans to retire next Spring. During this phase we are developing a new accounting package, so we have arranged this long handover period to allow in-depth role shadowing as well as significant engagement in the development of the new system. Experience of MS Business Central and new systems implementation are both valuable.

If you are interested in this position, please download a full job description from our website before completing your covering letter and submitting with your CV.  Please also download and complete an applicant details form and submit with your equal opportunities monitoring form (found on our website). Please follow the application instructions as laid out in the applicant details form. Please submit your application to the email address held before the closing date.

The deadline for applications is 09:00, Monday 01 November 2021

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we have received sufficient applications. 

Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 10 November 2021

Please note we will only be able to contact successful candidates.  Thank you for your interest in our work.

No agencies please.

We are proud to be an inclusive and flexible employer. We particularly welcome applications from all sectors of the community including under-represented groups in the charity sector.

We have signed the pledge to always #ShowTheSalary for the roles that we advertise.

We are proud winners of the Working Families Best Small Employer Award 2021.

About the role:

An exciting, new role bringing you the opportunity to join an organisation that strives to achieve clean energy and sustainable land use by identifying failures and reinventing the current systems in place around us. The organisation is seeking to appoint an Assistant Accountant to join their Finance Team during an exciting period full of impactful change.

Key responsibilities include:

• Preparing month end and year end financial and management reporting including month end close journals, like payroll, accruals, prepayments and reconciliations
• Supporting the Financial Controller with the budgeting and forecasting activities for the company
• Ensuring accounts are delivered accurately and on time
• Preparing for year-end including reporting, enacting corrections and postings, reviewing financial systems, whilst working with the International FC

The successful candidate will have:

• Two or more years' experience working as an Assistant Accountant or an Assistant Management Accountant (or similar role), with experience of management accounts including month end journals and reconciliations
• Be a newly qualified accountant, or finalist studying accounting exams
• Experience of using accounting software and advanced Excel skills
• A passion for the cause and a desire to make a difference

We are delighted to partner with an inspiring charity which supports people with cancer in finding a new Financial Accountant to join their best-in-class finance team which has been shortlisted for the Charity Finance Team of the Year Award.

This is an immensely exciting time to join a charity that has set an ambitious strategy and is enjoying a period of significant growth, completing their last three-year strategy by almost doubling fundraising income.

As Financial Accountant, you will work closely with the Head of Finance in providing proactive advice on financial accounting across the charity. You will have opportunities to work closely with the charity’s Fundraising and Grant teams, and senior internal stakeholders maintaining a collaborative relationship and providing high quality support.

Your key responsibilities are:

• Delivering efficient and robust Financial Accounting; including year-end statutory accounts preparation, the year end audit process.
• Responsible for the systems administration including code and user set up and taking ownership of the accounting systems maintenance.
• Developing the relationship with the wider finance team and supporting the finance officers in their development.

The successful candidate must be a CCAB qualified accountant or working towards their final papers, ideally with charity or not for profit experience. The role would suit someone who is looking to make their first move out of practice or someone working in a similar role in another charity. You will have robust technical skills and direct experience of year end statutory accounts preparation. You will be an excellent communicator with the confidence to communicate and build rapport with a wide range of internal stakeholders. The successful candidate will be ambitious and self-motivated looking to pursue their career in the not-for-profit sector.

Greenhouse Sports is a leading development through sports charity that works with young people to offer them life changing opportunities through sport. We are looking for a qualified Financial Accountant to join our team. This position is ideal for a CCAB qualified accountant (ideally ACA) looking for their first step into a not-for-profit organisation, and are looking to develop their knowledge and experience in an organisation which has a history of promoting from within. We have ambitious plans to grow and suitable candidates will be comfortable in a fast paced, ever-changing environment and have a strong technical accounting background.