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Working for a large, well-renowned organisation as an Assistant Management Accountant. This role sits within a mission-driven environment, where employees often find their work aligned with a sense of purpose. It holds a supportive culture, which emphasises personal development with opportunities for training and professional growth. This is a 2-year FTC which offers flexible hybrid working with 2 days required in the office per week.
Your new role
- Reporting to the Management Accountant.
- Producing regular monthly journals, including intercompany recharges, accruals and prepayments etc.
- Assisting with the production of monthly management accounts/budget holder reports for designated departments.
- Undertaking preliminary variance analysis between budgets, forecasts and actuals and drafting variance commentary.
- Calculating, recording, monitoring and payment of grants.
- Investigating discrepancies and unexpected variances, making corrections if required.
- Undertaking ad-hoc analysis.
- Assisting in review and preparation of phased budgets, financial plans and forecasts and loading budgets and forecasts into SAP.
What you'll need to succeed
- Strong Excel skills and experience with manipulating large volumes of data.
- Experience of working in the finance function of a large organisation, including in a management accounting context.
- Good understanding of double-entry bookkeeping and basic accounting adjustments such as accruals, prepayments and fixed assets.
- Either part-qualified or looking to start studying.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to prioritise, remain calm under pressure, meet deadlines and have a flexible approach to work.
What you'll get in return
- 25 days of annual leave plus an additional 3 days' leave and bank holidays.
- Hybrid working - 2 days in the office per week.
- Great contributory pension scheme.
- etc
What you need to do now
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About the role
As a People & Culture Partner, you'll play a key role in providing day-to-day support to our people managers and driving organisational initiatives. You’ll be both a trusted advisor and a champion of our culture, offering insights through meaningful conversations and data analysis. From managing employee relations to leading HR system improvements, your work will enable us to support even more children in need.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide knowledgeable, personable support to people managers, offering guidance on employee relations, absence management, and HR policies.
- Act as the in-house expert on our HR systems, ensuring accurate data management and reporting.
- Champion organisational initiatives, such as wellbeing and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging strategies.
- Build strong, collaborative relationships with managers to support effective team leadership.
- Promote Compassion’s Christian ethos, fostering an environment where faith is nurtured and lived out in our work.
The successful candidate will be:
- A heart for Compassion’s mission to release children from poverty in Jesus' name.
- At least 3-5 years of HR/People & Culture experience, including a strong grasp of UK employment law.
- Exceptional communication skills, able to explain complex concepts clearly and coach managers effectively.
- Strong analytical abilities, using data to inform decisions and drive organisational improvement.
- The ablility to juggle multiple priorities with ease, be flexible and adaptable.
- A CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent) qualification.
- There’s an occupational requirement for the holder of this role to be a practising Christian, in order to promote Compassion’s ethos and help others to experience, explore and express the faith-based motivation of our work. (You can read more about this in our Policy on Posts to be Held by Christians.)
Why work for us?
At Compassion UK, you’re not just part of a team—you’re part of a mission. Our work is built on faith, and we offer an environment where your Christian values can thrive alongside your professional skills.
This is an opportunity to make a difference, both within our organisation and for the children whose lives we touch. If you are passionate about people and ready to bring your skills to a mission-driven organisation, we would love to hear from you.
Location, hours and benefits:
Office-based
*Hybrid working is offered as a benefit. You may work up to 60% of your hours from home and the office is closed on Fridays. However, we reserve the right to vary those arrangements in future.
Hours
Full time | 35 hours per week
In return, you will get
- Flexible and sociable working environment
- Free parking
- Access to Compassion House gym with shower facilities
- Time in Lieu offered
- Pension scheme with 10% employer contribution
- Income Protection & Group Life cover
- Private Medical & Dental cover
- Celebrating life milestones such as, birthdays, newcomers, weddings, babies etc
- Tea and Treat Tuesday
- Fully equipped kitchen area, with lunch and break out areas
- Hot-desking, sit where you want, when you want
- Weekly team prayers and devotionals
- Compassion updates and worship events
- Casual dress code
How to Apply:
If this sounds like you, apply today and help us release even more children from poverty in Jesus’ name.
Apply by 10am on Monday, 14 October 2024
Interviews are expected to be held on Thursday, 24 October 2024
*Please submit your application as early as possible as Compassion UK reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Applications will be reviewed on application prior to the closing date. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date if a suitable applicant applies.
Please note that we can only consider applicants who presently have the right to work in the UK.
We work in 29 countries partnering with 8,600 local churches within communities experiencing poverty.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Contract: Full-time, fixed term for 2 years
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Friends House, London NW1. London based staff may be able to work at home some of the time by agreement.
Quiet Company (QC) is a Quaker-owned hospitality and facilities management enterprise rooted in ethical values and eco-sustainability with locations in London and Cumbria. We believe in fostering a positive workplace culture that aligns with our values of integrity, peace, equality, and simplicity.
We are currently seeking someone with HR Business Partnering experience to join our People Team. The role entails working with the People Team and the CEO of QC to ensure our people practices reflect our values and help achieve QC’s business goals.
This role will include:
- collaborating with the Head of People Team and the CEO to align people strategies with QC’s ethical business goals
- advising the CEO and senior managers with the full range of employee relations advice
- collecting, analysing and interpreting people metrics to inform business decisions
- engendering organisational development and facilitating change across teams
- partnering with the Learning and Development Advisor to enable staff and managers to thrive in their roles
- co-working with our Workplace Equity Coordinator to promote diversity and belonging
To be shortlisted you will need:
- an understanding of strategic people management issues
- experience in advising senior leadership teams on people and culture strategies and issues
- strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data to inform decision making.
- contemporary knowledge of values-based organisational development, change management, and upskilling managers
We would love to hear from you if you meet these criteria.
For details of how to apply, visit our website via the apply button.
Closing date: 8.00am on Monday 14 October 2024
Interviews: Wednesday 23 October (online) and Friday 1 November (in person at Friends House)
Quakers have a faith commitment to equality and encourage and welcome applications for posts from people of all identities and backgrounds. As a result of our recruitment practices, individuals will be selected only based on their relevant skills, experience, qualifications and abilities. A candidate’s sex, sexual orientation, age, race, religion, belief, ethnicity, nationality, disability, marital status or class will not be a barrier to working for Quakers in Britain.
We aim to operate an equitable and user-friendly application process for all candidates. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the application process, please contact our People Team. You do not have to be a Quaker to apply for this post, but we expect you to uphold the values of the organisation.
Quakers in Britain is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share and uphold this commitment. Our recruitment and selection process reflects our commitment to safeguarding, and the suitability of all candidates will be assessed during recruitment in-line with our Safer Recruitment guidelines. Successful candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks in line with these guidelines.
Financial Accountant
Canterbury, Kent
£36,284 pa pro rata plus excellent benefits
35 hours per week
Six month fixed-term contract
The Financial Accountant is a temporary but crucial role for the Diocese, as you will ensure that our processes and financial information are accurate and efficient, in time for next year’s financial end.
As Financial Accountant you will be responsible for the restricted and designated funds of the Diocese, preparing monthly reports and year end schedules whilst proactively reviewing the portfolio of restricted funds to ensure full utilisation against unrestricted expenditure. You will also take the lead on the re-organisation of investment funds to ensure efficient month end processes as well as managing the fixed asset journals and reconciliations, ensuring accuracy.
Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will manage the preparation of VAT Return workings and associated reconciliations whilst delivering the monthly close process, analysing transactions and preparing required journals.
It is expected that you will proactively challenge and improve processes to ensure that currently held information or journals meet the audit standard.
Degree qualified or with a professional accountancy, finance or related qualification, you will have experience in VAT return preparation and compliance.
With the ability to interpret financial entries to understand the nature of the financial transactions, you should have excellent problem-solving abilities and be proactive in reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and clearing/or allocating balances.
Your detail-oriented approach towards accuracy and completeness in financial records and reports will ensure you are able to propose improvements to financial procedures and operations.
An advanced knowledge and understanding of Excel, including pivot tables, sumif/sumifs and vlookups along with a thorough understanding of financial regulations and compliance requirements, are essential.
A natural communicator, you should have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills as well as having the ability to work well in a team and build effective working relationships with colleagues, and external stakeholders, suppliers and customers.
It would be beneficial but not essential for you to be a person in sympathy with the mission and ethos of the Christian Church, the Church of England, the Diocese of Canterbury and the vision and values of our church schools.
Canterbury Diocese is the oldest diocese in England, stretching from Maidstone to Thanet, the Isle of Sheppey to the Romney Marsh. We have 350 miles of coastline with historic ports and seaside resorts, alongside rural communities, market towns and commuter-belt urban developments. Affluent areas often sit alongside pockets of major deprivation, offering an exciting and challenging mission context.
At the heart of all we do is a vision of transformation for ourselves and our communities: no one can encounter God and remain unchanged. In the Diocese of Canterbury, we want to increasingly become a Christian community transformed through encounter with Christ, growing and overflowing to transform and bless the families, homes and communities we serve: Changed Lives, Changing Lives.
An immediate start would be welcomed.
Closing date: 4 October 2024
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Help us make churches more Single Friendly
Single Friendly Church Network encourages churches to welcome and value single people at every stage of life. We are experiencing an exciting new chapter where our work and influence is growing across a wide range of denominations. We want to reach more churches across the UK who could benefit from our resources and training, with the vision that all single Christians will be able to find a welcoming Single Friendly Church in their local area where they can flourish.
We achieved charitable status in 2023 and have a newly refined purpose and identity set out in a new website and other digital media (see for example our YouTube Channel and the promotional film ‘Inspiring Change’).
We now aim to expand our impact across the UK and deepen our engagement with churches from a wide range of Christian denominations, in accordance with our strategy.
Fundraising Consultancy Role
In order to achieve our objectives, we are seeking a Fundraising Consultant to develop and implement a strategy to:
- Diversify our funding base and raise new grants and donations to support our work;
- Raise specific funding to develop a small team of Regional Champions in the regions of the UK, working part-time to grow our network of Single Friendly Churches;
- Secure grant support to refresh our research in order to identify the issues facing single people in the Church and how ‘single friendly’ churches are across the UK.
The Fundraising Consultant will regularly engage with our UK based team and provide quarterly reports to our Trustees. Ideally the Consultant will have the necessary skills to process Gift Aid claims.
The target for funds raised within 12 months is £100K. This will require creativity and a range of initiatives, targeting different potential funding sources.
Person Spec:
- Experience of developing and implementing fundraising strategies for charities;
- Able to provide evidence of significant success in fundraising;
- Record of working collaboratively with teams;
- An understanding of Christian culture and the different Christian traditions;
- Experience of fundraising for Christian-based charities;
- A strong commitment to our beliefs and mission to encourage churches to welcome and value single people at every stage of life.
Contract Terms
Initially this is a 12 month contract
At least 20 hours per month on a freelance basis
Negotiable fees according to experience, in the range £40-£70 per hr
Application procedure
Please provide a current CV and covering letter (up to two pages). Please include evidence of success in fundraising, which can be verified with references.
We will also consider applications from small Fundraising Enterprises.
Unfortunately, we are unable to support general enquiries prior to application. Only shortlisted applications will be acknowledged.
Closing date for applications is 5pm on Thursday 10th October 2024.
Schools Project Officer (Estates)
Canterbury, Kent
£29,767 pa plus excellent benefits
35 hours per week
3 year fixed-term contract with possibility of extension
The Schools Project Officer is a crucial business administrative role at the Diocese, as you will act as the first point of contact for projects concerning the development and maintenance of school sites and buildings, from senior leaders, governors, parish officers or our professional advisers.
Reporting to the Schools Officer and working within the Children, Young People and Education team, you will support the oversight of related grant funding and manage other bespoke projects such as promoting decarbonisation initiatives for church schools and organising land registrations. You will also advise school leaders and governors in relation to school organisation and the use or development of land and buildings.
As Schools Project Officer, you will act as facilitator between various internal and external teams, providing support through monitoring projects relating to school estates (building developments, maintenance and repairs), whilst making proactive enquiries and interventions to sustain progress against recorded timescales.
You will also take responsibility for managing grants held by the Diocese and liaising with schools regarding suitable projects and available funding, helping schools to prioritise projects for effective estate management.
A crucial part of our strategy is to assess the environmental impact of the Diocese’s church schools, planning for and supporting schools to advance decarbonisation and energy efficiency projects. As Schools Project Officer you will regularly update and signpost church schools to banks of practical materials and resources for decarbonisation campaigns, toolkits and projects, building case studies of best practice.
With an understanding of or experience in business administration, estate management or project support, you should be capable of supporting projects and have the ability to apply understanding to tasks. Capable of summarising complex information clearly, you should be able to explain the progress of projects to those with no specialist understanding.
Forward thinking, adaptable and responsive to a varied work programme, you should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and have evidence of recent study, training or development and a willingness to learn new knowledge and technical skills.
It is essential for you to be supportive of the vision of the CYPE team and to be sympathetic to the contribution of Church of England schools to Christian mission.
The ability to travel and a willingness to attend occasional evening and weekend meetings and events is essential.
An understanding and awareness of Church of England structures and knowledge of the current educational landscape within the context of church schools, along with experience of budget management or creating financial reports would be desirable.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS Check.
Canterbury Diocese is the oldest diocese in England, stretching from Maidstone to Thanet, the Isle of Sheppey to the Romney Marsh. We have 350 miles of coastline with historic ports and seaside resorts, alongside rural communities, market towns and commuter-belt urban developments. Affluent areas often sit alongside pockets of major deprivation, offering an exciting and challenging mission context.
At the heart of all we do is a vision of transformation for ourselves and our communities: no one can encounter God and remain unchanged. In the Diocese of Canterbury, we want to increasingly become a Christian community transformed through encounter with Christ, growing and overflowing to transform and bless the families, homes and communities we serve: Changed Lives, Changing Lives.
Closing date: 30 September 2024.
Governance Manager
Starting Salary: £43,461 - £46,819 (inc London weighting) – This is the full-time salary, and the salary will be pro rate based on the hours of the post.
Contract: FTC for approximately 6 months
Job Profile
CAFOD, one of the 15 member agencies that make up the Disasters Emergency Committee, is the official aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales and stands alongside vulnerable communities across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
CAFOD is seeking a Governance Manager to temporarily support our Leadership & Governance team. Reporting directly to CAFOD’s Director and managing the Leadership & Governance Officer, you will play a critical role in ensuring effective governance, strategic leadership, and strong Trustee relations during this interim period. This is a part-time position requiring two days of commitment per week for approximately six months.
Key Responsibilities
During the period of cover, some of the key responsibilities include:
Governance & Strategic Leadership
- Providing oversight of CAFOD’s Governance work & assisting in the further development and funding of CAFOD’s governance.
- Identify emerging trends in governance and ensure that learning is reflected in CAFOD’s work and proposals.
- Working with the relative department heads to advise the Leadership Team on the likely impact of new initiatives on CAFOD’s current strategy.
- Ensuring CAFOD’s work is in line with Charity Commission requirements and ethical standards are maintained.
Engagement & Reporting
- With the Leadership and Governance Officer and L&G Assistant, to support the Director of CAFOD in managing the relationship between the Board of Trustees and Leadership Team.
- Ensure that all aspects of the Leadership Team and Board meetings are organised and conducted effectively in line with CAFOD’s governance principles.
- Providing strategic guidance and support to CAFOD’s Trustees and Leadership Team
- Developing a plan for the production of CAFOD’s Annual Trustees Report, and project manage its delivery.
- Assist with the external communication of CAFOD’s governance work with key donors and supporters.
Team Leadership
- Providing management/mentoring to the Leadership & Governance Assistant where applicable.
- Working with the Leadership & Governance Officer in planning a governance work programme for 2025.
- Provide guidance and oversight of all critical projects and support the team to deliver its objectives on time and to budget.
- Overseeing the recruitment and induction of trustees to CAFOD’s Board.
Safeguarding
All CAFOD staff share the responsibility to promote and maintain a strong safeguarding culture, including identifying the key actions they should take given their role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience of leading areas of governance alongside building strong professional relationships with trustees.
In addition, the essential criteria for the role will include:
- Experience of direct governance work in a registered charity
- Experience in being responsible for all governance activity, including liaison with the Charity Commission and servicing a Board of Trustees
- A collaborative and supportive management approach, with experience in managing staff especially in a small team setting.
- Ability and willingness to transfer skills in facilitating the development of staff.
Reward & Benefits
At CAFOD we value our employees and are committed to offering a healthy work–life balance and promoting the well-being of our employees.
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits including enhanced sick pay and a dedicated employee assistance programme.
CAFOD is committed to being an anti-racist organisation and we are keen to increase the diversity of our teams. We are particularly keen to seek out applications from people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
There's room for everyone: Catholics and non-Catholics; people of all faiths and none. We employ people in all corners of the world, of all ages and ethnicities. The result? A friendly and open-minded organisation.
Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults
CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behavior as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Role
At HTB and its related entities, our vision is to play our part in the evangelisation of the nations, the revitalisation of the church and the transformation of society. Each member of our team plays a vital role in making our vision a reality. As a Christian organisation our faith is an integral part of our working culture.
The key purpose of this role is to support the organisation by providing financial processes, information and strategies that contribute to the overall aims of the HTB Group and to ensure good stewardship of financial resources.
To ensure that the Finance functions, financial reporting and financial strategies support and contribute to the overall aims and success of the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
• Will contribute fully to the day to day operation of their team or area, with flexibility and without the need for close supervision
• Using a good degree of proficiency and well - established professional knowledge, will analyse and help to find solutions to challenges and issues that arise
• Support the Alpha Financial Controller in running the reporting and reconciliation systems of Alpha
• Complete monthly reconciliations (such as accruals and prepayments), as directed by the Alpha Financial Controller or with the Processing Team, if the need arises.
• Work with Accounting Processing Team on their monthly reconciliations, providing support on purchase and sales ledger
• Review the twice-monthly purchase ledger payments and monthly payroll for Alpha providing first-time compliance and accuracy checks.
• Review the monthly credit card payments for Alpha to make sure compliance with the expense policy and accuracy checks.
• Take responsibility with the Alpha Financial Controller for ensuring strong financial controls, good governance, and statutory compliance
• Assist the Alpha Finance Director and Financial Controller with projects on an ad-hoc basis.
• Detailed monthly bank reconciliation for Alpha with queries sent to responsible person for posting.
• Assist the Alpha Risk and Governance Team with Due diligence on grants outward –ensuring these are recorded completely and accurately; and that due diligence requirements are followed up, assessed, and filed
• Take responsibility for detailed analysis and reconciliation of all regional expenditure and income analysis
• Monthly Intercompany reconciliations and follow up
• Supporting the development of financial awareness across the charity and its operations at all levels of management and administration
• Review/approval of new suppliers on Dimensions (including checking and entering supplier bank details in Dimensions and Stonex)
• Assistance with Monthly Management accounts (forecasting, liaison with departments/regions etc)
• Involvement in the annual budget process (e.g. arranging meetings & checking templates to budget steer)
• Involvement in the yearend accounts preparation and Audit (Fixed Asset register, other schedules, providing samples and explanations to auditors)
• Responsible for preparing and submitting quarterly HTBG VAT returns
• First line of support for Alpha budget holders when they have questions about codes/payments etc.
• Work closely with the Alpha Fund development team to update them on financial information for donor proposals.
Other:
• Take occasional lead in Finance Team prayer sessions.
• Helping with cash collections and counts on Gift Days, LC and Focus
The Right Candidate
• Qualified/Part Qualified or qualifying accountant (ACCA/CIMA)
• Well organised and confident with numbers.
• Word, Excel and Outlook experience.
• Experience in a Finance environment is strongly desirable
• Commitment to the vision and aims of the organisation.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage a wide variety of tasks efficiently.
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
The Working Environment
We have a purposeful working environment where we strive for excellence in everything we do. Our workplace culture is shaped by our values which are AUGHT. They are Audacity, Unity, Generosity, Humility and Tenacity. We respect and value our colleagues, encourage and affirm often, challenge when necessary, supporting always. It is an inspiring and energising place to work where innovation and creativity is encouraged alongside passion and discipline. The staff community is warm and engaging, with lifelong friendships being built.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.