Finance Manager
Salary: £40,000 and £50,000 per annum
Location: SportsAid Head Office in London
SportsAid is a national charity that provides financial support and recognition to emerging young talented sports people – the next generation of British sporting heroes and heroines. At the Rio de Janeiro Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016, two thirds of Team GB and ParalympicsGB had been previously supported by SportsAid.
Reporting directly to, and working closely with, the charity’s Chief Executive, SportsAid’s Finance Manager will be responsible for the development and implementation of many vital aspects of the charity’s work including financial accounting, management accounting, VAT and Gift Aid compliance, payroll, governance, IT strategy and financial modelling for events and new initiatives. SportsAid manages Sport England TASS and delivers the Sport England Backing The Best programme, and SportsAid’s Finance Manager provides the finance function for these two projects.
SportsAid’s Finance Manager also acts as Company Secretary for the SportsAid group, participating in trustees’ board meetings and associated sub-committee meetings.
The charity operates with a relatively small team, and involvement in other activities is anticipated from time to time.
The role is based in London, but occasional travel to the Sport England TASS office in Newcastle should be anticipated.
Key responsibilities
• Responsible for the day to day finance function, including maintaining ledgers, ensuring month end reconciliations are performed and all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed and reported.
• Development and oversight of financial policies and procedures and ensuring these are maintained to enable accurate and timely reporting.
• Production of monthly management accounts, and other monthly reports, to ensure senior management, the wider fundraising team, TASS management, Backing The Best management and the Board of trustees (and relevant sub-committees) receive timely, accurate and insightful management information.
• Preparation and submission of the grant claims for the Sport England TASS project and the Sport England Backing The Best project (both funded by the National Lottery).
• Responsible for business planning, forecasting and budgeting alongside other members of the senior management team.
• Preparation of the statutory accounts and liaising with the external auditors throughout the process.
• Responsible for payroll for the SportsAid staff team including Benefits and PAYE Settlements as well as pension auto-enrolment.
• Responsible for VAT compliance and preparation of quarterly returns, as well as VAT guidance to the fundraising team.
• Responsible for Gift Aid compliance and preparation of claims, as well as Gift Aid guidance to the fundraising team.
• Responsible for company secretarial tasks including taking minutes of trustee, and other sub-committee, meetings.
• Responsible for managing the relationship with the outsourced IT providers and ensuring SportsAid’s IT provision remains up to date.
• Support the CEO with HR tasks as required.
• Support the wider SportsAid / TASS / Backing The Best teams with ad-hoc tasks.
The candidate
• CCAB, CIMA or equivalent qualified accountant.
• Significant charity / not for profit sector experience.
• Up to date knowledge of finance, taxation and accounting issues in the charitable sector.
• Sound IT competency; strong Sage 50 and Microsoft Excel skills.
• A self-starter; enthusiastic, reliable, committed and motivated. Temperament to work in a small team.
• Committed to upholding organisational values; of the utmost integrity and discretion.
• A passion for sport.
How to apply
Apply by sending your CV with a covering letter to Ali Nuttycombe (ali@sportsaid.org.uk) at SportsAid.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday 24 November 2017.
The intention is to hold interviews on Thursday 30 November 2017 and Friday 1 December 2017.
On receipt of your CV and covering letter, you will be asked to complete our equal opportunities monitoring form which will be emailed to you.
SportsAid is a recognised equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, belief and gender.
