Part-Time Financial Accountant

Are you ready to apply your financial expertise to make a meaningful impact on a global scale, supporting vital humanitarian efforts and driving positive change? Are you a qualified Accountant looking for an opportunity to use your accounting skills in a dynamic and diverse environment, collaborating with passionate with professionals dedicated to the organisation’s mission? Want a part-time opportunity that will offer you a fantastic work-life balance and opportunity to join a high-performing and supportive team? If yes, this could be the role for you.

Robertson Bell are excited to announce their exclusive partnership with Hand in Hand International as they go to market for a Part-Time Financial Accountant position on a permanent basis. Do not miss out on the opportunity to join this organisation as they expand their global outreach.

In this Part-Time Financial Accountant role, you will:

• Monthly accounts: maintain financial records and produce monthly management reports. Prepare financial reports for quarterly board meetings.
• Annual accounts: prepare the annual financial accounts, including the Trustees’ Annual Report.
• Lead the audit process: manage the audit process and be the key contact for the auditor during the audit fieldwork and follow up.
• Organisational budget: support the Director of Finance with development of the annual organisational budget. Liaise with budget holders across the organisation (fundraising, programmes, communications, office management and CEO) on a regular basis to manage spend against the annual organisational budget.
• Support the wider team with financial information and insights: provide financial information or conduct analysis to support the activities of the wider organisation, including due diligence information required for proposals for funding opportunities.
• Provide guidance to our network partners’ finance teams: for example, reviewing our overseas network partners’ annual accounts and finance policies. Liaise with the Treasurer of Friends of Hand in Hand in New York to manage donations from the US.
• Compliance: support the Director of Finance with the reviewing and updating organisational policies, including risk, governance and the Finance Manual. Ensure that regulatory requirements for staff training are met, such as anti-bribery, cyber security and data protection.
• Manage invoices and purchase orders: manage the invoices tracker and purchase orders system to ensure that the appropriate approvals are obtained, and suppliers are paid on time. Support with payments and monitor bank income for the fundraising team.
• Manage trademarks: work with the CEO to maintain global trademarks for the Hand in Hand network.
• Gift aid: ensure that gift aid is claimed on all eligible donations in a timely manner.
• Staff timesheets: monitor monthly staff timesheets for projects that require them. Manage analysis of staff time across projects and provide actual spend for project reports. In time, we would like to implement a more sophisticated timesheet system and the Financial Accountant could take the lead on this project.

Offering hybrid working in London, you will be able to work from home twice a week and benefit from a generous pension, competitive annual leave allowance and the opportunity to travel internationally to see, first-hand, the amazing work the organisation is doing.

The successful candidate will have:

• Accountancy qualification required (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Experience and up-to-date knowledge of SORP accounting.
• Experience of preparing accounts under the charity SORP.
• Experience of QuickBooks and/or Sage accounting systems.
• Experience working in the non-profit sector.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong attention to detail, with good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Structured and organised - with the ability to prioritise a variety of tasks in line with team needs.
• Excellent cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity.

If this sounds like you, apply today! Suitable candidates are being submitted on a rolling basis and the vacancy may close early!