Finance and Operations Manager - London, United Kingdom - Pro-Finance and World Book Day

Description

Finance and Operations Manager
Fully Remote
Salary - £50,000 (pro-rata for 24 hours a week)

Reports to:
Chief Executive

World Book Day is a charity that changes lives through a love of books and shared reading.

Our mission is to promote reading for pleasure, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own.

We want to see more children witha life-long habit of reading for pleasure and the improved life chances this brings.

This is an exciting time to join our growing organisation as Finance and Operations Manager as we approach our next World Book Day in March.

As Finance and Operations Manager, you will work closely with the CEO, the small World Book Day team and with external providers.

You will have the finance and operations skills and experience to offer strategic support at a leaership level, strengthen ourfinancial and charity governance, improve our internal operations, processes and systems, and lead on human resources.

Responsibilities include -

• Financial planning, management and reporting
• Governance
• Operations
• People strategy and support
• IT strategy and provision

Essential skills and experience -

• Essential_
• CCAB (or equivalent) fully qualified accountant, or QBE/PQ with the essential criteria
• Experience of the production of financial (including yearend statutory returns) and management account
• Experience of fund accounting and restricted fund reporting
• Experience of internal controls and audit
• Charity SORP experience
• Desirable_
• A working knowledge of HR including employment law
• Experience of working with a senior leadership team of a charity including trustees

This is a fully remote position with travel approx. once a month to London and elsewhere in the UK, to attend meetings and work with the wider team.


Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of working across a range of functions and disciplines.
• Fully qualified accountant with at least 25 years' experience in a senior role.
• Experience of leading financial and management accounts.
• Experience and knowledge of using financial systems (Xero) to record and report on financial activities and provide information and projections.
• Knowledge of the financial and regulatory requirements of the charity sector.
• Strong experience in all aspects of financial management, including budgeting, reporting, cash flow, restricted fund accounting, internal controls and audit.
• Experience of producing charity statutory accounts in compliance with the charity SORP.
• Experience of managing an external audit process.
• Working knowledge of HR and employment law issues.
• Experience of establishing clear, simple HR frameworks and procedures.
• Experience of creating policies operations and processes to support high performing and happy teams.
• Knowledge and experience of charity governance, including working with directly with and reporting to charity trustee boards.
• Knowledge and experience of statutory and legal requirements, including statutory reporting relating to a charitable organisation
• Experience of IT services and supporting the adoption of new technologies.
• Experience of managing and liaising with a range of external service providers.