Finance Manager

Robertson Bell are working on behalf of The King’s Trust to recruit to a Finance Manager position on a permanent basis. At The King’s Trust, we believe that every young person should have the chance to succeed, no matter their background or the challenges they are facing. We help young people from disadvantaged communities and those facing the greatest adversity by supporting them to build the confidence and skills to live, learn and earn.

The role of the Finance Manager is to ensure finance operations processes are fit for purpose, documented and communicated; to monitor and report on the performance of the team and to identify opportunities and support the implementation of improvements and efficiencies. This is a key role in delivering financial support and information to the Trust to ensure its continued delivery of programmes and support for young people.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and document financial controls framework relating to Sales, Purchase and General ledger as agreed with the Financial Governance & Control team or in response to audit findings.
• Support the Head of Finance Operations to embed a “right-first-time” approach; review, enhance and streamline processes and respond to regulatory or technological changes that impact Trust.
• Set, agree and monitor service standards in conjunction with stakeholders and finance colleagues; and provide regular reports to senior management and stakeholders.
• Develop a suite of KPIs with stretch targets for the Finance Operations Team, work with colleagues to embed, monitor and report to senior management with actions required to achieve target where required.
• Document all Finance Operation processes and procedures.
• Prepare the VAT return for The King’s Trust VAT group.
• Ensure Finance Operations processes are compliant with VAT regulations; provide advice and support to the GL team to ensure all transactions have the correct VAT treatment applied.
• Maintain Finance pages of the Intranet ensuring colleagues have access to all information and documentation to interact efficiently with finance processes.
• Identify training needs for non-finance colleagues; plan and agree on targeted training programmes with non-finance colleagues.
• Network with peers (internal and external) to keep up to date with sector and organisational changes and best practices.
• Work with the internal and external audits as required.

The successful candidate will:

• Have extensive experience overseeing accounts payable and receivable ledgers in a senior capacity, with the knowledge to proactively identify process improvements.
• Naturally analytical and have the desire to drive efficiencies, implement KPIs and contribute to the team’s development strategy.
• Have an understanding of VAT calculations and regulations. Ideally have exposure to partial-exemptions relating to the non-profit sector.
• Be a confident communicator and have the ability to communicate financial information to non-financial stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be based in their Birmingham office, requiring you to go into the office three days per week. You will also benefit from a fantastic holiday package, including 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and closure over Christmas and New Year.

Applications will be under constant review before the closing date so please submit your application to our agent Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!