Internal Audit / Operational Finance

Job Title:                  Internal Audit / Operational Finance

Reporting To:          Management Accountant

Salary/Rate:            £36,000   to £40,000 depending on experience

Contract Type:       The role will initially be for a 12-month Fixed- term  contract but will be reviewed after 6 months to consider changing to a potential extension or permanent role.

About The Felix Project

The Felix Project is London’s leading food redistribution charity, dedicated to ensuring good food is never wasted and no one goes hungry. Last year, our nearly 180 staff and over 15,000 volunteers collected 32 million meals of surplus food, distributing it to Londoners in need through a network of over 1,100 community organisations, charities, and schools.

In London, one in five households with children lack reliable access to nutritious food, while the UK wastes 20 tonnes of food per second. The cost of living in London has risen by 24% in the last three years, and food prices continue to climb. About 14% of working families have turned to food support services for the first time in the past year, and 100,000 London families have less than £3 a day for food.

Our work has never been more needed, and demand continues to grow: we are building our expertise and impact in response. The Felix Project now operates from four main depots in North, South, East, and West London, with ‘point-to-point’ projects in Central London and Canary Wharf. The East London depot has a kitchen producing up to 5,000 meals per day from surplus food. A new 'Multibank' in Ealing distributes non-food essentials.

Purpose of the Job

We are looking for someone to play a key role in organisational control and efficiency. Internal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and advisory role designed to add value and improve an organization’s operations. This new role will help us as an organization accomplish our objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of control processes, governance, and risk management.

You will be a professional with an in-depth understanding of the business culture, systems, and processes, providing assurance that the organization’s control processes are adequate to mitigate its risks, governance processes are effective and efficient, and organizational goals and objectives are met.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per annum (+ bank holidays) plus up to 5 days additional leave for length of service.
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave.
• Birthday day off.
• Access to benefit platform for a wide range of discounts on everyday spends plus gym discounts.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Employee assistance programme including 24 Hour GP helpline.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Opportunity for free meals whilst working at our depots.
• After work activities such as Felix’s softball team, running club and cycling club