Finance Manager
As our Finance Manager, you will play a crucial part in supporting our charity’s financial operations – if you’re looking for a job to flex your skills and contribute to supporting vulnerable people in Suffolk, get in touch!
You will play a fundamental role in ensuring that financial planning, management, and reporting are carried out effectively, to optimise our financial performance and position. Recognising the importance of, and performing with, a high degree of accuracy is essential.
You will constantly examine administrative effectiveness and seek better procedures where necessary and demonstrate a strong ability to analyse problems methodically.
Key responsibilities:
- Managing the day-to-day finances of the charity
- Ensuring tight financial control framework
- Ensuring compliance with all statutory requirements (VAT, PAYE, Gift Aid etc)
- Preparation of monthly management accounts including variance analysis
- Detailed experience of using Xero
- Preparation of information for payroll for submission to external bureau
- Reviewing and setting up payments
- Cash flow monitoring and forecasting for the charity and funded projects
- Recording and reporting on restricted reserves
- Accounts analysis to support Chief Executive and Area Retail Manager
- Financial reporting for Emmaus UK, funders and other external bodies
- Preparation of annual accounts up to trial balance ready for external accountant’s review
- Ability to work collaboratively with both finance and non-finance colleagues
- Strong organisational skills and ability to work to tight deadlines
- Management of the Finance Administrator
- Work with the Finance Administrator in the preparation of weekly allowances, holiday, wellbeing and resettlement allowances, loans and repayments and housing benefit records
- Assist with petty cash procedures, banking, purchase ledger, invoicing, and recording income to support the finances of the charity and community
Please send your CV and a detailed cover letter outlining why you are interested in the role and how your experience matches what we are looking for. Applicants who do not include a detailed cover letter will not be considered.
Please send your CV and cover letter to email: [email protected] or by post: Emmaus Suffolk, 216 Dales Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 4JY.
The deadline for applications is 5 pm Friday 14th of July.