Senior Finance Manager
This new role will play a key part in ensuring strong financial management of the organisation’s financial resources. This position is key for both Helen Bamber Foundation and Asylum Aid and the postholder will work closely with all members of the finance team in delivering both the organisational and financial strategies.
The candidate will have confidence and experience in producing high quality and accurate management accounts and variance analysis, as well as proven FP&A experience in supporting a charity’s annual financial planning cycle. As the organisation moves into a new strategic cycle, the post holder will play a key role in supporting the development of financial systems and processes ensuring that the finance department evolves as required.
As Senior Finance Manager, you will be reporting to the Director of Finance and Governance and will be directly line managing the Finance Manager. Supporting their development as they progress with their accounting qualifications will be a key requirement in this role, and you will have the opportunity to work with and mentor them through this.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead on the production of monthly management accounts for both entities (Helen Bamber Foundation & Asylum Aid) including variance analysis.
- Oversight of month end close process carried out by the Finance Manager ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Supporting the annual planning cycle including regular re-forecasts as well as the annual budget planning process.
- Provide reports and accurate project accounting for joint partnerships with other organisations.
- Support the development of devolved budgets and budget holder responsibilities across the organisation. Provide business partnering to future budget holders across the organisation.
- Lead on production of the annual financial statements in adherence with FRS102 and charity SORP. This includes review of the year-end adjustments and liaising with the communications team on production of the annual report.
- Play a leading role in the annual audit process, dealing with our external auditors and ensuring a smooth and efficient audit process.
- Support cash flow forecasting ensuring that latest risks and opportunities are considered.
- Support the fundraising team with bid applications ensuring that budgets are accurate and aligned to strategy.
- Responsibility for the updating and implementation of key financial control procedures and policies across the organisation.
- Continually look to improve financial processes both within the finance team and across the organisation. This role will play a key role in delivering the financial strategy including systems development.
- Provide payroll cover as required – payroll is outsourced to an external payroll bureau.
- Provide good quality line management to the Finance Manager as well as indirectly to 2 part time Finance Assistants. Be seen as a leader within the organisation.
- Provide development opportunities for the finance team and in particular, to the Finance Manager who is undertaking their accounting qualifications.
- Adherence to key financial deadlines throughout the financial year (VAT returns, month end, financial year-end etc).
APPLICATION PROCESS
The first stage is to complete on our online application form on our website by 9am on Tuesday 06th May,2025
The website form will ask you to:
- Upload a short covering letter. Please tell us why the position appeals to you, and how your skills and experience demonstrate your suitability for the role.
- Upload your current CV.
- Complete an online Equal Opportunities monitoring form – completion of this form will help us ensure that our recruitment procedures operate in such a way as to provide genuine equality of opportunity. The questions are entirely optional and this information will not be available to members of the selection panel.
For any queries, please contact Tom Smith, Director of Finance at Thomas.smith@helenbamber.org org.
SELECTION PROCESS
The recruiment for this role is in Rolling basis,but we anticipate that we will invite candidates to an initial 15-minute online screening meeting not further than the comencing week the 12th of May, 2025 , followed by shortlisted candidates being invited to an online interview on the week of the 19th Of May,2025. We may also ask you to complete a short task ahead of the final interview.
At Helen Bamber Foundation Group we want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview so we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind.
EXPERTS BY EXPERIENCE SUPPORT
We are also proud to be a member of the Experts by Experience Employment Network (www.ebeemployment.org.uk), which aims to increase representation of people with lived experience in the charitable sector. Please feel free to use information and resources at https://www.ebeemployment.org.uk/ebe which may help in preparing your job application.
Equal Opportunities
Our commitment to principles of equity, diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our approach to our clients, our volunteers and our staff, and we are an equal opportunities and Living Wage employer. We are committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates because we are keen to make sure that all our staff, trustees, volunteers and ambassadors reflect the communities we serve and the wider community we work in.
We genuinely welcome and encourage applications from a range of backgrounds, especially people of colour, people with disabilities, people from low socio-economic backgrounds, refugees, stateless people and others with lived experience of forced migration or trauma.
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