Finance Manager (Charity)

Trial Balance; Truro; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexi arrangement

Job summary

Trial Balance is exclusively reengaged to recruit an experienced Finance Manager for a rapidly expanding charitable organisation. This full-time, permanent role offers a hybrid/flexible arrangement and reports to the Director of Finance.

You will manage a small team, oversee end-to-end finance processes, and contribute to statutory accounts and audits while driving process improvements across the function.

Qualifications

• Qualified AAT or equivalent experience minimum.
• Experience managing a small team.
• End-to-end finance lifecycle knowledge.
• Experience in charity/not-for-profit sector advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a small finance team.
• Prepare management information packs: budgets, cashflow, management accounts.
• Oversee accounts payable and supplier payments.
• Oversee accounts receivable processes.
• Assist Director of Finance with year-end procedures and audits.
• Drive improvements to finance processes and digital systems.
• Ensure charity accounting standards and SORPs are followed.
• Deputise for the Director of Finance when required.

Skills

Team leadership

Financial analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Education

AAT qualification

Tools

SAGE/ERP

Excel

Job description

Trial Balance Consulting are delighted to have been exclusively reengaged by a longstanding client, a rapidly expanding and highly respected charitable organisation. The charity seeks to recruit an experienced Finance Manager to join them in a newly created position. This opportunity is offered as a full time, permanent contract but also benefits from a generous hybrid/flexible working arrangement - details to be discussed with shortlisted candidates.

Working closely alongside the organisation’s long standing and highly experienced Director of Finance, the successful candidate will manage a small team and play a key role in overseeing the charity’s operational financial controls. Key responsibilities to include:

• Manage, mentor and develop a small team of transactional focussed colleagues
• Prepare a range of detailed management information packs - budgets, cashflow forecasts and management accounts
• Oversee all aspects of the accounts payable function and supplier payment runs
• Manage the accounts receivable function
• Assist the DoF in year-end procedures, statutory accounts and charity audit
• Continuously seek ways to improve, develop and streamline the finance function to include digital system enhancements
• Ensure adherence to charity accounting standards and SORPS
• Deputise for the DoF where required
• Ad-hoc assistance across other areas of the organisation where required

The ideal candidate:

The successful candidate will have recently gained experience gained in a similar capacity, ideally managing a small team and with a good knowledge of the end-to-end finance lifecycle. Whilst experience gained within a regulated not-for-profit environment would be advantageous, our client is open minded and welcomes applicants with commercial finance experience gained in any sector, or a practice leaver seeking their first commercial role. Applicants should be qualified AAT as a minimum, or possess a suitable level of vocational experience. The incoming FM will certainly require sound management/supervisory experience, excellent IT aptitude and the ability to work with and communicate effectively with colleagues across all areas of the organisation. The role works as part of a motivated, passionate and energetic management team whose enthusiasm for the future the charity is infectious - a like-minded, team playing attitude would work exceptionally well for this appointment.