Head of Financial Accounts
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As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, this role will be responsible for overseeing all transactional processing withinfinance for all business units and legal entities within the Group alongside the preparation of Statutory Accounts for YMCA Robin
Hood Group.
You will be responsible for leading and delivering the core finance operations as follows:
- Financial accounting (in accordance with Charities SORP)
- Accounts receivable
- Accounts payable
- Treasury Management
- VAT compliance
- Year End and Statutory Accounts
- Systems improvements
- Transactional information to support Management Accounting
deliver a high level of accuracy and assurance in our core financial systems and processes..
You will lead the organisation on all technical aspects of accounting ensuring that financial reporting standards are interpretedand fully met in order to produce statutory accounts for all entities with the Group,
You will provide strategic leadership and professional management combined with operational responsibility for financial
processing and accounting services to the wider business.
You will work closely with the Head of Financial Planning and Analysis in the development and delivery of business performanceinsight, and oversee the provision of streamlined and automated financial processes and systems which support the organisation’s
accounting policies, strategy, and delivery of core financial services.
With extensive post Qualification experience in a senior Finance / Accountancy role in a business environment you will have provenexperience of leading, managing and developing diverse teams including recruitment, managing performance, training and coaching.
We are looking to see a successful track record of effectively managing transactional finance and balance sheet management with
substantial experience of developing and implementing financial control procedures.
You will have extensive experience of providing advice and support to managers and staff from non-financial areas and are able tointerpreting complex data and presenting findings in a simple and easily understood format to a variety of audiences.
From your previous roles you will have an in depth knowledge of accountancy and payroll systems (knowledge of Sage accountancy and
payroll systems would be very helpful) with an knowledge of financial management in the not-for-profit sector, housingassociations, businesses and charities would be highly desirable but not essential.
You must have experience of preparing statutory accounts and feel confident to lead that process for our organisation; this is acritical part of the role and unfortunately we do not have the ability to train or teach this aspect of the role.
If you are seeking a role where you have the ability to make a real difference and be part of an organisation making real changeto those less advantaged, this is the ideal role for you. You will be working with like-minded people, striving for operational
excellence and ready to embrace change.
This role will primarily be based between our 2 Head Office locations; Nottingham and Newark. You must be comfortable and able totravel between both where your teams are based.