Director Of Finance

UK Financial Accountant

Salary - £50,209 to £55,443 per annum

 Full time, permanent

 About the Role

 Reporting to the Head of UK Finance, the role will manage a small team and work alongside both UK and International colleagues and stakeholders and work closely with the International Finance Managers to coordinate the global audit. They have responsibility to help maintain a robust financial control environment within the UK, UK taxation and for banking, investments, and foreign currency management.

Responsibilities are focused on the delivery of timely and accurate financial accounting activities of the UK, group reporting and audit. Includes three UK companies.

The role also acts as principal professional advisor on accounting standards, taxation and financial control to colleagues in finance and senior management.  They will also play a central role in investigating and managing allegations or suspicions of terrorist financing.

Key Working Relationships

Head of UK Finance, the Chief Finance Officer, International Finance Managers and Head of Internal Audit

Key Accountabilities

Person Profile

• Ability to work in a professional environment, keep organised and manage multiple demands on their time.
• Proactive and resilient, with ability to engage others and independently overcome obstacles.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to lead tasks/activities and drive for a successful solution.
• Self-motivated with strong problem solving and analytical skills, with a proven ability to manage time properly, set priorities, plan and organise work.
• Ability to work under pressure to prioritise deliverables.
• Ability to motivate a team and inspire ownership and continual improvement.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

Essential 

• Extensive relevant accounting experience for an international organisation with good technical knowledge in consolidated group accounting.
• Knowledge of working in a multi-currency environment.
• Strong stakeholder management with the ability to understand and convey accounting/financial technical terms to others using plain language.
• Strong technical skills as well as financial analysis, reporting and compliance.
• ACCA or CIMA finalist. 
• Knowledge of SORP and VAT
• Strong experience of managing a team.

Desirable

• Experience in a finance role within the INGO sector.
• Qualified ACCA or CIMA.
• Strong knowledge in Power BI reporting
• Experience of MS Business Central.
• Experience in SUN accounting system and Q&A reporting very desirable.

Skills, Abilities and Competences

•  Advanced Excel skills and excellent understanding of other MS Office applications.
• Ability to motivate and instil continual improvement in a team.
• Ability to work and effectively communicate with finance and non-finance colleagues at different levels.

Why join us?

You will join a high performing team of Financial professionals, all committed to making the world work better for everyone. You will experience and contribute to a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged teams, and where work life balance and agile working is valued. You will have the opportunity to help develop an evolving team where collaboration and personal growth are encouraged, build strong processes and rigorous compliance, while working in a fast moving environment.

Our open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby near to the train station, and we offer free

parking near to the office.

         In addition, we offer the following benefits:

Full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.

It is our normal practice to operate a hybrid working policy, where flexible working hours are enabled as well as remote working.

• 27 days’ holiday rising with continuous service, in addition to public holidays
• Pension scheme - employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes a minimum of 5%.
• Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave.
• Life assurance (3 x annual salary).
• Employee Assistance Programme – access to our Wellbeing platform which offers emotional
• and practical support.
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Cycle to Work / Shower Facilities
• Sit / Stand desks available in our modern offices

Additional information

Practical Action believes that having a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace culture based on respect will enable us to be an effective organisation.  We seek to create an inclusive workplace in which people are accepted as individuals, regardless of their differences and where they feel their contribution is valued.  Practical Action is an equal opportunities employer, and we encourage applications from under-represented groups.

We stay committed to cultivating an inclusive and diverse working environment and believe that people from different backgrounds or cultures give us different perspectives, and the more perspectives we have, the more successful we will be.  By building a culture where everyone feels heard, respected, and valued we give everyone working with us the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults, and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.

Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.

The successful applicant must have a pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 7th July 2024

Interviews: It is anticipated that first round interviews will take place in the week commencing Monday 15th July 2024.

HOW TO APPLY

If you want to work for a charity with significant people ambitions, then we would like to hear from you.  Please visit our careers page to view the full recruitment pack.  To apply, please submit your CV along with a supporting statement outlining your suitability for the role.