Harris Hill Charity Recruiters are proud to be working alongside an amazing charity who is looking for a part-time Finance Manager (14 hours a week). This grassroots charity does a fantastic job within the local community working tirelessly to support adults with learning disabilities.
You will be a key part of a small friendly team and every day you will see first-hand how your hard work makes a real difference to help people with special educational needs. The recipients of the charity's numerous programs are encouraged to realise their full potential and the results can be life changing.

So, if you are a conscientious hardworking Finance Manager with charity sector experience and you are enthusiastic about joining a charity that is making a genuine difference, we would love to hear from you!
This is a part-time role, 14 hours per week (with hours to suit your lifestyle). They are flexible and there is the occasional opportunity to work evenings and weekends.

You will require:
- finance management experience within a charity
- an accounting qualification (or equivalent)
- a proven track record in developing budgets and reports for income & expenditure
- experience in managing financial systems
- experience of establishing financial policies and procedures
- an ability to compile annual statutory accounts
- an ability to manage and work effectively in a small team
- strong written and verbal communication skills (including the ability to present and explain financial information clearly to staff and Trustees without a finance background)
- experience of accounting systems and software (experience using Sage would be an advantage)
- Excel experience at an intermediate level (v-lookups and pivot tables)
- strong numerical and analytical skills
- excellent attention to detail

***A concern for supporting adults with learning difficulties to achieve their potential would be an advantage***

If this sound like the perfect role for you, feel free to apply with a supporting statement paying special attention your:

a) finance management experience within a charity
b) planning/budgeting experience within a charity

This is a part-time role. Salary: £38,000pa - £40,000pa (pro-rata)

The role of Finance Manager (Finalist) is to get involved in all aspects of their growing charitable delivery, whilst managing the key finance functions of the organisation to ensure they are efficient, compliant and delivering outstanding customer service to colleagues and stakeholders.

Client Details

The Client is a respected, trusted and expert voice in the sector, and has grown from a team of 3 people and c25 strong team to a thriving £4m turnover organisation within the last decade. This Charitable organisation aims to support people with a certain type of disability.

Description

The key responsibilities of the Finance Manager (Finalist) include but are not limited to:

• Managing the finance function
• Line managing a finance officer
• Lead on management accounting
• Project manage and lead on system improvements
• Lead on statutory accounting
• Lead on the budgeting process and business partnering
• Manage the relationship with the outsourced payroll provider

Profile

The successful Finance Manager (Finalist) must be at the final stage of their professional qualification either ACCA or CIMA as well as having relevant experience in a similar role using SORP accounting.

The Finance Manager (Finalist) must also have very strong communications skills both written and spoken, be confident and articulate and able to explain finance to non-finance budget holders.

Job Offer

On offer for the successful Finance Manager (Finalist) is a salary of up to £48,000 per annum as well as a comprehensive benefits package including a season ticket loan, Excellent parental leave benefits and childcare voucher scheme, Flexible working arrangements, a 10% non contributory pension and more.

Finance Manager
Brixton, London
Competitive Salary 
Benefits: 27 days’ holiday; buy and sell annual leave programme; PerkBox; health cash plan and more

Housing for Women is looking for a Finance Manager to lead its Finance team. The role is responsible for the organisation’s day to day financial health as well as identifying financial risk and amending the financial control framework accordingly. Furthermore, you will be responsible for producing financial reports to assist senior executives in making sound business decisions in the long and short term. Leading the organisation’s financial accounting, reporting and financial control activities will also be a key part of this role.

With a small but dedicated and fun team, this role will give you the chance to make your own mark on the organisation and cover all aspects of accounting. This is a hands-on role which will give you vast experience whilst knowing that you are contributing to the wellbeing of others.
 
Key responsibilities include:

- Present financial reports to board members, stakeholders, executives and clients as necessary
- Review financial data and prepare monthly and annual reports
- Provide insightful information and expectations to senior executives to aid in long-term and short-term decision making
- Prepare monthly projected cash flows for the current financial year and future financial years, incorporating anticipated income and expenditure and future plans
- Prepare any returns to the Charity Commissioners, HMRC, Local Authorities and Regulator as necessary
- Manage, coach and develop your team to deliver an effective and consistent service
 
To be successful as our Finance Manager, you will need:

- To be CCAB qualified
- Experience of preparing and reviewing management information
- Experience of preparing year-end financial statements
- Experience of payroll preparation
 
Housing for Women is an independent organisation and we support women in London to challenge the inequalities they face. As a charity and a registered housing association, we are proud to have housed London’s women for 80 years; providing secure, affordable housing and related services to help them make the most of the opportunities they have.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on the 23rd January 2020. 

To apply for the role of Finance Manager, please apply via the button shown. 

This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency. 

Other organisations may call this role Financial Manager, Finance Controller, Financial Controller, Qualified Accountant, or Senior Accountant. 

Working hours: 35 hours per week

A membership body based in West London are looking for a Head of Finance to join their team. Due to the current Head of Finance retiring, this opportunity has come up to work for this 90 year old membership body.

This role will be ideal for someone who is looking to work four days a week or the full week.

The salary being offered is £50,000 - £55,000 per annum.

Some of your main duties and responsibilities are:
- Leading the preparation of 3 year and 1-year budgets as part of the annual business planning cycle
- Leading the delivery of new digital systems to support the digital strategy
- Assisting colleagues in preparing budgets and business cases
- Reporting and financial analysis
- Preparation and support of annual audit, charity and company returns
- Preparation of year-end statutory accounts
- Developing investment policies , investment appraisal and management of assets
- Line management of staff

Candidates applying for this role must have the following skills and experience:
- Qualified Head of Finance (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)
- Experience working within the charity/NFP sector
- Experience of providing financial leadership and oversight in organisations of £2million +
- Ability operate at both strategic and operational level
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Experience of working in a membership organisation or professional body would be an added advantage

Candidates shortlisted for this role will be required to write a supporting statement.

This role will close on 2nd February, 2020
1st stage interview will be a telephone interview
2nd stage interview will be a face to face interview held on 19th February, 2020

If interested, apply immediately with a copy of your CV.

The role of Finance Manager is to lead on all aspect of financial management and ensure the finance team operates efficiently. The Finance Manager will also be responsible for the improving processes and implementing changes.

Client Details

The client we are working with is a small-medium size charity that supports people suffering with a certain type of disability or impairment

Description

The responsibilities of the successful Finance Manager will include but not be limited to:

• Production of monthly management accounts
• Managing all aspects of payroll with the outsourced provider
• Line managing and supporting the finance officer
• Business partnering and building relationships with budget holders (including non-finance managers)
• To assist in the development and improvement of systems in conjunction with the finance function

Profile

The successful Finance Manager must be at actively studying ACCA/CIMA with solid experience working in a similar role and have a strong understanding of SORP accounting and grant processing.

The applicant must have strong excel skills, good attention to detail, experience line managing staff, up to date knowledge of payroll legislation, strong communication skills and business partnering experience.

Job Offer

On offer for the Finance Manager is a salary of up to £50,000 depending on experience as well as flexible working, a 10% non-contributory pension and tonnes of other benefits.

A large professional membership charity & awarding body is seeking an experienced and fully-qualified Financial & Reporting Manager for a permanent role based in central London.

As part of an organisational wise transformation, this role has been newly created. The Financial Reporting Manager is responsible for all the key financial reporting and modelling, implementing new applications and improvements to help the business better understand performance and deliver against targets.

Key duties involve:

- Delivery of accurate, timely and relevant month-end accounts, budgets, forecasts and supporting management information, collaborating with the finance team and business managers, working autonomously with a direct reporting line to the Financial Controller

-Making significant developments to the reporting to improve insight and understanding of performance and business drivers, for example by adopting activity-based costing principals, as well as driving efficiencies into the process. This will include implementing a new application to deliver rolling forecasts and transform the budgeting and reporting process.

-Developing financial models in collaboration with the Finance business partnering team, to make pricing decisions, approve business cases for development projects and returns on investment. Working closely with the business data teams, you’ll be investigating how AAT can best utilize Microsoft BI or other applications to combine both financial and volume data.

-Full responsibility for the consolidated monthly management accounts

Experience required:

-Fully-qualified ACCA, CIMA, or ACA essential

-Demonstrable experience in financial reporting, building business models and providing insightful financial analysis.

-Advanced Excel user with experience of reporting, forecasting and business analytic applications and be knowledgeable of good practice and techniques.

-You will have strong communication and presentation skills with an eye for good design, with the ability to interpret data and present effectively to non-finance managers.

-Advanced experience of charity SORP accounts and completing complex management accounts

-Advanced Excel

The salary for this role is £50-55k.

Please send your CV for immediate consideration.

Imagine not being able to move, sleep, or smile. Feeling anxious or depressed and struggling to think or remember. Your body not feeling like your own. This is what Parkinson's can feel like.

Your mum, son or friend. Anyone can get Parkinson’s, young or old. Every hour, two people in the UK are told they have Parkinson's – a progressive neurological condition. It causes problems in the brain and gets worse over time. Currently there is no cure.

We’re close to major breakthroughs. Funding the right research into the most promising treatments, we get closer to a cure every day.

Until then, we're here for everyone affected by Parkinson’s. Fighting for fair treatment and better services. 

We are Parkinson's UK. Powered by people. Together we'll find a cure. Join us.

About the role

To support the growth and delivery of our work, we know the importance of ensuring we have the right skills and experience within our senior leadership team to support the charity’s strategic development, priorities and growth.

The appointment of this role comes at an exciting time for the charity.   People who live with Parkinson’s want us to accelerate research and better care every day.   This is at the heart of our strategy and we are now supporting and developing groundbreaking new partnerships in research and services to make this happen.

As the largest charitable funder of Parkinson’s research in Europe.  Through our Virtual Biotech we have been selecting and supporting projects at the drug discovery, preclinical and early clinical development stages working with leading research organisations: clinical and academic institutions, pharmaceutical companies and biotechs worldwide.

What you'll do

This role will strengthen the financial and commercial management of the charity and deliver robust people strategies that ensure we are ‘fit for the future’.

A key focus for this role will be: 

• to provide leadership to the finance, HR, facilities and procurement teams to ensure high quality and professional services are delivered and that all staff across the charity receive the highest quality support and tools to deliver their work
• the development of our virtual biotech programme and partnerships by leading on negotiations with partners and the development of framework and strategies to maximise impact and draw in new sources of funding
• redesigning the charity’s financial structures to support and incentivise our local teams of staff and volunteers in our Vibrant Communities programme
• the management and development of our estate strategy, working with the property subgroup and our advisers to map out how we maximise the value of our existing asset and future proof our accommodation needs

What you’ll bring

The ideal candidate will:

• be degree educated, and either a qualified accountant or MBA
• be a clear thinker, who can articulate complex issues to diverse audiences
• have a strong track record of working at board level in a complex organisation
• be accustomed to setting clear measurable objectives and outputs for the organisation, with rigorous monitoring of progress and performance
• have the ability to analyse and challenge the effectiveness of where the charity is allocating and deploying its income
• be able to identify areas for operational improvements and cost efficiencies
• have experienced in structuring and negotiating commercial agreements with third parties, both in research and other areas

We would welcome applications from candidates without previous experience of a not-for-profit organisation.

Closing date: 26/01/2020

Interviews will be held on Thursday 6 February 2020

To find out more, please download the full job description and person specification, available on our website. 

The supporting statement should detail your suitability for the position based on the criteria of the 'what you'll bring' section of the job description. It is important that you are able to satisfy each of the stated criteria as this will be used as part of the shortlisting process.

This leading children's hospital with an amazing fundraising offering is recruiting for a Corporate Partnerships Manager to be responsible for the account management of a brand new corporate partnership with a high profile organisation worth in excess of £500k. The role is an interim role for 12 months and is an opportunity to lead and manage a prestigious partnership within the sector and to achieve some really impressive outcomes.

As the lead on a key partnership for the organisation the post-holder will report into the Head of Events, Community and Corporate Partnerships and will undertake the following core responsibilities:

• Account management responsibility for a six-figure corporate partnership
• Deliver an excellent stewardship plan for partnership working with the charity partner, event company, and relevant teams
• Build strong and effective relationships internally to increase employee engagement within the partnership and beyond
• Effectively manage income and expenditure budgets and reporting
• Engage staff with a mass participation cycling challenge as part of the partnership, in collaboration with an external event agency
• Meet and surpass agreed partnership objectives on income, communications, and staff engagement
• Work with the Corporate Partnerships Manager to manage and develop a robust new business pipeline across the organisation

The successful applicant will have the following skills and experience:

• Experience of corporate fundraising in an account management role, including of managing six figure partnerships
• Experience of delivering mass participation events, either as part of a corporate fundraising role or in a dedicated event role
• Experience of building developing and managing relationships with a diverse range of individuals and organisations
• Experience in writing creative briefs, analytical reports and evaluations

If you'd like to be considered for this role please send your CV to or call on 020 7939 7448 to have an initial chat about the position.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), race, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Please note, due to the number of applications we receive we aren't always able to respond to unsuccessful candidates.

Finance Manager role with a charity in East London. Managing all aspects of finance reporting to DoF, 1 report

Your new company:
Leading medical research charity based in East London. Income of approx. £3m, This is a grant giving organisation.

Your new role:
You will be a key member of a Resources team of 3, with direct line management of 1. You will lead the finance function, be the first point of contact for all day-to-day finance queries and manage a number of key finance service contracts, including liaison with bankers, investment advisers, payroll and pensions providers, auditors, and regulators. Duties will include:
- Lead timely, accurate and business focused management accounting and business finance reporting functions, including presenting reports to board and subcommittees
- Project manage and lead systems improvements projects
- Lead on statutory accounting and audit preparation, and be the first point of contact for audit queries
- Lead the budget preparation process and support budget holders to manage their budgets throughout the year - Support grants team with the management of grant commitments

What you'll need to succeed:
The ideal candidate for this role will be a qualified Accountant who has worked previously in a similar role. Furthermore you will be very bright and motivated. Previous experience within the charity sector is ideal but not essential.

What you'll get in return:
- Policy of 10% non-contributory pension contribution - 25 days per annum annual leave plus Bank Holidays

What you need to do now:
Please apply ASAP to be considered!

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Action Medical Research is a UK-wide charity on a mission to save and change children's lives through medical research, developing treatments, vaccinations and cures.

We've been funding medical breakthroughs since we began over 65 years ago and have helped beat polio in the UK, fight meningitis, prevent stillbirths and develop ultrasound scanning in pregnancy.

We're at an exciting point, evaluating our potential for growth and development, and now looking for an experienced finance professional to lead on finance, IT, operations, and as company secretary.

This is a key office-based role working closely with the Chief Executive. You'll need to enjoy using your finance skills, managing projects, leading a team, and working across a range of activities and functions, combining strategic issues with operational management. If you relish working with numbers, technology and people, combining the big picture with an everyday can-do approach, this could be the role for you in our busy charity working hard to save and change children's lives.

Applications by CV and supporting statement via Prospectus by 9pm Sunday 26 January 2020.

Interviews with Action Medical Research in Horsham on 13 and 14 February and second interviews 20 and 21 February, plus a final stage meeting in London 25 February.

Benefits include 25 days annual leave plus additional closure days between Christmas and New Year and a Group Flexible Retirement Plan.

To Apply:

Please upload your CV in Word format and include a supporting statement as part of your application, addressing your experience in relation to the key points on the person specification, which should be no longer than two sides of A4.

A Prospectus consultant will review and assess all submitted applications. As part of the selection process candidates may be invited to meet with a consultant at our offices.

To Learn more; To Learn more; please see downloadable Appointment Brief. on the Prospectus website, which can be accessed by clicking the Apply Now button below.

Robertson Bell Finance are currently supporting an international development charity in London in the search for an interim Finance Officer to join the team on a Fixed Term contract for 4 months.

Joining a dynamic charity (T.O c£15m) and working closely with the Head of Finance as part of a team of 6, this hands on finance officer is integral in providing business and transactional management expertise to the wider organisation. Key responsibilities include:

• Assisting with the production of budgeting and forecasting reports.
• Completing donor reports and accounts.
• Liaising with country officers to process payments and transactions accurately.

We are looking for very specific experience which is essential in order to hit the ground running:

• Donor and Grants exposure
• Experience of working with country finance teams
• Experience of SUN
• Intermediate Excel skills

For someone that meets the above requirements this is a great opportunity to join a rapidly growing international organisation that promotes career development.

This is an URGENT interim role and applications will therefore be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

My client is a fantastic charity in Wiltshire who is looking to recruit a new role, Finance Business Partner into their finance team

The main purpose of the role is to work closely with the finance team and other business areas in the organisation to improve and strengthen processes, reconciliations, reporting and system links between the CRM system and the Finance System. You will also be the finance lead for a number of new projects and initiatives 

Key responsibilities will be to:

• Implement process improvements and system automation to support the accurate and timely production of cashflow and management accounts reports
• Build reports on funding and set up processes to monitor income and expenditure and the spending down of restricted reserves
• Support grant programmes and large funder reporting requirements with regular reporting and forecasting.
• Support the annual budgeting cycle 
• Support funding applications and bids with analysis as required.

To succeed in this role you will need to have the passion, energy and enthusiasm to help us change the way we work in line with the wider charity objectives and be a proactive, solution focused individual who communicates clearly and works well with people 

Experience of working in the charity sector is advantageous but not essential. You need to be a qualified accountant and have good systems skills

For more information please get in touch

A new exciting part time opportunity with CPSL Mind.

Finance & HR Assistant
Hours: 30 hours per week  
Based in our St Neots office initially
Starting Salary: £20,751.00 pa FTE, £16,597.12 per annum for 30 hours.
NJC Salary Scale Range 10 - 13

CPSL Mind is a progressive and expanding mental health organisation, looking for individuals who are committed to improving the lives of people using mental health services.

We are seeking a Finance and HR Assistant to work within the Finance & Resources team, to support the delivery of high quality services. This is a new role to assist our Finance Lead and HR Lead and the role will be based initially at our St. Neots office. 

To apply for this post, you will have had previous experience of having access to information of a highly confidential and sensitive nature. You must be confident in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Training will be available for both our finance software package and our HR software package.  You should enjoy working as part of a team, but also be able to work on your own initiative, and be able to work accurately in a busy working environment, with good verbal and written communication skills.

Closing date: Monday 3rd February 2020, 09:00 hours
Interviews: Tuesday 11th February 2020 in our Peterborough office

PLEASE PRESS THE 'APPLICATION DETAILS' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO APPLY

We will only accept complete applications, which should include: Application Form, Covering Letter and completed Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form. 

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

No agencies please. 

Do you want to use your leadership skills to manage a small and able team?

Are you looking to work for a leading charity in Central London?

Do you want a role where you can use your substantial credit control experience to resolve and identify issues impacting overdue debt?

If so, Robertson Bell are recruiting an interim Credit Control Manager to join a leading disability charity based in London.

This is a brilliant opportunity for an experienced Credit Control Manager to lead and support the credit control and accounts receivable department. This role will last for a minimum of 6 months on an interim basis.

As the interim Credit Control Manager, you will be responsible for the leadership and day to day management of the credit control function; ensuring that payment terms are upheld and overdue accounts are settled in line with the organisations payment terms.

As the Credit Control Manager you will work closely with the team to identify issues impacting overdue debt. This will be tackled by investigating debt balances and negotiating payment terms with the organisations clients. You will amend and develop processes to improve cash collection and streamline credit control. Acting as the final escalation point, you will build and maintain strong working relationships with both internal and external customers.

The successful candidate will have substantial credit control experience with previous supervisory or managerial experience. You must have a clear understanding of accounts analysis to provide concise decisions on debt management. My client is looking for a 'role model' that has strong organisational, interpersonal and communication skills. You must be results driven, with the ability to coach and motivate a team to maximise results and lower overall bad debt for the charity.

You will need to be immediately available or on a short notice period to be considered for this role. It is likely this role will be filled before the closing date, as my client is reviewing CVs on a daily basis. If this role is of interest, do not delay in applying.