Part Time Charity Accountant

Sewell Wallis is working with a South Yorkshire charitable organisation based in Sheffield, who have an upcoming opportunity for an Accountant to join their brilliant team on a part time basis.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing charity, where the successful candidate will spearhead the accounts function and play a key role in implementing new processes and helping shape the finance function moving forward with a view to further growth.

What will you be doing?

• Play a key role in managing day-to-day financial operations.
• Comply with accounting standards, company law,and legal and charity requirements..
• Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting and planning, including budget forecasts
• Operate cost-effective internal controls over all financial transactions.
• Ensure the timely, complete and accurate processing of payments (suppliers & payroll), receipts, bookkeeping and banking.
• Provide insightful analysis of financial information to support effective business decision-making.
• Have ownership of accounting processes and systems.
• Be an active, key contact about financial matters with internal and external parties, including external auditors.
• Assist colleagues with the preparation of bids to funders and development projects.
• Organise income generation processes and ensure full cost-recovery, including Gift Aid.
• Initiate, propose and help implement continuous improvements to financial processes and reporting.
• Oversee and guide finance support staff.

What skills are we looking for?

• Qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA
• Experience of working within the Charitable or Third Sector
• Experience of and commitment to delivering an effective financial support service in support of an organisation's aim.

What's on offer?

• FTE equivalent salary of £45,000 - £55,000
• Flexible working hours (part time)
• Hugely positive and inspiring working environment
• 25 days of annual leave and bank holidays (pro rata)
• Pension Scheme
• Onsite parking

Send us your CV below or contact Lawrie Bacon for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.