Financial Accountant Jobs in Southwark, Greater London

Local Finance Consultant – Citizens Advice

MLC are proud to be partnered with Citizens Advice to recruit their new Finance Consultant, who will provide support and guidance across the local Citizens Advice offices across the country. You will be responsible for a portfolio of offices, building strong working relationships with both finance and non-finance staff in those offices. You’ll bring your financial expertise and knowledge to a team of people working hard to give advice to millions across the country.

This year Citizens Advice are celebrating their 85th anniversary and during that time they have been helping to shape a society that’s fairer for everyone – working on issues that affect the whole of society. Last year they directly helped over 2.66 million people find a way forward with one-to-one advice, in addition to over 60 million views of their online self-help advice. As part of their commitment to supporting society, they are one of a small number of statutory consumer watchdogs with the ability to submit super-complaints to government. Their value to society has been estimated at £4.7 billion.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation which places high value on staff engagement and growth, with a proven track record of supporting career development with internal promotions and training. The role joins at the end of a period of change for the charity and is a great chance for you to make your mark and develop the role further.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Provide support to local offices with their financial management, reporting and processes.
• Monitor and ensure improving financial standards and compliance with the Charity Commission and other statutory reports.
• Help develop the financial health reporting strategy for the organisation, working with key stakeholders to support the development.
• Upskill local offices with their financial acumen and ability for self-service.

The successful candidate will:

• Be either fully qualified, or part-qualified and studying towards a recognised accounting qualification.
• Experienced in charity accounting, whether that is directly working in a charity or through auditing charities.
• Enjoy working in an evolving environment where there is a focus on modernisation within the finance team.

For an informal discussion on the role or your job search in general, please contact Jamie Elliott at MLC Partners.

Join Our Team as our new Finance Manager!   

Are you a talented and motivated qualified accountant looking to make a meaningful impact? 

Based in Eastcote, our charity provides crucial support to ADHD/autistic individuals, their families, and professionals, fostering neurodiverse-aware communities.

 

About the Role:

As Finance Manager, you will be at the heart of our charity’s operations, ensuring the smooth delivery of finance, resource, monitoring, HR, and contracting functions. Reporting to the Finance Director, you’ll play a pivotal role in our management team, supporting over 30 staff and managing the Finance and Monitoring Assistant and Office Assistant. Your work will underpin the 11,000+ instances of support we provide each year.

 

What You’ll Do:

Lead Financial Operations: Prepare and present monthly and quarterly accounts, support annual budgeting and audits, and manage day-to-day financial activities.

Enhance Resource Management: Oversee IT and phone systems, provide first-line IT support, and manage charity assets and resources.

Drive Monitoring and Reporting: Ensure accurate data, produce insightful monitoring reports, and support impact evaluation for fundraising.

Streamline HR and Payroll: Manage onboarding/offboarding processes, ensure compliance with recruitment policies, and oversee the monthly payroll.

 

Why Join Us?

Make a Difference: Contribute to the well-being of neurodivergent individuals and their families.

Supportive Environment: Be part of a collaborative and dedicated team that is passionate about our cause.

Professional Growth: Opportunity to advance your career in a senior finance role within a dynamic charity.

If you’re ready to bring your expertise and enthusiasm to a role where you can truly make an impact, we’d love to hear from you!

 

Terms

The role will be based in our office in Eastcote for 3 days per week, with the possibility for home working for the remainder of the time.

Salary:  c. £41k FTE.  Note the salary listed is a full time equivalent salary based on 35hrs per week, so actual salary will vary depending on hours agreed.

Hours: Part time 21-28hours per week to suit the candidate. Reduced hours available in the school holidays if desired

Terms: Permanent role

Additional project work may be available on an ad-hoc basis. Flexible hours, evening and weekend work may be required, and the work pattern may vary each week.

 

Job Summary

CAAS provide an ADHD and Autism Support Service for the 8 boroughs of NW London, from our base in Eastcote, with a team of Support Workers. Our work includes offering information, advice, and support to ADHD / autistic people, their families, and professionals in NW London, with the aim of improving quality of life and developing neurodiverse-aware communities. Some of the support is offered through one2one meetings, some of the support is provided through groups and courses which aim to increase understanding and awareness, and provide opportunities for peer support, and some of the support is offered through training and workshops to educate professionals and drive for accommodations to be made to services to allow greater access for our client group.

As Finance Manager you will report to and work closely with the Finance Director and have responsibility for the operational delivery of the finance, resource, monitoring, HR and contracting work streams within the charity. The role sits within the management group at CAAS, alongside the Youth, Adult and Family Service managers and the Client Programmes Director and manages the Finance and Monitoring Assistant and the Office Assistant.

The Finance Manager plays a crucial role in ensuring the infrastructure and operational delivery at the charity are effective for the more than 30 staff we employ, and the more than 11,000 instances of support we provide each year. Therefore, we are looking for a capable, calm, self-motivated, organised and hard-working accountant who is looking to move into a senior finance role, from any commercial, statutory or charitable background.

The role requires strong organisation skills, excellent communication skills, experience of management accounting and reporting, and an understanding of HR and payroll operations. You will ideally have some line management or project management experience to draw on in this role. Ultimately you will have the drive to ensure that everyone who works for us, and everyone who seeks support from us, has the best possible experience.

There is no requirement for any experience of, or understanding of ADHD / autistic individuals, as we will provide training on the conditions. A genuine acceptance of diversity and a keenness to make an impact are essential.

 

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning, Management and Reporting

· Prepare accurate, timely and well controlled and documented monthly and quarterly accounts. Share the outcomes of your reviews with the Finance Director, and ensure the accounts are reported in an meaningful way.

· Support in the preparation of Trustee reporting

· Support in the preparation and audit of the annual statutory accounts.

· Support with the annual budget and periodic reforecast processes to ensure the timely and appropriate provision of information to facilitate necessary adjustments to operational activity and appropriate decision making around cash investments.

· Ensure processes and procedures are carried out on a timely and effective basis to ensure financial policies and procedures are adhered to, and any control weaknesses mitigated and improvement plans in place

· Maintain records to ensure accurate restricted and unrestricted fund allocation.

· Be accountable for operating effective controls and oversight regarding contracts with freelancers, volunteers or other suppliers

· Deliver all day-to-day finance and cash management operations, scheduling, tracking and fulfilling invoices and payments, providing accurate bookkeeping, approving payment runs and reconciled balance sheets, detailed records re credit card and other payment platforms, and generally work to use and improve the financial systems in place to ensure the charity’s overall stability and sustainability.

· Review and update funder schedule allocations, ensuring invoices raised on time and costs allocated correctly.

· Review and approve Customer and Supplier invoices, review of month end information from finance team. Creation and posting of month end journals, reviewing the month end accounts to budget and analysing any discrepancies.

· Supporting the Finance Director and CEO on adhoc reports or analysis

· As a member of the management group participate in cross team working meetings and management meetings, and build relationships with the other members of the management group such that you become an integral support resource to them as they deliver for our clients.

 

Resource & IT Management

· Hold responsibility for arranging and maintaining the charity IT and phone hardware and software

· Act as first line IT support for charity staff

· Hold the relationship with the external IT provider and liaise to ensure appropriate on and off boarding and security arrangements.

· Manage our internal personnel and H&S support programmes, such as our EAP provider, our training providers and our office maintenance systems.

· Maintain the charity asset register, and complete the necessary operational tasks to ensure the charity is appropriately resourced to provide effective infrastructure backdrop for our staff.

 

Monitoring Management, Reporting and Impact Evaluation

· Carry out the necessary regular reviews and support so that our CRM records are complete and accurate in respect of work performed, and prepare and distribute monthly, quarterly and annual monitoring reports internally.

· Prepare monitoring reports for funders on quarterly basis as and when required

· Ensure best practice in monitoring collection and evaluation, including managing GDPR processes, creating appropriate forms, and communicating deadlines and requirements to all staff.

· Operate as the internal first line of support for our CRM system and consequent monitoring reporting tools, to ensure they are accurate, regularly reviewed and procedures documented and continuously improved.

· Prepare impact and distance travelled statistics for our external communications, to support our fundraising efforts.

 

HR and Payroll Operations

· Deliver on the necessary onboarding and offboarding processes for staff, including complying with on our safer recruitment requirements, creating contracts and contract variation letters, supporting staff with timesheets and other records of work, carrying out pension operations and supporting with interview arrangements.

· Carry out the delivery of the monthly payroll process, including preparation and review of the payroll files, carrying out calculations around overtime pay etc, providing an accurate and well controlled process, and enabling payments to be made on the pay date each month. Processing the payroll journals on a monthly basis

 

Other Responsibilities

To carry out other tasks appropriate to the post and as agreed with the CEO

To actively participate and undertake training and development of self and others.

To comply with the H&S, EDI, data protection and code of conduct standards expected within the organisation

Please note job descriptions only reflect 80% of a role and are not an exhaustive list of duties. You are expected to carry out other activities within the scope of the role.

 

Person Specification - Essential

· Fully qualified accountant: eg ACA, ACCA, CIMA, with proven financial management knowledge and experience

· Strong business acumen: with the ability to analyse and drive the performance of commercial, operational and income generation functions

· Excellent Organisational and Leadership Skills: Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously with high attention to detail, crucial for handling a demanding workload and managing a busy team

· Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of representing the organisation effectively both internally and externally, at all levels including developing a close relationship with the management group, preparing reports for the SLT, communicating financial and monitoring information to staff and offering insights to the finance and admin team.

· Tech Proficiency: Skilled in using computer software such as CRM systems, Finance systems, Microsoft Office Suite and Phone Management Systems as well as be able to manage IT onboarding and admin requirements around computer hardware

· Adaptability and Probity: Capable of adjusting to changing priorities and managing a variety of tasks efficiently. High level of personal integrity and commitment to ‘doing the right thing’.

· Interpersonal Skills: Warm and welcoming demeanour, capable of active listening and using neuro-affirmative language to support inclusive communication.

 

Person Specification - Desirable

· Natural Leader: experience of working as a team leader, with responsibility for more junior staff, or for managing complex projects

· Knowledge of Charity accounting: previous experience of working in a charity, or with restricted income streams or under FRS102

· Training in GDPR and Data Protection: Formal training or certification in data protection and GDPR.

· Flexibility: Willingness to work flexible hours if required to meet organisational needs.

· Commitment to Continuous Learning: Demonstrated interest in personal and professional development, particularly in areas relevant to the role.

 

Equal Opportunities

CAAS recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equity and challenges discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, including applications from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority communities, people who identify as having a disability, and LGB+, Trans and non-binary candidates.

We also recognise the value of flexible working, so will consider different types of flexibility (such as term time, annualised or compressed hours, and a minimum requirement of 60% working in the office for all staff), as well as the possibility of offering the role on a job share basis.

CAAS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS disclosure.

 

To Apply

PLEASE NOTE WE WILL NOT ACCEPT CVS INSTEAD OF APPLICATION FORMS. TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE, YOU MUST FILL IN THE APPLICATION FORM ON THE VACANCIES PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE BY 10AM ON MONDAY 4TH NOVEMBER

The Badur Foundation is an independent foundation supporting grassroots charities and social enterprises.  The Foundation works across four countries (UK, Hungary, Malta, Laos) and focuses on tackling poverty, inequality, and environmental challenges.  In each country, our support is adapted to take account of the local context.  Our projects are diverse and current projects include protecting, restoring, and regenerating nature in Malta and a project to increase access to nature for children with disabilities.

This is a newly created Finance Manager role where you will be responsible for the daily operations of the charity to ensure that all aspects of the finance function operate successfully. You will support both internal and external stakeholders with finance-related matters and will have direct exposure to working with the board.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparation of accurate and timely monthly management accounts
• Cash monitoring and reporting
• Prepare/assist with the preparation of financial statement and supporting schedules
• Preparation of quarterly sales invoices
• Oversight of bill payments
• Process and post-nominal ledger month-end journals
• Provide finance support to the wider team
• Provide finance support to the facilities manager in all aspects of managing the office building
• Managing the service charge account for the office building
• Running the monthly payroll including liaising with payroll providers
• Preparation of VAT returns
• Assisting with the preparation of the finance update for the quarterly board meeting
• Act as a point of contact with banks, service providers, and suppliers
• When required liaise with the external auditors, ensuring that timescales are communicated and agreed, and the auditors’ requirements are met to ensure timely completion of their work

Skill set required

• Qualified Accountant CA/ACA/ACCA/CIMA or qualified by experience
• Strong management accounting and bookkeeping experience
• Experience working in a similar role, ideally within a small company environment
• Self-starter who works proactively and independently
• Good organisational skills and ability to plan and prioritise work
• IT literate with strong Excel skills
• Experience using accounting software, QuickBooks advantageous
• Interest in or experience of working in the charity sector

This is a part-time role of 30 hours per week with flexibility to work these hours across either 4 days or 5 shorter days.  The office is located in Goodge Street, London and there will be the expectation to be in the office approximately 22 days per week.

Please note all applications will be sent to our recruitment agency partner, JasperRose.  Please get in touch with JasperRose if you require further information.

A small, well-established London-based not for profit membership body is seeking a Finance Manager for a full-time permanent role. The salary is £47,867 - £50,813 per annum, with the organisation usually looking to appoint at the entry level point on the salary scale.

Reporting to a Finance Director and managing a Finance Officer, the role is largely a business-as-usual finance role covering management accounts preparation, managing budgets with department heads, bank reconciliations & transactional finance and leading on all aspects of accounting for 2 very small related charitable entities.

The role offers hybrid working, with an average of 40% of the working week (including Thursdays) required to be onsite at the central London office, with the rest of the time from home.

The role would best suit a candidate experienced at Finance Manager level, with prior experience in a small charity or small membership body.

Duties include: 

• Prepare draft management accounts for the main body and one of the small related charitable entities ensuring that they comply with accounting standards.
• Contribute to the preparation of the annual budget.
• Assist with the audit and lead on the audit for one of the small related charitable entities.
• Present financial management information in a concise and easily understandable format for inclusion in Board reports.
• Prepare reports for budget holders summarising spend in their area.
• Prepare monthly accruals and prepayments and manage all monthly reconciliations.
• Record investment transactions for the main organisation and the 2 related charitable entities.
• Develop financial transaction processing to improve efficiency and facilitate meeting reporting deadlines.
• Record all credit card transactions and produce the annual HMRC calculations for compliance with PAYE Settlement Agreement.
• Work with staff at 1 of the related entities to process sales, purchase and nominal ledger transactions for that organisation, along with supporting with other areas of transactional finance.
• Oversee accounting entries for the second related entity and ensure balance sheet reconciles
• Lead on the implementation of online expenses and credit card systems
• Line manage the work of the Finance Officer.

Candidate requirements:

• Graduate level education and at least a part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACMA or ACCA)
• Sound knowledge of management accounting and budgeting principles and methodology
• Ability to and experience of independently preparing draft accounts to management accounts level
• The ability to present Management Information in a visual and easy to understand way to a variety of stakeholders
• Experience of Sage accounts package, including the interface with Excel, and of CRM systems (desirable not essential)
• Experience of maximising the benefits of technology to present management information
• Knowledge of online expenses and credit card systems
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work both individually and as part of a team

Closing date: 24th October at 12 noon

1st stage interviews: 29th October (face-to-face)

2nd stage interviews: 5th November (face-to-face)

Please note the organisation will be asking for anonymised CVs and covering letters as part of the application process.

Please send your CV for further consideration.

Rights & Security International (RSI) is seeking a part-time Finance and Grant Management Officer to maintain our internal financial controls, assist with budgeting, and oversee our expenditures, especially by continually tracking our grant spending. The successful candidate will be a valued member of our friendly, dedicated team.

The successful candidate will bring a strong knowledge of good financial management practices for a small UK charity, and will be comfortable creating budgets and forecasts. We have a preference for candidates with experience in the UK charity sector, especially working with small or mid-size organisations.

**The successful candidate must have a right to work in the UK and plan to be based here.** 

Person specification:

RSI is looking for a finance and grants management professional who has: 

• An appropriate qualification or degree in a field such as finance or accounting.
• Experiencing managing the financial aspects of restricted and unrestricted grants for a small or mid-size UK charity.
• An ability to produce clear, persuasive and detailed reports in English.
• Experience with budgeting, managing accounts, tracking expenditures and preparing financial forecasts.
• Strong interpersonal skills a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace.
• A strong commitment to RSI’s mission of upholding human rights and ending discrimination.

 Responsibilities: 

• Manage the expenditure of restricted and unrestricted grant funds; carry out grant monitoring and reporting.
• Supporting grant applications, for example by identifying needs and developing budgets.
• Assist with budgets and financial forecasts.
• Periodically review and update RSI’s internal financial controls.
• Assist with monthly management accounts and annual independent examinations.
• Review staff requests for reimbursement.
• Assist the Executive Director and Fundraising Officer in liaising with current and potential funders, as needed.

Application Details: If you are interested in this position, please upload your CV and answer the screening questions on Charity Job. 

RSI strives to be diverse, equitable and inclusive. We treat all staff and interns like team members and encourage everyone to bring their full selves to work. We welcome applications from candidates from groups that have historically been underrepresented in the human rights, legal or policy fields, and/or who are from communities that have been directly impacted by the issues we address in our work. We also welcome applications from people who are re-entering the workforce after time away. All applications are considered on an equal-opportunity basis. 

We offer flexible working hours. 

About Us 

Rights & Security International (RSI) stops human rights abuses committed in the name of national security. We challenge religious, racial and gender bias in national security policies and programmes, promote justice and transparency and ensure that voices of communities facing discrimination are heard.

By submitting your application, you consent to our processing and retention of your personal data to the extent, and for the time period, necessary to consider the application. We will keep your application on file for no more than six months.

A London-based Health Research Institute is looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner.

In the post of Finance Business Partner, you will report to our Head of Finance and be part of a team of 2 other Finance business partners.

£55,000 - £58,000 Salary

Hybrid working: 2 day in the Office. ( Zone 1 London)

The client is looking for:

A Qualified Accountant : ACCA/ACA/CIMA or similar qualification

Experience in Not for Profit organisation would be beneficial.

Experience delivering management information to relevant persons in a timely manner

Key responsibilities will include:

This role is key to ensuring efficient and effective financial management for their designated areas of the organisation (Business Units (BU)) by providing finance partnering to key managerial and senior internal stakeholders, ensuring that all financial planning, implementation and monitoring is robust and effective.

The Finance Business Partner holds a key position for the day-to-day provision of financial information for planning and control purposes. The role will provide ownership of the end-to-end processes necessary to take financial data and to report in a meaningful way back to the relevant audiences in the organisation.

To develop and support the financial management of the organisation by overseeing the processes and procedures for recognising income and expenditure in the organisation.

This is in tandem with overseeing the full budgeting and management accounts process related to the relevant Business Units.

Working closely with internal customers to interpret data and provide analysis, interpretation and support as required.

Salary range £47,000 – £52,000 per annum (£28,200 – £31,200 per annum pro-rated) | 21 hours per week (over 4 days) | Permanent

Hybrid working pattern

About us

Women and Girls Network (WGN) was established in 1987 and has spent over 30 years supporting women and girls across London affected by gendered violence. This includes childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, prostitution (including trafficking and sexual exploitation), female genital mutilation (FGM), and so-called ‘honour’ based crimes such as forced marriage.

Our goal is to promote, preserve, and restore the mental health and wellbeing of women and girls, to empower them to make a total and sustainable recovery from the experiences of violence. VAWG crimes, which include domestic abuse, rape, sexual assault, stalking, and harassment, accounted for 20% of total police recorded crime in England and Wales between 2022 and 2023.

Do you want to make an impact? If so, please read on!

About the role

We are excited to be advertising this newly created role as part of WGN’s recent growth. Reporting into the Financial Controller, the Finance Business Partner works closely with stakeholders across the organisation, including Executive Leadership, with a specific focus on working closely with the project leads for all our funded services. Although the organisation is well established, this is a growing sector, and the organisation has gone through rapid change over the past few years and is therefore offering the right candidate a great opportunity to deliver change and make a real difference to WGN’s staff and clients.

About you

If you are someone who thrives on supporting service teams in ensuring their budgets are on track, enjoys liaising with funders, including reporting, wants exposure and wants to make a real difference, this could be the role for you!

The ideal candidate will have experience in working within the charity sector in a similar role, a commitment to WGN’s goals is key requirement, as well as a proactive and collaborative working approach. It is essential that the candidate has strong relationships management skills as well as a passion for financial analysis and reporting.  

Interview details

Interview dates will be confirmed in due course, but it is anticipated that first stage interviews will be held remotely within a week of the closing date.

Further information

Employee benefits are competitive for our sector and size, details of this can be requested from our HR team.

We welcome and encourage applications from women of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Minority and Ethnic communities.

This post is subject to satisfactory references, DBS check, and social media check.

WGN is an equal opportunities employer.

The above post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1

Are you a Head of Finance looking for an exciting new hands-on opportunity? Do you have charity experience? Are you available immediately or on a short notice period? If so, read on…

My client, a leading charity is seeking an interim Head of Finance to bolster their finance team on an initial 9-month temporary basis with the potential of the role becoming permanent.

The main responsibilities of the interim Head of Finance are:

• Oversee the charity's financial strategy, budgeting, and forecasting
• Lead the preparation of financial reports, including management accounts, annual financial statements
• Manage cash flow, investment strategies, and risk management, ensuring the long-term financial sustainability of the charity.
• Provide strategic financial advice to the senior leadership team, supporting decision-making and enhancing financial performance across all projects and programs.

My client is looking for:

• An ACCA qualified accountant
• Experience working in the charity sector
• Strong knowledge of regulations and reporting for Charity accounts
• Experience managing a team

Applications are under constant review and the post can close early if the right candidate is found. Please apply immediately if this role is of interest.

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.

Finance Manager and Company Secretary

Salary: £50,000 per year FTE (pro rata)
6-Months Fixed Term Contract
Part-time (3 days per week)
Remote (home-based) with flexibility to be based anywhere in the UK
 

Are you an experienced Finance Manager with a passion for the charity sector?

Charity People are delighted to be working with a small but impactful charity that focuses on advocating for sustainable food systems, promoting responsible land use, and supporting the vitality of rural areas. They bring together diverse voices to shape policy and drive change that benefits both people and the environment.

We are looking for a Finance Manager and Company Secretary to manage all financial operations and ensure compliance with legal, financial, and regulatory obligations for this charity. You will play a critical role in supporting our mission and work closely with the Senior Leadership Team, Trustees, and Board members. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a national charity that influences positive change.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and monitor the charity's financial budgets and cash flow forecasts in collaboration with the CEO and project leads.
• Deliver monthly management accounts on time and work with management to ensure financial oversight.
• Present quarterly financial reports to the Audit & Risk Committee and attend Board meetings.
• Manage outsourced bookkeeping, accountancy, and payroll administration, ensuring the accuracy of financial records using Xero.
• Work with the charity's external accountant to prepare statutory annual accounts.
• Assist in drafting the Annual Report and liaise with auditors to ensure a smooth audit process.
• Ensure financial policies and controls are in place and act on feedback from auditors to improve processes.
• Monitor and update the charity's risk register and ensure compliance with legal, accounting, tax, and charity regulations.
• Fulfil Company Secretary duties, ensuring statutory accounts are filed with Companies House and the Charity Commission on time.

Essential Requirements:

• Recognised accountancy qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Strong accounting experience, including charity statutory accounting and financial reporting.
• Proficiency in accounting software (ideally Xero), with strong Excel skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Demonstrable experience in producing management accounts, interpreting financial data for both expert and non-expert audiences.
• Experience of managing external audits and collaborating with auditors.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills, with the ability to prioritise, multitask, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a virtual team, with excellent self-direction and initiative.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of charity governance and compliance requirements.
• An interest in areas such as sustainability, social justice, or rural affairs.
• Experience managing external accountancy service providers.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is comfortable working remotely, enjoys taking on a broad range of responsibilities, and is passionate about contributing to a meaningful cause.

How to apply:
If you are interested in this opportunity and are immediately available, please send your CV as soon as possible as we are reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and are looking to interview virtually on 22nd and 23rd October.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with the 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.

Location: Regional UK (Flexible / Hybrid Working Available)
Contract Type: Interim (3-6 months)
Salary: Competitive Daily Rate

About the Role:
We are currently seeking an experienced and dynamic Interim Head of Finance for a regional UK housing association. This role is pivotal in overseeing financial operations during a crucial transformation period. The successful candidate will ensure compliance and manage the day-to-day financial operations to support the organisation's mission of providing affordable housing and improving communities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day financial operations, financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes in alignment with organisational goals.
• Prepare and present accurate financial reports to the board and stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and internal policies.
• Drive the implementation of financial systems and improvements in processes, specifically with Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Provide strategic financial insight and recommendations to senior management.

Key Requirements:

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent).
• Proven experience in a senior finance role, preferably within the housing or not-for-profit sector.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and experience in financial systems implementation.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to convey complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
• Familiarity with housing finance regulations and compliance standards is advantageous.

Why Consider This Opportunity?
This is an exciting chance to make a meaningful impact within a supportive and community-focused environment. You will help shape financial strategies that directly influence the lives of residents and contribute to sustainable growth.

Please get in touch if you would be interested to discuss!

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.

About Us

This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly organised and motivated person to join us in the fight against cancer. This pivotal role will oversee the day to day management of the charity alongside running effective fundraising campaigns. 

At The Cancer Treatment and Research Trust, our mission is to enable our consultants and scientists to translate laboratory research into clinical trials and new life-saving treatments.

Each year we fund studies into a wide variety of cancers which include ovarian, lung, urological & melanoma. We are also the only charity in the UK funding research into Gestational Trophoblastic Disease, a rare cancer that occurs during or after pregnancy. 

About the Role

The successful candidate will oversee the day to management of the charity, ensure effective fundraising activity, provide support for the Board of Trustees and facilitate the smooth running of the charity. As part of this you will ensure the accounts are prepared in a timely way with the assistance of our book keeper and accountants. You will also work with our web-designer to ensure the website is kept up to date and the annual charity report and return are prepared and submitted on-time.

You will oversee all fundraising activity including maintaining existing campaigns and our CRM system, and provide excellent stewardship to supporters, responding to enquiries, thanking them in a timely manner and supporting supporters with their fundraising activities. You will have experience of a similar charity role and be passionate about fulfilling our mission to save lives through research. 

Please download the job description for full details.

If you would like to apply, please send your CV together with a covering letter no longer than 2 sides of A4 that clearly demonstrates how you meet the knowledge, skills, and experience requirements of the role. 

Tomorrow’s Warriors, a leading charity dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion in music, is on the lookout for an experienced Bookkeeper. We’re growing, and our part-time Bookkeeper is retiring, so this is now a full-time position. If you can bring the accuracy, efficiency, confidentiality, excellent time-management and a routinely meticulous approach to the accounting function that are critical to success in this role, we want to hear from you! 

About the role

The Bookkeeper manages essential financial duties, such as recording financial transactions and allocating income and expenditure to relevant funds, projects and cost centres; processing VAT returns; managing auto-enrolment, etc. The role is central to the business and general administration of the organisation. 

The Bookkeeper works with the Finance Manager to ensure the smooth running of the Finance Department in a small but busy head office in Harrow, and has regular contact with the Senior Management Team, and colleagues in all teams across the organisation.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

You will be responsible for completing all aspects of the day-to-day financial administration of the organisation in an accurate and timely manner.

The organisation uses Sage Accounts 50 (Nominal, Sales/Purchase Ledgers, Stock and Charities modules) and Microsoft Office software packages.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, organise and manage own workload to ensure the organisation’s finance recording and payment processes are achieved in an accurately and timely manner

• Process sales/purchase invoices, payments/receipts and banking

• Recording and monitoring of petty cash

• Reconcile bank/petty cash/credit card/Paypal/stock/fixed assets accounts on a monthly basis

• Manage Debtor and Creditor accounts and ensure that outstanding accounts are settled in a timely manner

• Manage pension scheme auto-enrolment

• Investigate and answer routine queries

• Ensure full and accurate financial records are maintained, and are filed efficiently and effectively at all times

• Ensure that accounting software is properly maintained and kept up to date

• Identify errors and discrepancies and resolve in a timely manner

• Adhere to good accounting principles and guidelines and relevant legislation at all times

• Collate information needed for the preparation and submission of annual statutory accounts and returns for auditors

• Be proactive in suggesting changes to internal procedures where appropriate and be involved in the continuous improvement and development of processes

• Ensure that a proper system of internal accounting controls is maintained

• Undertake any training deemed necessary by the directors or Finance Manager for the successful fulfillment of the role

NB: Payroll is processed and managed externally. Final accounts are prepared externally.

Eligibility to apply: You must be resident in the UK and already have permission by law to work in the UK. Note: we are unable to consider any request to sponsor a work permit application.

CDS UK (Clinic for Dissociative Studies) is a small psychotherapy clinic, offering assessment and long-term specialist outpatient treatment to people with dissociative disorders. CDS UK is a charity and an approved supplier for the NHS and is subcontracted by NHS CCGs nationally on a per-patient basis, where local mental health services are unable to provide appropriate treatment.

Prospectus is delighted to be working with CDS UK to recruit a Finance Officer to join its team on a part-time (3 days per week) basis, based in North London.

The Role:

This role will support the Head of Finance in all aspects of accounting and financial management responsibilities including bookkeeping, processing and approving supplier invoices, issuing monthly sales invoices, reconciling bank accounts, supporting preparation of managements accounts, budget and year end accounts. The role will also be liaising with the admin team, as well as suppliers and customers.

You will also oversee the day-to-day accounting and financial management tasks to ensure that CDS accounts are accurate and up to date and ensure that the various tasks are completed in a timely and efficient manner.

The Person:

The successful candidate will have substantial experience as a book-keeper/finance assistant ideally in the charity sector but not essentially. This person will also be qualified to AAT level 3 or the equivalent, practiced in VAT returns and familiar with UK Charity sector finance governance and compliance. Experienced with major financial platforms, ideally Liberty Accounts or something similar and a sound handling of Excel. A real team player, this person will be able to work on their own initiative and be a collaborative and supportive member of staff.

An opportunity has arisen for a Head of Finance to join the National Leadership team at Urban Saints.As Head of Finance, you will oversee Urban Saints’ financial strategy, and ensure full compliance with legal, financial and governance standards. You will also review and update the finance systems and processes currently in use. Reporting to the CEO, you will provide strategic financial oversight, ensuring the charity operates within agreed financial parameters. The Head of Finance role will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the financial direction and strategy of the charity.

As a member of the National Leadership team, you will provide strategic leadership and concise insight into the finance function at Urban Saints. You will have extensive experience of strategic financial management, and have experience with ensuring compliance with external regulatory bodies and legal standards. You will have excellent organisational skills and will be able to imagine and embed innovative ways of approaching finance control and reporting, with the ability to update systems and processes in the charity. 

Key responsibilities

• Financial planning and financial strategy

  • Lead on financial planning, including annual budgets, forecasting, and financial reporting processes, to ensure accurate and timely information.

  • Foster organisational coherence in Finance and Operations, developing systems and policies aligned with the Urban Saints values and strategy. 

  • Identify and implement a new strategic approach for the finance systems at Urban Saints, which allows us to coherently work in alignment with charity objects and strategic goals.

  • Provide insights and recommendations to the NLT for informed decision-making.

• Financial control and reporting

  • Oversee financial control systems, policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory reporting requirements.

  • Work with the NLT and the Finance & Audit Subcommittee preparing the necessary updated for review and approval as necessary.

  • Preparing and presenting detailed financial reports to the NLT and the Board of Trustees, offering clear and actionable insights to guide strategic decisions.

  • Report on use, investment and performance of restricted, unrestricted and designated funds. 

  • Work with the Finance Team to design and implement financial reports, including monthly management accounts, KPIs and statutory financial statements.

  • Conduct financial analysis and provide meaningful insights on KPIs to drive charity performance and identify areas for improvement. 

• Operational finance management

  • Oversee the operational finance elements of the charity (internal or outsourced), ensuring timely and accurate processing and that all the necessary statutory filings are being made as they should.

  • Steer and coordinate outsourced functions e.g., payroll, audit firm.

  • Ensure all tax filings are accurate and timely and VAT filings are completed.

  • Ensuring all payroll information is accurate and submitted on time, and that pension contributions are correct.

  • Coordinate and guide on the annual audit to ensure that this is carried out as efficiently and effectively as possible with no issues, with the preparation of the statutory accounts and filing made on a timely basis.

  • Ensure operational finance, accounting and tax and audit compliance to meet all regulatory and legal requirements, managing risk effectively.