Job Description

The projects give people the opportunity to get involved in local communities, meet new people and have fun through a range of activities.  Positive People and Hopeful Families are funded by The European Social Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund.

We are currently seeking a talented individual to join our BBO team as a Finance Manager.  You will manage and support the BBO finance team to deliver the financial requirements of the Positive People and Hopeful Families contracts. 
Our ideal candidate will have a minimum AAT qualification or be qualified by experience, have strong management accounting skills and be fully IT literate in using a range of Microsoft Office programmes to include 365 products and modern digital technologies, i.e. Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business.  You will be an excellent planner and have strong leadership skills.

Key Responsibilities

• To establish and maintain good working relationship with partnership managers, external partners and other key stakeholders supporting to them to meet the requirements of the contract. 
• To provide inspirational leadership, to the BBO Finance team, through the coaching and development of individual members whilst driving collective accountability for the BBO Finance service and its objectives across the team.
• Accountable for the accurate and timely delivery of monthly/quarterly and annual BBO financial reporting, in line with BBO contract requirements.
• Lead for all audits on finance areas of BBO.
• Ensure Pluss Annex O’s are submitted on time. Design system to ensure all costs are being claimed and for the recovery of unclaimed costs. Monthly reconciliations.
• Supporting BBO budget managers, with monthly meetings and regular communications, to meet the requirements of the BBO contract.
• Undertake regular communication, including visits, to partners across the South West and North West of England to provide advice, support and training on all the financial elements of the contract including the preparation of BBO return and the continuous improvement of their financial procedures and policies./

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Experience of working with both finance and non-finance colleagues, both internally and externally ü  Strong IT skills, particularly Excel and Word ü  Experience of line management    ü  Strong management accounting skills  Maths GCSE grade C or above or equivalent experience ü  Minimum AAT Qualified or part qualified CCAB Previous experience of ESF Funding  Maths or Accounting A level