Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Providing strategic charity finance advice to non-financial colleagues
• Assessing the financial health of grant applicants in order to support decision making
• Undertaking financial modelling of the underlying assets and investment of the charity, scenario modelling to decide the appropriate amount to be given in grants in a given period
• Identifying training needs of non-financial colleagues and delivering financial information relevant to their roles
• Line management of one Financial Accountant

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

A fully qualified accountant, you must be able to demonstrate you have up to date technical knowledge of a full finance qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) Detailed knowledge of Charity SORP, Charity Commission Governance and tax regulations relevant to charities You must have significant experience in an accountancy role in the third sector (this can be in-house experience or from auditing registered charities) Accounting experience in a grant-making charity is desirable, but not essential. Outstanding verbal communication skills and demonstrable experience of working with senior stakeholders Experience of working with an integrated finance system (ideally Oracle) and outstanding Excel skills