Team: Finance & Resources
Locations: Hybrid – at our office (Argon House, Argon Mews, London SW6 1BJ) and remotely at home. A minimum of two days a week at the office (including our all-staff Wednesday)
Duration: Permanent (with six months’ probation)
Reporting to: CEO
Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday
Salary: Starting salary £60,000
The post holder will be responsible for the following:
Finance
Legal and compliance
are met in a timely fashion.
Risk management
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Overall responsibility for risk management, including timely and accurate completion of relevant risk assessments, maintaining and developing the organisation's risk register, and procuring and maintaining appropriate insurance cover.
Office Management
People Management
Senior Leadership Team
Governance
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Co-ordinate the annual policy review process for Finance & Resources (finance, legal, HR, data, governance) and Fundraising & Communications (fundraising, communications).
Person Specification
Essential
Personal Qualities
• Empathetic attitude towards homeless and vulnerably-housed people.
• A confident self-starter who will hit the ground running.
• Ability to operate at a range of levels; with both gravitas and relate-ability
• A team worker with an open, collaborative style and a practical, “can-do” approach.
• Commitment to our values of being welcoming; being open to all, without prejudice;
compassionate; believing individuals can turn their lives around; and knowing we can have a
bigger impact when we work together.
• Commitment to and understanding of the issues relating to equality of opportunity and the
ability to implement change in this area.
• Ability to adhere to and implement Health & Safety, HR and operational policies.
Qualifications and Experience
• Minimum CIMA or CIPFA qualification.
• Minimum five years’ in-house employment experience post-qualification.
• Experience of leading and inspiring a team.
• Experience of budgeting and financial planning, including modelling / scenario planning.
• Experience with month end reporting.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
• Excellent working knowledge of accounting software systems e.g. Xero.
• Fully conversant with best practice in accounting procedures.
• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail, especially record-keeping and
electronic filing.
• Strong written English and numeracy skills.
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Pro, and
databases).
• Good interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to forward plan and schedule workflows.
• Ability to relate to and work with people from a range of backgrounds.
Desirable
• ACA or ACCA qualification.
• Experience of working with homeless people or similar disadvantaged client groups and an
understanding of their needs.
• Experience of working in the not-for-profit sector.
• Experience of charity accounting/ the SORP.
• Experience of risk management.
• An understanding of GDPR and health and safety legislation.
