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Financial Accounting Manager
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EA First is working with a Not-for-Profit organisation in Birmingham to recruit a Financial Accounting Manager into its Finance, Risk and Assurance function. This is a senior technical accounting position with responsibility for ensuring robust financial reporting, statutory compliance and financial controls across a large and complex organisation. The successful candidate will also manage the finance team and play an important role in improving financial processes and controls.
Our client is a national charity that employs over 1000 people, they deliver services that support tens of thousands of people each year. The organisation combines a strong social purpose with the scale and complexity of a substantial national operation, making this an excellent opportunity for someone looking to move from accountancy practice into a senior in-house technical finance role, or for somebody who has previously trained/worked in practice and subsequently developed their career in industry or the Not-for-Profit sector.
Role Overview:
Reporting to the Head of Finance, the Financial Accounting Manager will act as a key technical accounting lead for the organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading the year-end process and preparation of statutory financial statements, disclosures, audit and tax packs.
- Acting as a principal contact for external auditors and managing delivery of the annual audit.
- Ensuring statutory reporting complies with FRS102 and relevant charity regulations.
- Taking ownership of balance sheet controls and ensuring reconciliations are completed, reviewed and appropriately resolved.
- Leading technical accounting across fixed assets, property, land and lease accounting.
- Managing month-end processes across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, bank reconciliations and fixed assets.
- Leading VAT compliance, including preparation and submission of VAT returns, reconciliations and providing technical VAT guidance.
- Overseeing organisational bank reconciliations and supporting treasury and cash flow management.
- Maintaining the integrity and accuracy of the general ledger.
- Managing and developing members of the finance team, including oversight of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
- Identifying opportunities to strengthen financial systems, processes, controls and reporting.
- Providing technical accounting advice to finance colleagues and wider stakeholders.
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Qualifications and Experience:
Financial Accounting Manager:
- Fully qualified ACA (ICAEW) or ACCA accountant.
- Current or previous experience working within an accountancy practice environment is essential.
- Strong post-qualified technical accounting experience.
- Experience of statutory accounts preparation and working directly with external auditors.
- Strong knowledge of FRS102.
- Excellent balance sheet reconciliation and financial control experience.
- Strong knowledge of month-end and year-end accounting processes.
- Experience of VAT compliance, ideally including more complex VAT matters.
- Experience of bank reconciliations, cash management and/or treasury activities.
- Experience operating within a large or complex organisation would be advantageous.
- Previous management, coaching or development of finance colleagues.
- Strong Excel and financial systems capability.
- Charity SORP knowledge would be advantageous.
- Experience of a major ERP such as NetSuite, SAP or Oracle Financials would also be beneficial.
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Compensation and Benefits:
- £60,000 - £63,000 per annum.
- Hybrid working (2 days a week onsite in Birmingham).
- Flexible working, where the needs of the role allow.
- 25 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays.
- Employer pension contribution, subject to scheme eligibility.
- Health cash plan, cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan.
- Enhanced family, dependent and bereavement leave provisions, subject to the relevant policy and eligibility criteria.
- Learning and development opportunities.
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts.
EA First Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency for this permanent vacancy.
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