Financial Reporting Team Leader

Migrant Help have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Financial Reporting Team Leader to join our team!

Location: Dover (hybrid)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £34,682

About us:

Migrant Help is a leading charity that was established in 1963 and delivers a range of support and advice services to people affected by displacement and exploitation across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable people, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.

We foster a culture in which equality, diversity and inclusion are recognised, valued and encouraged. It doesn t matter who you are or where you come from, we match your skills with the needs of our organisation, as long as you share our values, vision and goals. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of their age, religion or belief, race, gender reassignment, disability, sexual orientation, sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

The Financial Reporting Team Leader role:

Part of the Finance team, the Financial Reporting Team Leader is a new and exciting role at Migrant Help. You will support the Financial Reporting Manager in maintaining accurate and appropriate finance records, ensuring compliance and contractual, grant and organizational requirements. Within this role, you will support the Financial Reporting Manager with overseeing the day to day activities of the team, providing guidance and support to ensure work is completed in line with agreed procedures, standards and deadlines. You will review outputs for accuracy and escalate issues where necessary.

If you have demonstrable experience supervising a team with strong understanding over financial reporting and accounting standards, and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we d love to hear from you!

Key responsibilities of our Financial Reporting Team Leader:

• Support the preparation and review of accurate and timely financial reports
• Ensure financial data is complete, accurate and compliant with internal controls and external reporting standards
• Oversee the day to day team activities, allocating work, and monitoring progress to meet deadlines
• Review team outputs to ensure consistency, quality and adherence to agreed processes
• Support the Financial Reporting Manager in delivering reporting requirements for contracts, grants and organisational need
• Contribute to continued improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance processes and reporting efficiency
• Provide guidance, coaching and support to team members, encouraging development and high performance
• Build effective working relationships with internal stakeholders, providing clear financial information and updates
• Ensuring compliance with relevant legislative and regulatory requirements

The experience and skills you need

• Proven experience in a finance function, preferably Charity, in a financial reporting or management accounting position
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to review and validate financial information
• Good communication skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to interpret and interrogate financial data
• Ability to organise, prioritise and manage multiple deadlines

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process therefore:

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check therefore applicants must:

• Be able to provide documents to show their right to work in the UK (such as Passport, work visa, settled status document, certificate of registration, naturalisation as a British citizen, Biometric Residence Permit etc.)
• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment

These are some of the benefits we offer

• Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
• Wellbeing support.
• Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.

Closing Date: 5th May 2026

If you are interested in becoming our new Financial Reporting Team Leader, please click 'APPLY' today. We look forward to hearing from you!

Your application will be assessed against the job description and person specification, which can be found via the above link, we therefore recommend you review both before you apply.

We encourage applications from disabled people by offering them an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job

Please note this vacancy may close early depending on applications received

As part of your role, it is important you operate within Migrant Help s values: Protection, Diversity, Equality, Partnership, Innovation and Excellence.

Migrant Help is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.