Description
Financial Analyst/Accountant: Charity Sector/Social Enterprise
World Leading Global Energy Oil Company has an exciting opportunity for a Financial Analyst/
Accountant. This unique role provides experience in the charitable and social enterprise sectors as well as a unique opportunity to participate in the end-to-end finance processes for a medium sized entity from invoicing to Board reporting.
About the Role:
- Development and day-to-day operating of the key financial controls of major programme agreements with restricted donors such as DFID in the UK and USAID in the USA; and
- Development and implementation of improved business performance management including reporting of public benefit KPIs and commitment tracking; and
- Become an integral part of the finance team providing support to the CFO and FC/FM
Principal Accountabilities:
- Maintain and monitor agreement checklists for DFID and USAID
- Perform due diligence and arrange payment requests for restricted donations; Includes liaising with Programme staff on grant payment rescheduling and processing in SUN
- Participate in monthly ledger close, including revenue accounting and grant commitments - particularly for restricted portfolio.
- Preparation of monthly budgetary control reporting and milestone tracking for restricted donations
- Preparation of internal quarterly management information for the restricted programmes; external reporting and analysis to DFID, USAID on a quarterly, semi-annual and annual basis per agreements and investment committee requirements
- Coordinate external auditor liaison for restricted programmes
- Develop and implement transparent charging mechanism from SF to SFIM.
- Maintain restricted monitoring information; prepare draft donor reporting and funding requests.
- Prepare cash forecasts for restricted programmes.
- Preparation of annual budget, and 5 year forecast for restricted programmes.
- Maintenance of grants and contracts records files.
- Deputise for the Finance Manager/Controller and SF Accountant as required.
About You:
- Part Qualified of an internationally-recognised accountancy qualification) or qualified accountant; relevant experience including operational experience of the following preferred:
- Management of contracts and agreements
- IFRS or FRS 102
- Budget preparation and variance analysis
- Develop and prepare management information
- Pro-active business partnering skills
- Strong PC skills - Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook
This needs combining with a positive attitude and an ability to work within a large, globally dispersed project team in a multi-cultural environment. You also need to be a self-starter, a logical thinker and a quick learner, with strong initiative and excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, able to write clearly and concisely.
We believe in equality of opportunity for all job applicants regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, creed or religion, disability, sexual orientation or age.