Finance Manager Jobs
PCS is the Public and Commercial Services Union, representing many thousands of members working in the civil service and related areas.
We are looking for an experienced manager with an accountancy qualification to join our Finance team for an initial period of one year. Managing the Accounting & Budgeting and Payroll teams, you will be responsible for the compilation and production of management accounts, budgets and annual finance reports, ensuring the integrity and completeness of the accounting records. You will ensure compliance with taxation rules, regulations and accounting standards and liaise with investment managers over the PCS investment portfolio.
You will bring your experience of working at a professional accountant level in the finance function of an organisation, producing management accounts and participating in the external audit process. You will be able to demonstrate your accounting knowledge and how you keep up to date with developments in financial management and taxation. A knowledge of contract and compliance management is essential.
Employer Benefits
You will have access to a generous package of staff benefits including: -
· flexible working (including hybrid working)
· childcare and family support
· generous maternity/paternity leave
· 32 days’ leave and Christmas closure
· pension scheme
· employee assistance programme
Salary and Location
· Band 4, London, Spine points 27-23 Regional Spine points 30-26
· London Salary: £49,299 p.a. rising to £56,079 p.a. Regional Salary: £45,570 p.a. rising to £51,459 p.a.
· Based: PCS offices in London (Clapham) or Leeds
· Temporary for 12 months
Learning and Development
The union offers a wide range of learning and development opportunities. We will work with you to support your continued professional development.
Closing date: at 12 midday on Wednesday 10 April 2024
Applications must be received by the closing date and time specified.
Interviews will be held by Zoom: Wednesday 1 May 2024
Candidates invited for interview are required to make themselves available on the date/s specified. Interview dates cannot be changed to accommodate candidates who are unavailable to attend on the specified date.
· CVs will not be accepted. Only PCS application forms will be considered.
· PCS offers a generous range of benefits including assistance with childcare, extensive family-friendly schemes, generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme.
· PCS is working towards equal opportunities and is positive about disabled people.
· All posts can be considered on a full-time, part-time or job share basis.
Staff/PCS Members should agree the period of release with Line Managers/employing department prior to application. Anyone currently deployed in a temporary position within PCS will be required to relinquish that position if successful at interview.
For further details and an application form please visit the PCS website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Finance Business Partner
Salary £50,000 - £60,000
Permanent, Full-time
Hybrid Working, 2 days in office
Location: Stratford
A prestigious humanitarian Not for Profit organisation is recruiting a Finance Business Partner to take on a key role against the backdrop of a transformation programme. As the Finance Business Partner you will be responsible for the following duties:
- You will bring valuable experience, financial and business acumen that will drive the delivery of the long-term plan
- Working closely with the Head of finance and other key stakeholders, you will support the business with understanding its risks, monitor and track progress against plan, understand factors driving business results, build relationships with managers and provide business insight and advice. You will also lead on finance systems and process transformation projects
- Analyse and investigate financial performance for all business areas to identify areas of weakness
- Provide commercial financial advice and guidance tailored to the individual needs of stakeholders that enables them to deliver their business and financial objectives
- Develop and operate appropriate financial models and tools to support recommendations of pricing for products and services to achieve financial goals
This opportunity provides an excellent platform for a qualified accountant to build on their Business Partnering skills whilst playing a key role in organisation’s transformation journey
This is an exciting opportunity for the right individual. The successful candidate will be fully qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA) with previous experience gained in audit, the charity, commercial or wider
public sector. You will have robust technical skills and be highly organised. We are looking for someone who is eager to learn, strong analytical skills, excellent communication, financial modelling, and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Experience. You will possess the ability to influence and build rapport with a range of finance and non-finance persons across the organisation.
We are looking for a Financial Accountant to join our ambitious and growing charity, the Freedom Fund, as part of the international Finance team. We are a catalyst in the global effort to end modern slavery, working in the countries and sectors where it is most prevalent. We invest in and partner with organisations and communities on the frontlines of ending exploitation.
Based in our London office, you will ensure all financial accounting is undertaken in an effective and efficient manner and to ensure all appropriate financial controls exist. You will oversee financial processing for the whole organisation including overseas branches as well as providing a high level of support to all financial system users. You will also manage the accounts’ payable function; lead the month end process and ensure that balance sheet accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis.
An experienced finance professional, you may have worked for charities before in similar roles. You will be ever-curious, always seeking to improve current process skills and adopt new approaches.
You’ll have previous experience of:
● Maintaining a financial accounting system
● Building statutory accounts from trial balance and administering accounting software
● Developing new financial accounting policies and procedures.
● VAT returns, including partial exemption calculations
● Financial planning & analysis, including management information.
You will find a vibrant atmosphere and spirited team at the Freedom Fund, always striving to make a difference to people who are at-risk or survivors of modern slavery.
As an employer we offer:
✔ Hybrid working
✔ Generous annual leave entitlement – 25 days and bank holidays
✔ Health cash plan
✔ Season ticket and cycle loan
✔ Pension scheme - 10% non-contributory scheme
The Freedom Fund is an equal opportunities employer. In line with our values of respect, agility and excellence, we value the strength of a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and from different socio-economic backgrounds. Applicants must be eligible to work in the London office. The Freedom Fund will aim to meet candidates’ access requirements throughout the recruitment process. If this is applicable, then please notify us.
The Freedom Fund is committed to the importance of meaningful survivor inclusion and leadership. As such, particular consideration will be given to applicants with lived experience of human trafficking and/or forced labour.
The Freedom Fund offers any candidates with lived experience of human trafficking and/or forced labour the opportunity to have an informal and confidential pre-application chat with a member of our team to discuss suitability for the role as well as any reasonable adjustments that may be needed for the recruitment process. This conversation is intended to provide support to the candidate and will not have any negative impact on the recruitment process.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. MAP is the leading UK charity delivering health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation, and displacement, in the occupied Palestinian territory and Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon.
The Head of Institutional Funding role is based in the Programmes Team, line managing the IF team and close cooperation with programme funding colleagues in Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon. The role has a broad remit covering developing and formalising framework agreements, programme design, proposal development and reports (narrative and financial), scoping and relationship development with relevant institutional donors. The role will also focus on prospect research and development. The role is based in London, with strong relationships to our projects and partners in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza.
Duties and key rsponsibilities
1. Lead the development and delivery of and institutional funding strategy which meets the needs of MAP to meet increasing need and grow sustainably.
2. Identify and develop relationships with a portfolio of institutional donors such as UN agencies, FCDO, SIDA, Irish Aid etc.
3. Lead the development of compelling project and programme proposals and budgets for MAP’s programmes in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, working closely with programme teams.
4. Ensure that MAP meets all the contractual, compliance and reporting requirements of institutional funded programmes.
Institutional donor portfolio and pipeline development
1. Research and identify institutional donors who align with MAP’s programme funding priorities.
2. Lead the development of an institutional funding strategy which meets MAP’s programme ambitions and will support sustained growth and impact.
3. Lead the delivery of the institutional funding strategy including donor engagement plans, pipeline management, and compliance.
4. Lead the stewardship and relationship management of institutional donors
5. Develop and manage an institutional funding pipeline working closely with programme and fundraising colleagues
6. Monitors trends in institutional donor funding in the Middle East and MAP programme priority areas
Business development
1. Lead the development of proposals (including theory of change, logical frameworks etc. as required) and budgets to Institutional donors drawing on programme plans and in close collaboration with programme colleagues, senior management and finance.
2. Identify and propose funding and collaboration/consortiums opportunities which match MAP programme plans and ambitions
3. Scope and lead on the development of framework agreements with institutional donors, such as registering with the DEC, registering under 503 (c) for USAID grants and FPA with the European Commission.
Grants management
1. Ensure agreements, contract negotiations and compliance, including liaison with colleagues to ensure due diligence requirements are fulfilled prior to contracts being signed.
2. Ensure MAP manages all grants in line with contractual obligations throughout the project cycle
3. Provide training and advice to programme teams to ensure excellence in grants management for all institutional funded projects
4. Ensure communication with institutional donors is timely and relevant
5. Problem solve and trouble shoot where issues and challenges arise with grant management.
General Management
1. Manage the Institutional Funding Team
2. Report against agreed KPIs, financial targets and annual objectives.
3. Ensure IF team is updated and trained on main thematic areas of MAP’s work.
General Responsibilities
1. Support the mission, ethos and values of MAP
2. Support and promote diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace
3. Work collaboratively with others in all aspects of our work
4. Represent and be an ambassador for MAP
5. Maintain and improve competencies through continuous professional development
6. Abide by organisational policies, codes of conduct and practices
7. Treat with confidentiality any personal, private or sensitive information about individual organisations and or clients or staff and MAP data.
Person Specification
Essential
1. Significant experience of securing grants from a range of institutional donors, including grants specific to emergency response, relief and rehabilitation projects and liaising with donors such as DEC and ECHO.
2. Significant experience of research, identifying and monitoring trends in institutional and humanitarian funding and donors
3. Demonstrable success of developing and securing institutional donor funding at circa £10million a year through compelling programme and project proposals and budgets
4. Demonstrable ability to manage institutional funded projects and grants in line with all contractual and compliance donor and regulatory requirements throughout the project cycle.
5. Experience of working in an INGO, preferably with a focus on humanitarian and/or Middle East
6. Experience of building or managing a funding pipeline
7. Experience of working collaboratively with programmes teams in different locations
Personal skills and attributes
Essential
1. Professional and self-motivated
2. Results oriented
3. Flexible and proactive approach
4. Organised with good attention to detail
5. Numerate with the ability to understand budgets
6. Ability to work collaboratively with others
7. A personal ethos about being thorough and producing work of high quality
8. Desire to learn and acquire new skills
9. Right to live and work in the EU and able to travel to Gaza, West Bank and Lebanon
10. Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; Arabic language skills are desirable
11. Excellent relation building skills, diplomatic skills and strong in building and maintaining networks
12. Excellent budgeting and financial management skills
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Citizens Advice Waltham Forest (CAWF) is an independent charity and member of the national Citizens Advice network. We provide free, confidential, and impartial advice to everyone to help solve their problems and improve their lives – from consumer issues to problems at work and from benefit applications to debt relief and homelessness.
Our goal is to help everyone find a way forward, whatever problem they face.
Citizens Advice Waltham Forest
Chief Executive Officer
Circa £65,000 per annum
Based Waltham Forest
We are an ambitious charity providing essential services within our community, and this is an exciting time to join our organisation as our new Chief Executive. The scope of our work and demand for our services has grown considerably over the years, answering the needs we have seen within our community.
The new CEO will play a vital role in shaping the future, providing vision and strategic direction for the charity, as well as taking responsibility for all aspects of operational management including business planning, income generation, effective delivery of contracts, projects and services, policy and influencing, and oversight of operational support including IT, HR, and finance functions.
Working closely with the Board, you’ll be leading the development of our services in line with need whilst also increasing our profile, acting as an ambassador for the organisation and cultivating positive relationships across a diverse range of stakeholders to ensure the profile and impact of CAWF and its services. Effectively engaging staff, volunteers, and external stakeholders, while continuing to secure new funding streams will be key to your success. You will be a natural advocate and champion for equality, diversity and inclusion for our clients, staff, and volunteers.
The successful candidate will bring:
- Proven senior leadership experience and a passion for leading and enabling teams to thrive and develop.
- Experience of running and improving high-quality, value and volume client-facing services at a senior level in a multi-stakeholder environment
- Excellent financial and business acumen with a history of successful business development, income generation and income diversification.
- Comprehensive strategic business planning experience and ability to deliver on key targets both strategically and operationally.
- Strong relationship-building, networking, and influencing of external stakeholders.
Our new CEO will be someone who can confidently and expertly lead and develop our service, with the ability to switch between strategic and operational work, taking a team with you to ensure success. If you have the ability, drive, and experience to manage this highly valued organisation, and have the strategic leadership skills to take it to the next stage, we would love to hear from you.
At Citizens Advice Waltham Forest we value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination wherever we see it. We are committed to diversifying the background of our workforce and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief, or disability.
Deadline for applications: 14th April
Preliminary Interview with Prospectus:15-18 April
Interviews with CAWF (Virtual): 1st stage – 24th and 26th April
2nd stage – 29th and 30th April
These dates may be subject to change and applicants will be advised in advance should this happen.
Queries
If you wish to have an informal discussion about the opportunities, please contact our retained advisor Anna Mandl at Prospectus.