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Young Sounds UK is recruiting for a full-time Finance and Reporting Officer to join our team.
Role overview
The Finance and Reporting Officer will be responsible for the effective day to day running of the charity’s finance function, by processing transactions accurately, maintaining robust financial records, carrying out month-end activities, and providing financial information to budget holders and senior staff.
Alongside this the role has an important part to play in data management and activity reporting. Working with the Data Officer you’ll assist with the maintenance and interrogation of programme monitoring data, ensuring information is accurate and timely.
You’ll need to be organised and with a great attention to detail. We’re seeking someone who is output orientated, whilst able to ensure the integrity of the information being presented. You’ll also need to be thorough at a transactional level yet able to summarise efficiently to a range of audiences.
Working with a broad range of stakeholders across the team, as well as trustees, auditors and external suppliers, you’ll need clear communication skills including being able to communicate financial information to non-finance colleagues. It’s a busy role and you’ll need to be adept at juggling a variety of responsibilities at the same time.
For full information on this role, including key responsibilities and person specification, please view the attached job pack.
- The closing date for applications is Monday 22 June 2026 at 12 noon.
- Applicants invited to interview will hear from us by Friday 26 June 2026.
- Interviews are expected to be held via video call, likely 02 and 03 July 2026 (TBC).
How to apply
- Please submit your application using the form in the redirect.
- You will be asked to attach a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4, addressing how you are a strong candidate for the position, details of relevant experience etc. You are advised to address the selection criteria for the role as detailed in the Person Specification.
- Please note that applications will be shortlisted on an anonymous basis, so any identifying information should not be included in the supporting statement and will be removed prior to sharing with the panel
About Young Sounds UK
Young Sounds exists because musical talent is everywhere but opportunity isn’t: family finances and other obstacles too often get in the way. We’re here to change this in two key ways:
- We support young musicians from low-income families with funding and other help;
- We support music education through training, advocacy and research.
We became an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation in April 2023 and also joined an expanded cohort of National Youth Music Organisations (NYMOs). We currently support over 1,000 individual young people across the UK every year and demand for our support is increasing. It’s an exciting time to join a pioneering organisation at the forefront of British music education.
Our small and fully remote team work across the UK, comprising a mix of full time and part time employees supported by specialist part time and term time freelancers.
Young Sounds UK is the working name for registered charity Awards for Young Musicians.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Artswork is looking for a Data Protection & Impact Manager to lead Artswork’s approach to data so we operate safely and legally, and so that data informs every area of our work, shapes our planning, and enables us to demonstrate the impact of our programmes. This role works closely with the Evaluation & Impact Manager, and focuses specifically on data protection, data analysis and data reporting e.g. to funders.
We are looking for someone to lead on data analysis and data protection within Artswork, embedding a data-led approach to our work. Working closely with the (part-time) Evaluation & Impact Manager, you will not only provide expertise in data generation across the organisation but also insightful analysis of the data to feed into the organisation’s strategic decision-making. You’ll be skilled in using tools that enable us to aggregate, manipulate and visualise data. You’ll be able to generate reports at different levels, from overviews to granular detail, and you’ll be willing and able to do accurate, capable data entry when needed (for example onto funders’ reporting platforms). You’ll liaise with other teams around their data requirements, particularly the Co-CEOs, Fundraising and Sales & Marketing. You’ll also lead on Data Protection for the organisation, training team members, generating ‘how to’ guides for colleagues and ensuring that our data protection policies and procedures are updated and compliant with current legislation.
Main Responsibilities:
Strategy
- Embed a data-led approach across Artswork, ensuring data is used to inform organisational planning, prioritisation and decision-making.
- Collaborate with the Evaluation & Impact Manager to align data generation, evaluation activity and reporting cycles, ensuring coherence across programmes.
- Develop, maintain and continuously improve organisational data systems, tools and processes so that they are fit for purpose, efficient and scalable.
- Provide insight and recommendations based on analysis, highlighting trends, opportunities, risks and areas for improvement in our work directly with children and young people.
Data analysis and treatment
- Lead on organisation-wide data aggregation and analysis, ensuring accurate interpretation of programme, audience/participant and organisational data.
- Collaborate with the Evaluation & Impact Manager to support the design and improvement of data collection methods (e.g. surveys, forms and CRM processes), ensuring data is robust, consistent and useful.
- Clean, validate and audit datasets to maintain high data quality, including addressing gaps, duplicates and errors.
- Maintain and improve data structures (e.g., spreadsheets, CRM exports, dashboards), enabling analysis at overview and granular levels.
- Use appropriate tools to analyse and visualise data efficiently (e.g., Excel/Power Query, Power BI, dashboards), and document processes to support consistency and continuity.
- Carry out accurate data entry when required, including into funder platforms and monitoring systems.
- Liaise with colleagues across teams (particularly Co-CEOs, Fundraising and Sales & Marketing) to understand their data needs and provide analysis in usable formats.
Impact reporting
- Collaborate with the Evaluation & Impact Manager to produce clear, accurate and timely reporting for internal and external audiences, working together to translate data into insight and narrative.
- Support consistent reporting cycles (quarterly/annual as required), including monitoring returns and KPI reporting.
- Contribute data and insight to funder reporting, including accurate entry onto funders’ platforms and the production of supporting evidence.
- Generate reports at different levels (headline dashboards through to detailed breakdowns) to support operational planning and strategic decisions.
- Work with Fundraising and Sales & Marketing to align impact evidence with funding priorities and communications needs, providing statistics, summaries and insights.
Data Protection compliance
- Lead on Data Protection for the organisation, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and internal policies and procedures.
- Maintain, implement and regularly review data protection policies, procedures and guidance, ensuring they are practical and compliant.
- Train and onboard staff on data protection requirements, creating accessible ‘how to’ guidance and providing ongoing support to colleagues.
- Support and advise on appropriate data handling, including lawful bases, consent, retention, deletion and secure storage.
- Work with the Finance & Operations team and external IT provider to review and implement new data security requirements, including mapping software use and implementing new data protection controls.
- Review data protection clauses and data sharing agreements for organisational contracts with third parties especially in relation to tenders and new business.
- Manage subject access requests, data protection breaches, internal investigation & documenting, external responses and organisational learning.
- Liaise with teams to ensure their data practices (including fundraising and communications activity) meet legal and regulatory requirements.
Administration and Legal compliance
- Maintain positive professional relationships with our participants, partners and stakeholders.
- Adhere to Artswork’s values and its policies and procedures, i.e. Equalities, Health and Safety, Data Protection, Safeguarding and Environmental policies.
- Be a committed champion for Artswork’s Anti-Discrimination Charter.
- Maintain and develop personal skills and knowledge through appropriate training.
- Perform own administrative duties.
Application Procedure
Applicants should complete the Artswork application form, available below. CVs will not be accepted, and applicants should not attach CVs or other supporting documents.
Applications must arrive by 12:00 Monday 8 June 2026 using the online form provided.
We would be grateful if applicants could also complete Artswork's equal opportunities monitoring form using the link provided at the bottom of this page. This is separate from your application form and not viewed by the shortlisting or interviewing panel. It is submitted anonymously and is only used for monitoring purposes.
Benefits:
We provide a range of benefits for employees including:
- Flexible working options
- Generous 29 days holiday pro rata plus bank holidays, including guaranteed time off between Christmas and New Year
- Access to the Sage Employee Benefits programme
- Stakeholder pension
- Additional wellbeing time, which allows you to take 25% of your hours back when you really need it
- Enhanced Parental Leave and Carer’s Leave Policies to help maintain a positive work life balance that recognises caring commitments
- 3 paid volunteering days a year, including 1 dedicated to environmental activities
We champion continuous professional development and offer all employees access to training opportunities, as well as investing in your learning and nurturing your aspirations with a £500 annual budget to be spent on training of your choice.
Accessibility and flexible working:
Artswork values the diversity of its employees and is committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We help everyone to work in a way that is best for them and have an Adjustments Policy to enable us to support employees by implementing measures that remove barriers and make working easier.
Artswork’s flexible working policy includes compressed hours, flexitime, staggered hours and reduced hours or a combination of these arrangements. We support remote working for all roles.
We welcome requests for adjustments and flexible working at any stage of the recruitment process. These are not considered as part of our scoring or decision making when assessing candidates for the role.
Closing date and interviews:
Applications must be made by 12:00 Monday 8 June 2026 using the online form provided on our website
Interviews:
Interviews will take place on Tuesday 23 June 2026 on Teams.
This will be a standard interview. Candidates who are selected for this stage will be informed no later than 5pm on Tuesday 16 June. If you are successfully shortlisted, the interview questions will be sent in advance to support you. If you require any further support please let us know.
We regret to say that we will not be able to provide feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted. Thank you for your interest in this post.
We empower young people to lead change through creativity – for themselves, their communities and the world.
