Our partner is a well-respected advocacy INGO. They are seeking to recruit two Project Accountants to provide financial management support to project managers and the broader programmes teams.  

Responsibilities

• Prepare project budgets, monitor expenditure and cashflows, and prepare management accounts, including variance analyses and supporting narrative reports.
• Grant management, compliance and reporting – preparing financial reports to donors, ensuring that these meet their requirements.

• Ensure the integrity and operational effectiveness of project accounting procedures, developing, and maintaining these as required.
• Finance business partner to project teams and partners, helping them understand variances in their budgets and expenditures, identifying material issues and proposing solutions and implementing recommendations in a timely manner.
• Supporting the broader finance team in any ad hoc analysis, reporting and project work as required

Person Specification

• Accountant, qualified or QBE, with at least 5 years of experience in accounting, an understanding of accounting & finance principles and management accounting & reporting.
• Experience of project accounting, grant compliance & management is desirable; an understanding of the grant compliance & reporting requirements of the EU and German government grants is desirable.
• Strong IT skills, including advanced MSExcel skills.
• Strong communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, including ability to communicate financial matters to non-finance staff.
• Quick learner, organised and flexible, able to meet tight deadlines.
• Fluent in English, with excellent spoken and reporting writing skills. Working knowledge of French or Spanish is highly desirable.
• Culturally sensitive

This is an excellent opportunity for an accountant looking to get good grounding in project accounting & grant management within a large, complex INGO. 

Project Accountant with an immediate start required for a charity based in Central London. This role is perfect for someone looking to work part time.

My client is looking for a strong Project Accountant to join this growing, commercially driven charity. This contract will be until end of March 2022.

The salary offered for this role is between £42,000 per annum - £45,000 per annum.

Some of your main duties and responsibilities are:
* Reconciling intercompany control accounts (two subsidiaries)
* Creating a process to automate the external sales report to ensure accurate journal is posted to the finance system on timely manner.
* Balance sheet reconciling and create a process to automate (in particular those e-comm related transactions)
* Work with the Finance Manager to reconcile VAT return and check for accuracy of the VAT accounting for the group
* Support the Finance manager on documentation and process improvement projects
* Cash flow projection to support medium term excess cash investments to plan for 2022
* Support the Finance Manager on the Year End Planning 2021
* Support to create and maintain Fixed Asset & Inventory list
* Support Finance Officer to finalise new payroll system

Candidates applying for this role must have the following skills and experience:
* Qualified/PQ Accountant (recognised CCAB qualifications)
* Experienced user of accounting software (MS NAV/Business Central)
* Strong IT skills, particularly in Excel, (Advance level)
* Experience of charitable accounting, including allocating different funding streams and managing multiple incomes and restrictions
* Ability to gather information and produce high quality written evaluations and reports
* Ability to work under pressure, adaptable & strong interpersonal skills

If you are interested in this role, please apply immediately with a copy of your CV.

The client will schedule interview w/c 25th October, 2021.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Interim Project Management Accountant | £325 - £350 per day (Umbrella), London | Hybrid

For a well-known youth charity, we are recruiting an Interim Project Management Accountant to act as Finance Business Partner to the Head of Transformation on multiple corporate projects inflight. This role will produce monthly management accounts for each project, owning robust reporting, forecasting, and accounting. This role will also manage a Finance Officer responsible for grant payments and will support the Head of Finance with the production of the yearend statutory accounts and notes.

Main Duties:

• Ensure the Project Managers and Project Board along with the Head of Transformation are provided with robust month end reports and management accounts
• Work with budgets holders on variance analysis and prepare accruals and adjustments at month end
• Manage and motivate the Finance Officer who is responsible for processing grant payments and oversee the accurate and timely processing of the grant payments
• Partner with the Head of Finance around the production of statutory accounts and notes at year end.

Person Specification:

• Qualified Accountant with strong management accounting and finance business partnering experience
• Ideally experience with commercial activities, events, or hospitality
• Experience of leading month-end and year-end activities
• Year end statutory accounts and financial statements experience
• Experience of managing, motivating, and supporting direct reports as well as wider stakeholders and non-finance managers
• Ideally experience with SORP accounting, Access Dimensions, and Focalpoint

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We have an exciting opportunity to join us as a Management Accountant based in Bristol. You will join us on a full-time, fixed-term basis for 18 months, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £32,000 - £35,000 per annum.

About our Management Accountant role:

This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to take a lead on our management accounting process, utilising the outputs to partner business areas, provide insightful analysis of financial information, influence business decisions, and challenging value for money.

Key Responsibilities as our Management Accountant:

• Working with the Finance Manager to develop and deliver budget reporting, financial forecasts, internal and external financial reporting, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.
• Leading the monthly management accounting process, through journal posting and reconciliations to provide timely reporting that links financial results to operational outcomes.
• To be the main point of contact for budget holders regarding the development of forecasts, budgets, and financial analysis for project initiatives, supporting and influencing their decision making.

What we’re looking for in our Management Accountant:

• AAT qualified, studying for a professional qualification, or qualified by experience.
• Experienced in supporting the production of monthly management accounts.
• Experience of analysing financial performance.
• Strong communication skills.

You will receive the following benefits as our Management Accountant:

• Flexible and remote working
• A company culture that promotes diversity and inclusion
• Commitment to continuous learning and development
• Access to mental health support
• Subsidised gym membership

 Closing date: Wednesday 27th October 2021

If you feel you have the skills and experience as our Management Accountant, then please click apply today!

Management Accountant

Location: London, Wigan, or remote

Salary: £35,000-£37,000 per annum pro-rata

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 3 to 4 days per week (22.5-30 hours)

Keep Britain Tidy is an iconic and dynamic charity providing first class solutions to environmental challenges. For more than 60 years, we have campaigned for cleaner, greener places. As the country’s anti-litter charity, we work tirelessly to combat waste and neglect so that everyone can love where they live. Using our world-class research and working with partners, we develop game-changing programmes that fly the flag for clean, accessible and attractive beaches, parks and green spaces and are proud to inspire and educate millions of children through our Eco-schools programme. The work of Keep Britain Tidy has never been more informed, important and urgent.

The Management Accountant will be a key member of a small Finance team; playing a leading role in the financial management of the organisation. The successful candidate will have particular responsibility for managing financial systems, processes and procedures, and for the preparation of accurate financial information.  The role reports directly to the Finance Director and can be based in either of our offices (London or Wigan) or performed remotely with the ability to travel to either of our offices. Duties include:

• Preparation and posting of monthly and year end transactions
• Review and reconciliation of financial data and variance analysis
• Credit control
• Preparation of monthly management accounts and other reports
• Business partnering
• Review and updating of finance systems, processes and procedures as necessary
• VAT and PAYE returns
• Preparation of budgets and forecasts
• Assistance in the preparation of statutory accounts

Applicants will ideally be Qualified or Part Qualified CIMA/ACCA although significant experience of working in a similar role will also be considered.  Experience of charity accounting is desirable but not essential.  You will be a good team player, have excellent communication and organisational skills, and a flexible approach to this wide ranging role.  

This role is being brought in to shadow a current member of staff who plans to retire next Spring. During this phase we are developing a new accounting package, so we have arranged this long handover period to allow in-depth role shadowing as well as significant engagement in the development of the new system. Experience of MS Business Central and new systems implementation are both valuable.

If you are interested in this position, please download a full job description from our website before completing your covering letter and submitting with your CV.  Please also download and complete an applicant details form and submit with your equal opportunities monitoring form (found on our website). Please follow the application instructions as laid out in the applicant details form. Please submit your application to the email address held before the closing date.

The deadline for applications is 09:00, Monday 01 November 2021

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we have received sufficient applications. 

Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 10 November 2021

Please note we will only be able to contact successful candidates.  Thank you for your interest in our work.

No agencies please.

We are proud to be an inclusive and flexible employer. We particularly welcome applications from all sectors of the community including under-represented groups in the charity sector.

We have signed the pledge to always #ShowTheSalary for the roles that we advertise.

We are proud winners of the Working Families Best Small Employer Award 2021.

Spurgeons is one of the UK's leading children's charities, firmly supported by Christian beliefs and values, helping to support disadvantaged children and their families through delivering projects to support children, young people, their families and communities to find long-lasting solutions to the challenges they face.

We are passionate about the work we do and need equally committed members on our team to help us achieve those goals.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing excellent, timely, accurate and value-added financial management and reporting for Fegans branded activities and a selection of Spurgeons projects. They will ensure that all income (restricted / unrestricted) is correctly invoiced, collected and accounted for and all expenditure is correctly recorded.

They will support the budgeting process, working alongside budget holders to provide robust budgets for consolidation and submission to the Head of Finance & Corporate Services.

You will be required to work remotely for this role.

Full information about this role can be viewed in the job description on our website.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people we serve. This post is subject to necessary safeguarding checks including an appropriate level DBS Disclosure.

Spurgeons is a Living Wage Employer

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT

Salary: £35,000 - £42,000 per annum dependant on level of qualification with an approved accountancy body and experience to date

Contract length: Permanent

Location: Stratford w/ high-flexibility

Closing date: Sunday 24th October 2021, 23:55*

* Please note that we may close this role early should we receive enough interest, therefore early application is encouraged to avoid disappointment.

Are you a self-motivated and sharp minded individual with management accounting experience that can help us beat cancer?

Why we need you

We’re looking for a part-qualified or qualified Management Accountant to join our exciting new team and someone who wants to be a part of change as we strive to make a real difference in our organisation. In this role, you will own and deliver accurate and timely management accounts for specific business areas. Successful candidates should be able to present relevant experience in working to strict deadlines and provide clear and concise financial information and advice to non-financial managers. As you will be the first point of contact for a range of stakeholders you should therefore possess excellent communication skills and have the ability and willingness to build relationships across different teams.

What will I be doing?

Make an impact every day by…

• Owning and delivering timely, high quality and accurate management accounts for retail business area

• Reviewing existing management information to find efficiencies and improvements

• Working with multiple stakeholders to identify and process transactions needed to ensure accounts are complete and correct

• Taking ownership for business critical tasks such as royalty and revenue share processing for commercial partnerships

• Being a key finance point of contact for your specified business area

• Supporting the financial planning process by building budgeting and forecasting tools and templates

• Facilitating and supporting budget holders to complete headcount budgets.

What skills are you looking for?

You’ll be able to bring to the role…

• Strong relationship and influencing skills, with the confidence to work with Directors and senior stakeholders

• Proven management accounting experience

• The ability to clearly present and explain financial information

• Experience of helping decision makers understand the impact of their decisions

• An innovative mindset with experience of working in a continuous improvement environment

• Strong problem-solving skills.

What will I gain?

Without you we wouldn’t be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership, childcare vouchers and much more. You’ll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately you’ll know that you’ll be changing lives through your work. 

If you’re as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years.

Artsadmin is looking for a Management Accountant to support the Head of Finance in managing the charity’s finances. They will ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the finance processes, prepare budgets, forecasts, commentaries, analyses and financial statements, and support informed decision-making through regular reporting to the Head of Finance and Directors.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter with demonstrable experience of working and helping to drive change within a finance function and of building relationships with non-finance stakeholders. They will have strong analytical, communication and organisational skills, be outcome-focused and either have, or be pursuing, a professional accountancy qualification

This is a new, full-time post with scope to really make a difference to a well-regarded arts charity. Artsadmin is a company of creative people working with artists to develop and make performance projects for local, national and international audiences in a variety of places and contexts. This is an exciting time to join us as we embark on the next chapter of our work, updating our artistic programme, refreshing our brand and reviewing our connections to our local area of Aldgate East.
 

Reporting to: Head of Finance

Deadline for applications: 12pm on 8 November 2021. First interviews: w/c 15 November 2021.

Hours of work: 40 hours per week including a paid lunch hour. Office hours are usually 10am – 6pm Monday to Friday. Flexible working available. Location: Principally located at Toynbee Studios, Aldgate East, London

Holidays: 20 days plus 8 statutory holidays and additional winter break

Staff benefits:

● Pension scheme with Royal London

● Subsidised Bike Purchase

● Travel Card / Season Ticket Loan

● HSF Health Plan

● Life Assurance at four times annual salary

● Group Income Replacement Scheme

● Childcare Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Ivy Rock Partners are again partnering with the iconic Royal Albert Hall, supporting the recruitment for a Management Accountant to join their dynamic Financial Planning & Analysis team in a newly created role. With great opportunities for continued progression and development, this role offers the successful candidate the opportunity to join a world-famous organisation in a role with huge potential.

The Royal Albert Hall

For nearly 150 years we have been fulfilling our vision of inspiring artists and audiences worldwide with the magic of the iconic Royal Albert Hall; creating life-enriching, unforgettable experiences for everyone. Hosting 390 events a year in the main auditorium and more than 800 in other smaller spaces, the Royal Albert Hall stands true to its original purpose of promoting the Arts and Sciences.

As a charity, the Hall is dedicated to maintaining the Grade I listed building and giving access to all. The Finance department is a crucial part of all that the Hall does. The Management Accountant role presents a unique opportunity to play a significant part in one of the world’s most famous and successful venues.

The Role

We are seeking a high calibre Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner who will partner with key departments across the Hall to present valuable financial information to assist with strategic decision making. Preparing budgets, forecasts, and financial reports for key divisions within the Hall, the Management Accountant will also ensure the integrity of the numbers and prepare the monthly management accounts.

As a fully or part-qualified accountant with experience of management accounting and analysis, you will be an essential part of the FP&A team and use your financial skills to support decision-making in an organisation looking forward to an exciting period of development. 

The Person

The right candidate will be a creative problem-solver with an outstanding attention to detail when it comes to financial management information. They will be able to show evidence of producing timely management accounts, analysis, budgets, and forecasts and will combine this with a strong technical understanding of finance, comfortable preparing journals and operating in the detail when needed.

The right candidate’s accuracy, persistence and experience will make them a key player in an important role within the Hall’s Finance team. This position would suit part or fully qualified accountants (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA), or those with comparable experience.

For more information, please get in touch with Kate Marriott at Ivy Rock Partners as applications are being reviewed daily. 

Management Accountant: £50,000 - £55,000 | Permanent | London

For a global education company, we're recruiting a Management Accountant on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Head of Business Partnering, this role will own the production and delivery of management accounts for the organisation. The Management Accountant will produce accurate and insightful MI and will drive the transformation of the Finance function by improving month end processes, the quality of MI and the timeliness of reporting and controls. This role will also business partner two corporate functions as well as leading, coaching and managing an Assistant Management Accountant. Based out of the London office, this role attracts very flexible working.

Main Duties:

• Lead the month-end processes from start to finish, delivering MI to tight deadlines
• Generate monthly management accounts and the monthly Finance Report to the Executive
• Work as Finance Business Partner for various corporate directorates
• Provide support and guidance to departments and work with budget holders to produce budgets and forecasts, analysis, and business cases
• Lead the continuous development of finance process and controls including reducing the month-end period, lead on the development of Finance reporting with the Data team and improve the accuracy of cost allocations to provide better MI
• Prepare year-end reconciliations, supporting schedules and liaising with Audit
• Support Head of Business Partnering in preparation for monthly financial meetings with budget holders to review accounts, forecasts, and queries
• Lead, manage and motivate the Assistant Management Accountant

Person Specification:

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified
• Strong experience of running month-end processes
• Experience of delivering process improvement
• Strong experience in preparing year-end and monthly management accounts including year-end forecasts and budgets
• Advanced MS Excel skills and working knowledge of Sun Systems (ideally)
• Experience of consolidation of management accounts packs for management reporting
• Experience of working in a multicultural and multisite organisation

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Allen Lane are working with a small NGO to find an immediately available Grant Accountant to support during a busy period while a permanent appointment is made. Potential temp to perm opportunity for the right candidate.

Key responsibilities:

Project Financial Management

• In close consultation with field team and management, developing proposal budgets ensuring appropriate cost estimates are applied and budgets are in line with donor requirements
• Updating project budgets as required for internal budgeting purposes and or as required by donors, (working in close consultation with RDs and Programme Managers)
• Closely monitoring programmatic spend, preparing monthly budget versus actual reports (BVAs) for each project and reviewing with relevant stakeholders to analyse variances and agree action plans
• Ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting to donors
• Tracking fund transfers between HQ and the Field Offices, posting monthly field reporting into IWPR’s financial system and reviewing other project related postings in the financial system.
• Posting project income on a monthly basis and tracking donor receivables/deferred income.
• Preparing other financial reports and analysis for projects as required by management or donors

Compliance

• Developing a good understanding of donor requirements and compliance
• Ensuring that projects meet their contractual requirements and comply with policies and regulations
• Maintaining strong financial management and accounting control systems for project expenditure
• Managing programme audits; preparing documents and liaising with auditors Supporting Overseas Finance Teams

• Liaising directly with Regional Directors, Programme Managers and Field Office finance staff on financial issues and providing appropriate support

The successful candidate:

• ACA, CIMA, ACCA qualified
• Experience of the administrative and financial management of complex development programmes, and developing and managing budgets, forecasts and actuals
• Experience in the NGO/charity sector essential, preferably within an international organization;
• Experience of institutional grant budget proposal development, compliance, monitoring and reporting; including experience in managing FCDO, EU, German and Norwegian government funding.

The role is paying £250 - £300 per day (umbrella) and is looking for someone who can start immediately. Remote working available but it would be beneficial if the candidate could attend the office in central London

Systems Accountant | £47,150 - £50,600 | Altrincham, Cheshire (2-year FTC)

For a well-known youth charity, we are recruiting a Systems Accountant to be based in Cheshire on a 2-year FTC basis. The Systems Accountant will manage the financial accounting software (Access Dimensions) and financial reporting packages. The Systems Accountant will work with IT to ensure systems modules are robust and that staff across the charity are trained. This role will also lead on software upgrades and will ensure the integrity of all data and associated links to fundraising and HR data and financial ledgers

Main Duties:

• Ensure financial accounting software and reporting packages are maintained and issues resolved
• Lead on upgrades to the system and coordinate and lead the upgrade process, working with 3^rd party suppliers on technical specifications, UAT, training and go-live
• Maintain user details in the system and provide inductions, training, and refreshers to all finance system users
• Ensure VAT and other taxes are recorded correctly
• Review how the organisation uses Access Dimensions to ensure efficiencies are rolled out and that process documentation is updates
• Work in collaboration wit the transformation team on the introduction of new HR systems
• Lead a review of the existing requirements of the systems with a view to implement a new platform in the long run.
• Travel 3-4 times a month to the 4 UK sites (all expensed)

Person Specification:

• Qualified Accountant or QBE
• Advanced MS Excel and ideally Prince2, Agile or MSP experience
• Strong experience of financial ledger packages and financial management information systems
• Ideally experience with Access Dimensions, warehousing, fundraising, HR, and other systems
• Experience with delivering finance systems projects

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Financial Accountant

Greenhouse Sports is a leading development through sports charity that works with young people to offer them life changing opportunities through sport. We are looking for a qualified Financial Accountant to join our team. This position is ideal for a CCAB qualified accountant (ideally ACA) looking for their first step into a not-for-profit organisation, and are looking to develop their knowledge and experience in an organisation which has a history of promoting from within. We have ambitious plans to grow and suitable candidates will be comfortable in a fast paced, ever-changing environment and have a strong technical accounting background.

Independent Age is partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell to recruit to a Systems Accountant on a permanent, full-time basis. Independent Age is a national charity founded over 150 years ago with a clear mission to ensure that as we grow older, we all have the opportunity to live well with dignity, choice and purpose.

The Systems Accountant plays a vital role in Independent Age’s Finance Team. Reporting to the Head of Finance and working closely with the Financial Controller and Finance Planning and Analysis Accountant, the post holder will lead on implementing, managing and ensuring the efficient and effective operation of our financial systems, and in training colleagues to use those systems. The post holder will also maintain some key accounting functions, design and build management reports, and work together with the rest of the Finance Team to enable colleagues to make good use of financial information and to deliver a high quality service to all stakeholders.

The key responsibilities will be:

• Day to day management of the accounting system structures and interfaces to other applications, i.e. CRM systems.
• Regular review of financial systems performance to identify and fix system performance issues.
• Regular review of financial systems for efficiency and effectiveness process gains and working together with the Financial Controller to implement systems and process changes as a result
• Support the project management, testing and implementation of new finance system applications (i.e. procurement system, invoice processing system) and dashboard reporting.
• Train and support finance team members to efficiently use the financial systems and train other colleagues on core transactional processes (i.e. procurement system, invoice processing system).
• Build and maintain the financial reports required in support of the monthly management accounts, budget setting and reforecast and other reporting obligations.
• Produce and publish monthly management accounts to budget holders.
• Prepare monthly payroll funding reconciliation and payroll journal, including payroll funding transfer for authorisation.

The successful candidate will have:

• Prior experience of working with Sunsystems and related systems development.
• A recognised accountancy qualification.
• Broad experience and knowledge of different accounting systems and a track record of identifying and introducing process improvements.
• Strong problem-solving skills; ability to suggest and trial new ideas to bring about change.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in communicating with and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Ability to collaborate with and train other finance staff, and to enable other colleagues to make good use of financial systems and to understand and act on financial concepts and management information provided.
• Advanced computer software skills, including Excel macros. Experience of PowerBI is an advantage but not essential.
• A demonstrable passion for, and affinity with, our cause. 

The position will be based at Independent Ages’s head office opposite Kensington Olympia and will offer incredibly flexible working, including regular homeworking. The closing date is 15th November. Applications will be under constant review before the closing date so please submit your application to our exclusive search agent Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!