Interim Management & Systems Accountant (6-Month FTC)

This is a fantastic opportunity for a finance professional with strong reporting, automation, and business partnering skills to join UK Youth on an interim basis. 

We’re hiring urgently! This is a critical backfill role, and we are reviewing applications daily. If you’re available for an immediate start, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Purpose of the Role 

This role is vital to the Finance team. It ensures accurate, high-quality financial reporting while driving automation and efficiency across financial processes. As a Finance Business Partner, you will work closely with budget holders, particularly in Network Delivery and Income Generation, providing them with meaningful financial insight and advice. 

You will also play a key role in understanding and managing programme/project funding, ensuring effective tracking of restricted and unrestricted income within the charity sector. Your ability to leverage Microsoft Excel, NetSuite, and other financial tools will be crucial in optimising our financial systems and improving processes. 

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyse management accounts, ensuring financial insights drive decision-making

• Lead process automation and optimise financial systems, particularly NetSuite 

• Provide key financial support to budget-holders, particularly in Network Delivery & Income Generation 

• Manage programme/project funding, ensuring accurate tracking of restricted and unrestricted income 

Who We're Looking For

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent)

• Management accounting & financial analysis experience in a charity or non-profit setting

• Strong Excel & NetSuite skills – confident in automation and financial systems improvement

• Proactive problem-solver with experience in Finance Business Partnering

• Available to start immediately – we need someone to hit the ground running! 

Who We Are

UK Youth is a leading charity that exists to ensure all young people are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives. We work with others to ensure that the youth sector is strengthened, supported, and that provision is youth-led, evidence-informed and delivers high-quality outcomes.

UK Youth plays a unique role in addressing; the lack of investment in the youth sector, the lack of cross sector understanding in how youth work makes a difference and the limited opportunities to embed effective solutions. These factors lead to mass inequality of access to youth services for young people. To find more about us and how we make an impact, please visit UK Youth Website.

Why work at UK Youth?

We are a value-based, passionate and committed organisation offering a friendly working environment with lots of opportunities for professional development and socialising (even for those working remotely!) from lunch and learn sessions, staff quizzes to virtual coffee meet ups.

UK Youth prides itself on being an Equal Opportunity employer and we would particularly welcome applications for this role from those who identify under one of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings and are committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Our selection procedures ensure that people are treated on the basis of their relevant merits, experience, skills and abilities and that no individual receives more or less favourable treatment.

We welcome applications from groups currently under-represented in our organisation including BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities. We are also currently underrepresented by men, and so are seeking applications from different backgrounds, cultures, age, experience and identity to bring a wide range of experience, ideas, views and insights to UK Youth.

What we can offer you

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and vibrant organisational culture:

• Flexible/Agile Working

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time employees)

• Funded training provided in; Safeguarding, GDPR, Information and Cyber Security & Equality & Diversity

• Other training available in support of your personal and professional development

• Pension scheme (currently UK Youth match employee contributions up to 5%)

• Membership of our life insurance scheme which would pay-out up to 4 times your salary

• Employee Assistance Programme to support employees both professionally and personally

• 20% discount off bookings at Avon Tyrrell, our New Forest Outdoor Centre, including camping, lodges and outdoor activities.

• IT equipment provided for the duration of contract

• CycleScheme and TechScheme

How to apply

If you would like to be considered for this fantastic opportunity, please complete an application via our completely anonymised recruitment system provided by Applied which looks to create a fair and unbiased application process for all. 

We will review applications on a rolling-basis for this opportunity and applications will close upon appointment of a successful candidate.