Finance Manager

Finance Manager – Age UK Redbridge, Barking and Havering

Age UK Redbridge, Barking and Havering is looking for a Finance Manager to take lead responsibility for the effective financial management of the organisation and ensure financial and accounting functions, supported through Quickbooks (or such other future software package), are discharged effectively.

• Enter all transactions in the appropriate ledgers and undertake bank account reconciliations, preparing monthly and quarterly cost centre management accounts and reports in the required format as well as preparing year‑end accounts for the charity and any associated trading companies for the annual audit.
• Maintain existing Quickbooks reports and write new ones as required, including reports for budgetary control that can be accessed by senior managers.
• Process the monthly payroll by liaising with our payroll contractor to ensure timely payment of staff salaries, inland revenue payments and pension contributions.
• Liaise with auditors during the annual audit and any other work required of them by the charity.

• Trained in Quickbooks accounting package and possess an accounting/bookkeeping qualification or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable experience of financial management preferably gained within a charity or social enterprise setting, an understanding of charity financial management and knowledge of Microsoft Office and Quickbooks accounts.
• Good financial skills including financial modelling, management accounts and proper application of financial controls, expertise at pricing/unit costing/marginal costing as well as excellent organisational, business planning and budgeting skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to interpret and communicate complex financial information to service managers.