Management Accountant (Part Qualified)

Art Fund
Kings Cross, Greater London (Hybrid)
£39,000 - £42,000 per year depending on experience
Full-time
Permanent
Job description

Management Accountant (Part Qualified)
Location: King's Cross, London (hybrid)
Contract length: Permanent
Salary: £39,000 - £42,000 depending on experience

Who are we?

Art Fund is the UK’s national fundraising charity for art. We give grants to help museums, galleries, historic houses and public arts organisations to acquire objects for their collections, to share them with as many people as possible, and to support research and training for museum professionals. We are supported by our growing membership of 135,000 through the National Art Pass, as well as the generosity of many individuals, trusts and foundations.

The role

This is an important post in the finance team and, as the Part qualified Management Accountant you will be responsible for a number of important processes supporting month end, reforecasts and the annual budget. You will also work with the head of finance on specific projects and support budget holders across the charity on financial questions and analysis.

To give an idea of focus, the core areas of delivery will include:

  • Reconciliations and month end processes to support closing the books
  • Support on reforecasts and the annual budget
  • Corporate national art pass invoicing
  • Being the lead on AFSL, our trading entity, including raising invoices and intercompany transactions
  • Lead on grant payment queries
  • Help with the preparation of VAT returns
  • Administer investments including compliance
  • Year-end reconciliation and audit support
  • Supporting the head of finance on the assessment of finance processes and practices including implementing outcomes

Key Employee Benefits

  • Generous Annual leave– 25 days annual leave and bank holidays, with additional non-contractual office closure dates at Christmas and an additional day in August.
  • Free National Art Pass (NAP)- for yourself and another person of your choice.
  • Free Entry to Exhibitions
  • Life Assurance- cover for up to three times your basic salary.
  • Season Ticket Loan
  • Cash health plan
  • Pensions- Eligible employees are enrolled into the scheme with the exception of those who have contracts of three months or less. Art Fund contributes 8% of the basic annual salary during the first six months of employment or until probation is successfully completed, whichever is the later. At that point the contribution is increased to 10%.

This post is London-based. We have a hybrid working model of minimum 2 days per week (for full time staff) at our King’s Cross office (2 Granary Square, London N1C 4BH).

Closing deadline: 9am on 26 July 2024

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

We are committed to building our team and trustees from the broad range of backgrounds and experiences across the UK, valuing difference and diversity, and building a workplace based on shared values of equality and mutual respect.

We have ambitious plans for the future and will be holding ourselves to account and putting our principles into action, as we all work together to help bring about positive change and a fairer future for everyone. We therefore want to encourage applications from all races, ages, religions and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with any kind of disabilities and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our organisation.

No agencies please.

Posted on: 02 July 2024
Closing date: 26 July 2024 at 23:59
Job ref: 165747_AF
Tags: Finance, Operations