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Financial Accountant
Are you an experienced financial professional? Pilgrims' Friend Society is expanding, and we need a Financial Accountant to take charge of legal entities for our Housing Schemes. Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Financial Accountant will be responsible for running and reconciling finance sub-ledgers, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
Our focus is providing a loving and caring environment for our “family members” (our residents) and maintaining the Christian ethos that is important to many of them.
The group operates on 20 sites with over 700 staff and an annual income of c.£20m.
Read the full candidate pack here
Responsibilities:
- Perform month-end and year-end closings, including journal preparation, accruals, and finalising accounts in Sage.
- Reconcile all balance sheet accounts monthly, including agreeing on inter-charity balances within the group.
- Conduct profit and loss (P&L) reviews, ensuring the accuracy and understanding of monthly financial results.
- Prepare and deliver monthly financial reports to managers across the organisation, while assisting in the development of new reporting processes as needed.
- Participate in the annual budget preparation process and provide ad-hoc reporting (e.g., ONS, Charity Commission returns).
- Assist the Financial Controller with various finance-related tasks to support the organisation’s operations.
- Build and maintain positive relationships with managers outside the finance team, including visits to care homes as needed.
About you:
- Minimum of 5 years experience working in a finance team;
- Finance qualification to at least AAT level 4;
- Advanced Excel skills (including Vlookups, and pivot tables);
- Experience with Sage 200 (desirable but not essential);
- Able to work under pressure;
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to work in a cohesive team.
*Applicants must be evangelical Christians (This role has an Occupational Requirement to be filled by a Christian under the provisions of the Equality Act (2010).).
Hours:
Full-time contract, working 35 hours a week-Monday to Friday.
Hybrid working- 3 days in the office 2 days at home
Benefits:
- Hybrid working
- Flexible workig hours
- 5 Weeks' paid holiday per year, as well as bank and public holidays
- Life assurance scheme
- Medicash
- Perkbox – including an Employee assistance programme.
- Long-standing service rewards
- Birthday rewards
- Social events
- Pension scheme
- What our staff say about us: …“It is a friendly and welcoming place to work” … -
We are committed to having a diverse senior management team and we encourage applications from disabled and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic candidates, as these groups are underrepresented on our senior management team at present.
Please note: this vacancy may close sooner if sufficient applications have been received so please apply as soon as possible if interested.
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501 - 1000
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
(Two-year fixed-term contract)
(Previous applicants need not apply)
Working hours: A minimum of approximately 28 hours per week
Salary: £24,800 to £26,400 per annum, subject to qualifications and experience (actual full time equivalent £31,000 to £33,000pa for 35 hours per week)
Benefits: We offer a range of benefits including hybrid and flexible working, 11% non-contributory pension scheme, 25 days holiday (15 days pro rata) rising to 29 (17.5 days pro rata) after five years’ service.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Do you have excellent project management skills with an eye for and attention to detail?
Are you passionate about racial justice, equity, and inclusion?
Do you thrive on developing creative and workable solutions to complex and challenging issues?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Officer to work collaboratively within the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford, to help realise our aim of racial justice for all in Essex and East London.
The Racial Justice Project Officer will work with the Racial Justice Officer, Racial Justice Advisory Panel, Bishop’s Leadership Team, and other key stakeholders across the Diocese to develop an implementation plan to deliver our racial justice roadmap.
Candidates will be well organised and efficient with good presentation and IT skills. They will utilise research and data analysis skills to formulate detailed, multi-layered and costed plans to be agreed and delivered by identified owners. They will be a self-starter good at stakeholder management, with a flair for communicating ideas and sharing good practices.
The Church of England is for everyone, and we want to reflect the diversity of the community that the Diocese of Chelmsford serves. Therefore, we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, and particularly encourage and welcome applicants from Global Majority Heritage (GMH) backgrounds and other underrepresented groups.
ROLE DUTIES
- To develop a project and implementation plan to deliver the recommendations in the Diocesan Racial Justice report ‘From Action to Real Change’ and the Church of England recommendations in ‘From Lament to Action’ To ensure the actions for the project are well planned, financially robust and targets and desired outcomes are agreed and met and continue to be actioned by key stakeholders to ensure the desired impact.
- To develop a framework for the production of project reports, ensuring the reports satisfy the Racial Justice Unit’s requirements and feed into wider diocesan governance structures.
- To identify and use qualitative and quantitative data to provide recommendations to the project and to satisfy the funder that agreed outcomes are being met..
CRITERIA
- Experience of project work, including planning detailed multi-layered projects, likely to be working at Project Officer or equivalent level.
- Competent user of Microsoft Office 365 (or equivalent), including the ability to create reports in a variety of media, e.g. through PowerPoint and Excel
- Educated to A Level standard or equivalent level of qualification.
- Strong planning, time management and organisational skills, including the ability to meet deadlines.
For more information please see the job description, and to apply please complete the application form found on the Chelmsford Diocese Website
Closing Date: Friday 7 February 2025
Interview Date: Tuesday 25 February 2025
Please be advised we reserve the right to close the role early and we cannot consider candidates who do not complete and return a completed application form.
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