Ember
Finance Manager (6-month sickness cover, immediate start)
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Finance Manager (6-month sickness cover, immediate start)
6-Month Sickness Cover in Finance Team – UK Remote Role
About Ember
Ember is a fully remote, globally-focused nonprofit dedicated to accelerating the global energy transition through data-driven policy and analysis. We specialise in evaluating:
- Power sector trends
- Coal mine methane emissions
- Global clean energy policy developments
For more on our work, visit: https://ember-energy.org and @ember_energy.
We are seeking a highly skilled interim finance professional to support our predominantly international team in managing critical financial functions while we work through temporary absence.
The Role
You’ll provide essential interim support for financial management, reporting, and compliance on a 6-month contract (extendable) at our nonprofit think tank. Given the urgent need and the tight hiring timeline, we’re prioritising candidates who can start swiftly and align with our organisational goals.
Your primary focus will be:
- Financial close: End-of-month processes, payment approvals, and cash flow management
- Regulatory compliance: Updating financial filings and ensuring UK accounting standards are met
- Grant reporting: Producing accurate grant documentation and internal budget allocations
- Collaboration: Aligning financial metrics with policymakers, team-based budgets, and donor reporting
The role is interdisciplinary, requiring both technical financial acumen and the ability to interface with other teams to drive Ember’s strategy forward.
Key Responsibilities (Interim Basis):
- Financial control:
- Oversee cash flow, reconciliations, and treasury management
- Maintain accuracy in accounting functions, proactive error checking, and audit readiness
- Reporting and compliance:
- Prepare financial statements, consolidated reports, grant compliances, and management reports
- Work with our (external) bookkeeper to review and reconcile processes
- Ensure full UK regulatory compliance, beyond basic tax and accounting
- Collaborative engagement:
- Partner with other departments to inform team-based budgets
- Communicate financial insights to marginalise initiatives and policymaker engagement
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Job Specifics
- Type: Part-time to full-time (flexible hours, up to 60% or 100%)
- Timetable: Applications close 30 June at 15:00 (UK time)
- Process timeline:
- Shortlisted candidates interviewed 1 July
- Interviews conducted 2 July
About the Team
Our finance function is small but pivotal, working closely with policy analysts, research teams, and external partnerships. This doesn’t entail “back-office” staff reliance; trust in your operational expertise will be matched by questions about strategy from senior leaders.
Key Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- Certification: Professional accreditation required (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
- Experience:
- Three-plus years in the finance of UK-based nonprofits, across two different organisations (e.g., think tanks, grant-led bodies)
- Hands-on experience in grant reporting and allocating resources to internal team budgets
- Language: Fluent in spoken and written English
- Motivation: Passionate about the climate movement and/or energy transition—you need to be eager to improve decision-making with financial discipline
Nice-to-have Skills
- Prior experience in using AI for financial forecasting or risk analysis
- Familiarity with predictive-modeling techniques applied to grants or carbon accounting
- Shifting between viable financial models for different country contexts/audiences
- Competence with Xero, Google Analytics, Stayate Aboa, or automated due diligence gates
- Proficiency in additional languages, particularly Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, Hindi) or Spanish
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Benefits & Remuneration
Financial Package
We offer a competitive salary of:
- £5,000–£5,500/month (capped as £60,000–£65,000 FTE).
- Front-loaded term contract starting Monday, short-term upto 6 months.
Flexible & Wellness-Focused Package
- Training & development: Allocated time and funding for certifications/upskilling
- Annual leave:
- 25 days + UK bank holidays plus 1 bonus holiday per year stationed beyond year 1 (up to 5)
- Environmental commitments:
- Four paid “low carbon travel” days annually
- Paid donation-time to support volunteer roles tied to climate, energy, or community welfare
- Health & wellbeing:
- Free annual eye tests
- Counselling support on demand
- Generous maternity/paternity leave aligned with UK standards
- Work-life balance:
- Nine-day fortnight policy (every other Friday off, with full pay)
- Workspace flexibility:
- Access to remote office space where needed (i.e., local coworking facilitation)
- Contributions to Ember’s mission: You’ll scale your expertise to a fast-learning, low-carbon organisation with rapid influence on policy
Employment Context
You will be working under emergency contract (let the urgency motivate you!), likely requiring some independent recovery (exemplary timekeeping) and consultative management styles. Ember thrives on diverse worldviews and tempience. Candidates with networks from diverse sectors and global degreed backgrounds stand out.
Our team expects determination above chaos—financial situations should simplify decision-making, never stall energy action. Approach Reform with an eye for clearly written compliance, curiosity in risk, and pragmatic stakeholder relationships.
Apply by 30 June at 15:00 UK time. Represent your conviction for precision—finance fuels Ember’s world-changing impact. ---------------------------------
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