Community Accountant And Assistant Finance Manager

Community Accountant and Assistant Finance Manager  

£37,299 per annum

Rotherham

Flexible (30-37 hours), Permanent

Voluntary Action Rotherham (VAR) is the lead body for supporting, developing and promoting the voluntary and community sector (VCS) in the Rotherham Borough. Our role is to facilitate effective action to bring about positive change in the lives of individuals and communities in the local area.

We are now looking to recruit a Community Accountant to support and grow our current service in supporting organisations with accounts preparation, independent examinations and expert advice, all with the intention of delivering the strongest possible impact for the communities we support and serve.

The Community Accountant will work to build upon an already successful and vital service. You will be working within a wider team, working directly with the clients and will be expected to deliver a great professional service. Our client base is broad and wide ranging, making our work interesting and different on a daily basis.

This role will support and strengthen financial management and practice in voluntary and community organisations through the development and delivery of high-quality community accountancy services.

This role will act as a deputy for the VAR Finance Manager, and support the overall VAR Finance Department.

The successful candidate will have:

• A relevant active professional accountancy qualification membership (AAT, ACCA, ACA etc).
• Experience of accounts preparation (accruals and receipts and payments)  and book-keeping.
• Knowledge and understanding of computer-based accounting systems (QuickBooks, Sage, Xero), SORP and Charity/Company law;
• Good experience of using Microsoft excel.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to disseminate information in a clear way to non-financial stakeholders.

As well as having the ability to influence through a positive and respectful approach, the successful candidate must have the ability to establish personal credibility with a range of stakeholders, both internally and externally.  Experience of working within the Charitable or Third Sector would be advantageous but is not essential.

The role may require attendance at meetings outside of normal working hours, therefore, the successful candidate must be willing to work flexible hours when required to meet work demands.

Please apply today with an up to date CV.

Closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday 3rd May 2024

Interviews are expected to be held on Thursday 16th May 2024

VA Rotherham will review applications as they are submitted and may bring candidates forward for an interview (with reasonable notice) at any time. They may also close this vacancy early if sufficient applications have been received.