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• Finance Manager

  £42,000

  London

  Accountancy, Banking and Finance

  Experienced Professional

  Permanent

  Role Overview

  Our client is currently in the market for a Finance Manager to come and join their busy team! The successful candidate will be responsible for the processing of all financial data as part of managing and controlling the monthly close process, including reconciliation controls, and presenting and interpreting results.

  Responsibilities

  • Maintain and oversee financial processes and controls to ensure completeness and accuracy of monetary information.
  • Oversee the payroll process and relationship with the external payroll bureaux to ensure staff are compensated accurately and in compliance with HMRC regulations.
  • Supervise the month-end close process, including review and questioning of monthly performance reports with budget holders.
  • Generate monthly management accounts by agreed deadlines, including insightful commentary to elucidate results against expected performance.
  • Manage the year-end process to produce the accounts to trial balance for our client and its subsidiary, working in close collaboration with the Director of Finance and Operations.
  • Prepare year end audit file working papers and support the creation of financial statements and liaison with auditors.
  • Take the lead in preparing reports on a regular and as-needed basis according to funders/donors requests by collaborating with the Fundraising team to understand reporting requirements and timelines, supporting in the preparation of donor presentations, applications, and budgets where appropriate.
  • Assist the Director of Finance and Operations in the annual review of monetary policies and procedures.
  • Oversee the production of the annual budget process and intermittent forecasts.
  • Oversee the reconciliation of banked income with the Fundraising system.
  • Reconcile all nominal ledger control accounts monthly, investigating queries and approving any resulting journal entries.
  • Lead the project to improve or upgrade the financial system, working with other stakeholders to collect user requirements, contribute to the analysis of the tender submissions and selection of vendor, and lead in the implementation of the new system within agreed project timescales.
  • Supervise the petty cash, banking, monthly cash flow, expenses, and credit card processes, ensuring staff are reimbursed by agreed deadlines.
  • Maintain and update the fixed assets register.
  • Oversee quarterly VAT returns and supporting schedules.

   

  Requirements

  • Professional experience of working as a Finance Manager or similar
  • Charity Finance experience
  • Hands-on transaction processing with strategic input
  • Proven experience of managing payroll

• Financial Accountant

  £80,000

  London

  Accountancy, Banking and Finance

  Experienced Professional Graduate

  Permanent

  Role Overview

  Out client is currently in the market for a Financial Accountant to come and join their busy team! The successful candidate will be responsible for working in high-performing Accounting and Financial Controlling functions, while also getting advice and guidance from multi-functional teams.

  Responsibilities

  • Help maintain the automated and scalable accounting function that produces accurate monthly Management Reports within 5 days of the end of the month.
  • Take ownership of and improve/automate the processes of invoice payments (AP) and expenses management
  • Claim responsibility to p improve/automate corporate bank reconciliation processes and help build relevant integrations with the finance ledger
  • Improve and pre-set all reconciliations of revenue, expenses, assets, liabilities and equity
  • Support the office team, developers and trading teams on improving trading data and computerizing the data feeds into the ledger
  • Help build a robust and scalable budgeting and forecasting model
  • Help with the annual group audits covering multiple entities
  • Financial Planning and Analysis: computerise and design reporting, both internal management reporting and external reporting to partners, investors, authorities, etc.
  • Direct and indirect tax computations and reporting
  • Adhoc project work as required

  Requirements

  • BSc in Accounting, Finance or other relevant field with a significant quantitative element

  • Recognized accounting qualification such as ACCA, ACA or CIMA with one or more years post qualified experience
  • Advanced Excel and modelling skills
  • Experience with the best-in-class automation systems and functions where scalability is driven by technology, rather than headcount and manual work

• HR Generalist

  £35,000

  London

  Business Support

  Experienced Professional Graduate

  Permanent

  Role Overview

  Our client is currently in the market for a HR Generalist to come and join their busy team! The successful candidate will support the overall recruitment process, induction and performance management of their team! As well as ad hoc duties.

  Responsibilities

  Recruitment:

  • Assist managers in preparing job descriptions and person specifications informed by team analysis for recruitment purposes, including advertising vacancies and monitoring interest on LinkedIn, websites, and job boards, making suggestions for remedial action when necessary.
  • Respond to all potential candidate enquiries, support with shortlisting and schedule interviews and tests.
  • Take part in interview panels when required and arrange candidate feedback upon request.
  • Undertake reference and document checks and prepare employment contracts, based on existing templates.

  Induction:

  • Prepare induction packs (regularly review and update information packs on a regular basis) in collaboration with Heads of Department and arrange departmental/organisational inductions.
  • Participate in international HR onboarding activities.

  Performance Management:

  • Ensure all staff receive regular reviews during their probationary period, and annual feedback documentation is completed and filed.
  • Prepare reports on performance for the Country Manager to review.

  Learning and Development:

  • Research and identify external training partners and book training courses and assist and coordinate internal training opportunities.
  • Create a centralized hub for all training measurement reporting and recording.
  • Monitor, track, and collect all documentation related to internal or external training that occurs, ensuring employee sign off.

  Employee Relations:

  • Support the HR Manager in the preparation of payroll for each month, including starters/leavers, contract variations, sick pay, maternity pay etc.
  • Undertake administration relating to the workplace pension scheme, cycle to work, eyecare vouchers, flu jab, and season ticket loans.
  • Administer requests for flexible working, maternity/paternity/adoption leave, time off for dependents, etc.
  • Assist managers with employee relations issues such as absence management, grievance, disciplinary, and dismissal, in accordance with company policy and employment legislation.

  Administration:

  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date personnel files both in hard copy and electronically, ensuring compliance with Data Protection legislation.
  • Prepare HR correspondence, such as changes to Terms and Conditions of employment, end of probation, termination, etc.
  • Collect and report upon data relating to a number of topics, such as recruitment, diversity, staff absence, and turnover.
  • Administer the exit process for leavers, including exit interviews and return of company property.
  • Assist in reviewing and updating HR policies and procedures, ensuring these are effective for the business and reflect current legislation and best practice.
  • Ensure all assigned onboarding and offboarding tasks within the HR system are up to date and prepare folders with HR Correspondence templates.

  • Meet with HR Manager for the purpose of regular supervision and appraisal.

   

  Requirements

  • Educated to Degree level or relevant HR Certification or Experience.
  • Proven experience of HR Generalist roles
  • Good communication, listening and interpersonal skills, with the ability to write and communicate to applicants, supporters, stakeholders and colleagues at all levels (both written and verbal, in a friendly and professional manner).
  • Excellent administration and organisational skills.
  • Good IT skills including an understanding of Microsoft Office suite of programmes. such as Word, Excel, Outlook etc.