Financial Accountant

Macmillan Cancer Support; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday plus flexible bank-hol

Pension matched up to 7.5%

120+ learning & development offers

Flexible working patterns (core hours

Holiday buying/selling scheme

Job summary

Macmillan Cancer Support is seeking a Financial Accountant to provide technical support to the Accounting and Tax team in a hybrid London setting. The role covers the financial lead for the trading subsidiary, raffle and lottery accounting, and supporting annual reports and external returns.

The candidate should have an accountancy qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent), strong technical accounting skills, charity accounting awareness, and Excel proficiency.

Qualifications

• Strong technical accounting skills and knowledge of charity accounting and compliance.
• Experience with internal control requirements and governance processes.
• Proficient in MS Excel, including pivot tables, lookups and formulas.
• Experience liaising with non-financial staff and third parties such as auditors and regulators.

Responsibilities

• Financial lead for Macmillan’s trading subsidiary.
• Raffle and lottery accounting and financial compliance.
• Monitor monthly balance sheet reconciliations and bank accounts.
• Assist in the preparation of Charity and group accounts and Annual Report.

Skills

Strong technical accounting

Charity accounting

Internal controls

Excel (advanced)

Stakeholder liaison

Education

Accountancy qualification – CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Hybrid London office/Home (see what this looks like in the advert text)

At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

About the role

We are currently seeking a Financial Accountant to provide technical support to the Accounting and Tax team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Financial lead for Macmillan’s trading subsidiary
• Raffle and lottery accounting and financial compliance
• Ongoing monitoring of the monthly balance sheet reconciliation and bank accounts
• Supporting with the preparation of the Charity and group accounts
• Assisting in the production of the Annual Report and Accounts
• Support with the preparation of various external returns
• Being point of contact for all financial accounting issues; internal queries, external queries, including auditors, regulators and advisors
• Ensuring appropriate VAT reporting
• Production of auditable financial statements, other accounts and statistical returns
• Interpretation of technical accounting policies and applicable standards including charity specific requirements
• Delivery of year end and other ad hoc tasks to deadline

About you

We’re looking for someone with the following skills and experience:

• Accountancy Qualification – CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent
• Strong technical accounting skills
• Good awareness of charity accounting and compliance
• An awareness of internal control requirements
• A good knowledge of MS Excel, including pivot tables, look ups and formulae
• Experience in liaising with non-financial staff and third parties

This role requires a minimum of one day per week in our London office. During audit periods, London attendance is required more often, typically 2-3 times per week.

About our benefits

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment Process

1st interviews: September 4th

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people