Assistant Financial Controller

Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) is a collection of diverse historical sites. The sites are the National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark, the Royal Observatory, and the Queen’s House. Each of these sites has a unique identity and a common purpose to serve our communities, through sharing our collections and expertise. We are a place to explore the sea, space, art and history, and our strategy ‘Charting Our Course’ puts people at the core of its success.

Working within the Finance team and reporting to the Deputy Head of Finance (Controls), the Assistant Financial Controller will be responsible for supporting the Deputy Head of Finance to ensure that the Museum’s financial accounting is timely, accurate and reflects a controlled financial environment. Key duties include preparing regulatory and statutory returns and reports, as well as annual financial statements and quarterly investment reporting. The postholder will act as a key point of contact for external audits and HMRC, ensuring their delivery is on time and to the required standard

The successful candidate will be a part qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) with extensive financial accounting experience, as well as experience of dealing with external auditors and making VAT submissions. Excellent analytical skills and strong, proven problem-solving skills are required, with a superb attention to detail. The postholder will also have strong IT skills, including knowledge of Microsoft 365 packages and the ability to best utilise IT systems for financial audit and control needs.

This is a full time, permanent role in Band 5 - Middle Management and Professional Specialists. Core hours of work will be 36 per week, working 5 days between the hours of 9am-5pm, although due to the nature of the work, some flexibility may be required. Flexible/hybrid working options are available and encouraged. This role will be subject to a credit check.

Salary: £45,000 per annum

We offer 22 days (rising to 25 days after 1 years’ service) annual leave, auto-enrollment onto our Group Personal Pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution), training and development opportunities, access to our Employee Assistance Programme, 30% discount in our cafés and shops and many more benefits including reciprocal free access to exhibitions across London.

We encourage you to read the job description/person specification before applying for this role.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to our work at Royal Museums Greenwich, as we are a museum for everyone. We want to foster a spirit of inclusion, collaborative working, innovation, and valuing people as individuals whose lives have been shaped by different experiences. Therefore, we welcome applications from everyone. We also actively work with the Disability Confident scheme and ask that you let us know if there are any adjustments you need during the interview process.