Finance Lead (Management Accountant)

Finance Lead (Management Accountant), L'Arche London

ABOUT THE ROLE

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £42,346.39 per annum (including London Weighting)

Place of work: Flexible working, with 3 days a week in our London office. The role will involve occasional travel to the L’Arche Communities within your area of responsibility

Reports to: Finance Manager

Closing date: Sunday, 1st November at 23:59

Contract type: Permanent. Full-time.

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Main purpose of the role:

The Finance Lead will share responsibility with other Finance Leads to produce Community Management Accounts.

As a Finance Lead, you will be responsible for the line management of two or three Bookkeepers, ensuring that Management Accounts results are discussed with Community Leaders, leading on the Budget process for assigned Communities and leading on the Housing Benefit/ Rent Increase process for assigned Communities. 

You will ensure that the work of people you line manage is in line with the finance function’s strategic and operational plans and with the relational and person-centred values of L’Arche.  You will also ensure that all relevant policies and procedures are being followed by people you line manage. 

Together with the Finance Manager, you will make sure that the people are adequately line managed, resourced, supervised, mentored, empowered, and that their personal development and training requirements are met. 

The Finance Lead, working with the Bookkeeper(s), will be responsible for ensuring that all finance processes are documented and those processes relevant to people outside of Finance are communicated and updated as and when required. 

You will also be responsible for identifying and recommending potential operational efficiencies and improvements to working practices and procedures; responsible for the financial data processing; and maintaining the quality and accuracy of data held within Business Central.   

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A full job description and person specification can be found in the Recruitment Pack - below.

To apply, please read the full job description and person specification and answer the questions on our online application form. 

Interviews will take place on the 11th November.

We encourage you not to wait until the closing date to submit your application, as we may begin interviewing strong candidates before then.
We also reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive enough suitable applications.

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