Management Accountant Jobs in Croydon, Greater London

Communications and Social Media Officer- Hybrid

Do you love talking to older Christians and hearing their stories?

Are you excited by the possibility of lifting the lid on what goes on in the life of a care home, from fun activities to school visits and trips out?

Would you find it rewarding to share insights on what makes for great person-centred care, including dementia care?

Are you keen to get cracking on a great comms campaign to support fundraising? If so, then you could be just the person we’re looking for.

As a Christian* charity supporting older people, at Pilgrims’ Friend Society, we’re dedicated to creating wonderful places where older Christians can live out their faith and enjoy fulfilling lives, contributing to others around them, both in their care home or housing scheme and in the wider community.

But for our communities to thrive, we need to spread the word about the work we’re doing and the brilliant older people who choose to make their home with us.

We’re seeking a tenacious individual, whether a recent graduate or someone with one to three years of experience in a communications/marketing role, to join our expanding Marketing and Communications Team. This role offers an ideal opportunity to capture compelling stories and amplify our charity’s voice while further developing your career in our dynamic team.

Reporting to our Communications Manager, you’ll play a key role in delivering the Communications Strategy, crafting content across a range of platforms including The Pilgrims’ Magazine, our website, newsletters and social media.

Strong writing skills are an absolute must for this role, as is a keen eye for design and high levels of digital literacy. As an adept communicator with excellent attention to detail, you’ll be able to turn your hand to anything, from magazine features to short form videos, keeping abreast of the latest trends.

A natural people person with innate curiosity, you’ll embrace opportunities to visit our care homes and housing schemes and capture the stories of life with us – not just those of the older people who live there, but also those of our brilliant staff and volunteers. You’ll then devise creative ways to share these stories so they connect with our different audiences, from prospective residents to new supporters and beyond.

A self-starter, you’ll need to be able to work independently within agreed brand guidelines and with minimal supervision. You’ll also need to be highly organised, ensuring that deadlines are met and that content lands in a timely manner. Through analytics, you’ll monitor engagement, using these insights to inform our evolving content plan and drive growth.

As well as creating compelling content for our core communications platforms, you’ll also provide valuable support to our ambitious press plan, helping to amplify the voice of Pilgrims’ Friend Society in local and national media.

If that sounds like the right fit for you, then we’d love to hear from you!

Experience/skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven experience of writing/ creating great content in a paid professional or organisational context
• A relevant degree or (similar level) professional qualification; or equivalent work experience
• A strong visual sense and great attention to detail
• Technical skills across Microsoft applications and website content management systems
• Experience with creative platforms including Canva and Mailchimp
• Experience in video editing/creating video content for contemporary social platforms e.g. Instagram Reels/TikToks
• A creative mindset and the ability to think of new ways to build our brand
• Strong organisation and planning skills
• The ability to work independently and with colleagues from across the organisation
• A can-do problem-solving attitude

*Applicants must be evangelical Christians (This role has an Occupational Requirement to be filled by a Christian under the provisions of the Equality Act (2010).)

Hours:

34.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

Benefits:

• Hybrid working (2 days in the office, 3 days at home)
• Flexible working hours
• 5 weeks' paid holiday per year, as well as bank and public holidays
• Training & development
• Ongoing support from management
• Perkbox
• Wisdom app
• Care Friends referral app
• Birthday reward
• Long-standing service reward
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme

— What our staff say about us: …“It is a friendly and welcoming place to work” … —

Pilgrims’ Friend Society is a registered charity. Our Christian ethos is central to everything we plan and do. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Please note: the closing date for this post is Friday 7th June, however, this vacancy may close sooner if sufficient applications have been received so please apply as soon as possible if interested.

Job Title: Finance Business Partner 

Based at: Flexible – hybrid working. London based 

Contract: Permanent 

Hours: 35 hours per week (open to flexible or part-time working) 

Salary: Band 5 (c£49,000)

Department: Finance 

It’s a very exciting time to join the Ramblers. We have been instrumental in helping Britain experience the great outdoors for almost 90 years. But we are looking to the future, not the past.

We know not everyone has the same access to the outdoors, so we’re continue to fight for change. We campaign, protect paths and lead walks so no matter who you are, you can enjoy the benefits of getting out into the fresh air and wide-open spaces.

We need your drive, knowledge, skills, and creativity to help us raise awareness of the Ramblers and what we stand for, helping the charity grow its supporter base and meet our brand goals. Ultimately, you will help open up the joys and wellbeing benefits of walking to many more people.

About us

You might know us for our group walks, thousands of which take place every week across England, Scotland and Wales.

But there’s a lot more to the Ramblers. Since 1935, we’ve been fighting for the public’s right to enjoy Britain’s landscapes. We do it through campaigning for changes in legislation, opening up green routes in cities, maintaining paths and signposts, saving lost paths … and so much more.

Purpose of Role

The Finance Business Partner is the bridge between Finance and the other Directorates we support. The focus of the role is to provide finance expertise to budget holders to help them to understand their financial information and make informed decisions about their areas.

It is someone who truly partners with budget holders, to understand the key drivers, needs and priorities of different areas of the organisation and works with the relevant stakeholders to deliver our ambitious strategic goals.

The role

Support to budget holders:

• Develop and maintain a thorough working knowledge of all areas of the organisation.
• Establish strong relationships with and become the finance point of contact for budget holders with queries.
• Review monthly performance with budget holders and agree any revisions that are needed.
• Provide high quality financial support and training to budget holders on processes to develop effective budget management and controls.
• Implement and maintain strong business processes to support record-keeping, analysis, and good decision-making.

Monthly reporting process:

• Support the Head of Finance with month end process, to include: reconciliation of legacy funding with outsourced support organisation, accruals and prepayments.
• Run and review cost centre reports prior to sharing with budget holders.
• Distribute cost centre reports to budget holders and discuss variances .
• Compile incorrect transactions from budget holders and post correcting journals. Investigate reasons for mispostings and instigate corrective action.
• Produce management accounts and related variance analysis for Executive Leadership Team.

Budget and quarterly forecasts:

• Lead and coordinate the annual budget process, 3-year planning and quarterly reforecasting.
• Produce templates and guidance to support budget holders with budgeting and forecasts.
• Arrange meetings to discuss and support budget holders with completion of templates.
• Work with the Chief of Staff to align the annual budget and business planning processes.

Funder proposals and reports:

• Support Fundraising team and Programme implementation teams with proposals to funders.
• Work with budget holders to develop and maintain list of funding, timelines and reporting requirements.
• Prepare financial reports for external funders.

Ongoing support:

• Work closely with the Fundraising team to improve and strengthen reconciliations, reporting and system links between the CRM system (Salesforce) and the Finance System.
• Develop and deliver training to staff and volunteers on finance processes and understanding financial information.

• Support with the development and monitoring compliance of the financial policies and processes and controls.
• Support Finance process improvement activities.

Finance team tasks:

• Creation of and running reports and transaction queries from SUN systems using Q&A.
• Managing quarterly VAT return process.
• Support annual external audit to include preparation of schedules and financial statements/notes.

Undertake such other duties as may be reasonably required of the post holder by the Ramblers.

The person 

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CiPFA or equivalent formal qualification) or in the final stage of qualification.

Knowledge and Experience

• Substantial experience of charity fund accounting (SORP).
• Knowledge & extensive experience of finance systems (SUN systems desirable)
• Knowledge of CRM systems (Salesforce desirable).
• Experience of business partnering in the charity sector, working with budget holders to prepare departmental and project budgets and forecasts.
• Experience of communicating complex financial information effectively to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• Substantial experience of producing management accounts and variance analysis.
• Experience of working collaboratively and in partnership with individuals, groups, organisations and stakeholders internally and externally.
• Experience of dealing with charity VAT.

Skills and Leadership

• Ability to interpret complex data and apply problem solving techniques when required.
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills, with an emphasis on negotiation.
• Confident and adept operating at management and peer to peer level.
• Advanced Excel user.
• Technical support to junior members of the finance team.

Personal Attributes

• Enthusiastic and collaborative approach
• Ambitiouswith a growth mindset.
• Curious, wanting to question, understand
• Pro-active, problem-solving and solution focused.
• Communicate clearly, effectively and honestly.
• Open and approachable with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Commitment to excellence and being part of a high performing team
• Motivated by the work of the Ramblers.

The Ramblers promote diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Values and Behaviours 

Our values are the core principles that guide us daily in our work and our membership of the Ramblers. We all share the passion that walking is for everyone and by living our shared values we can ensure the Ramblers is an organisation to be proud of. Our values will earn trust for the Ramblers brand which will allow us to open up a world of walking opportunities for even more people.

Inclusive – We make everyone feel welcome and part of the Ramblers community. We make sure we all feel respected and accepted and know our contributions make a difference in achieving our mission.

Inspiring – We strive to inspire people through the way we act and the things we say. We channel our passion and ambition so others are moved to help us achieve our mission.

Empowering – We empower and encourage each other to make a positive contribution to our teams and the Ramblers. We do all we can to make sure everyone has the ability, and feels confident, to take action.

Responsible – We take responsibility for ourselves and those around us seriously, by always acting in a safe and supportive way. We care about the environment and make sure we do what we say we will do.

Goodman Masson are partnered with a well renowned UK based charity who operate across the country, to recruit for a Finance Business Partner.

You will lead on providing high quality insight and financial management to various support functions across the organisation.

Day to day duties include:

• Improve understanding of financial performance across various functions to enable accurate decision making
• Prepare insightful management reporting to budget holders and senior Directors
• Take the lead on financial planning processes and provide relevant analysis
• Work with the project team to maintain project accounting processes
• Support project team with longer-term planning and budgeting
• Support business case appraisal for investment decisions

Essentials:

• CIMA, ACA OR ACCA qualified (or equivalent)
• Proven business partnering experience
• Process improvement experience
• Excellent communication skills

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.

About The Role

Closing date: 14th June
Interview date: W/C 17th June
Application Process: Please ensure you apply with a supporting statement on why you believe you would be the most suitable individual for this position.
 
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
 
Are you an experienced Senior Finance professional wanting to make a real difference for anyone affected by dementia?  This role will support our Income and Engagement Directorate which includes raising funds so that Alzheimer’s Society can provide essential services to those who need us.  
 
The Senior Finance Business Partner will assist the directorate with financial analysis and advice that will help shape decision making.
 
As a member of the Finance Partnering Team, you will support budget holders to maximise their impact and deliver a high quality, customer focused finance partnering service to stakeholders, including support to operational decision making, commercial development and producing forecasts, budgets and insightful analysis.
 
You'll have experience in preparing financial reports, budgets, forecasts, business plans, and modelling of financial data. You will advocate and promote the Society's core values (trusted experts, better together, compassionate and determined to make a difference) able working collaboratively with wider teams successfully and professionally to complete tasks.
 
Alzheimer's Society have recently been named on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023! We have achieved excellent scores for workplace happiness, pride, and job satisfaction. This is a fantastic achievement and we're incredibly proud as this is fantastic indication of how far we’ve travelled over the past few years.

We would love to welcome more outstanding people to join our exciting journey to make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
 
This is a homeworking role, but you may be required to travel to attend some meetings and team-days, so you must reside in the UK, have the correct right to work documents to work in the UK and be comfortable/willing to travel to our flagship offices (London or Birmingham) if/when required.
 
About you 

- Must be a fully qualified accountant with prior experience in a business partnering role.
- Experience of the charity sector would be nice to have but not essential.
- Be confident to question Senior stakeholder's queries and seek answers to solutions whilst providing continuous support. 
- Proven ability to develop high-quality financial reporting for management. 
- Can-do attitude with an ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines. 
- Advocate and champion our ED&I mission whilst championing our focus in supporting those affected by dementia.

Person Specification

- Verbal and written communication skills to liaise with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Excellent IT skills and extensive experience/knowledge on using Microsoft packages.
- Work collaboratively and be able to prioritise your workload effectively.
- Strong analytical and interpretation skills.
- Excellent organisational skills and great attention to detail.
- Advocate for Alzheimer’s Society, demonstrating passion and resilience to make a difference.
- Be a self-starter and incredibly motivated.

About Alzheimer's Society
At Alzheimer's Society, we believe passionately that life doesn't end when dementia begins. We are here for anyone affected by dementia, and we do everything we can to keep people with dementia connected to their lives and the people who matter most.
Everything we do is shaped by people affected by dementia. Their knowledge and experience are critical to bringing about real-world solutions. From choosing the most promising research through to telling their stories to raise awareness; they are the heart of this organisation.

MLC are partnering with an organisation who specialise in human rights law, to recruit their permanent Finance and Operations Administrator. You’ll be joining a newly created division within the organisation, with a chance to shape the long-term objectives and impact of the role.

This role with report into an experienced Head of Finance and Operations and provide administrative support on a range of business activities, with a strong focus on streamlining and driving efficiencies across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the wider team with financial reports, maintaining financial spreadsheets and committee presentations
• Process all financial transactions, journals and reconcile balance sheets monthly
• Streamline finance processes and maintain the financial system
• Provide general administrative/office support; including facilities, equipment and office supplies
• Minute taking and general board administration support
• Adhoc diary management to the Chief Executive, and administrative support to the Trustees and Board

Experience and skills needed:

• Significant experience within financial and operational administrative support
• Knowledge of finance systems and processes
• Strong experience of Microsoft Suite
• The ability to work independently, with high attention to detail and communicative skills
• Ideally working towards a finance qualification (ACCA/CIMA/AAT)
• Knowledge of the Charity sector

If you meet the above requirements, and want to join an impactful organisation, apply now as applicants are under constant review, and this role may be filled before the ad closes. For any additional questions and to discuss your job search, please reach out to Annabelle at MLC Partners.

Job Purpose:To provide administrative support for the Housing Team and to carry out general administrative tasks. To also be responsible for providing a professional and friendly welcome to all visitors and residents, providing information on services available.

Hours of work:21 hours (7 hours per day over 3 days)

Location : YMCA East Surrey, Hillbrook House, 68 Brighton Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 6QT.

Annual leave:  Five weeks (pro-rata) plus bank holidays. Holidays increase after two years’ service to a maximum of five weeks’ pro-rata after six years’ service. The holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March each year. 

Benefits:

Free Gym Membership: The post holder will be entitled to free use of the YMCA East Surrey fitness centre in Redhill and half price YMCA childcare for dependents.

Free Parking : There is free parking available at The Sovereign Centre and at all our delivery site. YMCA East Surrey also operates a Bike to Work Scheme.

Pension Scheme: There is a YMCA East Surrey pension scheme - details available on request.

Main responsibilities

• Provide a professional friendly welcome to all visitors and residents arriving at Hillbrook House and providing information on services and facilities available
• To deal with telephone enquiries and to put calls through to other staff, to take messages and to retrieve voicemail messages
• Ensure the visitor policy is complied with and the seen sheet is completed and kept up to date

· Collate, input and monitor data via various IT platforms

· Manage incoming client applications via guidance support and various IT platforms

· Complete and the keep the staff rota up-to-date and distribute to staff

· Filing and other administrative work as required

· Updating reception documents and maintaining contact folders

· To offer a helpful and supportive presence to residents and reporting of incidents

· Keeping tally on stock available and first aid items

· Cash transactions over the reception for resident rent and  maintain accurate receipting and accounting of all monies and credit transactions taken whilst on duty, checking floats and reconciling the till at the end of the shift

• Ensure that all keys and equipment issued are signed for and are returned and stored as appropriate
• To provide administrative support for the housing team and to carry out general administrative tasks (using Microsoft Office and other platforms)
• To be responsible for the post at the weekend, ensuring incoming post is dated, and is distributed to appropriate staff and residents and that outgoing post is processed correctly
• Any other duty requested by Housing Management

Closing date & interviews: 

Closing Date:Thursday 23rd May 2024 9am

Interviews are scheduled : Thursday 30th May 2024

The Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) are pleased to be exclusively partnering with Robertson Bell in their search for a Finance Director to join their close-knit, dynamic team on a permanent basis, in this newly revamped role. The Holocaust Educational Trust’s mission is to ensure that people from every background are educated about the Holocaust and the important lessons to be learned for today.

They are seeking an experienced, strategic accounting professional to work with the Treasurer, Chief Executive and Managing Director, to devise and implement the Trust’s finance strategy, to ensure they have the resources they need to deliver their charitable objectives. The Finance Director will be responsible for ensuring an effective finance function; leading on the financial management of the Trust; overseeing financial compliance and governance; and the development and oversight of our Financial Strategy.

The organisation:

HET work to make sure that the millions who were murdered in this dark period of history are remembered, and honour those who survived and continue to tell the world of their experiences. Since 1988, the Holocaust Educational Trust has worked with schools, universities and communities around the UK to raise awareness and understanding of the Holocaust.

Through their flagship programme, the Lessons from Auschwitz Project, tens of thousands of young people have had the opportunity to see for themselves the site of the former Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. They return inspired and passionate about ensuring that the legacy of the Holocaust continues for generations to come.

The key duties of the Director of Finance are as follows:

The successful candidate will have:

This is a hybrid role based in London, offering the potential to work from home up to three days per week. It presents a full time opportunity, although 0.8 FTE will be considered for the right candidate. The closing date for applications is on Sunday 2^nd June with first stage interviews taking place the week commencing the 10^th June. Applications will be under continuous review before then so please don’t delay in submitting your CV for consideration!

The young people we support in this service are amazing, they are courageous, determined, and brave. These young people have often survived very difficult experiences and have often experienced high levels of violence in their lives. This can mean at times we have to work harder to secure their trust and build relationships with them. The experiences these young people have had in their lives means they can feel frustrated, angry, and upset. We need someone committed to showing care, respect, patience and understanding, someone who understands that challenging behaviour can be a demonstration of the impact of multiple traumas.

• Starting salary: £31,200
• Deadline to apply: 9am Tuesday 25 June

For more details on how to apply and Job Specification, please refer to our Job Pack below.

New Horizon Youth Centre has been commissioned by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) as part of an Alliance with Safer London, St Giles Trust and the Anna Freud Centre to deliver on their Children and Young People’s Violence and Exploitation and Reduction support service. The commission will run from June 2024 for three years. As part of this, an additional service will be set up within the NHYC Youth Justice team specifically to deliver on the Alliance contract. This will include a team of Housing Caseworkers who will carry out assessments and advocacy work with young people under 25 who are fleeing violence and exploitation, in order to move them on successfully into both emergency and long-term housing options. You should be passionate about working with this client group, able to manage a fast-moving caseload, and committed to working collaboratively with a team across multiple services.

Salary: £31,200 - £34,736

Closing Date: 10am, 5th June 2024

The Senior Finance Officer is a key role working alongside the Finance Business Partner for ClientEarth’s Business Services and External Affairs teams (BS and EA) to assist in the production of the monthly management accounts, providing support to our budget holders and to a busy finance team.

This new role has been created due to an internal promotion. If you are actively studying for your ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification this role offers you study support while learning on the job, all while helping an environmental charity deliver on its mission of using the power of the law to protect life on Earth. 

You will join a finance team currently totalling 23 colleagues working across our offices in London, Brussels, Warsaw, Berlin, Madrid, Tokyo and Beijing.

Meet your Manager

In this role, you will be managed by Kasheena Paryag. In 2017, Kasheena started her career in the non profit sector and has had various finance roles in both charities and grant making organisations since. Kasheena joined ClientEarth in March 2022 and is based in our London Office. As a Finance Business Partner, Kasheena is the main point of contact for our CEO, Business Services and External Affairs departments, and works closely with these teams.

Main Duties

• Management Reporting - Support in the timely and accurate production of monthly management reporting from Workday Adaptive taking responsibility for running the reports for a number of budget departments.
• Budgeting and Forecasting - Support, as appropriate, with annual budget setting, entity budgets, monthly forecasting, process improvements and budget assumptions including Adaptive Planning modelling. 
• Data Integrity - Ensuring accurate coding of transactions, raising and responding to queries from budget holders. 

Role requirements

• Actively studying for ACA/ACCA/CIMA. Study support provided
• Experience of working with Access Dimensions, FocalPoint, Workday Adaptive or other similar accounting packages
• Experience of managing deadlines through a financial month end process 
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly of large excel spreadsheet functionality including lookups, pivot tables, data sorting

Note to candidates: We know that long lists of criteria can be daunting and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.

Further Information

Have a question about this job? Please visit our Careers site for advice on applying, FAQs, and more.

Flexible working:  We are proud to be a Flexa accredited Employer. Visit our Flexa Employer page for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based  See our Benefits page for more.

ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds. 

Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK.

ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties.

Goodman Masson are delighted to be partnered with Ruach City Church on their search for a new Head of Finance!

Who would you be working for?

Ruach City Church is one of the largest and fastest-growing non-denominational Pentecostal Christian churches in Europe. Founded in December 1992, the church is known for hosting interdenominational events and has a mission to bring the church to the people with four sites across the UK and regular live streams of their worship.

What is the role?

Joining the organisation at a pivotal time, with various exciting upcoming projects, you would be reporting directly into the CEO. Main responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Overseeing the entirety of the Finance department and four direct reports
• Acting as a business partner for the Finance department; liaising with various stakeholders at a number of different levels, communicating financial information effectively
• Budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning to ensure maintained financial health of the Church
• Responsibility for the year-end accounts and audit liaison
• Ensuring all financial processes and governance within the Church adhere to up-to-date regulations; developing new policies where necessary

What do you need to succeed?

• A full accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or equivalent)
• Experience, or desire to be working within a charity finance function
• Demonstrable, extensive post-qualification accounting experience, having managed teams and interacted with Senior Leadership Teams, The Board, etc.
• Confident user of Excel and other accounting systems
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate with a variety of stakeholders at differing seniority

Please reach out directly to [email protected] if you are keen to discuss this further.

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.

Ivy Rock Partners is incredibly proud to be recruiting a new Chief Finance and Operations Officer for the Harris Federation. This is an amazing opportunity for a passionate finance leader who is looking to work within an organisation impacting children across London and the south east. Market leading salary and benefits on offer.

We welcome applications from all sectors, particularly applicants who have operated in highly regulated environments, and have led on ERP implementation projects.

Harris Federation seek to operate in areas with high levels of socio-economic disadvantage. In these places a high quality education is fundamental to the future success of the children they serve. They aim to disrupt the status quo, and free-up our teachers and leaders to focus on one thing and one thing only, providing an exceptional education for every child, where all children thrive and learn through engagement with an exciting, ambitious curriculum underpinned by excellent teaching.

Job Purpose

Finance

• To lead and manage the Harris Federation finance function so that Harris delivers its educational aims and objectives as well as meets all DfE and EFSA requirements

• To be responsible for the financial sustainability and development of Harris Federation and for the financial probity of the organisation

• To ensure the provision of an efficient, responsive, reliable, and effective financial service to the Harris Federation.

• To support the CEO in his role as Accounting Officer in line with the Academy Finance Handbook

• To provide strong leadership and direction to an established central finance team consisting of 35 staff), this being the led by a strong Financial Controller and the business partnering team led by a strong Head of Business Partnering

• To manage the Financial Controller and oversee the operational finance and accounts team

• To manage the Head of Finance Business Partnering and oversee relationships with key stakeholders across the academy network

 

Operations

• To work alongside the CEO and Directors to continue the development of an effective and efficient business model for the Harris Federation central services

• This will align with the Oracle roll out where the current operating model will require business change that will drive the efficiencies and benefits a new and sophisticated system like Oracle can bring

• To give strong leadership and direction to the central systems team (circa 6 staff), this team currently supporting the roll out of the Oracle system across HR, Payroll and Finance

• To ensure the provision of an efficient, responsive, reliable and effective systems support and development service to the Harris Federation

Senior Finance Officer for a Central London Institute.

£40,000 Salary

Hybrid working

To assist with the provision of financial accounting duties for the organisation. In this role, you will be responsible for system reconciliations to validate the integrity of the financial ledgers.

You will also be expected to support the day-to-day application of the organisations' various financial recording and reporting systems.

* Responsible for tracking and maintaining record of donations between the bank, ledger and the CRM system, ensuring that entries are up-to date and accurate. * Reconciliation of the groups bank accounts on a weekly basis, with necessary actions identified and tracked to resolution. * Manage the weekly review and tracking of actions being taken in respect of sales invoices past due. * Providing support to the deputy financial controller in the preparation of quarterly group VAT returns with reconciliation of Input and Output VAT.

Skills/Aptitudes/Knowledge:

1. Accountancy qualification - AAT level 3 or a demonstratable equivalent on professional accountancy qualification pathway.

2. Knowledge and understanding of principal concepts under UK GAAP.

3. A good working knowledge of book-keeping entries, general ledgers, reconciliations, VAT.

4. Computer literate with an aptitude for finance systems and a good working knowledge of standard office software.

5. Well organised with a strength in prioritising.

6. Good presentation skills and an ability to explain complex transactions.

7. Accuracy, with attention to detail.

8. Effective interpersonal and written communication skills to liaise with internal and external colleagues (including suppliers) and produce appropriate reports and correspondence as required.

Experience:

9. Proven experience and aptitude in complex reconciliations and strong technical ability in accounting basics (debits, credits and control accounts).

10. Evidence of working with a variety of systems and tools to support reconciliations.

Advert closes on the 3rd of June

Interviews Scheduled of the 20th.

Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants.

The Media and Communications Coordinator will support the IOM UK Mission to raise its profile with its stakeholders and in the public domain, and to raise awareness of key issues for a more informed discourse on migration and IOM UK’s areas of strategic expertise.

The Media Communications Coordinator will work under the overall supervision of the Chief of Mission, and in close collaboration with the Senior Management Team at IOM UK, the Media and Communications Division at IOM headquarters (MCD) and the Communication Teams at the Regional Office in Brussels to support multiplatform delivery to promote IOM’s work in the UK and globally and to generate positive and well represented coverage of all IOM activities. 

For more details about this role and how to apply, please visit our webiste: https://unitedkingdom.iom.int/careers