Sense International has a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our Finance team as our Business Partner. This is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week, working flexibly between home and our office in Wakefield.
This role will lead on management of Sense International’s finances, including providing high quality management information to Sense International in both the UK and internationally. Sense International (SI) works directly and through partner organisations in the eight countries to realise the rights of people with deafblindness.
Key responsibilities
* Produce monthly management accounts for the UK business unit to the required timetable, including the preparation of adjustment journals as appropriate and providing forecasts of income and expenditure.
* Produce monthly or quarterly management accounts for five business units (outside East Africa) based on transaction listings supplied.
* Post transfers of income from the UK directly into other SI business units.
* Produce financial reports for donors, for all grants and contracts managed from the UK, and collaborate with other finance staff in producing financial reports for contracts managed outside the UK.
* Provide advice to Programmes and Fundraising staff preparing budgets for funding applications and checking budgets before submission.
* Support and build the capacity of the finance functions of the international teams and provide assurance on their performance by regular liaison both remotely and by visits, of up to approximately four weeks per year, where necessary.
Key skills and experience required:
* CCAB/CIMA qualified.
* Significant experience of working as a Management Accountant, explaining financial concepts to non-finance colleagues.
* Experience of keeping sensitive information confidential.
* Good knowledge of writing reports to extract information from large multi-site accounting databases and working with international colleagues.
* Good knowledge of the management accounting requirements of an international non-government organisation.
* Experience of training non-finance colleagues to manage budgets and work within finance policies and guidelines.
* Experience of challenging current ways of working, revising or developing procedures and policies in order to deliver benefits but ensure regulatory requirements are met.
* Able to plan and organise your own workload or contribute to the planning of team workload with an appreciation of short and long term deadlines.
To apply
Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.
Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.
No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.
If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0121 415 6735 or recruitment@sense.org.uk.
For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential.
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