Finance Manager Volunteer Roles in London

About Together Now: 

At Together Now, we believe every family deserves to live together. Our mission is to reunite refugee families who have been separated due to conflict, persecution, or other hardships. We rely on public donations and volunteer support to provide vital services, including covering travel and documentation costs that make family reunions possible. 

Purpose of the Role: 

As Bookkeeping Volunteer you'll play a key role in helping the charity to keep accurate financial records, including reporting to grant funders. Working closely with the Director, your contributions will directly support the charity’s vital work. 

Main Responsibilities: 

Bookkeeping records: 

• You'll use quickbooks to keep bookkeeping records, ensuring transactions are categorised correctly and allocated to the correct funder (weekly) 

• You'll report any missing receipts to make sure we have the information needed to report to funders and keep accurate records. 

• You'll create payroll journals on quickbooks using information from our payroll provider. You'll reconcile the payroll accounts (monthly) to ensure the correct amount is paid to HMRC, pension provider etc.

• You'll reconcile bank accounts to statements and report any problems (monthly)

Grant funding: 

• You'll use classes on quickbooks to keep track of different grants and make sure we are following the funders spending requirements.

• You'll liaise with the director to make sure that spending is allocated to the correct funder

• You'll report on grant funds to the director and casework manager (weekly), including how much is available to spend on casework for clients.

• You'll support the bid writer and director with financial information for funding bids

• You'll support the bid writer and director with information from quickbooks for end-of-grant reporting to funders. 

Reporting  

• You'll attend regular meetings with the director to highlight and go through any finance queries

• You'll provide financial reports for board meetings, and to support with end of year accounts   

• You'll support with claiming gift aid from HMRC

Person Specification: 

Skills and Attributes: 

• Attention to detail: Able to keep accurate records with good attention to detail. 

• Computer skills: Able to use MS Office, Sharepoint, email, and bookkeeping software confidently.

• Numerical skills: Confident working with numbers and doing calculations

• Honesty and discretion: Honest and discreet when working with confidential financial information. 

• Understanding of accounting and financial operations: Understanding of bookkeeping practices and requirements. 

• Communication skills: Ability to liaise with other staff, volunteers and trustees, confidence to advise on decisions and promote best practice.

• Self-Motivation: Capable of managing your workload independently and taking initiative on new ideas. 

• Passion for the Cause: A genuine interest in helping Together Now reunite refugee families. Lived experience of seeking asylum or family reunion would be beneficial.

Experience: 

• Previous bookkeeping experience is highly beneficial, particularly if related to charities with grant funding. 

• Experience with quickbooks bookkeeping software is desirable but not essential. 

Benefits to the Volunteer: 

• You'll gain experience in bookkeeping using quickbooks and in financial reporting 

• We can offer flexibility to contribute around your own schedule. 

• You'll be part of a passionate, dedicated team committed to reuniting refugee families. 

• You'll have the opportunity to develop valuable skills in bookkeeping and financial reporting. 

Our partner is a leading UK charity working globally to overcome poverty by fighting the injustices and inequalities that fuel it, with programmes covering humanitarian relief, development work and advocacy and campaigning.

They are seeking the support of a volunteer to help them address an identified issue with their procurement process. Currently, users struggle to understand, navigate and complete the established process in order to achieve compliance with policies for different types of purchases.

The volunteer will review their processes and documentation developed by the existing procurement team, and make recommendations for improvements. This will involve a number of more specific activities, including creating a flowchart to enable users to identify steps to be completed and when, reviewing existing documents and splitting core processes into bite sized chunks, and reducing/removing the use of jargon within existing documentation.

This project would benefit largely from the involvement of someone external to the organisation, with a fresh pair of eyes, with experience in procurement processes across other UK charities or businesses.

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We are looking to appoint a Treasurer to replace our current Treasurer as they step down after 4 years.

TASO is moving forward into its next phase of development and to ensure we are an effective and impactful organisation we are looking for a Treasurer who can help shape and develop us.

We are looking for someone who is a values-led financial leader from HE or any sector as we recognise the power of people who can bring a different way of thinking. Above all, our Treasurer should be passionate about what TASO is striving to achieve.

We expect the time commitment to be a day a month. This will include quarterly Board meetings, chairing our finance and risk committee and occasionally considered input into working groups.

The Role

The Treasurer's role is to oversee the charity’s financial and risk management processes; monitor the charity’s income, outgoings and cash-flow forecasting; and maintain a strategic overview of the organisation’s financial resources. 

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the Board’s duty to ensure proper accounting records are kept, financial resources are controlled, annual accounts are filed in a timely manner and that TASO is meeting its regulatory requirements as a charity.
• Reviewing TASO’s financial performance and overseeing planning/budgeting processes with participation of the Board and constructively challenge where required.
• Advising on the financial implications of the charity’s strategic plans, maintaining the charity’s risk register, and overseeing the charity’s financial risk-management process.
• Provide guidance and oversight in the development and approval of key financial policies, including reserves, cost management, and financial controls. Ensure these policies align with best practices and the organisation's strategic goals.
• To contribute to the effective leadership and governance of the organisation.
• Liaising regularly with CEO and COO making sure the Board is aware of any key financial and risk issues. 

Essential criteria

• Committed to be part of the Board for a minimum of 3 years.
• Established Financial Professional with experience of operating at a senior level.
• Financially literate with the ability to analyse and understand basic financial statements to focus on the correct areas of organisational performance.
• Good understanding of charity governance and how this applies to the role of a Board member.
• Adept with spreadsheets and financial modelling.
• Able to scrutinise operational budgets and ensure that financial assumptions are aligned with organisational and strategic aims.
• An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship.

For more information, an application pack, and details of who to contact for an informal discussion, please visit our website.

A well established care home in Dagenham East London caring for the elderly is looking for Trustees to assist with the governance and strategy of the charity.

We provide high quality, stimulating and holistic residential care for elderly people living with dementia. The support and care we provide to our residents enables their families to go about their everyday lives knowing that their loved ones are safe and well cared for in a homely environment.

What will you be doing?

The care home is very well respected in the community and mostly looks after residents from the local area.

The care home was established 32 years ago and is looking for trustees with various skills, such as marketing, finance, healthcare and strategy to join the existing trustee. A care background would be beneficial but is not essential.

The care home has a good reputation in the area and is ranked as 'good' by the Care Quality Commission.

The management in the home have been in position for many years and are a great source of stability for the home.

Estimate of time needed: 0-5 hours / month

What are we looking for?

· Marketing and income generation

· Strategy

· Finance 

· Healthcare

What difference will you make?

As a trustee and part of the board you will play a vital role not only ensuring current good governance but also with the discussion and development of a strategy for the business, to help the charity and care home evolve to reflect the changes over the last 32 years.

How to apply

To apply, please click on the link provided and follow the instructions provided.

Deadline for applications is 30th Novembertru

Join the Board of Trustees and Lead The Hanoon Foundation (ex-FQMS)

Join Our Board of Trustees at The Hanoon Foundation

We are seeking to recruit 2 new Trustees to join our Board, provide leadership and help shape the future of THF. We will consider all applications and are keen for applicants with skills and experience in one or more of the following areas: Governance, Business, Finance, Fundraising, Education and Law.

About The Hanoon Foundation (THF)
THF was known as FQMS until the summer of 2024. It is a registered charity based in the UK, dedicated to creating a future where Palestinian healthcare is self-sufficient, underpinned by outstanding medical education. Our goal is to ensure that patients can access the treatment they need within their own communities by helping Palestinian medical schools raise their standards.

Why Join Us?
We believe that diverse boards make better decisions, so we value a wide range of perspectives and experiences. Our trustee roles are open to everyone, and we warmly encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

If the information in this recruitment pack resonates with you, we’d like to hear from you.

How to Apply

• An up-to-date CV (maximum 2 pages),
• A supporting statement (maximum 500 words) outlining your interest in the role and how your skills meet the person specification, with examples from your voluntary and paid work,
• Referee details for two referees who can vouch for your ability to work strategically at board level and your specialist knowledge.

Application Deadline: Friday, 29th November 2024, at 6:00 pm. The selection process will also include an interview in the first 3 weeks of December. Successful applicants will begin with a six-month introductory/probation period for mutual assessment.

Our partner works globally to drive the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of nutritious and safe foods.

The have been progressively and methodically reviewing their financial procedures over the last 2+ years, but there are several areas that remain outstanding. They are seeking the support of a volunteer to help them complete the review and establish new or updated procedures.

The work would involve reviewing each procedure/policy, drawing together the relevant pre-existing materials, researching best practice, consulting key members of staff and producing draft procedures for review.

The specific areas that need to be looked at are as follows:

Procedures

• Grants to third-party beneficiaries
• Payroll policy and payments
• Travel payments and reimbursements
• Statutory Financial Reporting
• Accruals
• Reclasses/Journal entries

Policies (if time allows)

• Treasury management and investment
• Financial Reserves

They are seeking a volunteer, with experience of developing and implementing financial procedures, able to make a time commitment of 2-3 hours a week over a 2 month period.

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For more remote volunteer roles please visit the AfID website.

Could you volunteer to join our Board of Trustees and help to put parents first?

Parents 1st UK is the only charity in the UK specialising entirely in peer-to-peer support during pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. 

We would like to expand our Board of Trustees and it is an exciting time to join us as we also welcome our new CEO. We are currently shaping our new 5-year plan to deliver even greater impact to the people and families we support, which you will have a key role in shaping and influencing.

We are interested in hearing from candidates with a background or knowledge in fundraising, finance, strategy, research and programme development. We are also seeking a new Chair. You need to have compassion, empathy and sensitivity to the experiences of the people we support, as well as a willingness and openness to understand the complexity of their circumstances. You can read more about our current vacancies on pages 3 - 12 of our recruitment pack.

Trustees lead the development of our charity. Their skills alongside values and behaviours that mirror those of Parents 1st UK are of paramount importance. This is a truly unique charity, with people who are passionate about what they do. If you believe you have the experience and qualities we’re looking for, then we would love to hear from you.

We are specifically looking for trustees with the following skillsets:

• Fundraising Trustee
• Finance Trustee
• Strategy Trustee
• Research and Program Development Trustee
• Chair of Trustees

Further details:

Please note: This is a voluntary role. For more information about the different roles available, please download the recruitment pack.

Use your expertise in finance, NHS leadership, commissioning, and commercial and join the Board of an outstanding, high-profile care provider with a national and international reputation as an innovator in end-of-life care, research and education.

Location: 51-59 Lawrie Park Road, London SE26 6DZ

Applications close on Monday 2nd December

Who we are.

The modern hospice movement began at St Christopher’s over 55 years ago. Our legacy is strong, and our Trustees are currently considering the future health needs of our community so we can continue to deliver the best possible care.

We currently have two vibrant sites in South East London, providing excellent multi-professional care alongside our extensive community work. Last year, we provided care and support to over 7,500 people in the local area, with over 500 inpatient admissions, over 5,000 outpatient appointments, and over 13,000 home visits. We also have 24 charity shops supporting and contributing to our work, with over 500,000 customers visiting our stores last year.

Last year, we launched our new strategy – Making Your Time Matter, 2023-2026. We want to be part of a world where all dying people and those close to them have access to equitable care and support when and wherever they need it. We want to achieve this by tackling inequalities, fulfilling a national and global leadership role, creating a sustainable business model, equipping the future workforce and tackling ethical issues. We want to continue to share cutting-edge thinking and test solutions to improve care, we want to explore assisted dying with our communities and make recommendations to policymakers.

To achieve our vision, we are undertaking a significant refurbishment of our main site and planning our estate requirements to match our future needs. As two of our Trustees come to the end of their terms next year, we are looking for new Trustees to join us in the new year 2025.

About the roles.

Our Trustees work closely with our executive team to ensure we continue to provide outstanding care, maintain our international reputation for education and research, and remain appropriately resourced to serve our community in the future. Our Trustees provide strategic leadership and expertise from a range of backgrounds and industries, giving St Christopher’s the direction and insight to continue as a world leader in palliative care. We are actively considering the care our community will need in the future and how our estate supports this.

We are looking for three new Trustees with director-level experience to add to our existing skilled and diverse team of Trustees as we deliver outstanding care across South East London.

We are looking for a new Chair of our Finance, Audit and Risk committee as our current Chair of the committee, Catherine McDonald will come to the end of her term in September 2025. We are looking for someone with experience of finance and audit committees and it would be helpful to have charity finance experience.

As Eleanor Brown comes to the end of her term in September 2025, we are looking for a Trustee with strategic knowledge and experience of our health system, especially with primary care and/or community experience and particularly in South East London; we work across Croydon, Bromley, Southwark, Lewisham, and Lambeth. This person could bring expertise in commissioning, NHS leadership and/or clinical skills.

We want to appoint a third trustee to our Board, and we are open about the skillset and background of this person. We are interested in someone bringing local knowledge and experience to the Board, potentially with a commercial and/or fundraising background. Equally, we are interested in welcoming a trustee with experience in community development and supporting the local areas to improve end of life care. We would also welcome a trustee with experience in local government experience in the five boroughs we are active in. Whatever your background, we are looking for a person who is committed to the work of St Christopher’s as a compassionate and innovative modern hospice with a growing reputation nationally and internationally.

Our new Trustees will have the opportunity to be part of shaping St Christopher’s vision and always keeping the needs of the community at the forefront of what the hospice does, so it is vital that trustees have an affinity or passion for our work in end-of-life care.

Time Commitment

The board meets quarterly between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at our Sydenham site. We have an annual Board Away Day and an AGM. Trustees will join one of our subcommittees, which meets quarterly for an hour and a half online.

Overall, including events, preparation for board meetings, and ad hoc conversations with fellow board members and the executive team, we expect the overall time commitment to be the equivalent of up to a day a month, spread across various engagements.

We welcome applicants from our underrepresented areas, which include applicants from ethnic minority groups and diverse age and socio-economic groups.

Please click 'Apply via website’ to be redirected to the Peridot Partners website, where you can find full details of the candidate profile and register your interest to apply.

Applications for this role close Monday 2nd December.

We’re BrightPIP, and we’re looking for our next trustees.

Do you share our view that every baby deserves to grow up feeling safe, secure, and loved? Do you understand how charities work? Are you good at leading small teams? 

About BrightPIP and Our Vision
Brighton Parent Infant Psychological Therapy (BrightPIP) is a small, local charity that provides intensive support to expectant parents and those with babies under the age of three. We are rooted in our community and responsive and connected to our families and referrers. Our standards are informed by clinical excellence so that we provide highly effective interventions that are tailored to each family. We are deeply commmitted to service development that is shaped by the community we serve. 

Our trustees play a big part in helping us realise and achieve our strategic objectives and meet the needs of those we’re committed to supporting: babies and their young families. As we enter our second decade, we’re now recruiting a new Treasurer and other trustees to support our growth and development as we enter an exciting next chapter.

We are looking for an experienced finance professional or who knows the charity sector and understands charity finance. Experience of being a Treasurer is ideal but not essential.

So, if you’re interested in changing the world, one baby at a time (starting in Brighton & Hove and East Sussex), we’d love to receive your application.

To apply, please send a CV and a cover letter setting out your interest in the position (maximum two pages) and use the reference: Treasurer.

The closing date for applications is 12pm on Friday 15 November.

Face to face interviews will be held on: Wednesday 20 November (morning) and Wednesday 4 December (morning). We are also offering limited virtual interview slots for those unable to attend in person on: Wednesday 20 November 6-8pm.

*Please indicate any time you cannot attend in your cover letter.

BrightPIP is fully committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workforce. We particularly welcome applicants from underrepresented groups in our sector and from those with lived experience of any of the issues we are seeking to address in our work. 

We are working in partnership with Connect: North Korea, a UK-based organisation established in 2018 to address the complex challenges North Koreans face in building new lives once they’ve reached safety in a free country. The charity now has a global aim: enabling every person who escaped the oppression of North Korea, to heal, grow, and live the life they choose through holistic support programmes. 

Connect: North Korea are actively developing their Board and are now seeking a Treasurer to help continue their growth from a small community start-up into a high-impact, well-renowned, and sustainable international organisation. The Treasurer will join a collaborative and ambitious team and will be responsible for providing strategic support related to financial management and overseeing robust financial processes and governance for continued growth. Individuals are sought who have a strong to commitment to social and racial justice. 

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate:

• Minimum of 3 years in a senior finance role, and ideally be a fully qualified accountant.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Knowledge of refugee support and charity governance, and/or lived experience of migration is desired, although not essential. 

The Treasurer can serve for an initial term of three years and will have the opportunity to be re-appointed for a second term (maximum of six years). Board meetings are held four times a year in addition to an away day and sub-committee meetings. All reasonable expenses will be covered by the charity. We anticipate a 2–3-hour monthly time commitment. 

If you do not match the criteria for this role, please don’t be put off from applying - training and support can be agreed for the right candidate.

For more information, please contact Katherine Anderson-Scott, Associate Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your expression of interest should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Closing date: 5th January 2025

Charisma interviews must be completed by 10th January prior to submission to Connect: North Korea.

Interviews with Connect: North Korea: Mid-January onward

This is an exciting opportunity to help lead Big Leaf Foundation in the next phase of its development, as we transition our self-employed contractors to employee contracts and explore new multi-year core funding opportunities to build greater sustainability in our work. We are looking for someone with direct experience in financial management and/or charity finance and fundraising to fill this role. Ideally you will have experience of moving people onto employee contracts. You will use your skills and knowledge to make a lasting difference to the lives of displaced young people in Surrey.

In addition to the general responsibilities of a trustee, duties of the treasurer include:

• Overseeing, approving and presenting budgets, accounts and financial statements.
• Being assured that the financial resources of the organisation meet its present and future needs.
• Ensuring that the charity has an appropriate reserves policy.
• Preparing and presenting financial reports to the board.
• Ensuring that appropriate accounting procedures and controls are in place.
• Liaising with any paid staff and volunteers about financial matters.
• Advising on the financial implications of the organisation’s strategic plans.
• Ensuring that the charity has an appropriate ethical funding policy.
• Ensuring that there is no conflict between any funding sources and the aims and objects of the charity.
• Ensuring that the accounts are prepared and disclosed in the form required by funders and the relevant statutory bodies, for example the Charity Commission.
• Ensuring that the accounts are scrutinised in the manner required (independent examination or audit) and any recommendations are implemented.
• Keeping the board informed about its financial duties and responsibilities.
• Contributing to the fundraising strategy of the organisation.
• Ensuring the accounts are presented in a coherent and easily understandable way in our annual review.
• Sitting on appraisal, recruitment and disciplinary panels as required.

In addition, with other trustees to hold the charity “in trust” for current and future beneficiaries by:

• Ensuring that the charity has a clear vision, mission and strategic direction and is focused on achieving these.
• Being responsible for the performance of the charity and for its “corporate” behaviour; ensuring that the charity complies with all legal and regulatory requirements.
• Acting as guardians of the charity’s assets, both tangible and intangible, taking all due care over their security, deployment and proper application.
• Ensuring that the charity’s governance is of the highest possible standard.

Money Matters Org

Our mission is to educate and empower youth with the knowledge and skills necessary to reach financial independence.

Money Matters Org addresses is the lack of financial education provided to young people, especially those whose parents do not have a background in finance or the financial system. This lack of exposure and education can lead to financial illiteracy, which may result in poor financial decision-making, debt accumulation, limited opportunities for wealth creation. These are things we should have been taught in school.

By offering workshops, seminars, and educational resources on topics such as budgeting, banking, saving, investing, and credit management, Money Matters Org aims to bridge this gap in financial education. Through these initiatives, the organization helps empower young individuals with the knowledge and skills they need to navigate the financial system confidently, make informed decisions, and build a secure financial future.

Course Content Creator

Volunteer Role Description (remote, unpaid)

Create Content for Financial Literacy classes using AI and a described topic, like banking, insurance, savings, Investing and others

Weekly Time Commitment

2-3 hours per week

Duration of Volunteer Role (remote)

6+ months

Are you looking for a new opportunity to put your energy, time, skills and talent to good use? Do you have the passion to support the nystagmus community in all its diversity or lived experience of nystagmus or another form of visual impairment?

If so, please consider becoming a trustee of the Nystagmus Network, a small charity with ambition to grow to meet the changing needs of the nystagmus community.

We are particularly keen to hear from you if you have excperience of governance.

Become a Trustee and make a difference to the lives of Carers across the borough.

We are looking for 2 people to join our board of Trustees and help us achieve our vision of a society where Carers are recognised and valued for their contribution and have choice and control that enables them to care, to stay healthy and to lead fulfilled lives.

Whether you’re an experienced trustee or want to join a board for the first time and have skills to contribute we would love to hear from you. You may have lived experience to bring, have benefitted from the services of Wandsworth Carers Centre, or come with fresh ideas and different perspectives.

Becoming a trustee is a great opportunity to give something back to your local community. You will put your experience to good use whilst learning new skills and gaining insight into how a charity is run. There will be meetings to attend, opportunities to complete tasks with other volunteers and staff at the charity, as well as opportunities to meet new and interesting people at events or activities within the Wandsworth community.

We are particularly looking for people with knowledge or experience of charity finance, fundraising, human resources or Young Carers.