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Ministry of Stories champions the writer in every child. Co-founded by author Nick Hornby in 2010, we help young people discover their confidence, imagination and potential through the power of their writing. We develop self-respect and communication skills through writing programmes and mentoring for children in our community, by working in schools, and at our dedicated writing centre in East London. We empower young people to write brighter futures for themselves through the power of their ideas, creativity and imagination.
We are looking for a confident leader to work closely with the Director to continue the growth and resilience of our organisation. You’ll drive successful fundraising and trading income, and understand how our communications can support this.
You will be a forward planner with an ability to respond to opportunity and manage risk. With keen attention to detail as well as the overview, you’ll have strong financial management skills. You will be great with people, have excellent communication skills, and be able to bring the best out in our team.
You will enjoy working in a supportive, busy and fun environment and be motivated by our commitment to champion the writer in every child.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are seeking a new Chief Executive to steer CDI through the next stage of our journey.
We are a team of creative, committed colleagues dedicated to improving emotional health and challenging social injustice wherever & whenever we can and with whatever resources we have to hand.
“CDI is an amazing organisation to work for. The workforce is as diverse as it is talented, bonded by a commitment to listen to the children, young people and families in Croydon and provide meaningful support to inspire self-empowerment, solution-finding and fulfilment.”
CDI Staff member
In this role, you will lead CDI across all its functions to ensure the successful deployment, development and long-term sustainability of our early intervention and prevention support services.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
A little bit about the role
The fundraising manager role sits in the fundraising team within the external relations division. The fundraising team is responsible for raising between £1m and £1.5m in fundraised income annually. Frontline’s philanthropic income complements the significant contract income the charity receives from central and local government and enables the charity to carry out its broader mission to create social change for hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged children.
Since we were founded in 2013, Frontline has leveraged its success to build committed, high impact partnerships with a number of prestigious supporters including, trusts and foundations, corporates and high net worth individuals. Our new fundraising strategy focuses on continuing to grow our network of supporters by maintaining excellent relationships with our current funders while identifying new potential donors, and at the same time testing and developing fundraising through community and events and individual giving.
We are now looking for a fundraising manager to help drive this strategy forward. The successful candidate will have experience across a range of fundraising areas (in particular community and events fundraising, individual giving, digital fundraising as well as corporate or major donors) to add strength to the team and allow us to pilot new fundraising initiatives.
Some key responsibilities include:
- Lead on developing our public fundraising income (individual giving/community and events fundraising), working with other teams and external agencies where suitable to increase engagement among our audiences and grow our public fundraising income.
- Work with and develop relationships with existing corporate supporters and bring on board new corporate supporters to grow income from this area, including through staff fundraising activities
- Work with other teams to develop opportunities to bring funders closer to our work and help inspire a culture of fundraising across the charity.
- Support the head of fundraising with the development of Frontline’s long-term fundraising strategy, monitoring progress towards annual revenue goals.
A little bit about you
You’ll be an enthusiastic target-driven fundraiser, with experience in building up public fundraising (including community, events and individual giving) and working towards financial targets and growing income. We’d like to see someone with strong writing skills, and are able to express creative and sometimes complex ideas in simple and effective language.
We have a fast-moving culture within the team and organisation, so we’re looking for someone who is who is well organised, details-focused and can use their initiative to do what works. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to build relationships with people and be willing to learn. There are lots of opportunities for growth and development in this role – and for the right candidate to make the role their own.
If you feel you have the skills to make a real impact and contribute to creating lasting social change for children and families, we would love to hear from you.
We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater racialised minority representation in our senior roles. We know the value racialised minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply. We are also a disability confident employer and welcome applicants with disabilities.
We reserve the right to close this role ahead of the deadline once we reach a suitable number of applications, so please apply as soon as you can!
Context and Background
The innovative services that we develop are a critical part of the NSPCC’s fight for every childhood. We transform lives by working directly with some of the most vulnerable children and families. This role will help develop our service offer in respect of preventing and tackling child sexual abuse, with a focus on the ongoing development, coordination and implementation of our secondary education service. This aims to support secondary education settings to be places that foster healthy relationships and keep, young people safe from abuse.
Job purpose
• Scoping, leading and project managing programmes, services and products within the Development and Implementation Team within set timescales and budgets.
• Managing a matrix approach to service development and design, bringing together people, resources, skills and talent from across the organisation to conceptualize, design and create new programmes, services and products
• Working with a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure that all new developments are informed and underpinned by evidence, have a theory of change and support the NSPCC in delivering its strategy
• Working with research colleagues to plan how outcomes and impact will be measured for each new development.
Key relationships - Internal
Reporting to the Associate Head of Development with close links to the Head of Development and Implementation, the post holder will work closely with an internal project team, managing workstream leads from digital, comms, content development, schools service, income generation and subject matter experts and have frequent interaction at Director level and other senior stakeholders. They will be in frequent contact with multiple teams and directorates as they operate a matrix style of project development.
Key relationships - External
This role will develop relationships at Director level and other senior stakeholders across a range of external partners including from Education, Children Services, Police, Health Partners and the third sector for the purpose of influencing, learning, collaboration and engagement. They will also work closely with participation and people with lived experience who support service development.
Main duties and responsibilities
1. Project delivery
· Accountable for end to end delivery of the development and delivery of projects within the D&I team, with a focus on education
· Ensure projects are well managed and desired outcomes are achieved and benefits realised
· Lead a matrix approach to service development and design bringing together a multifaceted team from inside and outside of the NSPCC
2. Governance
· Establish and maintain an effective governance and project framework for any development
· Ensure the correct oversight and controls are in place
· Ensure project paperwork is complete including risks and issues logs
· Produce up to date high quality reports and data in relation to the project
3. Quality
· Work with quality assurance processes to ensure all services developed are to a high standard and regularly reviewed for accuracy
· Review, scrutinise, challenge and apply evidence from a wide variety of sources to inform development
· Work with research and evidence colleagues to test and learn and improve services
4. Relationships
· Actively seek input from a range of subject matter experts and those with lived experience as part of any development
· Work closely with colleagues from across multiple teams and departments during all stages of development
Responsibilities for all Staff within the Strategy and Knowledge
A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people
• A sound understanding of and commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Commitment to living our values and guiding principles, as set out in our strategy.
Person specification
1. Knowledge relevant to NSPCC strategic objectives, specifically the education sector, relationships and sex education
2. Experienced in managing complex, fast paced, multi-agency/client relationships and cross organisational teams to deliver multiple projects
3. Significant experience in the successful design and development of innovative, evidence based services, ideally within the education sector
4. Application of structured project management techniques to plan, monitor and deliver projects involving many stakeholders and teams in their delivery
5. Understanding of implementing evidence-based programmes, within public services
6. Evidence of excellent interpersonal, influencing and networking skills and an ability to establish credibility with external professionals and stakeholders
7. Highly developed communication and presentation skills, able to explain complex technical information clearly and confidently, to a range of technical and non-technical audiences
8. Financial acumen and experience of financial modelling and developing and managing budgets
9. A personal commitment to ending cruelty to children, and to making safeguarding everyone’s responsibility.
This role is homebased/flexible but does require some travel within the UK.
Safer Recruitment
As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk.
Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.
The recruitment and selection of our people will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance.
Our principles:
• Always seek to recruit the best candidate for the role based on merit including their skills, experience, motivation and competencies. Our robust recruitment and selection process should ensure the identification of the person best suited to the role and the organisation.
• Committed to diversity and equality of opportunity and will interview all applicants (internal and external) who self-declare at application as having a disability and who meet the minimum requirements in the person specification of the vacancy they are applying for.
• We will make reasonable adjustments at all stages of the recruitment process in order to enable successful candidates who declare disabilities to start working or volunteering their time with us.
• Any current member of staff or volunteer who wishes to apply for vacancies and is suitably qualified will be considered and addressed fairly and objectively based on their merit.
• As an organisation committed to safeguarding, we will ensure all under 18’s joining the organisation will have ongoing risk assessments to ensure their role and activities are safe and appropriate.
• All documentation relating to candidates will be treated confidentially in accordance with the GDPR legislation.
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Already working in interim CEO role but looking for a new challenge, a place to develop your skills, or a chance to make a big difference to the lives of learning disabled and autistic young people?
We are Caxton Youth Organistion. We are a specialist Youth club, creating communities, breaking barriers and empowering learning disabled and autistic young people in Westminster.
Interim Chief Executive Officer (Maternity Cover)
Fixed term: up to 12-months (from June)
Location: Based at our Youth Club in Westminster with some flexible working
Salary: £50,000-£60,000 depending on experience
Reports to:
Board of Trustees
Direct Reports: Head of Programmes, Fundraising Manager, Finance & Facilities Officer
Role purpose
• To provide leadership to Caxton for the charity to achieve its mission and deliver to its
beneficiaries.
• To be responsible for developing current services and developing new services that
benefit the young people of Caxton and is youth-led.
• To work with the Board and SLT to achieve its 2023-26 business strategy, plans and
targets - while ensuring the Board fulfils its responsibilities in the governance of the
charity.
• To ensure long term sustainability, through effective governance, sound finance and delivery of services.
• To keep the organisation on track to achieve its operational business plan.
Main Responsibilities
Leadership
• Provide, develop and implement Caxton’s strategic and operational plans, leading on
partnership and business development, and being an effective advocate for the charity
and our beneficiaries..
• Provide leadership for all Caxton employees, volunteers and associates including
direct management responsibility for three employees to ensure that Caxton delivers a
safe, effective and fun service for all of its members and their families.
Strategy
• To deliver the 2023-26 strategy.
• Implement a strategy review in the Autumn and tailor the operational plan accordingly.
• Identify and assess strategic risks, issues and opportunities and take responsibility for initiating and leading associated changes, with agreement from trustees.
Business Development:
• Work closely with the Fundraising Manager to ensure Caxton raises c.£500k pa to maintain in-years services.
• Work towards the achievement of long-term sustainability, developing the charity’s business model and maximising income, for example from fundraising, service contracts and earned income.
• To lead on the development of Caxton’s outdoor base and capital campaign
.
Financial Control and Governance
• Liaise with the Board, Senior Management Team and Accountants to ensure that the charity’s overall governance structure, policies and procedures are appropriate and effective, taking remedial measures and implementing changes as necessary in line with legal requirements and good practice.
• To ensure that adequate finance is available and to work with the Treasurer and the Finance and Facilities Officer, to produce regular management accounts and annual audited accounts in line with requirements.
• To attend all board meetings and quarterly subcommittee meetings, working with trustees on strategic matters.
Buildings Management
• To take accountability for the building management and compliance, working with the finance and facilities officer to ensure regular checks are made and the building is maintained within a budget.
Day-to-day Management
• Day-to-day management of the service to ensure it continues to be safe and effective. This includes being the safeguarding lead for the organisation.
Youth Government and Leadership
• To attend monthly Youth Government meetings and ensure that you are always amplifying the youth voice.
• To communicate effectively with young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities.
• To liaise with external agencies and create new opportunities for youth leadership.
External Relations
• To develop and maintain positive relationships with private sector donors, statutory, partners and funding organisations.
• To develop and maintain positive relationships with partners, local businesses, funders and other voluntary organisations, building alliances and networks to further the work of Caxton Youth Organisation.
• To promote and publicise the work of Caxton Youth Organisation.
The Finance Manager of Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids’ Clubs in partnership with the Chief Executive Officer and the Board is responsible for the success of the organisation with responsibility in particular for:
· Financial resources and budgets
· Accounting systems
· Financial procedures
Main Duties
1. Set and control the organisation’s budgets, financial procedures and accounting system in conjunction with the Chief Executive Officer. Manage and report on the budgets which include a multitude of funders.
2. Manage the Finance Department staff and oversee all day-to-day financial transactions of the organisation using SAGE, the computerised bookkeeping system. Oversee preparation of the monthly payroll, using SAGE payroll and make PAYE payments and RTI returns to the Inland Revenue.
3. Maintain an accurate Fixed Asset register.
4. Liaise with the Welsh Government and any other external organisations such as Cwlwm and including Local Authorities involved with the finances of the organisation.
5. Assist the Chief Executive Officer with the development of a fund raising and income generation programme and the preparation of figures for any funding applications.
6. Assist the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Team with staffing and financing recommendations to the Board.
7. Ensure that the organisation complies with financial and legal requirements.
8. Assist the accountants with preparation of year end financial statements.
9. Assist Core team to ensure cyber essential compliance.
Key Dimensions & Challenges
· Understanding the complexities of the organisation’s finances
· Maintain tight budgetary control
· Income generation
· Working with staff based over three regional offices
· Working to deadlines and managing competing demands
Core Skills & Experience
Essential
· Educated to degree level or equivalent (Part qualified/qualified AAT or CCAB)
· 3 – 4 years experience in an accounting environment
· Practical experience of Sage line 50 accounting
· Payroll, VAT and period end experience
· High level of knowledge or spreadsheet and database applications
· The ability to work under pressure
· Tact, diplomacy and ability to work as part of a team
· A commitment to excellence, quality and equality of opportunity
Desirable
· Knowledge of Charities accounting
· Welsh speaker or willingness to learn
· Knowledge of voluntary sector
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £36,298.00-£38,223.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Work from home
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JOB SUMMARY:
- Multi-faceted position encompassing all aspects of financial bookkeeping, accounts payable and receivable and management accounting.
- Provides accurate and up-to-date financial information to support the Consultant Finance Director and the CEO, ensuring all agreed accounting procedures and financial controls are followed.
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manages accounts payable and receivable processes in timely fashion, ensuring accuracy.
- Ensures correct coding and prepares journals.
- Act as a credit controller: monitoring and chasing outstanding invoices, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
- Processes staff expenses and credit card expenditure efficiently and in line with the Expenses Policy and Procedures. Handles discrepancies and queries direct with employee or manager.
- Processes external contractor monthly invoices and any expense claims.
- Ensures the receipt and accurate coding of all income and donations.
- Processes Gift Aid reclaims and reconciliations.
- Managers banking processes and transfers. Performs monthly reconciliations of all balance sheet accounting including bank accounts, in line with month-end processes
- Ensures proper accounting records and financial records are kept up-to-date and adheres to controls put in place.
- Provides assistance and information for budgeting and financial forecasts.
- Ensures compliance with accounting standards and regulations.
- Supports the Consultant Finance Director with year-end processes.
- Liaises with auditors and other external parties as required.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Qualifications
- Relevant Finance degree level education or qualified by experience.
- AAT qualification or equivalent is desirable.
Skills & Experience
- Proven experience as a Bookkeeper or in management accounting roles with excellent knowledge of general accounting techniques
- Worked in a small finance department or stand-alone role, ideally within a small to medium-sized charity.
- Strong proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Office. Experience with Xero software preferred.
- Strong administration skills with a high level of numeracy.
- Confident verbal and written communicator with good interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrates great attention to detail.
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise/organize a busy and varied workload to meet work deadlines.
Personal qualities
- Highly organised and self-motiving.
- Analytical with a desire to improve processes and outcomes.
- Flexible, adaptable approach and ability to work, prepared to get involved in all aspects of accounting/finance related duties
- Able to work from the office in Mill Hill Broadway, NW4 (Some homeworking negotiable).
- Able to actively listen, seek information, and ask questions to ensure the understanding.
- Respectful, non-judgemental and empathic manner
- A sense of responsibility and commitment to organisational excellence with integrity, honesty and professionalism.
- Demonstrates highest level of respect for confidentiality and professional boundaries.
REVIEW:
This job description will be reviewed as necessary to meet the needs of the service on no less than an annual basis in consultation with the post holder.
This post is subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Outline:
CFAB supports children on the move between the UK and other countries and children who are separated from their family in another country. The complexities of migration and international separation can make many of these children particularly hard to support and particularly vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. We ensure that children in these circumstances enjoy the same care, protection and right to a family life as we would want for any child.
We are the only UK representative of the International Social Service network, and the only charity in the UK with a dedicated international social work team. We are proud to have royal patronage from HRH, Princess Alexandra.
We are looking for a highly motivated, organised individual with excellent attention to detail who has excellent written and communication skills and is positive, proactive, and eager to learn. You will be working in a small team so a hands-on, solution focused approach is a must.
You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with CFAB’s financial processes and procedures to ensure accurate preparation, processing, and maintenance of financial records.
You will also be responsible for HR administration.
As a cross-border, cross-culture children’s charity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of what we do. We are committed to fostering a workplace that promotes mutual respect and allows equal opportunity for all. We seek applications for candidates with diverse backgrounds including, but not at all limited to, family overseas, experience being raised by non-biological parents, ethnic minority communities and people with health conditions or impairments.
Key responsibilities:
Finance
· Code and process purchase invoices, staff expenses and obtain authorisation of expenditure as per financial procedures manual.
· Save copies of the Approval Max pdf’s in the Purchase folder.
· Prepare sales invoices to customers on the receipt of instruction from the social work team and email copy of invoice to customers.
· Liaise with the social work team to ensure sales invoice requests are generated for all Opportunities raised in Salesforce.
· Update Salesforce to reflect processed sales invoices.
· Maintain records of sales and purchase invoices in accordance with CFAB’s policies and procedures
· Banking of cheques received.
· Perform credit control duties according to the financial procedures manual.
· Handle and process all petty cash claims in accordance with CFAB policy, and ensure these are correctly authorised and reconcile the petty cash tin monthly.
· Maintain the files of supplier contracts including assisting the Finance Manager to review contracts periodically.
· Maintain the Local Authority Finance contacts spreadsheet.
· Assist the Finance Manager with the maintenance of the charity asset register.
· Assisting the Finance Manager to ensure suppliers and expenses are paid on time.
· Assist the Finance Manager with monthly reconciliations (e.g. ensure that all oncosts from ISW’s are recharged to Local Authorities accordingly).
· Be the key contact for any finance queries.
· Provision of management information and reports as required.
· Any other duties as required in support of the role.
Human Resources
- Assisting the FHR Manager with HR administration support, including recruitment administration, Data Protection, maintaining legally compliant and up to date HR files etc.
- Arranging recruitment interviews.
- Sending out welcome emails to new starters.
- Assisting with organising training including group training sessions.
- Assisting with staff surveys and organising social events.
Other duties commensurate with the role as required by CFAB.
Person specification: (Skills, Abilities, Knowledge and Experience)
Essential:
· Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
· Be confident with IT – in particular Excel, Word and Outlook.
· Be personable and confident dealing with a variety of people.
· Be able to prioritise and manage a demanding workload with attention to detail.
· Have the ability to be flexible and also be a team player.
Person Attributes:
Essential:
· Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
· Good levels of patience and a methodical nature.
· An understanding of the need for confidentiality.
· Showcase impeccable judgement.
· A willingness to be involved in wider team initiatives such as fundraising events.
· A clear commitment to CFAB’s values and beliefs, including the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Qualifications:
Essential:
· Be educated to A Level/AAT Level 3 or have significant relevant working experience.
Desirable:
· Technical knowledge of an Accounting software (Quickbooks, Approval Max).
· Sound working knowledge of window-based software packages, including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, electronic mail, and the internet.
· Familiarity with Salesforce.
Additional Requirements
1. Ensuring adherence to necessary legislation e.g. Data Protection Act, Health and Safety Act
2. Participation in evening and/or weekend events, networking and meetings
This job description is a non-contractual document and may be changed at any time by CFAB. All employees are expected to be flexible over the tasks/duties and responsibilities of their roles in order to meet the needs of
both of CFAB and our service users/partner
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Young Enterprise works directly with young people, teachers, volunteers and influencers to build a successful and sustainable future for all young people. As a youth focused Charity, we take pride in creating opportunities and experiences which support young people in discovering who they are and the talents they hold.
The Team
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic, progressive people centred HR Team. As a HR Team we are passionate about equality, creating an environment where each person can thrive, contribute and grow as a professional. The HR Administrator role is positioned as a key contributor to the HR Strategy and daily operations, working closely with experienced HR Professionals.
The Role
This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to develop their HR expertise and HR practitioner style within a fast-paced innovative team. We are looking for an energetic, proactive, skilled HR administrator to join the HR Team on a permanent basis. There will be a big focus on your long-term development journey within the HR field, ensuring your knowledge and skills are consistently evolving.
The primary purpose of the role is to assist the Head of Human Resources (HoHR) and HR Business Partner in providing a comprehensive HR administrative service which touches all areas of the business.
- The HR Administrator will act as the first port of call to employees and external partners for all HR related queries.
- Carrying out general administrative tasks; responding to queries, contractual terms, recruitment paperwork and starter packs, referencing, maternity and managing the HR email inbox.
- Carrying out generalist administrative tasks for the HR Department, for example, responding to queries, devising standard Human Resources documents and letters and managing the HR email inbox.
- Demonstrating a good base knowledge and understanding of current employment law to ensure all administration tasks are completed compliantly.
- Ensuring that all payroll instructions are prepared and logged in time for the monthly payroll sign off and submitted to the Finance & Payroll Manager, for example; contractual variations, new starters, leavers, contractual benefits and staff benefits.
- Co-ordinating end to end HR recruitment processes, including Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check processing as required.
- Providing an effective Human Resources administration service relating to the employment lifecycle; recruitment, onboarding, leavers and exit interviews.
- Acting as systems administrator for Breathe, configuring the system as required, controlling all user access, managing data flows in and out of the system and ensuring accuracy and data protection compliance and liaising with Breathe to troubleshoot queries as required.
- Ensuring the Breathe HR Database accurately reflects current staff population. This includes inputting starters and leavers, contractual amendments, change of details, annual leave and recording of sicknesses and other leave.
- To Provide HR data and reporting as requested.
- Ensure HR policy and procedures suit remain up to date and accessible to the wider business via central HR folders.
- Direct Employees and Leaders to the relevant HR policies and procedures upon enquiry.
Skills & Experience
- Proven experience as a HR administrator or HR assistant.
- CIPD qualification or HR Certification is desirable or relevant HR experience.
- An understanding of HR processes and systems.
- Understanding HR software systems, like Breathe.
- Computer literate with programmes such as word, excel, etc.
- Good/current understanding of UK employment laws.
- Organisational skills and ability to prioritise.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- An ability to deal with confidential information and maintain confidentiality is essential.
- The ability to work independently and problem solve and to be able to work well under pressure to required deadlines.
- Good organisational ability.
- Personal resilience and the capacity to work effectively and stay calm under pressure are essential.
- Ability to deal tactfully and professionally with colleagues is essential.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
Qualifications
- Right to work in the UK
- Provide two professional references
Why work for us?
- People-focussed with a friendly and supportive work-place culture
- An active commitment to equality and diversity
- Generous holiday allowance of 7.2 weeks (pro-rata) plus your birthday off
- Access to NHS top-up scheme, for money back on expenses such as dental and optical
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Group Life Assurance
- Access to various employee friendly initiatives such as Discount and Benefits platform, Leave Purchase scheme, part financial contribution to Professional Development etc
If this role appeals to you, we’d like to hear from you! When you join us in building a successful and sustainable future for young people, you can expect all the recognition, support and rewards you need to grow and develop yourself.
This is a Home working or Hybrid role, working out of our London office a minimum of 4 times per month.
To apply, please submit your CV and covering letter (up to two sides of A4) outlining your suitability for the role based on the Job Description and Person Specification by Thursday 11th April. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Please note that, although we endeavour to respond to all applications, if you have not heard from us by two weeks from the closing date you should consider your application unsuccessful.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Description
Job Title: Senior Regional Finance & Operations Manager - based in Central Africa – International Applications strongly encouraged!
Reporting to: Great Lakes and Central Africa Regional Representative and Head of Finance - Africa
Preferable: 6 years experience in the Humanitarian field
Hours: 37.5 Hours per week
Principal Location: Bukavu with regular travel to other parts of the Country and Region
Background:
Street Child believes every child deserves to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on education, child protection, and livelihood support to address the social, economic, and structural issues underpinning today’s education crisis. We partner with local organizations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programs. We use evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale-up of programs to create maximum impact for most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s most challenging places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 250,000 children go to school and learn and supported over 25,000 families to set up businesses to afford the cost of educating their children.
Part 1: Role Purpose:
This role aims to offer financial and operations management support to Great Lakes and Central Africa Region programs, focusing majorly on Street Child Programmes in DRC. The role reports to both Great Lakes and Central Africa Regional Representative and Head of Finance in Africa.
The role holds a senior position within the Street Central Africa Region team and will oversee Street Child – financial and operational setup to support operationalizing all program/project implementation in full compliance with donors’ and SC operational standards. The role will also provide financial support to programs across Great Lakes and Central Africa and partner organizations to support the development and implementation of robust financial management and reporting systems and assess and strengthen the control environment, financial management, grant management, and reporting. It will be building the finance and grants management capacity of Street Child staff and partners. A vital part of this is facilitating communication between Programmes and Finance staff.
Part 2: Key Responsibilities:
Finance Management:
- Supervise the country's standard financial systems establishment and maintenance in line with STREET-CHILD Financial Policy and Procedures, donor and local legislation requirements to provide appropriate levels of security and controls over the organization's resources and operations across the country to ensure success, consistency, and compliance.
- Develop and update quarterly the country's Master Budget to ensure that all funding gaps are covered.
- Provide strong leadership to the Finance and Admin team in all offices, whether with direct line management or technical, ensuring competent and motivated staff are hired and retained.
- Provide financial advice to the budget holders and local partners, ensure adequate support is provided to the program, and ensure the alignment of resource allocations with organizational priorities at the budgeting and implementation stages.
- Ensure that monthly accounting closure is timely, accurate, and compliant with STREET-CHILD financial policies and procedures for all Street-Child field offices and perform the bank reconciliation as appropriate.
- Using the Street-Child accounting system, produce the Budget Vs.—actuals for internal use by the country team and budget holders on a monthly basis.
- Oversee all financial and logistical requests made by the technical team and ensure they are in line with the Street-Child guidelines (Advance request, travel request, leave request, Toil request).
- Lead on applying Street-Child anti-fraud and anti-corruption policy and ensure all DRC staff understand and adhere to it, including Zero tolerance.
- Ensure regular financial and operational checks are performed for each local partner involved in Street-Child project implementation.
- Elaborate, review, and update Finance Standard Operating Procedures for STREET-CHILD DRC and across the Central and Great Lakes region as required and relevant.
- Conduct spot checks on transactions be responsible for maintaining transparency and accountability within finance and administration.
- Build financial management capacity for local partners in the region.
Grant Management and Budget proposal:
- Collaborating with other managers during proposal development, lead on the costing in proposal writing.
- Produce grant financial reports for donors in their formats.
- With the Senior Programme Manager, co-lead monthly grants review meetings involving all active partners.
- Manage the budget review, cost extension, realignment, and alert on any potential risk.
- Ensure appropriate measures are taken to address audit findings and recommendations associated with all grants.
- Conduct grant management training for local partners and provide orientation on finance matters and tools to non-finance staff.
Operations Oversight:
- Lead all aspects of HR, administration, procurement and logistics in the region
- Adequately manage internal and external HR and admin risks, highlight & resolve relevant issues with national institutions with support from the country leadership team (Taxes, labour inspection).
- Maintain daily responsibility for local staff issues, i.e., contracts, payroll, job descriptions, salary scales, leave, and benefit in support of the HR and Admin Assistant.
- Facilitate frequent staff meetings, and update the staff on the new Street-Child guidelines, regulations, etc.
- Lead the outsourcing of some services such as staff medical insurance, legal issues and the adherence to national labour laws, taxation systems and rules, social security, and insurance rules, etc.
- Lead in running procurement, ensuring value for money and overseeing all contracts which are placed with suppliers
- Ensure that all necessary agreements, permits, and licenses for Street-Child operations in DRC are in place, and keep updated on national rules and regulations pertaining to Street-Child activities.
- Lead staff adherence to all processes and ensure strict and contextualized application across the DRC program.
- Ensure proper asset management by initiating tools and control systems, including tagging.
Part 3: Person Specification
Attributes Essential Desirable
Education / Qualifications:
- Educated to degree level or higher.
- Recognised Accountancy Qualification.
- Degree in International Business Administration, finance or related field; or attendance at specific relevant training courses.
Experience and Knowledge:
- 6 years post qualification experience.
- Experience of implementing internal controls and finance procedures.
- Experience of managing multi donor grants and good knowledge of donor compliance rules and requirements – in particular working with ECHO, BHA, EU, SIDA, NMFA, FCDO, USAID, UNICEF, ECW, WFP, etc.
- Knowledge of development issues and concepts.
Skills and Abilities:
- Extensive knowledge of finance & logistics policy within non-governmental organizations.
- Knowledge of computer applications and accounting software’s.
- Excellent relationship building skills, with an ability to skilfully navigate both national and international stakeholders.
- Knowledge of French, Swahili or other relevant local languages.
Other:
- Strong interpersonal, management and team work skills.
- Ability to influence change in teams not directly managed.
- A self-starter, capable of working independently and flexibly to a high level.
- Fluent English –written and spoken.
- Good communication and staff training / capacity building skills.
How to apply:
- To apply for this fantastic opportunity, please follow the link below.
- Female applications are strongly encouraged.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Title: Programme Finance Manager - based in Sierra Leone
International applications: Strongly encouraged
Reporting to: West Africa Regional Finance Manager (Street Child UK) / Street Child of Sierra Leone Country Director
Hours: 37.5 Hours per week
Principal Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone, with frequent travel to regional office / project sites
Time Frame: 18 month contract envisaged (possibility of extension based on performance and funding)
Background:
Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 900,000 children to go to school and learn.
Overview:
This unique and vital role has two key, linked, accountabilities.
Firstly, from a short-term and day-to-day perspective, this role will in effect be co-Financial Director of Street Child of Sierra Leone (SCoSL). Working alongside SCoSL's national FD, the holder of this role will be fully accountable to the Country Director of SCoSL, and relevant leaders within Street Child, for ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of all key functions of SCoSL's finance department.
Secondly, from a long-term development perspective, this position will take a lead in optimising all aspects of SCoSL's finance capability - with the goal of developing a robust 'best in class' department with optimal systems, processes and structures and personnel in place at all levels.
The absolute definition of success for this role-holder would be that whenever their time comes to move on, perhaps in 2025 or 2026, there is no need for this role to be replaced, with the SCoSL finance leadership and team well placed to effectively discharge all their key duties without the need for the type of assistance envisaged by this position.
The professional challenge inherent in this role, and the importance of its success is well appreciated by Street Child leadership and this role will be closely supported from multiple angles - in particular by Street Child's Senior Finance Manager for West Africa, Africa Finance Director, Global Finance Director and HQ Finance team - as well as the Freetown-based Head of Sierra Leone / Liberia Programmes and Global Programmes Co-ordinator.
Part 1: Role Purpose:
The purpose of this role is to lead improvements in the financial management of Street Child of Sierra Leone (SCoSL), a national education and child protection organisation with nationwide presence and annual budget of £1.5-2m. The role holder will also manage Street Child’s financial reporting and compliance requirements in delivering programmes in Sierra Leone.
The role will have dual reporting lines to Street Child’s West Africa Regional Finance Manager and Street Child of Sierra Leone’s Country Director, with oversight of Street Child of Sierra Leone’s finance team, and a close working relationship with SCoSL SMT and Street Child’s Head of Sierra Leone Programmes.
The role provides financial oversight of programmes in Sierra Leone, facilitating accurate and timely donor reporting, strong budget management and excellent record keeping. Key aspects of this role include: the development and implementation of robust financial management and reporting systems; strengthening the control environment and record keeping; empowering programmes and leadership teams to have strong financial management and grant management capabilities. The role also serves as a link between Street Child of Sierra Leone and Street Child UK, delivering monthly requisitions, annual budget information and other information as required.
Part 2: Key Responsibilities:
1) Development and implementation of robust financial management and reporting systems to facilitate accurate donor reporting, strong budget management and transparency for budgeting. (40%)
- Ensure that all staff are using the QuickBooks finance system in place at Street Child of Sierra Leone to provide accurate and timely recording of transactions – providing training, review, support and direct input as needed.
- Ensure that all month end processes are carried out in a timely manner including month end closure processes, bank reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliations, and generating reports.
- Providing reliable donor reports, Budget vs Actual reports to the Director and Programmes staff to facilitate good planning and anticipation of any changes needed to programmes delivery.
- Ensure that donor expenditure is recorded accurately and finance reports are of high quality with full supporting transaction listings reconciled to the finance system and delivered to deadlines in accordance donor requirements. Report on all costs incurred both at Street Child of Sierra Leone and Street Child HQ.
- Preparation of all donor reports, working with Partner Finance teams and programmes staff as needed to ensure that they are delivered on time and with appropriate sign off.
- Lead donor due diligence and donor audits by provision of information required.
- Provide input as necessary for all donor budget proposals, ensuring that costs requested are complete and reasonable seek approval for all donor proposal budgets before they are submitted to donors.
- Facilitate the year end audit, over-setting the end to end of the annual audit process.
2) Strengthening the control environment and record keeping. (30%)
- Review and assess the effectiveness of internal controls and recommend changes and improvements as required , and review any improvements in internal controls recommended by auditors or donors.
- Based on these reviews, devise a delivery plan to ensure that improvements are met, and support the delivery of that plan.
- Strong financial procedures are in place to accompany all payments and improvements are made to the payments system including in particular justifying the use of cash and advances.
- Ensure appropriate bank & cash management procedures are in place and operating effectively, including bank reconciliations for all accounts, cash counts and cash transfers to field sites.
- Ensure robust procurement processes are in place and being followed, working with the procurement team to make any changes needed and ensure that all staff are clear on the required procurement process.
- Developing Financial management tools, including policies and procedures as required.
- Ensure that monthly requisitions (the process for requesting monthly transfers from HQ) are robust, evidence based and submitted on time each month upcoming up with an annual budget, approved in accordance with SC budget timetable, working with the Senior West Africa Finance Manager to develop consistent templates to use in each template.
- Regularly advise and provide support on other issues as the need arises.
3) Participate in finance related meetings and initiatives for all SCoSL programmes, providing budget and financial guidance, including provision of training to colleagues. (10%)
Objective:
- To ensure the smooth-running of the programme with respect to its financial obligations.
Benchmarks:
- Compliance with the organisational procedures; quality of budget monitoring; quality of the budgets drawn up; quality of financial reports for donors; anticipation of financial problems
Activities:
- Provide BVAs every month by the 10th of M+1 of all contracts.
- Plan and lead the BVA analysis meetings every month before the 15th.
- Ensure coherency between the programme budget and the donors' budgets.
- Conduct the monthly, bi-annual and annual accounts closing operations · Raise programme teams' awareness of contractual budget and financial obligations.
- Analyse donor guidelines and inform the teams about these procedures and their application.
- Train programme teams in internal budget and financial management procedures so as to ensure a realistic budget, accurate expenditure codification and robust budgetary steering.
- Draw up and monitor cost allocation tables for office and staff costs.
- Check the budgetary monitoring of the funding schedule.
- Substantiate the financial accounts with regard to local legislation · Monitor and organise internal and external audits, assume the role of the auditor's primary contact in liaison with head office.
4) Managing the finance team. (10%)
- Train the finance team
- Manage and lead the finance team, fix objectives and review progress
- Set up communication and coordination mechanisms for the team
- Manage contractual monitoring (leave, end of trial periods, etc.) of finance team members; if necessary, co-validate disciplinary procedures with Operations Manager
- Oversee finance team's career development: define training needs and provide guidance on professional development
5) A liaison and link with Street Child UK Finance team to enable management of operations in Sierra Leone. (10%)
- Develop the annual budget for Sierra Leone, which includes costs budget, programmes costs, cash flow forecasting.
- Enter Street Child of Sierra Leone costs on the HQ finance system (Aqilla) and ensure that all monthly transfers to Street Child of Sierra Leone are fully accounted for and reconciled.
Part 3: Person Specification:
Attributes Essential Desirable
Education / Qualifications:
- Educated to degree level or higher
- Recognised Accountancy Qualification
- Degree in International Business Administration, finance or related field; or attendance at specific relevant training courses
Experience and Knowledge:
- 5 years post qualification experience
- Experience of implementing internal controls and finance procedures
- Experience of managing multi donor grants and good knowledge of donor compliance rules and requirements – in particular working with DFID, UN, EU, USAID
- Knowledge of development issues and concepts
Skills and Abilities:
- Extensive knowledge of finance & logistics policy within non-governmental organizations
- Knowledge of computer applications and software finance packages –in particular Quickbooks and Aqilla or other “mid-tier” finance system
- System design and implementation of finance software packages
Other:
- Strong interpersonal, management and team work skills
- Ability to influence change in teams not directly managed
- A self-starter, capable of working independently and flexibly to a high level
- Fluent English –written and spoken
- Good communication and staff training / capacity building skills
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Programme Finance Manager – based in Liberia - International Applications strongly encouraged!
Reporting to: West Africa Regional Finance Manager (Street Child UK) / Street Child of Liberia Country Director
Hours: 37.5 Hours per week
Principal Location: Monrovia, Liberia, with frequent travel to regional office / project sites.
Time Frame: 18 month contract envisaged (possibility of extension based on performance and funding)
Background:
Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 900,000 children to go to school and learn.
Overview:
This unique and vital role has two key, linked, accountabilities.
Firstly, from a short-term and day-to-day perspective, this role will in effect be Financial Director of Street Child of Liberia (SCoL). Working alongside SCoL's national Finance Manager, the holder of this role will be fully accountable to the Country Director of SCoL, and relevant leaders within Street Child, for ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of all key functions of SCoL's finance department.
Secondly, from a long-term development perspective, this position will take a lead in optimising all aspects of SCoL's finance capability - with the goal of developing a robust 'best in class' department with optimal systems, processes and structures and personnel in place at all levels.
The absolute definition of success for this role-holder would be that whenever their time comes to move on, perhaps in 2025 or 2026, there is no need for this role to be replaced, with the SCoL finance leadership and team well placed to effectively discharge all their key duties without the need for the type of assistance envisaged by this position.
The professional challenge inherent in this role, and the importance of its success is well appreciated by Street Child leadership and this role will be closely supported from multiple angles - in particular by Street Child's Senior Finance Manager for West Africa, Africa Finance Director, Global Finance Director and HQ Finance team - as well as the Freetown-based Head of Sierra Leone / Liberia Programmes and Global Programmes Co-ordinator.
Part 1: Role Purpose:
The purpose of this role is to lead improvements in the financial management of Street Child of Liberia (SCoL), a national education and child protection organisation with nationwide presence and annual budget of up to $1m. The role holder will also manage Street Child’s financial reporting and compliance requirements in delivering programmes in Liberia.
The role will have dual reporting lines to Street Child’s West Africa Regional Finance Manager and Street Child of Liberia’s Country Director, with oversight of Street Child of Liberia’s finance team, and a close working relationship with SCoL SMT and Street Child’s Monrovia based Programmes Manager and Freetown based Head of Sierra Leone / Liberia Programmes.
The role provides financial oversight of programmes in Liberia, facilitating accurate and timely donor reporting, strong budget management and excellent record keeping. Key aspects of this role include: the development and implementation of robust financial management and reporting systems; strengthening the control environment and record keeping; empowering programmes and leadership teams to have strong financial management and grant management capabilities. The role also serves as a link between Street Child of Liberia and Street Child UK, delivering monthly requisitions, annual budget information and other information as required.
Part 2: Key Responsibilities:
1) Development and implementation of robust financial management and reporting systems to facilitate accurate donor reporting, strong budget management and transparency for budgeting. (40%)
- Ensure that all staff are using the QuickBooks finance system in place at Street Child of Liberia to provide accurate and timely recording of transactions – providing training, review, support and direct input as needed.
- Ensure that all month end processes are carried out in a timely manner including month end closure processes, bank reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliations, and generating reports
- Providing reliable donor reports, Budget vs Actual reports to the Director and Programmes staff to facilitate good planning and anticipation of any changes needed to programmes delivery.
- Ensure that donor expenditure is recorded accurately and finance reports are of high quality with full supporting transaction listings reconciled to the finance system and delivered to deadlines in accordance donor requirements. Report on all costs incurred both at Street Child of Liberia and Street Child HQ.
- Preparation of all donor reports, working with Partner Finance teams and programmes staff as needed to ensure that they are delivered on time and with appropriate sign off.
- Lead donor due diligence and donor audits by provision of information required.
- Provide input as necessary for all donor budget proposals, ensuring that costs requested are complete and reasonable seek approval for all donor proposal budgets before they are submitted to donors
- Facilitate the year end audit, over-setting the end to end of the annual audit process.
2) Strengthening the control environment and record keeping (30%)
- Review and assess the effectiveness of internal controls and recommend changes and improvements as required , and review any improvements in internal controls recommended by auditors or donors.
- Based on these reviews, devise a delivery plan to ensure that improvements are met, and support the delivery of that plan.
- Strong financial procedures are in place to accompany all payments and improvements are made to the payments system including in particular justifying the use of cash and advances.
- Ensure appropriate bank & cash management procedures are in place and operating effectively, including bank reconciliations for all accounts, cash counts and cash transfers to field sites.
- Ensure robust procurement processes are in place and being followed, working with the procurement team to make any changes needed and ensure that all staff are clear on the required procurement process.
- Developing Financial management tools, including policies and procedures as required.
- Ensure that monthly requisitions (the process for requesting monthly transfers from HQ) are robust, evidence based and submitted on time each month.
- upcoming up with an annual budget, approved in accordance with SC budget timetable, working with the Senior West Africa Finance Manager to develop consistent templates to use in each template.
- Regularly advise and provide support on other issues as the need arises.
3) Participate in finance related meetings and initiatives for all SCoL programmes, providing budget and financial guidance, including provision of training to colleagues (10%)
Objective:
- To ensure the smooth-running of the programme with respect to its financial obligations
Benchmarks:
- Compliance with the organisational procedures; quality of budget monitoring; quality of the budgets drawn up; quality of financial reports for donors; anticipation of financial problems
Activities:
- Provide BVAs every month by the 10th of M+1 of all contracts.
- Plan and lead the BVA analysis meetings every month before the 15th.
- Ensure coherency between the programme budget and the donors' budgets.
- Conduct the monthly, bi-annual and annual accounts closing operations · Raise programme teams' awareness of contractual budget and financial obligations.
- Analyse donor guidelines and inform the teams about these procedures and their application.
- Train programme teams in internal budget and financial management procedures so as to ensure a realistic budget, accurate expenditure codification and robust budgetary steering.
- Draw up and monitor cost allocation tables for office and staff costs.
- Check the budgetary monitoring of the funding schedule · Substantiate the financial accounts with regard to local legislation. Monitor and organise internal and external audits, assume the role of the auditor's primary contact in liaison with head office.
4) Managing the finance team (10%)
- Train the finance team.
- Manage and lead the finance team, fix objectives and review progress.
- Set up communication and coordination mechanisms for the team.
- Manage contractual monitoring (leave, end of trial periods, etc.) of finance team members; if necessary, co-validate disciplinary procedures with Operations Manager.
- Oversee finance team's career development: define training needs and provide guidance on professional development.
5) A liaison and link with Street Child UK Finance team to enable management of operations in Liberia (10%)
- Develop the annual budget for Liberia, which includes costs budget, programmes costs, cash flow forecasting.
- Enter Street Child of Liberia costs on the HQ finance system (Aqilla) and ensure that all monthly transfers to Street Child of Liberia are fully accounted for and reconciled.
Part 3: Person Specification
Attributes / Essential / Desirable / Education / Qualifications:
- Educated to degree level or higher
- Recognised Accountancy Qualification
- Degree in International Business Administration, finance or related field; or attendance at specific relevant training courses
- Experience and Knowledge
- 5 years post qualification experience
- Experience of implementing internal controls and finance procedures
- Experience of managing multi donor grants and good knowledge of donor compliance rules and requirements – in particular working with DFID, UN, EU, USAID
- Knowledge of development issues and concepts
Skills and Abilities:
- Extensive knowledge of finance & logistics policy within non-governmental organizations.
- Knowledge of computer applications and software finance packages –in particular Quickbooks and Aqilla or other “mid-tier” finance system.
- System design and implementation of finance software packages.
Other:
- Strong interpersonal, management and team work skills
- Ability to influence change in teams not directly managed
- A self-starter, capable of working independently and flexibly to a high level
- Fluent English –written and spoken
- Good communication and staff training / capacity building skills
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?
Fair Ways is a leading children’s services charity based in the Solent, delivering Fostering, Education, Residential, Mental Health and Family services and cares for over 400 children, families, young people and vulnerable adults each year. Fair Ways is a great place to work. We are a team. We care about each other and are all committed to making a change to the lives of the children, young people, families and vulnerable adults in our care. We will not apologise for calling our staff great, the best, or world-class. Our staff are at the core of our organisation and we celebrate them by shouting it from the rooftops!
Where and when do we need you?
We are currently recruiting for a Finance Manager to work within our established finance function. In this role you will be reporting directly into the Finance Director and will play a key part in driving the service improvements and compliance at an operational level. You will operate as a critical member of the organisation through the management of the finance function, effectively leading the management of day-to-day financial operations and ensuring the needs of internal and external stakeholders are met. This will be done through working as a true strategic partner within the charity, advising and consulting with managers on a wide range of issues ensuring the delivery of key financial objectives supporting the charity in meeting its goals for growth and financial stability.
In this role you will be involved in exciting and rewarding things like:
- Leading and developing a fantastic team - Undertaking line management responsibilities for allocated members of the finance team undertaking dedicated coaching, development, 121's and any day to day support that is required to ensure that finance colleagues are supported and developed appropriately and that we deliver an outstanding service both internally and externally.
- Advising and Consulting - Producing high quality monthly financial reporting which is accurate, timely and meets the needs of managers and directors using financial information extracted from the appropriate finance systems to assist them to manage their departments' budgets and understand budget variances.
- Data analysis and Reporting - Leading on the year-end audit and accounts closedown process through the collation and analysis of appropriate financial information and liaising with auditors to ensure agreed deadlines are met. This work will contribute to the production of best practice statutory reporting and provide internal and external stakeholders with assurances that the charity's finances are well managed.
- Managing Compliance and Risk - Ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulations and legislation by monitoring controls and procedures and making recommendations to adapt to changing circumstances. This is to ensure that any risk associated with non-compliance is assessed, rectified and managed appropriately moving forward in order to ensure that any impact to the charity is managed effectively.
- Delivering Excellence - Supporting the delivery of the Finance strategic agenda including taking the lead on the development and monitoring of the annual department Continuous Improvement Plan. This will involve undertaking a SWOT analysis of the Finance function in collaboration with colleagues in order to assess the current environment and produce a development plan to address shortcomings and aim for excellence.
- Being a subject specialist - Leading on VAT issues on behalf of the organisation in conjunction with external VAT advisors. Prepare and submit quarterly VAT returns, review existing processes and consider the implications of changes in VAT regulations in order to ensure the charity is complying with legislation and maximising charitable reliefs available.
Successful candidates will be working a 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday, you will hybrid work between home and a minimum of 1 day per week at our office at Lakeside in Portsmouth.
All candidates must have a full driving license and have access to the use of a car. Successful candidates will be required to provide an enhanced Disclosure (DBS). This disclosure cost will be met by Fair Ways.
You and your specialisms
Management roles within the charity are pivotal in achieving our mission of making a difference through passionate care, support, and education. To support this, you will be required to have, or be working towards a minimum of the following qualification levels:
Essential
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACMA, ACCA, CIPFA)
- Advanced Excel spreadsheet skills
- Significant experience of preparing monthly management accounts
- Clear understanding of risks relevant to the finance environment and controls required to mitigate risks.
- You will have experience as a Finance Manager, leading and developing a team of professionals, and a good knowledge of accounting and tax issues in a high performing organisation.
- Excellent communication skills to drive engagement with Finance issues and manage change effectively.
- Prioritise and deliver effectively in a fast-paced environment with your values at the core of your decision making.
Desirable
- Experience of working in the Not For Profit sector and knowledge of the Charities SORP.
- Good working knowledge of HMRC and particularly VAT tax regulations
Let us look after you!
At Fair Ways, we care about your well-being, here is what we currently offer to our dedicated team:
- Exciting Opportunities: Participate in free staff lotteries with amazing prizes, such as £1000 holiday vouchers, weekends away, luxury hampers, £1000 fostering referral scheme and vouchers. Experience a workplace that celebrates your contributions.
- Work-Life Balance: Enjoy a Holiday Accrual Scheme and the option to purchase additional holidays (up to 5 days). We value your time and offer flexibility to accommodate your existing commitments.
- Health and Support: Benefit from Health Shield, our health cash plan, and access to our Employee Assistance Scheme, providing emergency financial assistance and 24/7 counselling services. Access your salary when you need it with Early Pay – The ability to withdraw an amount of your salary early each month to assist with any unforeseen circumstances.
- Growth and Development: Unlock your potential with our Education Grant, offering funding for accreditation up to master's level. Engage in leadership courses to enhance your skills and progress in your career.
- Wellbeing Matters: Experience team-building days, summer festivals, and well-being initiatives, promoting a positive work environment. Take advantage of discounted gym memberships and a cycle-to-work scheme to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
- Recognition and Rewards: Be appreciated for your dedication through annual Staff Awards and Long Service Awards. Build a secure future with our pension scheme and gain eligibility for a Blue Light Card.
- Supportive Community: Be part of our diverse workforce that embraces all communities. We value your unique perspective and encourage you to contribute to our inclusive and vibrant culture.
Become a part of our community – We can’t wait to meet you!
If you're passionate about making a difference and are ready to embark on an incredible journey, apply today and be a part of something amazing at Fair Ways. Join our team and help shape brighter futures!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you a part-qualified Management Accountant looking for a new opportunity? Want to work for a not-for-profit organisation which is driven to support its local community? Seeking a broad role which will offer career growth? Continue reading if so!
Robertson Bell are excited to be partnering with this growing charity whilst they recruit for a permanent Management Accountant. Reporting into a brilliant CFO you will join a small and friendly team.
Responsibilities for this orle will include:
- Lead on budgeting, forecasting and the production of the monthly management accounts including commentary.
- Preparation of the annual financial statements alongside management of the audit, acting as the auditors main point of contact.
- Process quarterly VAT returns, assist with reconciliations and authorise payment runs.
- Oversee the checking of monthly staff payroll, collaborating with the outsourced payroll provider.
- Work closely with the CFO on production of the board packs.
- Assist the CFO with supervision of two Accounts Assistants, offering necessary support, guidance and training[KM1] .
This full time Management Accountant role will officially be based out of the charity’s head office in central London however flexible working from home will be on offer after the first few months. This position would best suit a part-qualified Management Accountant who is looking to progress in their career.
The successful candidate will:
- Have previously led on either month and year-end reporting.
- Be a strong communicator.
- Have previous experience working in the not for profit sector.
- Describe themselves as self-motivated, driven and ambitious.
Our client is wanting CV’s asap so please don’t delay in applying!
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| 37.5 Hours per week, Part time may be considered | YMCA City Gateway Office/Black Country Wide
Are you an experienced regional manager, passionate about early years education and quality assurance? Do you have experience of multi-site operational management or are you looking for the next step in your career? If so, YMCA Black Country Group wants you!
What You'll Do:
• Actively lead a team of Nursery Managers to ensure excellence in early years education, being a visible role model for quality and best practise.
• Serve as the key point of contact for Ofsted, maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.
• Support Nursery Managers to maximise income working alongside our internal finance team.
• Maintain partnerships with stakeholders to drive business growth and development.
• Adopt the YMCA’s bespoke curriculum and pedagogy, enabling our children and families to belong, contribute and thrive.
What You'll Bring:
• Senior management experience in an early-years setting.
• Strong financial acumen and strategic thinking skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Personal commitment to the Christian faith, and practical expression of that faith in a professional context*
Benefits
The successful applicant will also receive:
· 24/7 Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
· Cycle to work scheme
· Access to our IMHR Plus online portal, offering discounts at major brands and retailers
· SimplyHealth cash plan e.g. dental care, physiotherapy, diagnostic consultation, tests, scans and more
· Life Assurance scheme
And much more! Please refer to recruitment pack or job description for full details.
It is a requirement that the successful applicant will complete an enhanced DBS check before taking up the role.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before this date should we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Therefore, we encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.
YMCA BCG is a trauma-informed organisation; we recognise and understand the widespread impact of trauma on individuals to shape policies, practices, and culture. We are sensitive and responsive to the needs of those who have endured trauma to prevent its recurrence among clients and staff.
* A Genuine Occupational Requirement in accordance with the Equalities Act 2010
Please read the Job Description / Person Specification before submitting your application. Many thanks for your interest.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.