Lease Accountant

The Role:

The FRS 102 conversion programme is a strategic initiative aimed at ensuring Oxfam's financial processes and procedures are compliant with statutory requirements and aligned with business needs. The Lease Accountant will be an integral part of the project team during the initial implementation phase, leading the finance workstream alongside the project manager to ensure Work Savi is delivered on time and correctly integrated with People Soft.

Once live, this role holds functional ownership of, and is accountable for, the day-to-day operation of lease accounting across all asset classes - a large and complex portfolio spanning the UK and 17 countries - ensuring Oxfam's FRS 102 compliance position remains robust and audit-ready. The role interprets complex technical accounting matters and provides analysis and advice to country, regional and senior head office managers on lease-related statutory compliance and financial risk;

influences managers and teams across the organisation to adopt new procedures and maintain standards; and supports the Deputy CFO and FRAP team in identifying areas of improvement aligned with FRAM's agreed scope.

We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to our feminist principles and values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do.

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with advanced specialist and technical knowledge of financial reporting requirements (lease accounting standards) gained through experience, and a strong understanding of risks and controls
• Ability to understand and work within a complex, multi-country and multi-currency operational and accounting environment
• Willingness to engage with new technology
• Proven experience leading finance process improvement and system implementations, including change management
• Ability to be self-critical, have attention to detail and be persistent in the face of challenges
• Have an expectation of continuous improvement with self, the project and the organisation
• Strong project management and communications skills.
• Experience of interpreting complex technical accounting matters and of providing analysis and advice to senior managers and non-finance stakeholders, including on statutory compliance and financial risk
• Experience of producing and reviewing financial procedures, and of influencing managers to adopt new ways of working and maintain standards
• Able to work autonomously across a combination of routine and non-routine issues, prioritising effectively to meet reporting deadlines

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits.

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more.

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you.