Finance Manager role includes the following elements: 

• Operations and Staff Management 
• Management of the day-to-day operations of the finance function including the Accounts payable, Accounts receivable and Payroll functions. 
• Manage the annual audit process 
• Ensure effective financial control and compliance to regulatory requirements and assist CEO with statutory returns and various programme audits. 
• Supervise, develop, train and evaluate the community employment based accounts staff to ensure all objectives are achieved. 
• Manage individual staff performance through performance reviews, identify training needs and address performance deficits should they arise. Liaise with the Community Employment Manager. 
• Preparation of financial information for annual service agreements. Financial Management and Reporting 
• Preparation of Management accounts pack for the Finance & Audit Committee meeting to review stage for the CEO. 
• Oversight of cashflow information, forecasts and timely reporting of cashflow for CEO review 
• Prepare/ Oversee monthly finance reports for Management meeting 
• Prepare high level reports for CEO and the Board as required 
• Approve costings prepared by Accounts Assistant 
• Preparation of annual budget to ‘draft one’ stage 
• Key role in annual Service Arrangement process with Core Funders 
• Ad hoc reporting as required Financial Controls 
• Overall responsibility in ensuring the finance team operates within a strictly controlled financial environment. 
• Oversee the weekly and monthly payroll process, reviewing gross to net summary reports and payroll payments prepared by Finance Admin. 
• Ensure all invoices and expenses are appropriately approved by the relevant manager and CEO before payment is issued. 
• Ensure all monthly recharges are made across the various projects in line with the cost appropriation policy 
• Review all bank reconciliations and other relevant monthly reconciliations ensuring any discrepancies are investigated and rectified Provide cover for 3rd party online payments. 
• Ensure all new hires are added to Brightpay and bank details added to Banking system in a timely manner 
• Ensure that revenue returns are made in a timely manner including ERR reporting Finance Compliance 
• Compliance including SORP, Charity Regulator, GDPR, etc., ensuring quality assurance and continuous improvement of Finance Function. 
• Annual review of Policies and Procedures Grants 
• Oversee grant expenditure, budgets, costings and compliance. Highlight anomalies to CEO. 
• Approve grant returns before submission to CEO or the relevant Service Management Personnel for sign off