Finance Analyst

South West Community Chaplaincy; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,040 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

South West Community Chaplaincy in Central London is seeking a Finance Analyst to help rebuild the finance function. The role sits in FP&A, supporting month-end, reporting and project analysis within a nonprofit setting, with hybrid working (2 days in office, 3 days remote) and 35 hours per week.

You will collaborate with project managers and budget holders to review spend, develop donor reporting, and help implement new processes and controls as the function is transformed.

Qualifications

• : Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field; or studying for ACA, ACCA, CIMA equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• : Experience in financial planning and analysis roles within a non-profit or public sector environment
• : Previous roles may have included Assistant Finance Business Partner, Management/Project Accountant etc
• : Experience in donor or restricted fund reporting
• : Strong financial analysis, budgeting and management accounting exposure
• : Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial systems
• : Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• : Proactive, can-do attitude with strong ownership
• : Comfortable working in an unstructured, evolving environment
• : Solutions-focused, resilient and adaptable

Responsibilities

• Support the month-end process, including analysis, variance review and reporting outputs
• Deliver detailed financial analysis on projects and restricted funds, ensuring accuracy and clarity
• Prepare and support donor reporting, ensuring compliance with funding requirements
• Work closely with project managers and budget holders to review spend, challenge assumptions and improve financial understanding
• Investigate and support resolution of historical financial issues, balances and data inconsistencies
• Contribute to the setup and development of new processes, controls and reporting frameworks within FP&A
• Support the creation of meaningful management information, translating financial data into clear insights
• Build effective relationships across the organisation to improve data quality and financial engagement
• Proactively identify process gaps and inefficiencies, suggesting and implementing improvements

Skills

Advanced Excel skills

Financial analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Solutions-focused

Data quality improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field; ACA/ACCA/CIMA studies

Tools

Financial systems

Job description

Job role: Finance Analyst

Pay rate: £21.98 per hour plus holiday pay

Location: Central London

Hybrid working: 2 days in the office, 3 days remote

Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract: Temporary ongoing

Play a key role in rebuilding a finance function

Join a non-profit membership organisation at a pivotal stage of transformation. This role sits within a developing the financial planning and analysis team and will support reporting, projects and process improvement while the function is being rebuilt.

The role

• Support the month-end process, including analysis, variance review and reporting outputs


• Deliver detailed financial analysis on projects and restricted funds, ensuring accuracy and clarity


• Prepare and support donor reporting, ensuring compliance with funding requirements


• Work closely with project managers and budget holders to review spend, challenge assumptions and improve financial understanding


• Investigate and support resolution of historical financial issues, balances and data inconsistencies


• Contribute to the setup and development of new processes, controls and reporting frameworks within FP&A


• Support the creation of meaningful management information, translating financial data into clear insights


• Build effective relationships across the organisation to improve data quality and financial engagement


• Proactively identify process gaps and inefficiencies, suggesting and implementing improvements

About you

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field; or studying for ACA, ACCA, CIMA equivalent professional accounting qualification.


• Experience in financial planning and analysis roles within a non - profit or public sector environment


• Previous roles may have included Assitant Finance Business Partner, Management/Project Accountant etc


• Experience in donor or restricted fund reporting


• Strong financial analysis, budgeting and management accounting exposure


• Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial systems


• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills


• Proactive, can-do attitude with strong ownership


• Comfortable working in an unstructured, evolving environment


• Solutions-focused, resilient and adaptable

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.