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Windle Trust International
Oxford, Oxfordshire 1.94 miles
£39,000 - £42,000 pro rata DOE and skills
Permanent, Part-time
Job description
Senior Finance Manager – Part Time
Oxford, Oxfordshire
If you’re a qualified accounting professional seeking your next challenge, this is a superb opportunity to support the financial health of an internationally operating charity.
About Us
Windle Trust International (WTI) is a well-established NGO dedicated to increasing access to, and improving, the quality of education. We support refugees and communities affected by conflict, displacement, neglect or discrimination in the East and Horn of Africa.
We manage scholarship programmes that give students from the communities we support the opportunity to study at universities and colleges in the UK and Africa. So far, we’ve supported over 1,000 students, including around 600 students at postgraduate level.
We’re currently looking for a Senior Finance Manager to join our team in Oxford on a part-time basis, working three days per week (21 hours).
The Benefits
- Salary of £39,000 - £42,000 pro rata DOE and skills
- 22 days’ holiday pro rata plus Bank Holidays and Christmas shutdown
- Pension scheme (after probation)
- Free parking
- Free tea and coffee
- Friendly offices with good public transport routes
This is a fantastic opportunity to support the successful operation of a charity that challenges poverty and inequality across the globe.
Once you join us, you’ll discover a passionate team who value honesty and integrity and working together to provide opportunities for those affected by conflict, neglect or discrimination.
You will have the chance to play an integral role in our finance activities, which will enable us to continue working towards our vision of a world where every child receives a high-quality education.
The Role
As the Senior Finance Manager, you will manage and control WTI’s finances.
Based from our Oxford office, you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day accounting in our UK office, as well as supervising and monitoring our overseas offices.
Some of your duties will include:
- Ensuring our sites comply with finance policies and procedures
- Managing the annual budget processes
- Leading cash flow management and monitoring and mitigating financial risk
- Carrying out bookkeeping and preparing payroll for the UK office
- Overseeing the annual audit process and prepare the annual statutory accounts
- Training finance staff in our overseas offices
About You
To join us as a Senior Finance Manager, you’ll need:
- A professional accounting qualification and finance experience
- Proven experience of using computerised accounting systems
- Experience of working in a cross-cultural environment
- Good IT skills, including proficiency in MS Word and Excel
- Accuracy and attention to detail, as well as the ability to maintain a management and strategic overview of the finance function
- Great interpersonal and communication skills
- Empathy with the aims and objectives of our organisation
Experience of any of the following would be beneficial: charity accounting, preparing statutory accounts, using QuickBooks, or providing finance training and support.
Other organisations may call this role Accountant, Qualified Accountant, Finance Accountant, Finance Manager, Financial Manager, Financial Controller, or Finance Controller.
Webrecruit and WTI are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you’re seeking your next step as a Senior Finance Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
Oxford, Oxfordshire
If you’re a qualified accounting professional seeking your next challenge, this is a superb opportunity to support the financial health of an internationally operating charity.
About Us
Windle Trust International (WTI) is a well-established NGO dedicated to increasing access to, and improving, the quality of education. We support refugees and communities affected by conflict, displacement, neglect or discrimination in the East and Horn of Africa.
We manage scholarship programmes that give students from the communities we support the opportunity to study at universities and colleges in the UK and Africa. So far, we’ve supported over 1,000 students, including around 600 students at postgraduate level.
We’re currently looking for a Senior Finance Manager to join our team in Oxford on a part-time basis, working three days per week (21 hours).
The Benefits
- Salary of £39,000 - £42,000 pro rata DOE and skills
- 22 days’ holiday pro rata plus Bank Holidays and Christmas shutdown
- Pension scheme (after probation)
- Free parking
- Free tea and coffee
- Friendly offices with good public transport routes
This is a fantastic opportunity to support the successful operation of a charity that challenges poverty and inequality across the globe.
Once you join us, you’ll discover a passionate team who value honesty and integrity and working together to provide opportunities for those affected by conflict, neglect or discrimination.
You will have the chance to play an integral role in our finance activities, which will enable us to continue working towards our vision of a world where every child receives a high-quality education.
The Role
As the Senior Finance Manager, you will manage and control WTI’s finances.
Based from our Oxford office, you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day accounting in our UK office, as well as supervising and monitoring our overseas offices.
Some of your duties will include:
- Ensuring our sites comply with finance policies and procedures
- Managing the annual budget processes
- Leading cash flow management and monitoring and mitigating financial risk
- Carrying out bookkeeping and preparing payroll for the UK office
- Overseeing the annual audit process and prepare the annual statutory accounts
- Training finance staff in our overseas offices
About You
To join us as a Senior Finance Manager, you’ll need:
- A professional accounting qualification and finance experience
- Proven experience of using computerised accounting systems
- Experience of working in a cross-cultural environment
- Good IT skills, including proficiency in MS Word and Excel
- Accuracy and attention to detail, as well as the ability to maintain a management and strategic overview of the finance function
- Great interpersonal and communication skills
- Empathy with the aims and objectives of our organisation
Experience of any of the following would be beneficial: charity accounting, preparing statutory accounts, using QuickBooks, or providing finance training and support.
Other organisations may call this role Accountant, Qualified Accountant, Finance Accountant, Finance Manager, Financial Manager, Financial Controller, or Finance Controller.
Webrecruit and WTI are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you’re seeking your next step as a Senior Finance Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
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Posted on: 22 May 2020
Closing date: 19 June 2020
Job ref: HKWHR0307/PK-HL
Tags: Finance
Buckinghamshire
Oxford, Oxfordshire
£23,000 - £25,000 per year
Permanent, Full-time
Job description
Aims of the role
The Supporter Engagement team is responsible for communications and fundraising for Wycliffe Bible Translators. The Major Donor Fundraiser will support the Relationships Director to manage our portfolio of major donors. This will be a varied role which includes developing major donor relationships, managing the major donor lifecycle for individual donors, helping coordinate major donor events, and working with the Relationships Director to ensure that all research, administration and data on major donors is kept updated.
This is a great opportunity to gain experience for anyone interested in developing this crucial income stream through good relationships with our growing portfolio of major donors. The role will be in keeping with Wycliffe’s mission to be an expression of the Christian life and faith.
Key tasks
Working as part of the Supporter Engagement team, and adhering to all departmental procedures, the Major Donor Fundraiser will:
- Represent the organisation to major donors and other supporters in a manner consistent with our ethos, values, branding guidelines, and strategic priorities
- Manage the relationships with major donors in such a way that Wycliffe’s ministry is understood and opportunities to invest are presented appropriately
- Manage a caseload of 50-100 prospective and current key relationships. This involves creating individual plans to develop the relationships, keeping accurate records, providing regular reporting and proposals, meeting agreed annual income targets and progressively growing these
- Assist the Relationships Director in organising events at which major donors and trust representatives will be invited to fund key projects within the Wycliffe portfolio
- Develop and manage the legacy marketing plan, including running agreed events, developing legacy literature and soliciting pledges
- Have a good understanding of where funds are needed, working with colleagues to ensure the necessary supporting information is available
- Make effective use of the organisation’s database, ensuring all relevant information on people and activity is captured in compliance with data protection legislation
- Support the Relationships Director with research into prospective major donors
- Work with fundraising colleagues to deliver a joined-up programme of relationships and income generation
- Accompany major donors on overseas trips when appropriate
- Promote major donor awareness across the organisation to develop a culture of all-staff involvement in major donor activities, and raise awareness of its importance for the benefit of the organisation
- Pray regularly for the key relationships and trusts team, supporter engagement team and wider Wycliffe staff
- Any other tasks and responsibilities as directed by the Relationships Director
Person specification
Essential
- Warm and outgoing personality, able to build good relationships within a small team
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Ability to take initiative
- A high degree of personal organisation, with the ability to prioritise and multitask
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Fully committed to upholding Wycliffe’s aims and values
- Comfortable participating in daily office prayer meetings
Desirable
- Educated to degree level (a new graduate willing to be trained will be considered)
- Experience of working in a similar role
- Knowledge of relationship management software such as Salesforce
- Personal experience of cross-cultural mission
- Problem-solving skills, with the ability to find creative solutions
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Wycliffe Bible Translators
Wycliffe Bible Translators believes that the Bible is the best way for people to come to know and understand who God is.
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Refreshed on: 02 June 2020
Closing date: 14 June 2020
Tags: Christian,Fundraising
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