Senior Financial Planner

£55,000

Hybrid Working (80% Home Working)

Office in South London

Reporting into the Director of FP&A

A large Property organisation is seeking a senior Financial Planner to join its Corporate Finance division.

Experience of working within an organisation with property assets would be hugely beneficial.

Knowledge of ‘Brixx’ is a must.

Support Board and Executive Team’s strategic financial decision-making; by providing high quality insights into Group financial capacity; underpinned by sophisticated, flexible and robust corporate financial projections, economic scenario analyses, stress tests and risk mitigation plans. 

Monitor financial performance and key financial metrics, challenge assumptions and make recommendations to help deliver the plan; while maintaining the Group’s long term financial viability and also growing the business.

Key Responsibilities:

1. As our lead financial planner, you will business partner with service heads and senior management in creating our long-term financial plan using Brixx modelling software.  You will work closely with senior stakeholders to understand their objectives.  Where there are competing priorities, you will consider and articulate available options, supported by accurate analysis and appreciation of wider strategic objectives.
2. Annually (or more frequently if required) you will comprehensively review key parameters incorporated into our long-term financial plan as well as our investment and disposal transaction appraisals.  You will research and understand macro-economic trends to inform our view on inflation and borrowing rates, and engage with senior stakeholders to understand future operating cost drivers.  You will prepare a report for the Executive Team and Board, describing the updates and impact on KPIs.

£55,000 Salary

80% Home working

Financial Accountant

£40-£45k

Central London

Sports Focused Charity

Hybrid Working ( 2-3 days per week in the office)

We are working with a leading charity located in Central London who provide chances and support to young people through various sports. The charity coaches and mentors young people from deprived backgrounds where deprivation is most urgent.

Based in Central London, the ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant looking for their first step within a not-for-profit organisation. Being eager to learn and develop is pivotal for this role.

The correct candidate will have strong IT skills (MS Office and accounting software), excellent analytical and problem solving skills, as well as strong attention to detail. Knowledge of Charity SORP is crucial.

The organisation are looking to grow and the right candidate will be expected to develop within the organisation in order to maximise their potential.

MLC Partners are working with a leading children’s charity to recruit an interim Financial Accountant on a fixed-term basis. Lasting for a minimum of 6 months, the role joins a high-performing team who have gone through a period of rapid change. Reporting into the Financial Controller, the purpose of the role is to support through the upcoming busy period and provide additional capacity into the new-look team.

Main responsibilities of the role include:

• Work with the Financial Controller to produce timely annual financial statements for the charity and their trading subsidiaries.
• Lead on aspects of training in the transactions team, to ensure they are fully up to speed with the treatment of VAT.
• Ensure that restricted funding is correctly utilised and accounted for, liaising with the business partnering team where necessary.
• Act as a point of contact for the external auditors, assisting them with any required documentation.

The successful candidate will be:

• A fully qualified accountant (CCAB/CIMA) or extensively qualified by experience.
• Experienced in a changing environment and able to rapidly get up to speed in a new team.
• Knowledgeable with all aspects of the statutory reporting process, ideally having led on a year end in another organisation.
• Preferably experienced with charity SORP, although candidates with a strong financial accounting background will be considered from all sectors.

My client have adopted a hybrid working model and split their time roughly 50:50 between home working and the office, based in central London.

This role will likely be filled before the closing date, so please don’t delay in applying. For more information, please contact Jamie Elliott at MLC Partners.

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.

Financial Accountant: £250 per day Umbrella, 4 - 6 months | London

For a global education company, we are recruiting an Interim Financial Accountant for 4 - 6 months. This role will ensure the financial accounting and taxation compliance of the organisation and its international subsidiaries as well as managing the balance sheet, fixed asset register and leading the interim and final external audit.

Main Duties:

• Responsible for external audit and tax compliance for Group and its subsidiaries
• Monthly balance sheet preparation and resolution of un-reconciled items, for the parent and the subsidiaries
• Tax returns for review and sign off and organise payments to tax authorities, nationally and internationally
• Oversee fixed asset register, leading on depreciation calculations, impairments, write offs
• Lead on interim and final external audit, investigating and responding to audit queries
• Lead on statutory accounts account preparation to Audit Committee and Council sign off for the parent and the subsidiaries
• Responsible for tax calculations at year end, including gift aid payments
• Creation of a Statement of Financial Instructions with policies and procedures for the finance team and the wider organisation. The post holder will also be responsible for the review and update of the policies and procedures once these have been created
• Partner with FD to strengthen internal controls

Person Specification:

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified
• Advanced MS Excel skills and working knowledge of Sun Systems
• Strong experience of FRS102 and Charity SORP
• Strong experience of international financial accounting
• Strong experience of drafting papers to the Board and Audit Committee

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My client is a world renowned children’s charity, recognised by many as one of the most loved and respected brands in the UK. Providing an unparalleled level of care to those in need, they currently have a brilliant opportunity open to work within the finance department as an interim Financial Accountant.

Key responsibilities include:

• Assist with the preparation of all annual statutory financial statements for the charity and its trading subsidiaries.
• Ensure full compliance with tax regulations and timely filing of accurate VAT and Corporate Tax returns. 
• Assist in the management of the treasury function of the charity, including cash management and investments.
• Regular monitoring of balance sheet reconciliations and accounts. 
• Ensure appropriate fixed asset accounting.

The successful candidate will:

• Be fully qualified (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, CIPFA)
• Have experience with the preparation of schedules for statutory financial accounts
• Have experience working with VAT and Corporation Tax returns
• Have excellent MS Excel skills

Although experience of working within the Not-for-Profit sector would be an advantage, my client is open to candidates with a genuine passion to develop a career in the charity sector.

A charity are recruiting for an Interim Financial Accountant

Your new company
A high profile London-based charity.

Your new role
Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will be responsible for the financial accounting and taxation compliance of the organisation and it's subsidiaries. Duties will include managing the balance sheet and the fixed asset register and ensuring adherence to financial controls. Anticipated duration is for 5 months+. To start ASAP.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a qualified Accountant with strong, recent financial accounting experience either within the charity sector or commercial.

What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.

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.
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The Accountant – AR Markets will work jointly with the Accounting and Markets Excellence departments in all royalty related financial operations and processing. They will be responsible for administering payment schedules, preparing and issuing invoices, and helping track payments and accounts receivable. They will serve as a resource to companies regarding payments and invoices, provide customer service and assist in creating reports on accounts receivable.

Responsibilities: 

Royalty Invoicing

• Maintain a schedule of client billing dates and prepare all necessary related documentation;
• Issue invoices to royalty customers based on verifiable Markets data in traceability systems or when customers have agreed to volumes via email;
• Working closely with supervisor, maintain accurate accounts receivable aging and tracking which includes records of issued, paid and outstanding invoices;
• Follow up on open unpaid and delinquent balances with customers;
• Flag open unpaid and delinquent balances with customers for follow-up by the Markets Excellence team;
• Communicate needs and reasons for any write-offs of uncollectible open receivables;
• Actively participate in the improvements, changes, integrations, consolidations of current and future royalty system(s) in order to ensure maintenance of controls, maintaining audit trail, and clarity of process with the Markets and Accounting teams;
• Raise technical issues in traceability systems to the support team involving the migration and integrity of data and various problems with the programming logics and bugs;
• Responsible to review,  request and send License Agreements to companies that have royalty invoices;
• Other duties as assigned.

Customer Service

• Monitor and respond to customer inquiries from Royalty Outlook mailbox, and from Employee’s own Outlook mailbox;
• Escalate data issues and client disputes to and work with the Senior Accountant and the relevant Markets team members to resolve customer issues regarding volumes, rates, product types, cancellations, adjustments, reassignments, transaction records (TCs); and
•  Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: 

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required in Accounting/Financial Management - or equivalent work experience (4 years) or professional qualification.
• Work Experience: Minimum 2 years of  experience in accounting, financial management or equivalent
• Computer Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook with a demonstrated experience in accounting and traceability software and working knowledge of PowerPoint
• Communication Skills: Effective oral and written communication skills and ability to multi-task, work in a multicultural, diverse, and highly deadline-driven environment
• Foreign Language Skills: Spanish, French, German, Dutch or Japanese a plus
• General Work Behaviors/Skills: Strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities in a time sensitive manner. Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to interact culturally, linguistically, and diplomatically with diverse internal and external individuals.  Initiative, self-motivated, resourceful, detail-oriented, dependability, strong attention to detail.

Your new company

A charity that supports communities, local authorities and developers in environmental projects.

Your new role

As the Assistant Financial Accountant, you will be supporting the Financial Accountant in all areas of monthly reporting as required, which includes reporting of prepayments and fixed assets, and processing associated entries in the Sun accounts system. You will prepare ad hoc analysis and preparation of schedules and reconciliations for year end and provide information relating to queries on income and expenditure during the audit. You will also prepare routine batches of payments to suppliers, staff expenses and large CHAPs payments, US dollar payments and dealing with routine supplier queries. In addition, you will be using the sales template to issue sales invoices, checking we have customers sales contract to support these and getting purchase orders from customers when needed. The role will also include support with credit control, by carrying out timetable of actions once our sales are not paid on time including issuing reminders to escalation.

What you'll need to succeed

To be successful you will need to be AAT qualified or part ACCA/CIMA and a very good understanding of accounting standards and concepts. You will need extensive experience of carrying out and analysing accounting reconciliations, making improvements to processes and strong financial systems experience. You will also need experience of using SUN/Vision and at least intermediate excel skills.

What you'll get in return

This organisation offers significant flexibility with hybrid working and a salary up to £35,000

What you need to do now

Please apply ASAP to be considered.

We are recruiting an experienced and motivated Senior Finance Officer with a proven track record of delivering to deadlines in a busy and dynamic environment. This is a varied role that will process transactions, perform reconciliations and help ensure that financial controls and policies are followed across the charity and its trading subsidiaries.

For more information about the role, please read the Job Pack. 

Allen Lane are pleased to be working exclusively with a leading London University to recruit an interim Financial Controller on a 3-6 months interim basis. . This role will report to the Director of Finance and be responsible for the operational management of the Income, Expenditure and Procurement team. This role will also play a pivotal role in leading on strategic projects across these business functions and be a member of the senior leadership team. The Financial Controller role will develop a culture of continuous improvement within the Expenditure, Income Services and Procurement teams.

The Financial Controller will work with a broad range of stakeholders and will have experience of collaboration in a complex environment. Communication is key as the post holder will be working with diverse audiences and will need to ensure that business managers across the University are able to understand and engage with service development.

Key Duties:

• Involvement in leading Systems development, including a strong working knowledge of Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable systems and experience of best practise in these areas
• Experience of Business Process Improvement / streamlining processes, reducing lead times.
• Comfortable creating and implementing financial control frameworks
• Strategic mind-set with ability to partner with key stakeholders in the business, while driving the business from an operational perspective
• Demonstrable record of implementing business change and working alongside project managers to track/deliver relevant milestones
• Introduce measurable KPIs reporting for decision making and performance management.
• Develop reporting capabilities to drive best practice in areas of responsibility.
• Align the Procurement, purchasing and Income Services team’s priorities with the Finance and wider University Strategy

Key criteria:

• A Qualified Accountant with proven, successful experience of delivering high volume, transactional service
• Experience of procurement services in a large organisation
• Experience of managing multiple projects
• Experience of Higher education is desirable however experience of working in a large, complex environment will also be considered

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Partnerships Manager to join The Children’s Trust.

The role of Senior Partnerships Manager is to shape how the charity works in partnership with different audience groups (in this case, companies) to bring people together to raise funds for The Children’s Trust.

You will proactively lead a team in developing and maintaining long-term, high value and multifaceted partnerships with companies to maximise income, value and influence for The Children’s Trust.  Utilising your skills and experience from the charity or commercial sector, you will lead a small team of partnerships managers to secure and manage a range of new and existing strategic partnerships and events.

Working alongside the Head of Volunteer Fundraising, you will strengthen business planning, pipeline and budgeting processes, and devise comprehensive audience-led stewardship plans, maintaining momentum and focus to achieve ambitious targets.

As our ideal candidate, you will be self-motivated and driven, with the ability to evidence strong leadership. You will be a skilled relationship-builder, and be creative in identifying new and building on existing partnerships. Significant experience of working within a relationship management function in the not for profit or commercial sector is essential, as well as expert sales and negotiation skills, with evidence of developing and stewarding high value partnerships with companies, volunteer groups and / or educational institutions.

We are looking to recruit a Assistant Accountant based in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and this role will be based in our offices or at home, visiting London a few times a year if not based in the London office. 

Our finance team work right across the organisation to deliver efficient processes, excellent support and insightful financial reporting. The main purpose of this role is to support the Finance Business Partner and wider finance team with a range of activity including; budgeting and forecasting, financial/statutory reporting,  month and year end processes/reconciliations  and management accounts.

We are looking for a part qualified accountant or equivalent, with experience in working on year and month end routines . You’ll also need to be an efficient problem solver with a curious mind and ability to prioritise work and meet tight deadlines.

If you’re looking for a role with development potential, in a creative working environment with a great mix of people then apply now! 

Closing date: 5th November 2021

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environment movement.

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.

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A professional body is now seeking an Assistant Accountant to join their processing team to help create a smooth-running finance function. The post-holder will have key responsibilities in transactional finance and report to members of the senior management team.

Job role entails:

- Dealing effectively with purchase orders

- Processing and generating invoices in timely manner

- Regular reconciliation of supplier statements

- Recording cash book payments and receipts

- Liaising with budget managers and overdue debtors

- Operating weekly payment runs

The successful candidate MUST:

- Be at least AAT or equivalent qualifications

- Experience working within transactional finance

- Have system skills such as intermediate Excel and large financial system

Agency Reference Number: 7109440

Salary: £25,000 - £30,000

Length: 1-2 months Temp

To apply for this role or to find out about other Public Sector Finance roles, please contact Tiana Thomas or Myles Argent on our London Finance team.