United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: CHARITY ACCOUNTANT - HEAD OF FINANCE (Bradford, England)

Organization: Human Relief Foundation
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 04 Dec 2014

CHARITY ACCOUNTANT - HEAD OF FINANCE

Reporting to: Director

Start Date: ASAP

Fixed Term: 2 Year Contract with possible extension.

Full time: 37.5 hours per week

Benefits: Salary - £28,000 - £34,000 per annum (Reviewed after initial 3 months)

Annual Leave - 20 days + 8 Bank Holidays and 2-4 days (total) awarded at the end of core

The Post

This is an exciting opportunity for a strong experienced accountant to join an International Humanitarian NGO Operating in over 20 countries for nearly 25 years. With offices in 8 countries and Charity Shops across England & Scotland you’ll manage all the financial operations of the Charity and its subsidiary. We offer an exceptional opportunity to work ‘hands on’ in the humanitarian sector impacting aid programmes worldwide on a day to day basis.

Main Responsibilities

• Acting as point of contact and spokesperson for all Financial aspects of the charity and a trading subsidiary company
• Providing complete and parallel Financial Accounting Services to the Charity and it’s trading subsidiary arm, maintaining proper records of all financial activities and reconciling any inter-company issues between the Charity and it’s trading arm
• Implementation & Administration of a Pension Plan for both the Charity and the Subsidiary as and when required
• Providing financial expertise, leadership and high quality support to the Management Team in the UK and Internationally
• Dealing with all queries and compliance issues relating to HMRC/Inland Revenue, the Charity Commission and the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
• Preparing quarterly reports for Management and Trustees and presenting these to Management or the Board at Board meetings
• To ensure the provision of accurate and timely financial information including budgets and forecasts.
• To ensure necessary controls and monitoring is in place. and monitor these
• Maintain income sheets of revenue including standing orders and any other monthly revenue such as grants or other payments
• Integrating Sage with existing charity databases e.g. donor, orphan sponsorship etc
• Maintaining separate records and reconciliations for:
• restricted or ring fenced donations or grants for specific projects
• funds raised through specific fundraising events or for specific projects (including setting up and managing separate budgets and expense controls for each)
• Managing and administering:
• All day to day incoming & outgoing amounts, banking and cash flow handling and settling all approved invoices and expense claims
• Payroll for the Charity office staff and the Charity shop staff through the subsidiary
• Outgoing payments for the UK offices and making International payments
• Receipt of payments and making payments, in the UK and for projects Internationally in the field whilst maintaining separate budgets and records and liaising where necessary with the Programmes Department and the International Programmes Director.
• You will be responsible for the management and development of one finance assistant.
• Completion of all relevant Quarterly/Annual (as applicable) or other Statutory Compliance requirements for both the Charity and its subsidiary, including:
• Preparation and submission of Quarterly Gift Aid returns and Quarterly VAT returns to the Inland Revenue, and managing all Tax aspects e.g. Corporation Tax (if applicable), PAYE etc and all other Inland Revenue/HMRC queries and related matters
• Preparation of annual end of year accounts, filings and documentation for annual audits
• Filing all relevant records with any Statutory Body including HMRC/Inland Revenue, the Charity Commission, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator etc
• Maintaining all relevant records and implementing changes to existing handling of records as required for compliance purposes

Person Specification

· Fully Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIPFA accountant; or part-qualified/finalist/QBE with extensive relevant skills

· Over 5 years experience (at least 2 of which were in the Charity Sector)

· Exceptional communication and presentation skills

· Team worker with an ability to form and maintain good work relations

· Excellent and proven leadership qualities and ability to work at a senior level

· Excellent knowledge of sage, excel, databases, word, internet and email.

· Excellent knowledge of charity accounts

· Excellent spreadsheet skills.

· Evidence of experience in:

o Working in the charity sector

o Working through the full life cycle of accounts

o Preparing final statutory accounts and liaising with auditors.

o Reconciling control accounts and preparing management accounts.

o Cash management and banking services.

o Developing and implementing financial systems and procedures.

o Providing strategic knowledge and explaining financial information to non-finance colleagues/other stakeholders.

· Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends

· Ability to travel nationally and internationally

Please note that we reserve the right to remove this role and advert at any time and that due to the high volume of applicants, we will be unable to contact those who have been unsuccessful.

How to apply:

To apply for this role please send your CV and covering letter to mohammed@hrf.co.uk writing ‘FINANCE APPLICANT’ in the Subject Box.