Management Accountant
£35000 - £40000
Deptford or (Homeworking)

• Are you AAT or a part qualified CCAB Accountant?
• Are you experienced in management accounts, bank reconciliations, payroll and bookkeeping up to T/B?
• Do you have charity or NFP experience?

Our client is seeking a Management Accountant to report Directly into the Finance Director and supervise the finance team. The finance team is made up of Finance Assistant and Credit Controller.
Your duties will include -

• Aiding in the production of the management accounts
• Supervision and oversight of the finance team and function
• Bank and balance sheet reconciliations
• Checking payroll submissions before sending to an external payroll agency
• Calculating special payments such as overnight sleep ins which an employee may be entitled to
• Supervising the transactions processes
• Bookkeeping up to T/B

This is a great opportunity to work for a charity who provide supported living to those with disabilities. You will enjoy working with a friendly team and a great Finance Director who will support and mentor you. Study support may be available for the right candidate.

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Management Accountant to join a not for profit organisation in Central London. 1 year FTC.

Your new company
A not for profit organisation (education based) with an income of over £50m. This organisation has an international presence and is currently experiencing exciting changes including a digitisation project. Due to some changes in the team an opportunity has arisen for a Management Accountant to join the team via a one year fixed term contract.

Your new role
The job holder will work in a team of five who act as business partners. Together they provide helpful and timely information to budget holders. They assist budget holders in understanding and making use of this information in their decision making. Regular reporting will include management accounts, cost reports, forecasts and budgets. Ad-hoc financial analysis to support new developments, investment decisions or changes in the business also form an essential part of the work of the team. The organisation is going through a period of rapid change and this post holder will support Budget holders through some of those changes.

What you'll need to succeed
The ideal candidate will be a qualified Accountant with previous experience in a similar role. You will have excellent attention to detail and enjoy that style of working. As well as an eye for detail, you will be adaptable and come with new ideas.

What you'll get in return
The organisation offers good work life balance and it is expected that working from home (to some extent) will be available for most of the contract. The organisation offers a competitive package of benefits and the organisation will particularly appeal to individuals interested in the arts/music.

What you need to do now
Please apply ASAP to be considered - we are considering applications before the closing date!

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A Care and Social Welfare Charity in Central London is looking for an Immediately Available Management Accountant to join the team ASAP

Client Details

A Care & Social Welfare Charity in Central London

Description

· The timely production of accurate monthly management accounts and disseminated to all budget holders;

· The initial review of draft management accounts with the Finance Manager and Finance Director prior to their circulation;

· Holding meetings as appropriate with budget holders to review current spend and develop action plans for achieving budget;

· Timely and appropriate commentary on the management accounts by each budget holder including their action plans for how negative variances are to be addressed;

· Liaise with HR to produce summary reports that identify staff costs compared to budget by department and/or project and explain the variances.

· Active review of management reporting formats and processes ensuring that management accounts remain relevant and key trends are highlighted effectively.

· Reconciliation of key balance sheet accounts as directed by the Finance Manager. Reconciliations to be completed monthly.

Profile

Candidates must be immediately available!

· Should be a finalist or have attained a full qualification from a CCAB professional accountancy body;

· Appropriate management accounting experience;

· PC literate with a high level of technical competence in Excel. Experience of Omni Ledger Accounts accounting system would be advantageous;

· Strong analytical and financial skills;

· Strong business partnering skills,

· Able to demonstrate a high degree of commercial understanding

Job Offer

£17-20ph

Your new company
A housing association based in East London. This is a vibrant housing association that is fully committed to helping to create a place where people, communities and businesses can grow and thrive. Currently leading an extensive place-shaping programme for their local area, attracting a £2.5 billion investment to regenerate, build and create opportunities, this is definitely a forward thinking organisation, with big plans for the future.

Your new role
You will be reporting to the Financial Controller in a Rent Accountant position. You will be responsible for leading on all aspects of rent accounting; analysing unit costing and incorporating it within rent setting to maximise income for the organisation. You will be responsible for rent reconciliations, ensuring that rents are up to date and paid correctly. You will be responsible for reviewing the rent setting and budgets, rent statements and recovering other costs from the properties. All of this whilst complying with up to date statutory regulations. You will be responsible for managing a team of 3 Finance Officers/Assistants.

What you'll need to succeed
You will need:

• Experience working in a similar role in a housing association
• Up to date knowledge of statutory and regulatory regulations in regards to rent setting.
• Previous exposure to leading the rent setting process
• Confidence in completing complex reconciliations
• Line manager experience
• Good Excel skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience using Orchard is desirable

What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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2-3 Month Interim Contract

£250 per day

Working from Home.

An international membership body are looking for a qualified Accountant to help them through Year – End.

Experience of the charity sector and recent use of PS Financials would be highly beneficial.

Reporting into the Head of Finance, the role will include some BAU responsibilities whilst working with the Head of Finance to finalise the year end accounts for the auditors.

Senior Project Accountant, up to £46,000 + Benefits

For a large membership organisation and registered charity, we are recruiting a Senior Project Accountant to lead on the financial management of projects, ROI and value for money initiatives, support business development opportunities and innovation and business process improvements. The Senior Project Accountant will also support budget holders including those in the trading subsidiary.

Main Duties:

• Support organisation-wide projects including investment appraisals
• Lead on value for money initiatives and business process reviews for value for money assessments
• Provide financial analysis for income, expenditure, and specific areas of business operations
• Support the financial planning process and financial performance management and monitoring processes
• Work alongside the project management office for financial management, delivery of projects within budget and present reporting packs
• Support the Finance Business Partners and Senior Management Accountant
• Work with the BI team to improve integration processes and reporting

Person Specification:

• CCAB qualified
• Experience of project accounting, ROI, and value for money
• Experience with investment appraisals and proposals
• Experience of business process reviews and implementation
• Experience of working in the non-profit sector would be desirable as would project management methodologies
• Report writing and BI tools experience
• Experience with SQL database and OLE functions would be preferred

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Grants and Project Accountant, Temporary (3-6 months) £20 - £27 per hour

For an international NGO based in central London, we are recruiting an International Grants Accountant for 3-6 on a temp basis. Reporting to the Head of Finance, the role will support all aspects of budgeting, reporting, compliance, and the financial management of grants. This is a key role in the improvement of programme delivery and services by supporting grant budget holders.

Main Duties:

• Support production of Donor compliant financial reports for all grants for a portfolio of projects
• Generate and review transactional reports and associated corrections and adjustments
• Receive, process and account for expenditure by grant partners
• Produce reforecasts as required by the Donor with input from grant budget holders
• Support budgeting of new grant proposals
• Support and ensure the compliance of grants with financial policies
• Seek to improve procedures for processing transactions, reporting and other issues

What will you bring to this role?

• Part qualified CCAB with excellent understanding of accounting for restricted income and expenditure
• Understanding of double entry and how to make corrections and adjustments
• Experience in restricted grant reporting, ideally from an international NGO
• Experience of business partnering with overseas partners and offices
• Excellent Excel skills including VLOOKUP's and sumifs
• Experience of DFID, USAID and EC is ideal
• Ideally experience of Access Dimensions

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I am looking to find a newly qualified account with exposure to the education sector to join one of London's largest education providers, as their new Financial Accountant.

Client Details

This client has significant influence in their sector, making them a fantastic organisation to start your career with. You will be joining a large team of specialist, who value hard work, inclusivity, and team spirit.

Description

• Support senior management with accurate and timely reporting,
• Undertake cash flow management
• Updating and reconciling the income statement and balance sheet
• Liaising with external auditors
• Quarterly VAT returns
• Completing adhoc analysis for the Financial Controller

Profile

The successful applicant will be newly qualified in ACA, CIMA, ACCA or CIPFA and will be able to demonstrate a strong work ethic and enthusiasm for the education sector.

Job Offer

This is an excellent opportunity to kick start your career with a well-respected education organisation. From day 1 you will be encouraged to grow and develop your skill set, moving you forward in your career. The organisation offers flexible working hours and an fantastic holiday package.

This is an immediate start on going interim System Accountant role working for a membership organisation based in the City of London. The System Accountant is required to work closely with the Finance Team to ensure the successful configuration of a new accounting & project management system. The new system is called Microsoft Dynamics Business Central which shares the code base as NAV.

The duties of the System Accountant include;

• Spending time with product users and understanding business needs
• Documenting processes and workflows - ensuring they meet business needs
• Preparing a detailed implementation plan ensuring successful project delivery in timely and cost-effective manner
• Preparing user acceptance testing scripts and coordinate all testing
• Setting up Jet Reports for management accounts and project reports

Applicants for the position of System Accountant must be immediately available and willing to commit to this project until October 2021 and applicants must have experience of;

• Jet reporting
• System implementation ideally of Business Central & Progressus
• Knowledge of Agile and SCRUM methodology
• A proven track record in accounting and finance - ideally have accounting qualifications

If you are a recently qualified accountant looking for a chance to join an organisation supporting millions worldwide in a role with truly global impact, this Financial Accountant position may be the right next step for you. 

Joining a supportive and sociable team, this role offers great exposure to the sector and the chance not only to develop your financial skills, but the potential to move internally in an organisation renowned for offering internal progression and secondments.

Reporting into the Financial Controller, the International Financial Accountant will be responsible for:

• Working with global teams to review project balances
• Developing reporting functionality for the wider business.
• Working closely with the Financial Controller to pull together the statutory accounts for the organisation
• Supporting regional teams with their accounts and audits, requiring excellent business partnering skills

This position would suit a newly-qualified accountant from audit. Experience working with not-for-profit clients would be an advantage but is not essential. This may also suit a recently qualified or finalist currently working in Financial Accountant with exceptional technical skills. 

Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required, as is the appetite for development and the ability to build relationships internationally and in the UK.

If you are interested in this position, please get in touch with Kate Marriott at Ivy Rock Partners for more information. This client is interviewing as and when suitable candidates apply, so this role will be filled before the closing date.

Finance Manager (Central Programmes)

BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international charity. We support the independent media essential to democracy and development; and support people facing insecurity, inequality and poverty with information they can trust – to protect health, bridge divides and challenge prejudice. With our partners we reach millions through creative communication and trusted media, helping people have their say, understand their rights, responsibilities and each other, and take action to transform their own lives.

We are now looking for an experienced and qualified Finance Manager with strong international development experience to join our central programmes team.  The role will be the focal point across financial management, accounting processes and donor compliance for BBC Media Action's multi-country projects. She/he will also play a business partner role, working closely with colleagues in our country offices and the UK to design and plan new, multi-country projects.

You will ideally hold a professional accounting qualification and have strong experience in the international development field, preferably including both consortium financial management and US government budgeting and grant management experience. You’ll also bring great written and verbal communication skills and excellent financial management and analysis skills, with the ability to communicate complex data and principles clearly.

About the role

The Access Project currently outsources its accounting function. In light of recent and planned future growth, we have decided to bring that function in-house from summer 2021. We are therefore looking to recruit a Finance Manager who will join a small finance team and play a key role in the successful transition from outsourced to in-house provision. You will be in a unique position to shape a new role to best support the charity.

The Finance Manager will report to the Finance Director.

About The Access Project

The Access Project is an innovative education charity that helps bright young people from disadvantaged backgrounds beat the odds and gain places at top universities. Our volunteers are trained and supported to be effective tutors who work with our students for an hour a week to raise their grades. In addition, a dedicated school-based staff member mentors the students so they have the knowledge and support to make strong university applications. Our results show this approach works.

The Access Project currently works in London, the East and West Midlands and Bradford. We have a growing team (currently c.60 staff) working in schools and regional offices (when lockdown restrictions are not in place).

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Work with the Finance Director to develop a forward-looking finance function that provides accurate data, reports and analysis that can be used inform decision-making across the organisation.

Data capture and monthly processes

• Assist with the implementation of a new finance system and migration of relevant data
• Oversee the set up and ongoing use of any associated systems for invoice and expense management
• Oversee the month end process and produce monthly management accounts packs
• Ensure the accurate capture and coding of the underlying financial data, overseeing the processing done by the Senior Coordinator
• Post regular and ad-hoc journals, including payroll, prepayments, accruals and apportionment of support costs
• Maintain and monitor the cashflow forecast
• Develop and maintain a finance manual and regularly review the financial systems and controls in place

Finance business partnering

• Act as a finance business partner to all budget holders
• Provide ongoing training and support non-finance staff to enable them to effectively manage budgets and make informed decisions
• Draft and review organisational policies relating to finance
• Assist with the production of annual budgets and in-year forecasts in collaboration with the Finance Director and budget holders
• Liaise with the partnerships team, providing financial information for funding applications and reporting and tracking spend on restricted funds

Other

• Assist with the preparation of the annual statutory accounts and audit pack
• Provide the auditors with any information requested during the annual audit
• Undertake ad-hoc projects and requests when they come up

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential characteristics and experience:

• Studying towards a professional accounting qualification (eg. ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or qualified by experience
• At least 2 years of relevant experience, including use of accounting systems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to effectively communicate financial matters to staff without a finance background
• Committed to driving improvement
• Excellent attention to detail
• Intermediate or advanced Excel skills
• Passionate about educational disadvantage and The Access Project’s mission
• Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
• Committed to upholding a professional code of ethics

Desirable characteristics and experience:

• Working knowledge of the charity SORP

Please note, as a minimum requirement, applicants will need to:

• have a university degree or significant professional experience;
• have the right to work in the UK.

Safeguarding statement

"The Access Project is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and will expect all volunteers and staff to share this commitment."

Disclosure of a Criminal Record
The Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order 1986 does not apply to posts where there is access to children. This means that applicants for employment which involves working with children and young people must disclose any criminal record. If your application is successful, you are required to make these disclosures and consent to The Access Project verifying the accuracy of your response with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Finance Manager

£32k - 35k + NI + 4% pension contributions (pro rata)

14 hours per week

We’re looking for an experienced finance manager to lead our finance team in a new role for LRMN. You will join the leadership team and support the CEO to set the finance strategy.

LRMN is a thriving organisation and one of the most established refugee and migrants’ organisations providing services in London but focusing on south and southeast London boroughs. Our services include provision of specialist legal advice and information on immigration, housing and welfare, therapeutic and practical support to women who survived gender based violence, helping our service users access employment, training and volunteering opportunities, prevention of mental health problems, and helping our clients integrate and engage in their community.

You will have day to day responsibility for the organisation’s finances, working with colleagues to set and manage budgets, maintain accurate financial records and ensure all financial and compliance requirements are met.

With a relevant accounting background and qualification you will have an excellent understanding of, and experience of, financial planning. You will be organised with a high level of attention to detail.

LRMN is an equal opportunity employer and committed to safeguarding and fulfilling its duty of care to people working and volunteering in the organisation and to those we come into contact with.

To apply, please find the job description, person specification and link to the application form on our website.

Deadline: 9am 15th March 2021

Interviews: Afternoon of 22nd March 2021

Join a team which has unique expertise combining the power of journalism and the law to advance media freedom, foster more inclusive economies, and promote human rights. 

Thomson Reuters Foundation is currently recruiting for a Project Manager, Service Operations to join our TrustLaw team in London.

Reporting to the Head of Programmes of TrustLaw, this role will do a deep-dive mapping of the TrustLaw service processes, analyse how the service works to identify opportunities for optimisation and explore how we can improve our member journey.  This work will be instrumental in leading and defining key requirements to improve and future proof the delivery of the TrustLaw service across the world. 

The person in this role will project manage the transformation of the TrustLaw portal – driving work to take it from a simple platform, through which we connect high-impact NGOs and social enterprises with leading law firms and corporate legal teams, to an interactive ecosystem that also offers opportunities for learning, knowledge-sharing, innovation, networking and collaboration.

In this role, the Project Manager, Service Operations will work closely with the TrustLaw and Product & Technology teams of the Thomson Reuters Foundation to re-think the ways in which TrustLaw delivers its services. The role will manage relationships with internal/external business and technology partners, donors, programmatic teams, TrustLaw member groups, contractors and vendors to ensure delivery of all components of the project.  

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about improving a successful, global pro bono legal service that helps NGOs, social enterprises and lawyers drive social change.  

This is a fixed term one-year contract based in London starting in March 2021. 

As our Project Manager, Service Operations, you will: 

• Develop and drive the project planning and implementation of the TrustLaw service and portal overhaul project. 

• Dive into the nuts and bolts of how the TrustLaw service works. Map the A to Z of the programme, the intricate steps taken by the TrustLaw team to deliver the service, and the journey taken by TrustLaw members.

• Create and monitor detailed workflows and standard operating procedures (current and future) used by the programme.  Be a custodian of all workflow and SOP documentation and guidance.

• Draw out pain points and opportunities for process, functionality and technology improvements.

• Outline technical, process and functionality requirements for portal and service overhaul work. Prepare briefs and documentation to feed into work of technology team. 

• Serve as primary liaison between the Foundation teams and project funders, partners, stakeholders and beneficiaries, and manage the day-to-day relationships with these parties. 

• Manage internal project communications and relationships with key internal stakeholders. 

• Hold responsibility for, track and report on the project budget. 

• Aggregate information from data collection efforts and other inputs that will inform the project (e.g., needs assessment, member consultations and focus groups, etc.). 

• Review development plans, wireframes and other documentation and test functionality to ensure they meet requirements, align with TrustLaw’s programmatic goals, and best meet the needs of TrustLaw members 

• Track risks and share ways to minimize them with TrustLaw management  

• Pull reports from Salesforce and analyse information/findings in Excel 

• Manage launch event(s) for the new TrustLaw portal, coordinating content, agenda, logistics and attendees  

To be our Project Manager, Service Operations, you will likely have:  

• Experience with project management and programmatic operations in the charity sector and/or within a membership organisation 

• Strong project management skills, including experience with monitoring and evaluation and tracking budgets

• Experience analysing and sketching out programmatic processes and workflows, including how things currently stand and how they could be improved, and drafting requirements for future changes

• Experience with data management and analysis and affinity for detail 

• Experience with network, service or membership-based programmes and understanding of the needs of NGOs and social enterprises

• Experience building or supporting online communities/networks and developing content for websites and online platforms 

• Experience building and managing relationships with multiple project stakeholders, including funders, cross-division teams and external parties 

• Experience reporting to donors 

• Experience using Salesforce and other online databases, and an affinity for online databases and processes 

• Experience scoping, planning, testing and project managing process, platform or operations-related projects  

• It would be a bonus if you have experience liaising or communicating with developers or tech teams

Please note, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We encourage any interested candidates to complete their application as soon as possible.