Financial Accountant

The Financial Accountant is primarily responsible for the preparation of statutory financial statements for three school charities under the Charities SORP. For two of these charities, the work involves the consolidation of the results of the school operations. The postholder will be the key contact for the external auditor for the year-end audits for these charities.

There will also be an opportunity to support with the production of other financial information and to contribute to improvements in financial procedures and controls, both within financial reporting and more widely in the Finance department.

The role is expected to be part-time though it may require some weeks of full-time (or close to full-time) during the external audit period. The work is likely to take c.4 months, after which point the responsibilities for the school charities will revert to the permanent team.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant, or with significant equivalent professional experience
• Experience in the operation of Charity fund accounting
• Good knowledge of and confidence with key IT applications
  • MS Office 365, especially Excel
  • Accounting systems, notably Exchequer
• Confident and experienced with key statutory reports
• Experience of working with charities and / or membership organisations preferable

Attributes

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Comfortable working as part of a small department and staff team, operating within a larger membership organisation
• Hardworking, highly motivated, energetic and responsible
• Able to work under pressure when necessary to meet deadlines
• Happy to work independently and to operate at times with limited supervision
• A capable problem-solver, prepared to engage with the detail of issues and to use initiative to overcome challenges
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Sympathetic to the objectives of a membership organisation which undertakes philanthropic and charitable activity, principally in the Education sector.

Other considerations

• The principal place of work is Haberdashers’ Hall. Some attendance at the office is expected, with remote working to be discussed