Senior Finance Manager

Location: South London Region

Salary details: £50,000- £60,000 per annum depending on experience + career average pension scheme + other benefits

Contract: Permanent, full time 37.5 hours per week

Closing date: 27 March 2020

Are you a strong Finance leader who has a hands-on attitude? Do you want the opportunity to shape the financial output of the schools in your region?

If so we want to hear from you!

We have an exciting opportunity to join Ark as a Senior Finance Manager responsible for schools within our South London cluster.

About the role:

As Senior Finance Manager, you will be an integral part of the team responsible for ensuring high standards of financial management. You will be responsible for the operational finance of 3 academy schools in the boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Greenwich all within the wider South London region.

This is a role where you have the opportunity to have input into the consolidation of the region’s school reports, regional analysis and projects.

You will also have the chance for regular networking with wider finance professionals across the Ark network to share best practice along with exposure to key educational professionals and senior leaders in order to help merge the finances of the schools.

About you:

A financial professional with excellent communication skills and experience of building good relationships with other financial professionals, key contacts, suppliers and across the leadership teams.

Possess strong finance experience and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail ideally within education or a large or complex organisation.

You will have the ability to analyse and interpret complex information and prepare and deliver briefings and or presentations.

Excellent IT skills, with specific skills using Microsoft Office applications.

You will proudly represent Ark schools.

About us:

Ark is an international charity, transforming lives through education. We exist to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. In the UK, we are a network of 37 schools, educating around 27,500 pupils in areas where we can make the biggest difference. Through Ark Ventures, we incubate, launch and scale initiatives that address some of the most intractable issues in education and society, both in the UK and around the world.

We offer:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Rising to 29 days after 2 years of service and then again to 30 days after 3 years of service 
• Finance manager training and network days once a term in addition to access to other training and development
• Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers, interest-free loans available for season tickets or a bicycle and gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym

How to apply:

Apply with a CV and cover letter on our online recruitment portal.

Early applications are encouraged; we reserve the right to close this vacancy if we find the right candidate.

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; all successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
 

Do you have a proven track record of planning and delivering high-quality learning and engagement products and programmes, including impact assessment?

Are you able to use evidence and insight to strategically pursue new ventures and measure their impact?

Do you have an excellent understanding of how to market educational products?

Our client is an educational charity based in Central London that is in an exciting period of growth, as they seek to expand the reach of their dynamic workshops. They also benefit from a tight knit and friendly team atmosphere.

Their team is expanding to recruit a Programme Development Manager. You will be the product expert responsible for researching and recommending the product development roadmap, managing the content development and then working with the team to develop the implementation plan. You will be responsible for impact assessment and content for marketing communications. You will work closely with the Development Manager to develop fundraising proposals, the Education Engagement Manager on plans to increase their reach, and the Operations Manager to ensure quality control and regular evaluation reports.

The successful Programme Development Manager will have prior experience in product and content development in an educational context, knowledge and experience of using evidence to inform policy and practice, strong experience of marketing learning and education products, experience of working in the charity sector, and an understanding of how charities are run and governed.

This Programme Development Manager will suit those who are passionate about improving financial education for young people, able to work collaboratively with a wide range of senior stake holders and service users, flexible, self-motivated and with an entrepreneurial spirit.

It's an incredibly exciting time to be joining this organisation, as they pursue their goal to teach 1 million young people by 2025. They are working with some of the largest financial firms who fully support their goal, enthusiastic volunteers set on delivering top quality education, and a highly experienced Trustee board.

In return, they can offer the opportunity to work from home one day per week, an excellent benefits package which includes 25 days annual leave FTE plus one day birthday leave and the office closed over Christmas (no annual leave required), generous pension contribution, private medical cover, and more.

If you would like to play a key part in a growing team and leave your unique mark on this organisation, please apply ASAP by submitting your CV today, as interviews are being arranged as applications are received.

A DBS check will be required for this role.

Treasury Officer (Part-Qualified) 1-year FTC Treasury Officer Job paying £30000.

Your new company
We are an independent group of the capital's largest housing associations. Our vision is to improve people's lives through high quality homes and services. Whilst we take a commercial approach to housebuilding, we reinvest all our profits into building more new homes and supporting the communities where we work.

Your new role
* To be responsible for maintaining daily records of cash positions for all Group companies and preparing short term cash flows for key Group companies and relevant joint ventures.
* To identify any funding required or excess funds available and assist with arranging loan drawdowns, rollovers and repayments or investments as required.
* To arrange individual payments and cash transfers using the Group's internet banking systems.
* Processing of JV funding requests/loan advances and capital/profit distributions

Loan Administration
* To be responsible for the maintenance of loan administration spreadsheets and Treasury Management systems and to ensure that these are fully up to date and accurate at all times.
* To check and code all interest, fee and other loan payment confirmations.
* To assist with the provision of information to lenders in accordance with the terms, conditions and covenants of our loan agreements and to monitor JV covenant compliance where applicable
* To prepare regular status reports for senior management in relation to treasury activities to assist with monitoring performance against the Treasury Policy.
* To create and maintain spreadsheets of funds/loans advanced to JV companies

What you'll need to succeed
* You will provide a support to the treasury management and treasury team in the delivery of treasury operations. We are looking for a highly motivated treasury professional to complete loan and treasury administration.
* You will ideally have a good knowledge of Excel, cash management and cash flow forecasting, loans and bank processing as well as experience of analysing and sorting financial information.

What you'll get in return
* Commercial Bonus Scheme for eligible employees
* Group bonus scheme for eligible employees
* Pension contribution scheme: Employer contributions of up to 8%
* Generous annual leave: Paid holiday entitlements starting at 25 days, increasing to 28 days after three years' service
* Additional leave: Discretionary grace days over the Christmas period
* Flexible benefits: A choice of private health insurance, gym membership, dental care and travel insurance
* Salary exchange benefits: Cycle2Work and Childcare Voucher Scheme
* Rewards and discounts: Access to a range of exclusive discounts and vouchers
* Employee assistance programme: Access to free financial, legal and counselling advice
* Employee reward and recognition scheme: £100 high street shopping vouchers
* Management and leadership development programmes: And support towards work related courses/qualifications.

What you need to do now
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The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

The Opportunity

As we work to ensure our governance and global strategy development is more inclusive, our Members’ Assembly have decided to bring all parts of Plan International together to identify and galvanise the next steps of our strategy through a global virtual conversation that culminates at a Global Congress event to take place in June 2021.

This conversation and Global Congress will involve a broad coalition of our stakeholders, including the girls that we work for, youth activists, staff, senior leaders and our governors.

Working closely with the Executive Director of Strategy Insights and New Ventures, you will ensure delivery of a series of virtual regional conversations essential for engagement in the global strategy process as well as an impactful global event.  

Working with the Executive Director Strategic Insights and New Ventures, Global Hub colleagues and throughout Plan International, you will;

• Develop the concept and manage the overall coordination of the Global Congress project.
• Develop a strategic plan and approach for the Global Congress project and oversee its operational delivery.
• Work with colleagues across Plan International, external partners, supporters and others, in order to maximize contributions to the Global Congress project.
• Manage the planning, set-up and operational aspects of the Global Congress project.
• Deliver an engaging and innovative series of virtual Congresses across our regions in the lead up to the event.
• Work in collaboration with the Plan International host country on all operational delivery aspects of the Global Congress event.
• Recruit and lead a team to deliver content, communications and logistics for the Global Congress project and event.

The Individual

Proven experience managing projects and arranging large events or conferences, highly developed skills with virtual engagement and communication tools, the ability to involve and engage positively a wide range of stakeholders and to manage high performing and geographically dispersed teams.

Positive, proactive and adaptable, you will have worked in fast paced, changing environments.

Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills will be imperative as is the ability to influence and negotiate as necessary.

Location: Global Hub in Woking, UK (approximately 25 minutes from London Waterloo)

Type of role: 12 month fixed term contract

Reports to: Executive Director of Strategy Insights and New Ventures

Salary: Competitive

Closing Date: Friday 17th April

Impetus transforms the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by ensuring they get the right support to succeed in school, in work and in life. Impetus is one of the first organisations in the UK to apply a venture philanthropy approach to the not-for-profit sector – providing its charity partners with grant funding, and the expertise of an internal investment team and extensive pro bono network. Impetus finds out what works by combining the lessons from charity partners with new research to influence decision-makers so all young people can get the support they need.

Impetus’s focus on impact extends beyond their work with their partner organisations. Together with the Sutton Trust, they founded the Education Endowment Foundation – the Department for Education’s What Works Centre for educational attainment. In 2019, Impetus and partners secured a £200m endowment from the Home Office to run the Youth Endowment Fund, the What Works Centre for preventing youth offending.

At this exciting time of growth for Impetus, the Trustees seek to appoint a new Chief Executive Officer. Building on a strong existing platform, the new CEO will provide clear, strategic leadership in a changing external environment, ensuring that Impetus influences the national debate on how we achieve the best outcomes for young people; identifying and investing in programmes that improve the life chances of the next generation. The CEO leads a team of 35 and oversees the delivery of up to £35m of annual value to Impetus charities and YEF grantees.

The successful candidate will bring a proven track record of strategic leadership with first class influencing, relationship building and advocacy skills as well as the capacity to motivate and inspire a high performing team. An energetic and creative leader, the new Chief Executive will resonate strongly with the ethos and mission of Impetus and their unrelenting focus on achieving better outcomes for more disadvantaged young people.

Impetus is committed to creating a diverse environment and ensuring that all qualified applicants receive equal consideration for employment.

For further information and to download the candidate pack, please click Apply Now quoting reference 4613. The deadline for applications is 9am (BST) on Thursday 2nd April 2020.

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Development Officer

We are looking for someone to play an important role in supporting the development and implementation of our fundraising activities to secure funding from trusts & foundations, major donors and statutory funders. This job requires exceptional writing skills and a good understanding of how to position West London Zone and our work within applications and funder reports.

Responsibilities include

• Write high-quality bids for trusts/foundations and any other fundraising applications, including proposals to High Net Worth Individuals as required.
• Work closely with line manager to manage our existing pipeline to meet fundraising targets on an annual basis.
• Conduct prospect research on potential trust and foundations funders and discuss action plan for new prospects with line manager in order to help build our pipeline.
• Write bespoke external reports for funders, collaborating across the organisation as required.
• Help to build relationships with key individuals representing trusts and foundations by drafting outreach communications and supporting documents, with the opportunity to build your own small portfolio of donors.
• Lead on donation processing and thanking.
• Manage and develop the Salesforce database system and reporting, utilise (and help develop) internal systems and processes to track deadlines, KPIs, and get the most out of our CRM.
• Work closely with other members of the Development team to support all fundraising activity, including event.

To apply, please complete and email your application form, which is also available on our website.

Applications received before 5pm on Tuesday 14th April 2020 will be considered.

Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 5pm on Thursday 16th April 2020.

Interviews Friday 17th April via conference/video call.

Do you tire of reading adverts for run of the mill Finance jobs, wishing there could be a bigger project out there for you? How about something completely unique to get your teeth into? Can you see yourself being the leader of a complex acquisition/construction project worth over £100m?

A large property developer is currently in the process of making a £100m acquisition which will ultimately create thousands of new homes; it is the start of a long-term project central to the regeneration of the local area of London. A new post is being created within the Finance team of the parent company to essentially oversee, and be responsible for, the entire project from a Finance perspective. Key responsibilities will evolve over time and be shaped by the appointed candidate, but the overview of responsiblities for the Senior Project Accountant would include:

• Being the Finance figurehead for integrating the new development into the Group
• Business Partnering with Directors and Senior Managers in the Development function, ensuring that the project lifecycle remains on course
• Building a team within the parent company as time goes on to deal with the increased demand on Finance
• Conducting investment appraisals and reappraising the project at every stage; performing financial modelling and stress testing of various scenarios to inform a robust strategic business plan
• Performing due diligence on the acquisition, ensuring that everything from a compliance and tax perspective is compliant with all necessary regulations and protocols.

If you're looking for a non-traditional Finance position with the opportunity to oversee a major project that will put thousands of people into homes and be a key hub in the redevelopment of a part of London, then this could be the role for you. The employer is well respected and has excellent staff satisfaction; the benefits package is excellent, and you would join a highly skilled team all working towards a common purpose, based in an easily accessible office in the heart of London.

This is a highly complex position and would suit someone with a very specific set of skills and experience. Those who come from an audit background who have then gone on to deal with complex acquisitions or mergers, group consolidations and/or joint ventures may find that this is the senior Finance role they have been looking for.

While there may be many candidates with an interest in this position, essential criteria include:

• A full, recognised accountancy qualification. Those who qualified in audit who have experience in roles requiring complex financial appraisal and financial modelling, complex transaction planning and long-term business planning - within sectors relating to Housing, Property, Development or Construction will be seen highly favourably.
• First class communication skills with the credibility to be the point of contact for a multi-million-pound contract
• Being capable of taking on a senior leadership role and building a high functioning team as the project progresses.

This is a newly created role and preparations are being made to resort to video interviewing to allow recruitment to proceed during the coronavirus outbreak. The client is well geared to remote working and interviewing and therefore this process will not slow down due to the increased demand to work from home - if this role appears to be of interest, please apply now to kickstart an informal chat.

Citizens Advice Lewisham (CAL) is an independent charity and a member of the national Citizens Advice organisation. We deliver free, impartial and confidential advice to those who live, work or study in the London borough of Lewisham. We provide advice to some of the most vulnerable groups in our area, and help to gain access to justice, prevent homelessness, tackle discrimination, resolve debt problems, and maximise incomes. We campaign to bring about improvements for local people, from tackling illegal money lending to compiling evidence on domestic violence.

Chair

Unremunerated

Lewisham

This year, we are expected to serve around 26,000 people and on track to reach our target of 30,000 per annum through a variety of channels. We generate millions in income and benefits for clients through casework and representation. Much of this is delivered as the lead partner of Advice Lewisham, the council funded network of information and advice agencies across the borough.

We have also established a new venture to set up a Lewisham Law Service. It is developing well with an initial focus on housing. There are plans to further fundraise to expand the employment and immigration service in the borough.

As Chair of the Trustee Board you will apply your exceptional skills and knowledge to develop successful Board strategy, working effectively with the dedicated Board and Chief Executive, and make a difference to the lives of people in the local community.

You will have experience of strategic leadership at a senior level, board experience gained from the public, private or social sector and have the ability to serve as an effective ambassador for Citizens Advice Lewisham. Critically, you will be motivated by the vision and mission of Citizens Advice Lewisham.

For more information about the organisation and this important opportunity, please find the appointment brief below.

We are keen to make sure we hear the voice of the whole community in Lewisham, so welcome applications from people from all walks of life regardless of ethnicity, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation or religion.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Lottie Wihl or Camille Revuelta at Prospectus 

Deadline for applications: 5 April

Interviews with Prospectus: 15 April - 20 April

Interviews with Citizens Advice Lewisham: w/c 27 April

Financial Accountant, up to £48,000 + Benefits (6-month FTC) London

For a large membership organisation and professional body in the UK and internationally, we're recruiting a Financial Accountant for their Trading (commercial) entity. This role is key in providing financial accounting, reporting and indirect taxation services for the trading entity. The Financial Accountant will prepare several indirect taxation returns including EC Sales list, MOSS and quarterly VAT returns for the business. The Financial Accountant will play a large part in reviewing processes and procedures to align with Group and will lead a project to develop solutions to address areas of improvement.

Main Duties:

• Responsible for accounting and reporting all income streams in line with UK GAAP (FRS102)
• Perform checks and reconciliations to ensure accuracy of revenue recognised
• Balance sheet reconciliations to identify issues the trading company has
• Review sales commission calculated on revenue along with the Business
• Monitor and critically review WIP for capital expenditure while liaising with the Business to capitalise assets in line with UK GAAP; Maintain fixed asset register
• Review entire balance sheet; Monthly reconciliation; Analyse balance sheet and prepare cash-flow information
• Ensure Chart of Accounts is fit for purpose
• VAT accounting and ensure EC Sales List, MOSS and Quarterly VAT are submitted
• Ensure accounting treatment of the Joint Venture income and expenditure is robust
• Prepare intra-company activities and reconcile balance sheet codes monthly
• Review PSA calculations and input as required to calculate Corporate Tax
• Lead project to perform a review of current processes and procedures relating to financial reporting
• Stay abreast of changes in FRS102 / UK GAAP and VAT legislation

Person Specification:

• CCAB qualified with up to date knowledge of UK GAAP (FRS102)
• Excellent knowledge of VAT and experience of producing/ auditing statutory accounts
• Experience of producing Statutory Accounts using UK GAAP / IFRS in a commercial company
• Experience of running a full year-end audit
• Experience of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Experience of maintaining accurate and current fixed asset register
• Ideally experience of the publication industry and in the management of improvement projects

Please note:

The deadline for CV applications is 15^th April and interviews (remotely due to Covid-19) will be on the 29^th of April

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Well, if you know any tax, legal, finance, HR or marketing candidates looking to move jobs please refer them to us and if we successfully find them a new job in the next 12 months we will send you £500 in high street vouchers of your choice.

As well as this we are looking to grow the Pro-Recruitment Group family and would be interested in any amazing Recruitment Consultants you think might like to work for us. £500 on offer for any referrals we successfully hire.

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We are now recruiting for a Graduate Coach to join Spear teams in London, Leeds and Brighton on our Graduate Coach Training Programme with start dates in August 2020 and on-going throughout the year - a paid, dynamic, one year opportunity to develop coaching and leadership skills, and at the same time have an impact on the local community.

Join our experienced and passionate team of Coaches who work together to equip and empower unemployed 16 – 24 year olds to overcome disadvantage and move into sustainable work or further education.

You will receive intensive leadership and management training delivered by our professional Coaches and build coaching skills through working on the front line with vulnerable young people, and at the same time be part of the church team and developed in Christian leadership. 

The Spear programme is run in partnership with local churches, giving you the opportunity to be part of a thriving church team as well as receiving outstanding coaching support from Resurgo. You will be employed by the church, and a level of church commitment is therefore required.

This opportunity is well suited to someone with a vision for engaging in social impact, looking to develop your career in the charity sector, or looking for a career change. 

In 2017 Resurgo won the Princess Royal Training Awards which honours employers that have created outstanding training and skills development programmes.

Please see our website as well as the attached job description for further information, and head to our jobs portal to apply.