Are you passionate about financial accounting? Do you want to use your accounting technical skills in WaterAid to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?

Join WaterAid as Financial Accounting Manager to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that you'll be joining a 2018 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation.

The WaterAid International Finance provide key support to our International Programmes in leading the delivery of plans that will ensure there is a robust and effective financial accounting and control environment in WaterAid UK's international work.

As our Financial Accounting Manager you will work across the finance function and with other stakeholders to review, develop, enhance and embed effective financial processes throughout our international programme portfolio.

The role will manage 2 X Financial Accountants and will be expected to undertake international travel about between 6 weeks and no more than 12 weeks per annum.

The primary responsibility of the Financial Accounting Manager is to provide key support to the Head of International Finance in leading the delivery of plans that will ensure there is a robust and effective financial accounting and control environment in WaterAid UK's international work.

This role will lead the International Financial Accounting team that supports Heads of Finance in Country Programmes to develop and maintain good financial control environments and to manage key financial risks appropriately. The team will provide an assurance function, accountable for providing evidence that the financial control environment is robust in all country programmes.

This role will work across the finance function and with other stakeholders to review, develop, enhance and embed effective financial processes throughout our international programme portfolio. S/he will understand local context, and thus help the UK office to understand where local deviation from the WaterAid standard is appropriate and desirable.

This role will have capacity to look across the organisation, proactively identifying trends which highlight areas for improvement or highlighting local examples of innovative solutions that can be shared with others and can be adopted as the standard approach, thus embedding identified best practice as 'the WaterAid way'.

To be successful, you'll need:
* Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA)
* Audit experience
* Significant senior financial accounting expertise, experience and knowledge

To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'.

Other Information
WaterAid benefits?include:
* 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
* Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
* A generous pension plan with an employer contribution of up to 10%
* Flexible working conditions, including the opportunity for part-time work and home working up to 2 days a week
* Season Ticket Loan
* Free annual eye tests
* Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
* Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave.
* Sabbaticals
* Volunteer Day

WaterAid is currently located at Durham Street, Vauxhall. However, we will be leaving our current location in the summer of 2020 (likely to be June/July 2020) and moving to 20 Canada Square, Canary Wharf. Therefore the London Office location and contract base, if you are successfully offered the role, will change. This will be discussed at the interview stage with you.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.

To apply please submit your Cover Letter and CV into One Document in either Word document or PDF format.

Applications will close one minute before midnight on 29th October 2019. Availability for 1st interviews on the 8th November 2019 and 2nd interviews on the 15th November 2019.

Salary: £48,900 - £51,500 with excellent benefits

WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behaviour, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority and we take our responsibilities extremely serious. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate pre-employment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.

WaterAid is an equal opportunities, disability-confident employer and committed to achieving the highest standards of diversity, fairness and equality. Should you have a disability and require any additional support, please contact us.

Depaul UK delivers a wide range of support and housing services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We specialise in the provision of services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training and volunteering in the communities we work. Our organisation currently reaches from North Tyneside to London, Greater Manchester to South Yorkshire and Kent.

We are looking for a motivated Financial Controller with robust technical skills to lead a best in class financial control function and provide high quality support to the finance team.

Your responsibilities include:

• Leading the preparation of year end financial reporting, annual statutory audit process and preparing reports for the Finance, Audit and Compliance Committee;
• Implementing policies and procedures to ensure best practice and managing the financial and operational risk of the organisation;
• Ensuring the month end timetable is adhered to, making sure that all bank and control account reconciliations have been carried out and that other month end procedures have been duly completed;
• Developing effective financial systems, reviewing and streamlining controls and processes, including greater automation/ integration with other business systems;
• Motivating and developing a small team.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with experience of the UK charity or not for profit sector, with advanced knowledge of Charity SORP. You will have robust technical skills and a proactive approach. You will have management experience and the ability to lead and motivate a high performing team. Experience in the development of efficient business systems would be highly beneficial.

Recruitment timings

Closing date: Sunday, 20th October

Shortlist: Friday 25th October

Interviews: w/c Monday, 28th October

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter via the link by Sunday 20th October. For an informal discussion regarding the roles, please don't hesitate to contact Bryony Feeney at Allen Lane via the agency website. 

An early application is highly recommended.

Financial Accounting Manager £66,000 - £70,000 + Benefits: London

For a large organisation based in central London, we're recruiting a Financial Accounting Manager to provide all technical accounting and financial reporting services across the Group. The Financial Accounting Manager will lead on statutory accounts, financial reporting and accounting advice on a wide range of accounting issues. This role will lead, develop and manage a team of 11 staff.

What you'll be doing:

• Ensuring statutory accounts are completed on time and with a clean audit
• Ensuring transactions are recorded correctly on Oracle and accounted for correctly
• Ensure Chart of Accounts is fit for purpose for both business and financial reporting
• Responsible for inter-company balances ensuring they are fully reconciled
• Complete required statistical returns including the FVA return
• Assist Head of Reporting in ensuring strong financial controls are in place
• Responsible for balance sheet integrity, ensuring regular reconciliations are done and balances are understood
• Manage, lead and motivate a team of up to 11 staff (qualified and part-qualified)

What you'll offer us:

• CCAB qualified
• High level of technical skills including knowledge of FRS102 and SORP
• Experience of completing complex reconciliations
• Experience of managing a team to produce high quality results
• Experience of implementing financial controls
• Experience of preparing financial statements and associated notes and working papers
• Experience of developing a Chart of Accounts
• Advanced Excel and ideally Oracle experience

The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and .

Reporting into the Head of Finance, the Senior Management Accountant will own the end to end management accounting processes, assist in the year end and audit process and play an integral role within the finance team in its support of the wider organisation.

Client Details

Our client a leading think tank and a high profile, independent charity, working to improve health and health care in England. Through research and analysis they help to shape health policy and practice by developing individuals, teams and organisations. They promote the understanding of the health and social care system; and bring people together to learn, share knowledge and debate. Their vision is that the best possible health and care is available to all.

Description

• Advising a diverse range of budget holders on key financial decisions, acting as a business partner to non-finance colleagues.

• Ensuring that all management accounting processes are performed on time, to a high standard and to provide a high quality of service to the organisation.

• Playing a key role in ensuring month-end, forecasting and annual budget setting processes are in line with the charities high expectations.

• Developing and maintaining project budgeting systems and controls.

• Managing the Assistant Management Accountant & Payroll and Finance Officer.

Profile

The successful candidate will be professionally qualified with demonstrable experience of working in a management accounting role. You must be comfortable working with a range of stakeholders and have the interpersonal skills and confidence to influence and support them. You will also have strong Excel skills as you will be required to manipulate and analyse a wide range of data.

Job Offer

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a respected and high profile organisation getting the exposure to accelerate your career.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work for a world class Arts venue as a Management Accountant right at the heart of the creativity.  Although this role is initially an interim contract for 6 months, there is potential for the right candidate to be made permanent after that time. This is a great chance to work at an incredible respected organisation in a role that works directly with the artistic director and other creative departments.

Responsibilities:

• To prepare key financial data for directorates, including budgets and forecasts;
• To assist departmental budget holders in managing their budgets;
• To provide management information and analytical support;
•  To produce and develop regular reports;
• To reconcile a number of control accounts on a monthly basis.

The successful candidate will be at least part-qualified in a recognised accountancy qualification and have two years experience in the above duties. They will be interested in theatre and performance or the arts sector in general and be able to build excellent relationships with non-finance budget holders. They must have excellent excel and be a fast learner.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust – Assistant Financial Accountant

Role: Assistant Financial Accountant

Band 4: £25,489 - £28,513 (*inclusive of London weighting)

Type: Permanent

Location: Central London

Sector: Healthcare

Formed in 2007, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country with over 12,000 staff, a turnover of £1.2bn and net assets in excess of £485m. The Trust provides acute and specialist healthcare in North West London for around 1.5m people every year.

The Trust has five main hospital sites which all have a long track record of success in research and education, as well as influencing clinical practice nationally and worldwide. They also have a growing number of community services and provide private healthcare to increase the funds available for NHS services.

In the face of financial challenges the Trust continues to improve its financial position whilst maintaining and improving service quality. The Trust are also a nominated trust in the Health Infrastructure Plan which will lead to a major redevelopment of all its key sites in the coming years, as well as exciting collaborations with the wider health sector in North and West London.

With a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust are looking for exceptional talent to join their finance team and make a real difference that will improve the service we provide and in turn deliver excellent patient care.

Assistant Financial Accountant Job Description:

The Assistant Financial Accountant provides support to enable an efficient, effective and comprehensive capital accounting function within the Trust. Their role is to undertake the timely and accurate posting of transactions in the ledger, and to ensure that financial controls are maintained whilst also assisting in ensuring the completion of statutory accounts and monthly financial returns.

The key elements of the role include:

• Post standard accruals and journals, prepare reconciliations, clear suspense and control accounts, prepare standard reports and undertake analysis
• Providing assurance on the integrity of the ledger, resolve issues around coding and reconciliations, and support the production of timely and value-adding reporting.

• Being accountable to the Financial Accountant for adherence to the Trust financial policies and procedures, statutory requirements and requirements from the Department of Health.
• To support the Financial Accountant to ensure that internal and external audit recommendations relating to financial procedures and systems are implemented.
• Take responsibility for own development and proactively seek and take advantage of opportunities to enhance knowledge, skills and experience.

Assistant Financial Accountant Person Specification:

This is an ideal role for someone looking to build solid foundations for a career in finance. The role is a key support to the financial accounts team but there is huge scope to develop in it and gain extensive and widely transferable knowledge and skills.

The Assistant Financial Accountant must be educated to A Level standard (or other appropriate qualifications). Training and development is provided but the post holder must be computer literate and be comfortable using MS Office, particularly Excel, to work effectively in a finance environment and also have a good level of numeracy and ability to work with and interpret numerical and financial data. 

This person will be self-motivated and have experience working autonomously as well as within a team.

The Trust’s vales incorporate being KIND, COLLABORATIVE, EXPERT and ASPIRATIONAL. The Trust endeavours to live its values so it is important that this person’s values are inline with these expectations and that they are able to communicate well and work with people at all levels of the organisation.

Assistant Financial Accountant Package:

• Band 4 £25,489 - £28,513* (*inclusive of London weighting)
• 27 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays (holiday entitlement raises to 33 days with service)
• Flexible working
• Annual Recognition Awards
• Excellent personal development, training and education opportunities
• Excellent Pension Scheme: 27.2% - 29.4% (at Band 4 level)
• Health services discounts (retail, holidays, entertainment and restaurants)
• Car lease scheme and season ticket loan

To find out more information about the organisation, the role and to receive the full job descriptions, please contact Brooke Cooper at Allen Lane

Applications close on FRIDAY 1ST NOVEMBER and interviews will follow shortly after. EARLY APPLICATIONS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED.

Senior Management Accounting and Systems Manager £60,000 - £69,700 + Benefits: London

For a Governmental department and National Regulatory Authority, we're recruiting a Senior Management Accounting and Systems Manager to be responsible for the information, reporting and analytics of the finance department. The role will ensure the optimal use of all Finance and Payroll systems and will also manage a management accounting function. Reporting to the Head of Corporate Finance, the Senior Management Accounting and Systems Manager will oversee a team that manages and improves processes and controls which support the integrity and value of the data and information the organisation uses.

What you'll be doing:

• Reporting and Systems Management - Overseeing the production of financial and workforce financial information and reporting including dashboards on a regular basis
• Consolidation of the monthly, quarterly and annual financial results and forecasts
• Lead development of reporting tools including dashboards and reporting suites
• Identify areas for improvements to systems use, reporting, dashboards, tools etc
• Ensure cost centre and cost codes and reporting systems maintain integrity
• Financial Systems Optimisation - Ensure optimal operation of all Finance systems and reporting packages
• Act as primary technical contact point for all Finance systems
• Ensure collaboration with IT on finance system optimisation and issue resolution
• Review system performance and develop network with external systems providers
• Financial Systems Development - Work with Heads of Finance and Accounts Payable Team to lead the procurement of new finance systems such as PO and Contracts system
• Project manage developments to finance software; lead on finance systems and reporting enhancements
• Management Accounting - Develop new management accounting function to support the Finance Business Partners; Ensure this covers all input and transactional data to provide finance activity, accruals, journals and manual adjustments

What you'll offer us:

• Qualified with extensive experience working with financial systems and reporting suites
• Track record of leading a highly performing management / systems accounting team
• Experience of leading the consolidation of reports
• System design and development
• Experience of managing systems enhancement and development
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Ideally Civil Service experience

The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and .

A leading national Arts Institution is currently seeking a committed Financial Controller and on a permanent basis.

Reporting into the CFO, this exciting permanent opportunity will see the successful candidate playing a key role in the Head Office finance team.

The successful candidate will be tasked with leading a small finance team and with responsibilities including:

• Managing a team of 4 who are responsible for the primary ledgers, financial controls, production and reconciliation of the balance sheet, cash flow, VAT/ TAX compliance and statutory accounts production.
• Producing annual statutory accounts and consolidated accounts
• Leading the charity’s annual audit process
• Establishing tight cost controls and principles to ensure effective pricing and full cost recovery.
• Playing the lead role in driving continuous improvement in terms of financial processes and systems.

The successful candidate will be a Qualified Accountant with strong technical skills, including ideally previous experience within the charity sector and experience of staff management.

Qualifications/experience required

ACCA, CIMA, ACA Qualification

What’s on offer?

£50,000

Assistant Financial Accountant

Salary: £30,155 gross per annum
Location: London, UK
Level: Finance

Deadline: 23/10/2019 23:59
Hours: 35.00
Benefits: National Benefits
Job Type: Indefinite

Established in 2003, Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable populations.

Malaria Consortium is recruiting an Assistant Financial Accountant to join our team in London, UK.

The Assistant Financial Accountant will co-ordinate finance activities in order to deliver high quality support to the UK office. The post holder will need to provide timely and accurate reporting (internal and external), payroll services for the UK and International staff and sound financial management and seamless support to the UK office.

The successful candidate will have:

- Part-qualified accountant in recognised global body e.g. ACCA, ACA, CIMA
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree from a recognised university
- Working knowledge of accounting software
- Experience in an accounting role including processing payroll
- Excellent computer skills with high proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Good analytical and reporting skills
- High level of English, both written and spoken
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong ability to be able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks

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We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to play an instrumental role in providing high-quality financial management and developing financial systems, policies and procedures as our Financial Controller.

About us

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is a professional membership association dedicated to improving women’s health care across the world. We do this by setting standards for clinical practice, providing doctors with training and lifelong learning, and working with partners to advocate for women’s health and health care across their life course. We are a global leader in this specialist area and are in our 90th year, supporting 16,000 members in the UK and internationally.

We are a values-led organisation placing high standards, innovation, openness, inclusiveness and trust at the centre of all we do.

About the role

As Financial Controller, you will lead the finance function, managing a team of five and ensuring the effective control of operational finances. Alongside the Executive Director of Finance and Resources, you will support the development of our annual revenue, capital budgets, longer term forecasts and management of our investment portfolio.

You will be responsible for overseeing the monthly management accounts and presenting these for dissemination to senior leadership and our Board, and where necessary deputising for our Executive Director of Finance and Resources. A strong communicator, you will also provide financial support and advice to budget holders across the organisation.

You will play a key role within the finance department and across the RCOG, responsible for the continuous development of systems of control, ensuring the security of the RCOG’s finances.

Requirements

As the ideal candidate, you will have:

• Qualified accountant – ACA, ACCA, ACMA, CIPFA (or QbE, or equivalent)
• Significant post-qualification experience in senior financial and management role for a related organisation
• Extensive experience of system and process improvement
• Able to develop staff and build exceptional teams
• Strong IT skills

Benefits

As an important member of the team, you will be located in our well-resourced offices overlooking Regent’s Park, with a move planned for November 2019 to brand new bespoke offices in London Bridge. We offer a friendly working environment with an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Free staff lunch
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Flexible working hours
• First class pension scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Subsidised gym membership

How to apply:

To apply, please visit our website via the Apply button, to download the full Job Description and Person Specification, along with the application form.

Closing date for applications: 10.00am on Friday 18 October 2019

If you have further questions you can contact the HR Department.

At RCOG we are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. We value diversity, promote equality, and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

To submit your application, click on 'Make an application' and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.

Your new company
One of the largest charities in the UK with an income of over £200m. This organisation is well known in both the UK as well as internationally. The organisation has a large finance team with lots of opportunity within the team for career progression and advancement.

Your new role
Financial analysis, budgeting support and financial planning reflecting the organisation's objectives. Providing customer focused financial partnering to meet the departments current requirements and planned future developments. Lead, manage and develop one direct report.

• Present management accounts and other relevant data to budget holders
• Provide relevant support through business cases with financial analysis and advise as needed
• Meet with on a monthly/quarterly basis to explain & verify variance on budgets & forecasts

What you'll need to succeed

• Qualified Accountant
• Significant experience of Management Accounting, budgeting & forecasting
• Financial planning & analysis experience with strong business partnering focus
• Staff management experience is desirable but not essential

What you'll get in return
This organisation will offer offer you experience of working with a large, complex organisation. There are progression opportunities within the structure due to their size. Furthermore the organisation offers a competitive package of benefits including a pension contribution of more than 10% and work life balance.

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

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A fast-growing mental health based charity in the heart of London is seeking a qualified Management Accountant to join their central finance team. This organisation delivers mental health programmes on a local and national level, in partnership with NHS and other health delivery partners, and also works to raise awareness through the delivery of informative and innovative campaigns.

As Management Accountant, and reporting directly in to the Head of Finance, you will deliver on the following duties:

• Prepare and present monthly management account packs for relevant stakeholders including senior management team members
• Produce variance analysis and commentaries on monthly and quarterly variances
• Business partner with a variety of non-finance budget-holders to advice on budgets & forecasts
• Involvement in ad hoc project accounting for new programmes and business cases

You will be CCAB qualified or equivalent and passionate about the charity's aims. You would be joining the team at an exciting time during a period of expansion.
Experience within the charity sector may be desirable, though is not a must.
The organisation offers flexible and remote working options.
Requests for part-time working will be taken on a case by case basis.

Looking for a role that will allow you to further your management accounting skills?

Want to be part of a rapidly growing organisation that has recently been through a period of change?

Are you a driven and ambitious accountancy professional that is looking to assume extra responsibilities as you progress?

If yes, then look no further!

My client is a London based organisation that is looking for a Management Accountant to join them on a permanent basis in this newly created role.

The main responsibilities of this role are as follows:

• Leading on the preparation of quarterly and monthly management accounts for the organisation.
• Business partnering with over 10 budget holders, ranging up to director level and from a mixture of financial and non-financial backgrounds.
• Full maintenance of the fixed asset register.
• Provide invaluable support in year-end procedures, the preparation of the long-term forecasts and accounting for grants and donors.
• Deputise the Head of Finance and support the rest of the finance team in occasional ad hoc tasks.

With the great opportunity to develop professionally and assume more responsibilities over time, this is a brilliant opportunity for someone who is looking to further their management accounting skills in a closely knit team and is excited about the prospect of learning from an experienced line manager who will invest in someone ambitious.

The successful candidate will be:

• A part-qualified or actively studying towards a professional accountancy qualification.
• Experienced at least 18 months experience leading on month end management account procedures.
• An excellent communicator, willing to get stuck in and have strong Excel skills.
• Motivated and driven to build a wonderful career as a Finance Business Partner.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now as applications are being reviewed daily and the client wants to interview as soon as possible.