Finance Manager

Highly passionate charity seeking Finance Manager to manage 2 Finance Assistants located in central Bristol. You'll be responsible for the production of Management Accounts, preparing the forecast and budget and analyse cost to ensure you're on track. This will also involve liaising with senior stake holders/trustees.

This position would suit an ACCACIMA studier, managed people previously and are used to working with a small Finance team

Client Details

My client are a passionate, positive Charity based in central Bristol who are seeking a Finance Manager to be in charge of the overall running the Finance department. Working within a friendly, welcoming and relaxed team. Easy access from train station / public transport, up to 30days holiday, outstanding personal development and training programs and a competitive salary. £30,000 - £32,000.

Description

Key responsibilities of the Finance Manager:

• Prepare financial statements and analysis with Quarterly Management Accounts (and cash flow forecast) and assess actual performance against budget forecast.

• Full management of day to day financial operations totalling £5+ million per annum

• Gathering data to raise grant invoices and liaising with funders regularly

• Monitoring received income on a regular basis and reconciling income on quarterly basis

• Assist managers and budget holders to develop and monitor fully costed project proposals and budgets.

• Prepare cost-centred expenditure reports as required and ensure correct apportionment of overheads.

• Analyse and collate data to ensure funders monitoring and claiming requirements are met.

• Monitor and oversee the work of the Finance team

• Maintain the organisation's fixed asset register.

• Oversee payroll and ensure that correct payments are made to staff, HMRC and pension providers and all relevant returns are submitted.

• Create and process monthly salaries journal

• Calculate annual pension entitlement at the year end and ensure correct payments are made to pension providers in line with Organisational policies.

• Monitor the Organisation's bank account balances and investment of the reserves in order to maximise the Organisation's bank interest received

• Completing salary reconciliations on quarterly basis;

• Provide monthly arrears and occupancy reports to the Senior Management team in order to enable them to reduce arrears and bad debts

• Assisting in improvements and developments to Financial systems

Profile

The successful candidate:

• 4 years' experience of taking accounts to trial balance.

• 2 two years' experience of payroll administration including pensions, BACS payments and end of year returns to HMRC

• Demonstrable experience of developing and producing project and organisational budgets and budget modelling.

• Demonstrable experience of managing and monitoring income and expenditure across a range of income and funding streams.

• Demonstrable experience of producing management accounts for Board members

• Experience of managing, supporting and motivating staff.

• Experience of grant/project monitoring and reporting systems.

Skills

• Ability to identify and work collaboratively to recommend improvements to accounting systems and practice.

• IT literate in the use of current relevant finance applications e.g. Sage Accounts, Sage payroll

• Ability to plan and prioritise workload and work to deadlines.

• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to develop and motivate others.

• Ability to interpret and present financial information to non-finance staff or committee members.

• Ability to make decisions and solve problems.

• Methodical, meticulous and well organised.

• Excellent time-management skills and the ability work to meet deadlines.

Knowledge

• Relevant accounting qualification Level 4 AAT or part qualified.

• Knowledge and a high level understanding of financial reporting requirements for charities.

• Comprehensive knowledge of accounting procedures and knowledge of current conventional uses of computerisation in accounting and financial control

• In depth knowledge and understanding of accounting packages.

Job Offer

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