Financial Reporting Manager Jobs in Home Based

This newly-created role is perfect for someone with a flair for engaging with others and looking to widen their fundraising and data analysis skillset to elicit real change. You will be working within a dynamic, highly-regarded local charity that values your views and encourages personal and professional development.

We are seeking a proactive, flexible, driven and organised person to lead on our fundraising, monitoring and evaluation and communication activities. This role will be integral to the and development to directly support the work of provding services to our families and volunteers. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to utilise and hone their skills, gain valuable experience, and develop or perhaps further their career in the not-for-profit sector as part of a dynamic, enthusiastic and supportive team. 

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience in a fundraising and impact evaluation environment, including:

• developing and implementing a fundraising strategy 
• writing successful grant funding bids and reports
• excellent planning and organisational skills with ability to prioritise competing demands and meet deadlines 

For full details on the role, please see the attached job description and person specification

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team for 12 months, with the potential for extension subject to funding. We offer a genuinely rewarding and positive work environment, and ongoing opportunities for training and development.

Having been home-based, we are gradually moving back to working from our Marylebone office. However this role can be flexible, with at least 2 days homeworking possible after the probation period.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Home-Start Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, and Hammersmith & Fulham is committed to Equality of Opportunity and Diversity, and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults. 

Job description

Bristol Charities is entering a season of rapid development and growth and we are seeking a permanent Finance Manager to expand the capacity of the finance team, as we embed a new finance system to assist delivery of a new five-year strategic plan.

Our strategic plan is to expand our impact across Bristol through the implementation of a Hub delivery model, which will allow us to tailor our services and support within priority location and communities across the city.

If you care about Bristol and are passionate for positive change, then please come and join us on our journey.

FINANCE MANAGER

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part-time (up to 28 hours per week, to be agreed). Additional hours may sometimes be required and can be taken as Time Off In Lieu (TOIL).

The charity’s Finance Manager will slot into the Corporate Services Directorate, working with the Director of Finance (Deputy CEO) to build on the great work of the Interim Finance Project Manager.

The postholder will have the opportunity to drive improvements and efficiencies across our core finance and IT operations. The postholder will help the charity collate, analyse and present its increasingly complex KPIs and data.

We offer the following benefits:

• Competitive salary with index-linked pay awards
• 5% employer pension contribution (matched)
• 4x Life Assurance
• 26 days annual leave, rising with length of service (plus Bank Holidays)
• Health Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• BenefitHub discounts and perks platform
• Staff Wellbeing Group
• On-site café
• Free on-site parking

Deadline for applications:  Sunday 13 October 2024

Interview dates: Week commencing 21 October 2024 (TBC)

This is an opportunity to join a dedicated team that is committed to making a meaningful impact on the lives of carers and those in need of care. If you are passionate about supporting others and making a difference, we encourage you to apply. 

Carers' Resource values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds.

We are currently seeking to recruit:

Home from Hospital North Yorkshire - Manager

37 hours per week

Based in Skipton or Harrogate office with extensive travel around North Yorkshire

Salary £29,800-£32,710

This role will have the responsibility of delivering the Home from Hospital service across North Yorkshire.  This will involve developing good relationships with the all those involved in discharge from hospital, ensuring the service is delivered within the service levels agreed and reporting on the project. Own transport essential. Accountable to, and working closely with, the Head of Operations.

Closing date for applications: Monday 21st October 2024 (early applications will be considered and we reserve the right to close the advert before the deadline if required).

For More Information:

For an informal discussion about this role, contact Julie Duerden or Rachel Waddington at Carers' Resource.

Salary scale quoted for 37 hours per week.

New appointments are normally made to the bottom of scale.

The Carers’ Resource is an equal opportunities employer.

Reg. charity no.1049278

We are looking for a dynamic and strategic Communications Manager to join our Development and Communications Team. This exciting role includes overseeing the production of our supporter magazine, annual report and digital content. You'll get the chance to develop new communication strategies and be at the heart of communicating our impact. We would love to hear from you if you are interested in this role! 

Who we are

At UCCF, we are passionate about students reaching students with the good news of Jesus. For over 100 years, UCCF has equipped and empowered students to discover Jesus and live for Him on campus.

We seek to resource Christian Unions (CUs), which are groups of students from a range of local churhces who join together to help everyone at uni engage with the life-changing message of Jesus. 

Each year, tens of thousands of students hear the message of Christ through CU ministry. Together, we are reaching students for Jesus.

The details of the role

• Contract: Permanent
• Salary: £30,900 - £35,000 pa, depending on experience
• Role type: full-time (36¼ hours/week), but we are open to discussing the possibility of the role being part-time
• Location: Blue Boar House, Oxford (UCCF’s office). We offer a hybrid arrangement where Tuesdays are our core day for in person working, and team members have flexibility to work from home for two days a week.
• Holiday allowance: 30 days per year, plus 8 public holidays
• Start date: as soon as possible

All other terms and conditions will be explained at interview.

Nature and scope: As the Communications Manager will be regularly involved in contacting supporters, churches and other outside organisations, it is an occupational requirement that the post holder is a believer in Jesus Christ as Saviour, Lord and God, and is in good standing with their local evangelical church, thus being in fellowship with the world-wide Christian family. They are required to sign assent to the Doctrinal Basis, to participate in UCCF collective worship and prayer and to model Christian discipleship in public and private life.

We are looking for a new member of the team to lead our approach to reporting to our funders and monitoring and evaluating the impact of our portfolio of activities.

The Role

This is a new, but vital role with two major components. First, this role will lead on reporting to the Academy’s primary funders, in particular the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

This will require gathering an overview of a very wide range of Academy activity and summarising it concisely in a way that reinforces our strong, trusted relationships with our funders.

Second, the role will lead on our culture of continuous improvement in monitoring and evaluation across the Academy, such that data and insight is used both to improve particular activities and to evolve our portfolio for greatest distinctive impact. These insights will also be an important evidence base for our future fundraising and a key input into how the Academy evolves to address its strategic vision of harnessing the power of engineering to support a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone.

The range of the Academy’s work across talent and diversity, innovation, policy and engagement will mean that the role holder will work broadly across the whole organisation and must be confident and highly effective in engaging with experts across a wide range of activities and encouraging them on improving monitoring and evaluation practice.

The role holder must also be confident engaging with strategic leaders and supporting them to use evidence to make decisions on where to focus effort and resources. The role is structured to be flexible to be held between 0.6 and 1.0 FTE with exact responsibilities depending on working time of the successful candidate.

Who are we?

Engineering matters. It shapes our everyday lives, from our ability to turn the lights on, have a hot shower and commute into work, to the mobile phones we rely on to keep connected. It also plays a vital role in addressing some of the biggest challenges facing society today, from climate change to global health pandemics and cyber threats.

The Royal Academy of Engineering is a charity that harnesses the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone. In collaboration with our Fellows and partners, we’re growing talent and developing skills for the future, driving innovation, and building global partnerships, and influencing policy and engaging the public. Together we’re working to tackle the greatest challenges of our age.

With a diverse workforce and an inclusive and supportive culture, we look to attract candidates from wide and different backgrounds who have a passion for the role engineering plays in society. Our aim is to make the Academy the best place to work for the staff we have and those we seek to attract.

Why work for the Royal Academy of Engineering?

We’re looking for people who are driven to make the world a better place. If you’re passionate about what you do and want to work collaboratively with talented colleagues to make change happen now and for future generations, we want you to get in touch.

This is the perfect time to join us. We have a dynamic, visionary CEO, a strong leadership team and an ambitious and exciting strategy. The value we bring as experts in our field and change agents is highly recognised and makes the Academy a motivating place to be. Our work today builds on a long, proud history with a focused and ambitious future which we’d love you to be part of.

We are looking for talented people who want to make a difference, to join our team – is this you?

Company Benefits

The Academy offers a fantastic package of additional benefits including:

• BUPA cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Independent Financial Advice
• Non-contributory pension scheme with 10% employer contribution
• Life Assurance, 4x annual salary
• Health and wellbeing programmes
• Generous holiday allowance
• Wellbeing days and office wide Christmas leave
• Significant investment into your personal and professional development
• Regular social activities
• Subsidised restaurant

Location

Our light, spacious head office is based in a fantastic location in central London with views over St James’s Park and close to the West End. We operate hybrid, flexible working practices with a baseline for office-based working of a mandatory weekly team day plus further days each week as required for the role and the Academy.

How to apply/Interview process

To find out more and to apply, please visit our website. As part of your application, you will be asked to upload a CV and a supporting statement explaining your interest in this role and how you fit the experience, knowledge, and skills profile.

Closing date: 21st October 2024.

Interview date: w/c 28th October 2024.

The Academy is committed to making reasonable adjustments to remove barriers that hinder applicants from applying or staff from working effectively and comfortably.

Event Manager

Salary: £45,000

Contract: Full time (35 hours a week), 14 months fixed term contract

Location: The position is based at the Peace Direct office in Central London (with options for hybrid working) 

Peace Direct is an international charity that works with local peacebuilders and their allies to shift power and resources for sustainable peace. Local people are the experts in the conflicts that affect their communities, and only they understand what it takes to build peace that lasts. We make sure these local peacebuilders have the resources they need to make peace a reality, and that their work is resourced, acknowledged and supported by the international community.

The role

If you have the expertise and enthusiasm for event management, this could be the role for you!

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Event Manager to help coordinate, plan and deliver Peace Direct’s 2025 global peacebuilding gathering to be held in Kenya. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of successfully managing large-scale events from inception to completion. This role requires excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills to ensure the seamless execution of events.

This brand new role is a 14 month contract specifically developed to deliver and roll out the event. Along with two Event Assistants under your direction, you will be responsible for managing and implementing the programme, including handling travel arrangements (100+ bookings), including flights, hotels, and transportation. You will have a solid background evidencing strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to build a smooth rapport with internal and external stakeholders critical to the success of the event. Stakeholders will include local suppliers, peacebuilders, funders and direct engagement with the venue and service providers and key donors.

We are looking for someone with a keen eye for detail to ensure a high professional standard is maintained - even under work pressures - and with budget management experience of large projects (exceeding $250k), ensuring cost-effectiveness and adherence to financial and time constraints.

Interested? Then please see the attached recruitment pack for more details about the role and how to apply. 

The deadline for applications is 23:30hrs on Wednesday 6th November.

Job Purpose and Key Responsibilities

This is an excellent opportunity to take on an exciting role within the Humanitarian Team of the Programme & Policy Department/Programme Management Team.

We are looking for someone with a good understanding of policies and practices managing projects with the FCDO and DEC. A good grasp of programme and financial management combined with an ability to provide distance support to Country Offices and partners.

The Humanitarian Programme Manager is responsible for the overall management for a portfolio of programmes across the programme management lifecycle from the contracting stage to close out. The successful candidate leads the relationship with donors, working with country offices and technical teams to ensure programmes are delivered in line with CARE International strategies and procedures, and in compliance with donor requirements. Specific areas of responsibilities include programme quality, accountability, relationship management, impact reporting and knowledge management, compliance and risk management. In addition, he/she will be an effective team member and committed to tackling discrimination and structural inequality and promoting CARE International’s Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Child Protection policy with team members and in day-to-day practice.

Why work for us?

At CARE International UK we affirm the dignity, potential and contribution of participants, donors, partners and staff. Our actions are consistent with our mission. We are honest and transparent in what we do and say and accept responsibility for our collective and individual actions. We work together effectively to serve the larger community. We constantly challenge ourselves to the highest levels of learning and performance to achieve greater impact.

About you

The team is looking for a talented individual to support our portfolio projects through excellent contract and finance management.  You will have knowledge of donor compliance and donor reporting and will provide integrated programme delivery, contract, and compliance expertise throughout the project cycle: from implementation plan set up to reporting and close out. You will have experience with managing multiple stakeholders across a single project. Ability to work in French or Arabic, as well as some overseas experience in a development context, would also be highly desirable.

About CARE

CARE International is one of the world’s leading humanitarian and development charities. We fight poverty and injustice in the world’s most vulnerable places.  We save lives in disasters and conflicts. We stand with women, girls and their communities to achieve lasting change for a better future.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

CARE International UK is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to dismantling harmful and oppressive structures of power and accordingly centre gender equity in our work to save lives, fight poverty and achieve social justice. The post holder agrees to promote and uphold these principles.

CARE International UK operates fair, transparent and non-discriminatory recruitment practices and actively encourages applications from candidates from a variety of backgrounds, and with a range of skills and experiences. We are particularly interested to hear from candidates from Black and minoritised communities, LGBT+ candidates and disabled candidates.

CARE International UK is a disability confident employer. As part of our commitment to disability inclusion we guarantee interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role. To be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme please complete the relevant section in the online application form. If at any stage of the recruitment process you require reasonable adjustments, including a copy of the recruitment pack in large print or an alternative format, please contact the HR team. 

Safeguarding

CARE International UK has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or a child by any of our staff, representatives or partners. Recruitment to all jobs in CARE International UK includes, in particular, criminal record checks and the collection of relevant references. Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do.

Closing date for applications: 20th October 2024

Interview date: 28-31st October 2024

Role Description

Mission of the role

Support the overall income generation of the organisation through developing three income streams: mentor programme sales, grants from trusts and foundations and corporate donations.

Structure and remuneration

• Days: 4 days per week (32 hours)

• Location: 2 days/week from office in Kennington, option to work from home for the other two days

• Management: Managed by Founding Director

• Salary: £38,000 pro-rata 

• Holiday: 33 days pro rata, plus Christmas office closure

• Development: individual and team coaching, plus training budget 

This role is an income generation role with a focus on corporate giving, grants from trusts and foundations and sales from our mentoring programme.

Role Responsibilities 

Corporate Giving

• Identify and research potential corporate social responsibility (CSR) partners aligned with the organisation's mission.

• Support Founding Director to develop relationships with corporate partners to secure funding

• Create compelling partnership proposals, including staff volunteering opportunities, to prospective corporate partners, ensuring that volunteering opportunities within corporate partnerships are supporting the impact of our programmes

• Maintain and nurture relationships with partners, ensuring mutual benefits and long-term collaboration.

Trusts and foundations

• Identify and research grant opportunities from foundations, local councils, and other funding bodies.

• Write and submit high-quality grant applications, including all required documentation and follow-up reports.

• Maintain a grants calendar to track submission deadlines, reporting requirements, and renewal opportunities.

• Prepare reports for funders and stakeholders where appropriate

Sales from Mentoring Programme

• Identify and engage prospective clients, especially in areas identified as target sectors based on trends in mentee interest

• Create marketing materials to effectively communicate the value of the mentoring programmes.

• Manage the sales pipeline, from initial contact through to closing deals and onboarding new clients.

• Maintain and nurture relationships with clients to ensure long term relationships

• Organise talks and create marketing materials to recruit mentors from within client companies in line with our programmes calendar

General

• Maintain presence on LinkedIn

• Keep records on airtable up to date

• Attend all team meetings and any identified training as necessary

Would you like to work with a historical educational organisation that is dedicated to shaping the future leaders of tomorrow?

Would you like to join a prestigious independent school with a rich history dating back to 1571, and whose purpose is to prepare boys with diverse backgrounds and abilities for a life of learning and leadership.

This educational institution is guided by their core values of courage, honour, humility, and fellowship,

Your Benefits will include:

• free lunch
• automatic enrolment in the school's pension scheme
• salary sacrifice scheme
• use of the school's sports facilities such as the swimming pool, gym, and running track.
• subsidised membership of the tennis, golf, angling and social clubs.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Financial Reporting: Prepare and analyse monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
• Budgeting and Forecasting: Develop and maintain accurate budgets, forecasts, and financial models to support strategic planning and decision-making.
• Financial Analysis: Conduct in-depth financial analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, providing insights to management for informed decision-making.
• Cost Control: Implement and monitor cost-control measures to optimize expenses and ensure financial sustainability.
• Financial Compliance: Ensure adherence to all relevant financial regulations, accounting standards, and internal controls.
• Financial Systems: Maintain and improve financial systems and processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Business Partnering: Collaborate closely with department heads to provide financial support, advice, and analysis for their operations.

The skills, experience, and attributes that you will bring to the role are:

• Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field. CPA or CMA certification is preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a corporate finance or accounting role.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in accounting software (e.g., QuickBooks, SAP, Oracle), financial modelling tools (e.g., Excel), and data analysis techniques.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to evaluate financial data and identify trends.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate financial information to both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• Attention to Detail: Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial records.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across different departments to achieve shared goals.
• Adaptability: Flexibility to adapt to changing business needs and priorities.

The school is undergoing a period of exciting transition, and this integral role offers a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping the future. You will be responsible for clear and effective communication of financial information to the wider organisation. Applications will close on October 28th. Please submit your CV to [email protected]

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

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.

Finance Manager | £50,000 - £55,725 | Permanent | Fully Remote / Home Based

For the UKs largest not-for-profit social enterprise in the employment and social mobility sector, we are recruiting a Finance Manager. This role will provide high quality financial information and analysis to stakeholders, supporting decision-making. This is a highly commercial role and will ensure service quality is maximised, and financial performance targets are achieved. The Finance Manager will manage a Management Accountant and will suit someone happy to work fully remotely whilst developing excellent relationships across a large, multi-location organisation.

Main Duties:

• Partner with stakeholders ensuring robust business plans and financial targets are achieved
• Work with Senior Finance Managers to identify risks and opportunities impacting the delivery of business plan performance
• Partner with stakeholders to present and interpret financial and non-financial analysis, assisting in decision-making
• Support the business in planning and implementing cost and performance improvements
• Review, assess and report on performance to budget and forecast and provide monthly key variances in budget, actual and forecast and key KPI variances for consolidation
• Support and lead annual divisional budget setting process and the production of annual forecasts
• Support year-end close-down processes, supporting the annual report and accounts
• Work with external commissioners and funders in providing reporting and financial returns
• Drive continuous improvements to processes, automation and financial controls
• Line manage and develop the Management Accountant

Person Specification:

• CCAB Qualified with substantial experience of working in financial management across a complex organisation
• Experience producing management accounts, budgets and forecasts
• Experience supporting annual accounting cycle and longer-term financial planning requirements
• Experience of financial planning, costing, and option / investment appraisals
• Experience of planning, reporting, and supporting budget holders
• Ability to work proactively in a fully remote / home working environment
• Experience supervising or managing staff
• Excellent Excel and ideally Agresso BW experience

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

Prospectus are delighted to be working with a community focused charity based in Carlisle.  This exciting opportunity offers an experienced Finance Manager the opportunity to add a 2 day per week contract possibly as part of a portfolio career. 

We are looking for candidates who are CIMA/ACCA qualified/part-qualified or those who are qualified by experience.  You will have a good understanding of financial and accounting systems and processes and thrive in providing sound financial analysis and reporting. You will be highly numerate and computer literate, comfortable communicating to stakeholders on financial matters and capable of using accountancy software (Xero experience would be useful).  You will help develop the organisation’s financial skills and financial sustainability in line with the organisation’s strategy.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy, maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustments to any part of the process then please contact Catherine Bunting at Prospectus.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply with a cover letter. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

We are looking for a talented operations manager who will enable us to keep running operations for AIM itself. This could include human resource management, finance, team productivity improvements and managing the community office workspace, as well as providing support to our incubated high-impact charities, both with their initial set-up and on an ongoing ad hoc basis.

IMPORTANT: This is a summarised version of the job advert for CharityJob's purposes. Clicking 'Apply' will take you to the complete and detailed version on our website, where you'll also be able to apply.

ABOUT THE ROLE

People who work in operations have a multiplier effect, increasing the efficiency of their colleagues within the organisation by constructing processes that ensure the organisation operates smoothly and at top capacity. An excellent and more succinct description of operations management as a field comes from Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow:

Though it took Sadie years to admit this to Sam, Marx did prove incredibly useful that summer. No, Marx wasn’t a game designer. He wasn’t an ace programmer, like Sadie, and he couldn’t draw, like Sam. But he did almost everything else for them, and his contributions ranged from the pedestrian, but necessary, to the creatively essential. Marx organised workflow, so Sadie and Sam were more aware of what the other was doing and what they needed to be doing. He made long lists of supplies they would need. He was more than liberal with his credit card—they always needed more memory and storage, and they were regularly burning out graphics cards—and he must have made fifty trips to the large computer store in Central Square that summer. He opened a bank account, and an LLC, Go, Ichigo, Go. He arranged for them to pay taxes (which saved them money in the short term by making their business purchases tax-free), and if, at some point, they needed to hire people, which he knew they would, he set them up for that, too. He made sure everyone ate, hydrated, and slept (at least a little), and he kept their workspaces clean and free of chaos.

The Operations team provides operational support to AIM (e.g., human resource management, finance, productivity). The team also supports our incubated charities, assisting with their initial set-up after the program so they can hit the ground running, as well as ongoing ad-hoc requests and advice as needed. Added to this, Operations supports other participants in programs run by AIM(e.g., people completing fellowships with our research team). While this is less than for the Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program, it increases as these programs mature. 

Our Operations team currently consists of ~2.8 FTE – our Chief Operating Officer (previous Managing Director and CTO of Founders Pledge), our Director of Operations (with a mixed background in legal services, management consulting, and scale-up operations), and a Senior Operations Manager (with a background in risk and security management in low- and middle-income countries). The team also relies on external contractors for some of its functions (e.g., bookkeeping, legal advice).

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

The exact % split might vary throughout 2025 depending on AIM’s program strategy and number of programs after our yearly evaluation

Employee experience 

• Supporting the development and implementation of HR initiatives and systems

• Providing advice on policies and procedures

• Assisting in performance management processes

• Supporting the management of disciplinary and grievance issues

• Maintaining employee records according to policy and legal requirements

• Reviewing employment and working conditions to ensure legal compliance

Grants and compliance management support

• Support with processing almost £2M in grants per year for seed grants and other funding circles etc.

• Maintain grant tracking systems and ensure accurate reporting

• Ensure legal and regulatory compliance, particularly in the UK

• Support risk management initiatives, including cybersecurity

• Improve grants-related processes and procedures for efficiency

Event logistics

• Organising internal and external events like our Christmas party, retreats, and community co-working days; contingency planning, determining objectives and conducting post-mortems

• Assisting the Recruitment team with logistics needs (e.g., booking travel and accommodation, getting materials to venues)

Automating workflows and building internal tools

• Identifying opportunities to systematise or automate processes with a view to increasing efficiency

• Responding to internal calls for greater systematisation (e.g. “we need a CRM”), mapping out costs and benefits

• Leveraging spreadsheets, no-code and low-code tools to build internal systems

• Maintaining internal systems and refining based on quick feedback loops and user feedback.

Overseeing our facilities management

• For our London office and residential accommodation, we are managing an external service provider tasked with the regular upkeep and operation of these facilities. There is some chance that the functions performed by this external service provider are brought in-house, but at the moment we expect this function to remain outsourced and for the Operations Manager to play an overseeing role. 

Ad hoc tasks

• We believe that the above describes the key buckets, but in essence, the Operations team tends to step in and be needed wherever their help is cost-effective to solve or prevent problems

FUTURE GROWTH TRAJECTORIES

Future growth trajectories for excelling hires could look like:

• As an entry-level role, you’d have the opportunity to advance to Senior Operations Manager and eventually Director of Operations (although the latter would depend on a vacancy being available) 

• There would be room for specialising in a specific area of Operations, such as HR or finance

• As part of your professional development, we could explore more technical routes such as investing in coding or no-code training

EXAMPLE OF THE WORK YOU'LL BE DOING

• After an initial brief, independently organise the entire lifecycle of an event at our office expecting between ~15-50 people to attend. You would know the goal of the event, some parameters like the budget, and would have some light assistance from other staff or external partners with whom we’re co-hosting the event.

• Effectively acting as an office manager/all-rounder for AIM’s London office. This means overseeing day-to-day operations to ensure smooth functioning, including managing office supplies, coordinating with service providers and contractors, and promptly triaging and resolving issues as they arise. Additionally, it means implementing and improving office policies, such as policies around hotdesking, inviting and vetting guests, meeting room usage, etc. 

• After supporting another department with their work, you realise that a series of manual steps they take could be made much more efficient by creating an automated workflow using Airtable and Zapier. You follow a user-centred design process to collect information about requirements, must-haves and nice-to-haves and then build a prototype to later test and refine. 

• Entirely oversee our managed accommodation for staff and program participants, responding to booking requests and changes, ensuring seamless check-in and check-out procedures, and promptly responding to requests or issues. 

• Knowing AIM’s internal policies and ensuring they’re being followed. For example, reviewing expenditure at the end of the month and checking adherence to our Financial Controls Policy, touching base with staff to check whether they have a professional development plan in place.

ABOUT YOU

This role will likely suit an early to mid-level operations generalist, but we’re also very interested in hearing from more senior operations specialists as there is room for future growth in responsibilities within the organisation depending on competency and expertise. We would also be keen for talented recent graduates applying for this position as many areas of responsibility can be learned by a quick learner fairly fast.

We expect excellent candidates will meet many (but not all) of the criteria below. We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the listed characteristics. In the past, we've offered positions to applicants who demonstrated strong overall potential, providing training to address skill gaps. We prioritise high general ability, a strong work ethic, and alignment with our values, methods, and approach to maximising global impact over specific prior work experience or backgrounds. We sketch a picture of potential ideal candidates to give a more concrete sense of what particularly strong candidates might look like, not to discourage interested readers from applying.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Has a bias to action, meaning they prioritise taking initiative when they see a problem and make decisions quickly to drive progress and maintain momentum

• They are excited to play a supporting role and to step up and take pride in doing whatever needs to be done

• They use techniques that allow them always to be moving forward (e.g. prioritisation, time-boxing), and find it easy to pivot in the face of new information (i.e. don’t succumb to the sunk cost fallacy)

• Learns new skills or becomes familiar with new processes quickly, particularly by diving in head first and learning by doing. 

• Is a highly organised, conscientious person and often relied upon to organise something (e.g., a holiday)

• Leans towards frugal solutions (e.g., the second cheapest product), using 80/20 principles, and cheap tests / MVP testing over perfection where possible

• Has had positive past experiences testing aspects of this role before (e.g., maybe they have organised an event from scratch before and both enjoyed it and had positive results)

• Is thinking of their career trajectory as in operations management or closely related fields rather than as a stepping stone to a different career

• Is generally tech-savvy and, for example, defaults to a spreadsheet or finds appropriate tools when trying to solve a problem

• Is a tactful person who can adeptly communicate about delicate issues

Desirable specific skills and areas of experience include: 

• Previous experience using Google Workspace suite of apps (i.e. Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides)

• Previous experience or willingness to learn how to use Slack, Asana, Airtable and Zapier

• Comfort working in a start-up environment. This means:

  • Wearing multiple hats: Ability to take on diverse tasks beyond a single job description.

  • Adaptability to change: Thrives in a fast-paced setting where priorities can shift rapidly, and new challenges arise unexpectedly.

  • Proactive problem-solving: Takes initiative to identify and address issues independently, often with limited resources.

  • Comfort with ambiguity: Operates effectively without always having clear guidelines or established processes, using creativity and resourcefulness.

  • Team collaboration: Works closely with a small team, where collaboration and communication are key to success.

  • Ownership of projects: Takes full responsibility for projects from conception to completion, often with minimal oversight.

WHAT WE OFFER

• A job with a large, tangible impact on the world - your work will attract and select the founders of new field-leading charities and for-profit companies, as well as high-impact researchers and AIM staff

• High levels of intellectual challenge, autonomy, variety, and learning on the job

• An informal, fun, warm, and supportive work environment with high talent density. Our office in East London houses about 50% of our staff, dozens of charity founders and staff, and hosts a range of co-working opportunities and social events for the wider impactful entrepreneurship London community

• Become a part of our international network of ambitious, driven entrepreneurs and highly talented philanthropic professionals

• A true start-up culture, including low bureaucracy, a quick and collaborative work spirit, and high levels of talent density

• Significant opportunities to attend events and conferences to represent AIM, including international travel

BENEFITS

• A flexible working schedule, 30 paid days off per year, and unlimited sick leave

• UK visa sponsorship, if needed, as well as support with moving costs if relocating to London

• An annual costs-covered retreat to bring our whole team together to celebrate our achievements

• A workspace in our vibrant central London office, which is a hub for our program alumni and high-impact organisations/professionals 

• Parental, dependents, and compassionate leave schemes

• A range of other benefits, including a payroll giving scheme, staff tenure donation scheme, contributions towards professional development and IT costs, and a workplace pension

• We are open to discussing specific personalised perks or benefits that may enhance your work experience

APPLICATION PROCESS

Our application processes aim to be highly predictive, time-effective, and informative for you. Our process consists only of stages that our best evidence suggests are predictive of success on the job (such as test tasks) rather than more common but less predictive stages (such as cover letters). We only invite candidates to the next stage if we think they have a good chance of passing it, and take care to choose tasks and interview questions that will also give you a good sense of the role and our culture.

Applicants will be asked to complete the following stages:

1. Submitting our general application form (30 minutes to 1 hour),

2. A general test task (2-3 hours) with the top 10 to 30 candidates,

3. An initial interview (15 minutes) with the top 10-20 candidates,

4. A test task simulating the work you would do in your role (2-3 hours) with the top 5-15 candidates,

5. A final, more in-depth interview (~60 minutes) with the final 2-5 candidates.

We will also conduct a reference check before making an offer. Each stage typically takes 1-2 weeks from the end of the application deadline, and we hope to make an offer within ~8 weeks of the application deadline. Ideally, the candidate will begin onboarding as soon as possible after an offer is made. We strongly prefer candidates to join the team by January 2025, but we would consider a different date for an ideal candidate.

Finance Manager
Salary: £19.23 per hour plus £2.32 per hour holiday pay up to £20.88 per hour plus £2.52 per hour holiday pay (equivalent to annual salary of £35,000 up to £38,000 FTE)
Contract Type: Temporary role for 4 months
Hours: 28 hours/4 days per week
Location: London
Hybrid: 2 days per week in the office (Wednesday and Thursday)

Are you an experienced Finance Manager looking for a rewarding role in the charity sector?

Charity People are delighted to be working with one of London's hidden treasures, a growing charity that provides Londoners with a taste of the countryside right in the heart of the city. The farm covers 1.5 acres and offers various community projects.

As a Finance Manager, you will take responsibility for managing the organisation's finances and supporting its mission of offering education, training, and experiences to the local community.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the CEO with the preparation of the annual budget.
• Prepare cashflow forecasts, management accounts, and financial reports on a monthly and annual basis.
• Handle payroll and expenses claims.
• Manage the bookkeeping systems and ensure all payments are made on time.
• Work with project staff and the CEO on budgeting and financial management of projects, ensuring restricted income is appropriately tracked.
• Collaborate with the Fundraiser to analyse financial pipelines.
• Oversee statutory returns including Gift Aid and ensure compliance with all financial regulations.
• Liaise with auditors and prepare final accounts.
• Ensure the farm's financial systems comply with statutory requirements and best practices.

Governance and Compliance:

• Assist the CEO and Trustees in preparing for Finance Committee meetings, reports, and minutes.
• Maintain and update the organisation's risk register.
• Ensure insurance cover is adequate and renewed in a timely manner.

Requirements:

• Proven professional experience managing finances in a small charity.
• Appropriate accounting qualifications (AAT/CIMA/ACA/ACCA).
• Experience with financial packages, with knowledge of QuickBooks being desirable.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and experience with VAT returns.
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Self-motivated and able to anticipate and address financial needs.
• High levels of integrity and confidentiality in managing sensitive information.

How to apply

Closing date: Monday 21^st October at 9am
Please send your CV as soon as possible as we are reviewing applications on an ongoing basis.

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.