Youthscape is an exciting, dynamic organisation, constantly undertaking new projects and developing new models and resources.

We are seeking a financial controller who is familiar with charity SORP requirements and who thrives in a fast paced organisation and is able to adapt to the ever changing needs of the organisation. 

The key areas of repsonsibility within this role are: 

• Managing the day to day operations of the finance function.
• Delivering Youthscape’s monthly and quarterly management accounts
• Undertaking financial Planning
• Delivering Youthscape's statutory commitments
• Assisting with grant applications and reporting

The successful candidate will ideally have a relevant accounting qualification, knowledge of FRS102 and the Charity SORP and experience within the not for profit sector.  They should have 3 years+ experience of management accounting, budgeting, forecasting and the preparation of statutory accounts. They will be highly numerate with excellent analytical skills, interpersonal skills and communication skills. A passion for youth work and young people is also highly desirable.

The post is subject to the requirement that the holder be a practising Christian, under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.  As part of the Youthscape community you will be expected to take part in weekly chapels, termly retreats and regular prayer.

This role is part time (28 hours) and offers flexible working.

For further details on the role please visit our website where application forms can also be found.

Closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday 25th March 2020

Interviews will take place on Thursday 2nd April 2020

HR Shared Services Transformation Manager

To £660 a day (inside IR35)

Birmingham

• Are you an expereinced HR Shared Services Manager with transformation experience?
• Have you worked within a sizable, matrix environment?
• Have you exposure to payroll?

If so, read on.

A government grant funded organsiation are seeking a HR Shared Services Manager with a 12 month assignment.

Purpose
Primarily this role will lead on a functional transformation within the HR Shared Service and Payroll team, including implementation of a HR case management system, process improvements, and ensuring a best in class HRSS model is fully operational and is valued by the wider business.

Duties

The role holder will manage, lead and develop a team of HR Shared Service Advisors, (8 employees) Payroll Advisors (3 employees).

It is a complex leadership role covering different HR disciplines and the purpose of the role is to ensure collectively HR Shared Services team are delivering efficiently and effectively with the customer in mind, and to continually look to enhance the overall service proposition that the team deliver. They will be required to lead change, coach, develop and educate line managers and employees through HRSS life cycle, providing guidance, motivation, and solutions to ensure the delivery of the overarching HR Operational Team objectives.

Payroll

• Oversee all payroll processes, resourcing administration, and on boarding processes, in line with agreed SLAs.
• Ownership of the HR and payroll module of Oracle
• Leading and devising the payroll strategy, including organizational structure, and flexing the delivery model to keep pace with the growth of the company.

Shared Services Management

• Lead and manage the HR Shared Services team based in Birmingham to ensure consistent application of HR processes, and delivery of HR services within agreed service level agreements (SLAs) and in a customer centric way.

• Develop a team HR and payroll professionals that are detail conscious, ensuring that HR processes are delivered right first time, every time.
• Coach, mentor, train and support the HR Shared Services team in providing 'first-line' advice to line managers and employees in the application of HR policies and procedures.

Operational management

• With support of HRSLT lead any change projects within the department
• Support and develop the roll out of transformation project work such as employee self-service as the organisation moves to the new Oracle ERP system, ensuring managers deliver against their job role and performance objectives through their teams.
• Lead diverse audits internal and externally with NAO GIAA HMRC and audit regulators
• Working alongside the Head of HR Operations, wider HR directorate and the SLT to execute the Central Services strategy and plan which incorporates Employee Relations, Engagement & Wellbeing, Recruitment, Reward and Payroll.
• It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

Essential criteria

• Leading transformational change projects within HR ideally HRSS/ Payroll within a Shared Services environment
• Knowledge of OD and HR transformation
• Knowledge of HR best practice, employment legislation, policy application and compliance with data protection regulations, combined with experience of practical application in the workplace.
• Knowledge of HR systems and their importance in delivering accurate, reliable data to the business
• Knowledge of payroll managing a gross risk of 100 million for payroll, taking responsibility for all implementation and adherence to the payroll strategy. This will include Governance & Reporting Standards, Risk & Control Framework and Key Performance and Risk Indicators.
• Functional Payroll knowledge
• Knowledge of tax policy, tax legislation and employment regulations as they relate to reporting to HMRC
• Knowledge of Leading HRSS in a SME function
• Knowledge of accounting principles, ability to understand impact of payroll activity on financial statements and effectively partner with Finance.

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Interested in having a significant impact on the day-to-day running of an organisation? Want to take on a role that works with a wide range of senior level staff and projects? Looking for a role that you can utilise as a stepping stone to help you further your career? Then look no further!

My client is a leading organisation with a national reach based in Oxfordshire looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join their team in a role that plays a major role in the strategic decision-making process within the organisation.

The main responsibilities of the Finance Business Partner are:

• Liaise closely with directors and other senior staff across the organisation to enable them to effectively make strategic decisions that have a direct impact on the daily running of the organisation.
• Ensure that senior budget holders and stakeholders are remaining within their budgets, reforecasting if necessary.
• Full responsibility for the preparation of annual budgets and forecasts.
• Take the lead financially for a multitude of multi-million-pound projects that the organisation undertakes.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Finance Business Partner or Management Accountant to further their career in a role that can be utilised as a stepping stone to a head of- or director-level role. Furthermore, on offer is an excellent benefits package that includes, flexible working, the potential for home working and a significant pension contribution.

The successful candidate will have:

• Fully qualified as an accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, etc.).
• Experience within a management accountancy-based role, with knowledge of budgeting and forecasting a must.
• Previous experience of business partnering, ideally with senior level staff, however, candidates without this are still encouraged to apply.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

If you are interested in this position please apply immediately, as applications are reviewed daily and this role may be filled before the closing date.

Finance Business Partner

Vauxhall

6 month contract - £16,553

• Are you AAT/MAAT qualified to at least level 2
• Do you have experience of providing financial advice to budget holders?
• Are you familiar with processing financial transactions, month end, reconciliations and journals?

If so, a Multi-Academy Trust may be interested in meeting you

Specific Duties:

• Financial planning and analysis

• Working with budget holders to prepare yearly budgets and in - year re-forecasts
• Drafting the consolidated budget for the Board for review by the FP&A Manager
• Preparing the journal for loading the annual budget and forecasts onto PSF
• Preparing financial analyses of income and costs to inform decisions
• Advising budget holders on corrective actions to be taken from the financial analyses

• Business Partnering

• Holding regular finance and budget update meetings with selected budget holders
• Delivering insight into financial performance, guiding and advising on courses of action to ensure these budget holders meet their agreed financial targets
• Delivering finance training to non-finance people as appropriate

• Reporting & Management Information

• Once financial accounting have posted journals, ensuring accounts are accurate across the Trust
• Preparing monthly finance management accounts pack for review by the FP&A Manager
• Preparing monthly finance performance pack for each of the head teachers for review by the FP&A Manager
• Preparing departmental reports for the FP&A Manager as required
• Assisting the FP&A Manager in tracking various grant and bursary spend budgets

• Payroll

• Checking the payrolls designated, drafted by the payroll bureau EPM, after input from the HR function, before the payroll payments are made each month
• Working with EPM and the relevant HR staff to resolve payroll queries before the payroll payments are made each month
• Preparing the monthly salary journal, for review by the FP&A Manager

• Accounting

• Overseeing the processing of central charges to and from academies
• Assisting others when necessary with reconciling inter-academy accounts
• Preparing year-end schedules and support for the auditors when required
• Preparing and posting monthly accruals and prepayments
• Checking outstanding Purchase Order commitments as part of month end reporting

Key skills and experience:

• AAT part qualified to at least Level 2
• Experience of working in a MAT desirable but not essential
• Experience of working with and providing financial advice to budget holders
• Familiar with the details of how financial transactions are processed, and how these impact on the financial performance reported
• Experience operating financial systems, including transaction processing, performing reconciliations, month end close down, and processing journals.
• Ability to analyse & understand data and determine the financial implications
• Experience of preparing and presenting management information, including monthly management accounts and commentary
• Experience of preparing audit papers, and co-ordinating audit
• Excellent attention to detail and organisation skills
• Good questioning skills, and the ability to challenge budget holders on budgetary discipline
• Team player with the ability to work autonomously
• Takes initiative to learn, deliver and improve
• Ability to learn the role quickly and want to make improvements
• Keeps resilient, handle competing stakeholders and prioritise effectively
• Flexible conscientious approach and ability to multi task e.g. work to deadlines and deal with queries from a range of sources

Interviews will be held next week on ZOOM - so apply NOW

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Are you a Finance Business Partner looking to take ownership of a huge part of the budget for a successful organisation? Do you enjoy partnering with budget holders who are active, engaged, and informed on their numbers? Can you manage diverse requirements within a successful Property company?

My client is a thriving housing provider in Berkshire which is gearing up for an exciting period of change. Fortunately, they have been proactive in setting themselves up for video interviewing, meaning candidates do not need to be face to face to pursue this position. This is a crucial role, with key responsibilities including:

• Being responsible for roughly half the total budget, working within the largest directorate in the organisation
• Managing the relationships with key stakeholders in that directorate and providing senior leadership with supporting information to assess the implication of strategic decisions, as well as providing expert level analysis and performance reporting
• Managing a small team of management accountants and finance analysts, directing them in the delivery of their day to day/month to month work, supporting their career development, and ensuring they remain a motivated and encouraged workforce alongside the delivery of monthly objectives
• Driving Value For Money and Efficiency initiatives, helping the directorate go above and beyond expectations and supporting the growth of the organisation as a result
• Providing forward thinking Business Partnering support, finding new ways to excel as a Partner to senior leadership

This is a truly wonderful opportunity to take control of a crucial part of a successful social organisation and should attract candidates who want to be able to see the value of their work on the world around them. The beneficiaries of the success of the Finance Business Partner will be real people in real communities, who are currently being supported by this highly respected organisation - success in this role will help their services to reach more and more people as time goes on.

Furthermore, as a development role, this is a rare opportunity to be trusted with ownership of a large directorate's finance support - meaning this should be seen as an excellent CV enhancing role and a clear route towards more senior leadership for the right candidate.

To be considered, you should meet these minimum criteria:

• Be a fully qualified accountant - this is a necessity
• Demonstrate clear experience of providing high level, proactive business partnering support to influence change and efficiency, ideally within a Property, Housing, Real Estate, or similar sector
• Possess first class communication skills along with being a great relationship builder.

Applications are under constant review and video interviews can be arranged at short notice for the right candidates - please apply straight away to be considered!

Head of Programme Finance & Compliance (maternity cover)

Salary: £50,500 - £53,300 per annum, depending on experience + good range of benefits

Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract – 36.5 hours per week

Based: Milton Keynes

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we’ve helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

Job Purpose

Do you have what it takes to lead a high performing, multi-disciplinary team and help leverage to the full the financial resources World Vision UK commits to improving the lives of the most vulnerable children around the world?  We are looking for a qualified accountant who is a strategic thinker, able to maintain a strong culture of financial and risk management whilst at the same time bringing innovation and continuous improvement to the way we both raise and invest our resources. 

In this role you will work directly in the part of World Vision UK that currently raises half of our annual revenue, and that oversees the implementation of our life-changing programmes overseas. As such, it is critical that you have a strong alignment with our vision for impact, balanced with the commercial acumen to help us grow sustainable future business. This is a dynamic, non-traditional finance leadership role in which you will have substantial responsibilities while also benefiting from considerable freedom to operate.  

You will need to be a great team player, able to influence and bring the best out of others. A strong team leader and people manager and have the ability to work effectively across the organisation.

As an active Christian* this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK only).

 Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications: 14th June 2020

Interview Dates: 18th and 19th June 2020

World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice is available on our website.

No agencies please.

*Permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010

This small, ambitious and well networked charity based in the centre of Exeter is looking to recruit a permanent Head of Finance.

Reporting into the Director of Finance and Operations you will actively contribute to the strategic priorities, financial integrity and sustainability of the organisations as well as be a member of the Leadership team. 

This role will also be responsible for timely and quality information to the Board, ensuring strong controls and compliance are maintained as well as overseeing the book stock and processing arrangements.

Key experience required:

• Qualified accountant or equivalent with broad Finance experience, including budgeting, monitoring, management accounting, statutory accounts, operational processing and purchasing

• Managing, developing and motivating a team, having excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to adapt to differing audiences and situations 

• Experience of working within a dynamic, growing organisation implementing best practice, systems developments and process improvements where needed 

• Robust knowledge of financial controls, risk management and  dealing with third parties, including customers, suppliers, banks and auditors

• Knowledge of relevant legislation and best practice in relation to charities accounting would be beneficial.

Head of Finance Business Partnering to manage a team of 4 - management accounts and Business Partner service.

Your new company:
a £45m income professional body representing medical professionals based in North West London. This organisation has an excellent reputation and a has income from both membership fees and commercial activities such as Conferencing.

Your new role
This is a key role, dealing with senior stakeholders across all 4 entities in the organisation and enabling robust, data driven business decision making through the following responsibilities:
* responsible for finance business partnering across the organisation
* responsible for delivering management reports and budgets
* responsible for financial and business analysis to assist the College to move to a continuous improvement mind-set
* support the achievement of strategic objectives across the organisation
* manage the finance business partnering and management accounts team of 4.

What you'll need to succeed
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
* Qualified Accountant

Experience
* Financial experience in delivering strategy
* Working in a complex organisation
* Management experience
* Building constructive relationships with non-finance colleagues including development of wider organisation financial skills and knowledge

Knowledge / Skills / Attributes
* Project management and process mapping
* Good analytical skills
* Good interpersonal skills

What you'll get in return
8% employer pension contribution, 27 days annual leave, Flexi-time, on site gym and more.

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

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Assistant Director of Resources 

Newent, Gloucestershire

Salary: circa £67,500

Permanent, 37 per week 

Benefits: generous holidays, healthcare cash plan, pension, flexi scheme, sick pay, free onsite parking

For you, for your community, not for profit

About the role

Our client has an exciting opportunity within the leadership team.

Working with their Executive team and the Assistant Director of Assets, Assistant Director of Housing and Assistant Director of People & Culture, you’ll play a key part in shaping the direction and future of their organisation – supporting the development of their corporate strategy and service design and helping shape and deliver their performance objectives and annual plans and priorities. 

You will also play a key role in helping them to find and secure new funding streams. This will support their ambitious target to deliver 1,000 new homes in the local area over the next 10 years – making a real difference to thousands of people in need of quality, affordable homes across the county.

As a qualified Accountant, you will have proven experience in managing both financial and management accounting functions that deliver a high performing finance service in a dynamic environment. You will also have experience of managing resource functions such as finance, IT and project management. 

About our client

As a registered charity, they provide over 4,000 affordable homes in the beautiful Forest of Dean and surrounding areas. 

They are more than just a landlord - their organisation is dedicated to creating great homes and supporting the communities they work in. Their team offers a wide range of additional services to help improve the lives of their tenants from help and advice on debt and welfare to repairs, maintenance and adaptations.

The social housing sector faces many challenges – building safety, managing the pressures of Universal Credit on their tenants and responding to the environmental challenges.  Their tenant satisfaction scores suggest they’re managing these challenges well – but this Top 100 organisation stands out from the rest because of its profit-for-purpose activities.

They believe that by investing in their team, they can provide the very best support and value to their tenants, while maintaining the corporate health of their organisation. 

Head of Finance Business Partnering to manage a team of 4 - management accounts and Business Partner service.

Your new company:
A £45m income professional body representing medical professionals based in North West London. This organisation has an excellent reputation and a has income from both membership fees and commercial activities such as Conferencing.

Your new role

This is a key role, dealing with senior stakeholders across all 4 entities in the organisation and enabling robust, data driven business decision making through the following responsibilities:
* responsible for finance business partnering across the organisation
* responsible for delivering management reports and budgets
* responsible for financial and business analysis to assist the College to move to a continuous improvement mind-set
* support the achievement of strategic objectives across the organisation
* manage the finance business partnering and management accounts team of 4.

What you'll need to succeed

Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or equivalent
* Qualified Accountant

Experience
* Financial experience in delivering strategy
* Working in a complex organisation
* Management experience
* Building constructive relationships with non-finance colleagues including development of wider organisation financial skills and knowledge

Knowledge / Skills / Attributes
* Project management and process mapping
* Good analytical skills
* Good interpersonal skills

What you'll get in return
8% employer pension contribution, 27 days annual leave, Flexi-time, on site gym and more.

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

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Large NHS Organisation in Bristol is currently looking to recruit an experienced, professional and motivated Finance Business Partner to join the finance team.

This post is an integral part of the Trust’s Divisional Senior Management Team and will lead on all aspects of financial management within available budget to ensure best patient care is delivered.

Reporting to the Head of Financial Management, you will work closely with the wider senior finance team and divisional management team providing and developing timely and accurate financial management information.

You will be expected to influence and shape all financial decisions in the Division in order to deliver efficient and effective working practices, maximise business opportunities and ultimately deliver an excellent patience experience.

The post holder will also be expected to use high level technical, analytical, presentational, interpersonal and negotiating skills to develop excellent working relationships with a range of internal and external senior managers across the organisation.

A charity are recruiting for an interim Finance Business Partner

Your new company
A large charity based in Central London.

Your new role
Reporting to the Senior Finance Business partner, you will be responsible for a specific, high profile division of the organisation. Duties and responsibilities include the provision of accurate management information; acting as a trusted advisor to budget-holders; budgeting and forecasting and ad hoc financial analysis. Anticipated duration is for 3-6 months.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a qualified Accountant with strong, recent experience as a charity Finance Business Partner.

What you'll get in return
The opportunity to work for a sizeable charity in an interesting and varied role.

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.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Are you looking to join a forward-thinking organisation that is now significantly growing its finance function? Do you enjoy business partnering and describe yourself as highly personable? Are you a qualified Accountant looking for a step up in your career? If so please read on!

Robertson Bell are partnering with a large organisation who have an inspiring social purpose whilst they recruit to a permanent Finance Business Partner role. Leading a team of four this role will partner with key Executive Stakeholders whilst also being responsible for quarterly forecasts, annual budgets and monthly reporting. This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly established team and gain varied experience in a highly sought-after organisation.

The key responsibilities will be:

* Working with key Executive Directors to support them on all financial matters and provide key guidance and advice.
* Be fully responsible for producing annual budgets and future business plans.
* Provide detailed commentary and analysis through the review of overall business performance.
* Deliver finance initiatives ensuring they are in line with the organisational goals.
* Collaborate effectively with the wider business driving key business objectives at all times.
* Create client focused and commercially minded solutions through a range of techniques.
* Lead on the production of accurate monthly management accounts including detailed budget holder reports.
* Highlight long term projects and work with the Director of Finance Business Partnering to implement these.
* Manage a team of three qualified Accountants and one Finance Assistant, ensuring they are motivated and have access to relevant training and development opportunities.

The permanent Finance Business Partner would be based out of their brand-new head office in Hampshire. This role comes with extremely generous employee benefits including 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 over time), flexible and remote working, up to 12% matched pension, employee vouchers and discount plus much more!

The successful candidate will:

* Be a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, or equivalent).
* Have proven business partnering experience.

* Have management experience.
* Experience working within a large and complex organisation.
* Have first class written and verbal communication skills.

This vacancy is likely to close early so please apply now to be considered!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 12 month maternity cover in a public sector organisation in Bath

This a unique opportunity to join an organisation at a time of change and development and your involvement in this role will play a pivotal part

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide the FD, Board and trustees with reliable and timely financial information and analysis
• Work closely with the business providing sound financial advise on any projects and new initiatives
• Ensure that financial performance is delivered in line with agreed budgets and forecasts
• Identify and make proposals to Operational Management Teams on financial opportunities to improve value for money for designated service areas.
• Co-ordinate, support and validate the preparation of forecasts and budgets for all designated service areas.
• Prepare monthly variance analysis and commentary of financial performance.

To be successful you will need to:

• Evidence a proven track record of successfully partnering with operational teams to build effective working relationships and provide high quality customer focused services.
• Demonstrate exceptional attention to detail, effectively managing the risk of balancing precision of accuracy with timeliness of completing accounts.
• Demonstrate effective time management skills, delivering tasks on time and in full.
• Demonstrate strong commercial awareness leading to positive judgement and appraisal of risk.
• Demonstrate my ability to produce clear, accurate reports on complex issues to a variety of audiences.
• Demonstrate highly developed communication skills, providing and receiving complex and sensitive information with the ability to engage people at all levels.