Finance and Accounting Coordinator - London, United Kingdom - Anti-Slavery International

    Anti-Slavery International
    Anti-Slavery International London, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    GRADE:
    C1-C4SALARY £40,777-£44,011 per year (full-time). (salary includes our annual estimated Cost of Living increase with effect from 1 April 2024, pending Union agreement)


    CONTRACT TYPE:

    PermanentREPORTING TO Director of Finance & Resources HOURS 4-5 days per week, depending on the preference of the candidateLOCATION Vauxhall, London.

    Minimum of 1 day per week in the TASKS

    • Lead on financial aspects of grant proposals, particularly on budgeting and ensuring the budgets recover staff and indirect costs appropriately using our proposal template, with support from the DoFR. Complete financial sections of grant proposals.
    • Provide monthly financial grant reports, with supporting transactions lists, from our accounting system.
    • Support the budget holder with queries on allocation of expenditure to budget lines and other financial queries.
    • Proactively support grant budget holders in their financial management of grants, including reforecasting the projected grant end position and support the budget holder in making changes to expenditure, including submitting a revised budget to the donor where necessary.
    • Liaise with the Advocacy and Programmes team where necessary to understand and incorporate partner expenditure in financial reports so budget holders have a consolidated financial picture.
    • Lead on financial grant reporting to donors including consolidating partner expenditure for grants, where necessary.
    • With support from the DoFR, lead on grant financial audits managed from the UK and support local grant audits as required and in liaison with the Programme Support Manager (PSM) where appropriate.
    • Support the statutory annual accounts and audit processes with grant finance related issues.
    • Provide cover for other tasks within the Finance team as required due to staff absence.
    PERSON SPECIFICATIONEssential

    • Good to excellent experience (3 years or more) in preparing financial grant reports on large grants (above £300k pa).
    • Experience of supporting the creation of project budgets in grant proposals.
    • Experience of leading or supporting a grant audit by external auditors.
    • Very good to excellent knowledge of Excel.
    • Good knowledge and experience of using MS Office applications.
    • Good English communication skillsDesirable
    • Experience of working with US and/ or EU government funded grants and their compliance requirements, or other complex grants.
    • Experience of working with overseas partners, in particular carrying out due diligence.
    • Part qualified or qualified in a professional accounting qualification.
    • Intermediate level (B1) or higher in written French.