Interim Financial Accountant - Large Charity - Fully Remote

Michael Page (UK); City Of London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A respected recruitment agency is seeking a qualified accountant for a fully remote, interim role with a high profile charity. The successful candidate will work on implementing accounting standards and deliver significant projects, while contributing to a meaningful cause. The role offers a competitive daily rate and the possibility to work four days a week, starting near October 1st.

Benefits

Competitive daily rate

Flexible working arrangements

Opportunity to work with a meaningful cause

Qualifications

• Direct experience of implementing major accounting standard changes (e.g., IFRS15, IFRS16) would be highly beneficial.
• Exposure to a larger corporate or charity environment.
• Understanding of a good control framework and experience improving processes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver certain projects related to new SORP planning and implementation.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations.
• Interact across finance teams and Society.

Skills

Qualified accountant

Experience with IFRS15

Experience with IFRS16

Strong communication skills

Process improvement skills

Team player

Education

ACA qualified

Job description

Overview

Fully remote contract for a high profile charity. Healthy day rate.

About Our Client

The organisation is a respected not-for-profit entity committed to making a meaningful impact in its field.

Job Description

• The role has arisen due to internal promotion opportunities against the general backdrop of a finance transformation programme and a rapidly growing overall organisation. The financial accounting team works very closely with the rest of finance, notably Financial Partnering, Planning & Analysis and Systems and Data, to be a true enabler to the organisation as it strives to end the devastation of dementia.
• Within financial accounting, whilst we are very close to completing the previous year end activities, work continues on ensuring that we are in a good position for the next year end and making further steps towards the vision of finance being the charity's single point of truth.
• Responsibilities in this period will include the delivery of certain projects (notably new SORP planning and implementation) as well as more business-as-usual activities (e.g., balance sheet reconciliations). The application of the principles of IFRS15 to a portfolio of contracts and IFRS16 to our lease arrangements will be key steps driven by this role to ensure our readiness for the new SORP.
• The position has no line management responsibilities, but we would expect the role to have lots of interaction across the finance teams and Society more widely.

The Successful Applicant

• Technically strong qualified accountant, likely ACA. Direct experience of implementing major accounting standard changes (e.g., IFRS15, IFRS16) would be highly beneficial.
• Exposure to a larger corporate or charity environment - whether through audit or working in industry.
• Some experience working in industry - charity experience is a definite positive but not essential.
• Understanding of what a good control framework should be and demonstrable experience of improving processes.
• Strong communication / influencing skills with the ability to see and articulate the bigger picture, but equally happy to get stuck into the detail and possesses the skills to do so.
• Team player, able to work readily across departmental and hierarchical boundaries and comfortable operating in an environment where ambiguity is the norm as undergoing significant business change.

What's on Offer

• Competitive daily rate
• 4 month interim role to start 1 October (or as near as possible to that)
• Fully remote working arrangement for enhanced flexibility.
• Opportunity to contribute to a meaningful cause in the not-for-profit sector.
• Collaborative environment focused on achieving organisational goals.
• Open to bringing someone on 4 days per week.