Finance Officer - London, United Kingdom - Development Media International CIC

Description

Job description


Reports to:
Head of Finance


Responsible for:
N/A


Start date:

ASAP

Term:
Full time, permanent


Based in:
London (Kings Cross).

DMI is trialling a hybrid working arrangement with Tuesday and Thursday in the office and flexibility to work either in the office or remotely on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Salary:
£32,000, rising to £35,000 at the end of probation


Application deadline: 23:30 Sunday 29th January 2023. First round interviews will be held on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd February 2023


About DMI
Development Media International (DMI) delivers media campaigns aimed at changing behaviours, promoting health, and saving lives in developing countries.

We are the first organisation to scientifically demonstrate that mass media can increase life-saving behaviours (see the results of our RCT that proved our interventions can save thousands of children's lives, here).

DMI has two priorities:

first, to continue to generate ground-breaking research, second, to take our proven strategies to scale, saving as many lives as possible.

We work across a range of health issues, including child survival, reproductive health, nutrition, hygiene, and early childhood development.

DMI works in close partnership with leading experts in health, including WHO, UNICEF and LSHTM and has been funded by some of the world's most prestigious organisations including the Wellcome Trust, DFID, Comic Relief, the Global Innovation Fund, Unorthodox Philanthropy, and the Mulago Foundation.

We are an innovative and rapidly growing organisation, working at the nexus between science and creativity.

DMI has demonstrated that knowledge is not only a human right but is also the key to saving lives in a cost-effective way.

Our intellectual rigour, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn from both our successes and mistakes, makes us distinct. Our ethos is non-hierarchical: all our staff are intellectually high-powered, and we have a "best idea wins" culture. By working at DMI you will have a genuine, measurable impact on improving lives in low-income countries.

DMI has a permanent presence in
Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Mozambique, and
Tanzania and also currently works in
Mauritania,
Uganda, and
Zambia.

DMI's headquarters overlooks the Regents Canal near Kings Cross in London and provides the strategic direction for the whole organisation.

DMI is ranked as one of the most cost-effective non-profit organisations in the world by The Life You Can Save.

Job description
More specifically, the Finance Officer role will include the following responsibilities:

• Ensuring the complete and accurate bookkeeping of all DMI's sales and purchase transactions and updating the accounting software in a timely manner. This includes accounts payables, accounts receivables, cash accounts, and payroll, with all transactions documented appropriately and relevant accounts reconciled each month.
• Supporting finance staff in DMI's national offices with bookkeeping processes and reviewing their financial transactions each month, ensuring DMI policies and procedures are complied with.
• Updating all relevant DMI operational trackers with information on sales and purchases to inform various stakeholders within the business.
• Preparing and consolidating project and HQ budgets, management accounts, and other reports as appropriate to provide decision makers at operational and strategic levels with accurate, timely, and useful financial information.
• Ensuring that DMI complies with all relevant financial legislation in the UK and any relevant legislation in the countries where DMI operates. This includes reviewing VAT returns prepared by the Finance Assistant and preparing other statutory returns such as Companies House reports and HMRC returns.
• Supporting the Head of Finance and the Senior Finance Manager in the consolidation of the yearly accounts and the completion of the audit.
• Preparing donor reports, ensuring that expenditure is incurred and reported in line with donor stipulations.
• Working effectively with, and mentoring, other members of the team in the UK, and staff based in DMI's international offices (including staff with financial and nonfinancial backgrounds) to improve their understanding of financial management and financial processes.
• Other duties as required by DMI.

Person specification

• Required knowledge, skills, and experience_
• Minimum of 4 years' experience in a similar finance role.
• Excellent IT skills with experience of operating financial management systems (DMI uses QuickBooks). Competent to advanced level in Microsoft Excel.
• Knowledge of UK taxation including VAT and corporation tax.
• Understanding of standard business procedures around procurement and other financial controls
• Strong intellectual ability, with the capacity to flexibly manage multiple tasks / priorities.
• Willingness and ability to take the initiative not only in