Job Description
We are excited to be recruiting a Finance Manager to join the Operations team. You ll work with your team to deliver the goals set out in Join the Club, our ambitious strategy for 2.
The Finance Manger role will be central in ensuring the smooth running of the Finance department and delivery of the department s targets. The role will manage a varied workload that includes preparing monthly management accounts to deadlines, helping with the annual budget and quarterly forecasts, approving payments while ensuring internal controls are adhered to, overseeing invoicing, accounts payable, banking and payroll, and line managing Finance staff members. The role requires a qualified accountant with energy and enthusiasm, excellent time management skills and the ability to build great working relationships with colleagues across the organisation.
We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low-income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at The Brilliant Club and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity.
Person Specification
Time and Resource Management
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities
• Helps others to develop the skills and behaviours to build good time and resource management
• Manages projects, with appropriate levels of time and resource input
External Stakeholder Knowledge and Management
• Confidence in handling enquiries and conflicts from external stakeholders and adapting
approach to meet different needs
• Actively shares useful information about stakeholders with internal colleagues at all levels
Communication
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Evaluates the quality of communications within their team, suggesting improvements
• Makes sound, nuanced judgments about how, when and whether to communicate difficult complex messages
Initiative and Problem Solving
• Proactivity in seeking to enhance processes and identifying emerging risks, solving problems and suggesting solutions as they arise. Makes the case for improvements that have a positive impact and effectively shares solutions and improvements within relevant teams
• Encourages a culture of innovation
• Works with their team to respond quickly to solve problems, seeking input from relevant internal stakeholders
Developing Self and Others
• Self-reflective and committed to own professional development
• Stretches self, team members and colleagues
• Makes sound judgments in managing staff
Role Specific Knowledge and Skills
• Essential - capable of adapting quickly to new systems and interfaces
• Essential - good knowledge of accounting principles and internal controls
• Essential - good knowledge of excel (intermediate level)
• Essential - good knowledge of accounting software e.g. Xero or Sage
• Desirable - confident in using digital systems for delivery
Role Specific Experience and Qualifications
• Essential - ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified
• Essential - at least two years experience in a similar role
• Desirable - line management experience
