Financial Accounting Manager
Job Title: Financial Accounting Manager
Location: Bracknell / Hybrid Working
Department: Finance
Working Hours: Full Time, 36 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
About Us
Are you ready to use your financial accounting skills for an organisation that is committed to making a positive difference for people everywhere? If so, we could be the organisation for you. We are the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), the world's largest and most influential professional body for construction management and leadership.
About the Role
As our Financial Accounting Manager, you’ll lead the Financial Accounting Team (FAM) with a focus on ensuring the timely and accurate delivery of financial statements, ensuring compliance and implementation of efficient and diligent financial practices to facilitate the assessment of the Institutes financial performance and sustainability.
Key Responsibilities will include:
Year-end production of statutory accounts and internal and external audits, in accordance with Charities Act, SORP and Companies Act requirements and all relevant international accounting standards.
Balance sheet reconciliation process, ensuring month end deadlines are met and unreconciled differences are resolved ensuring timely resolution and accurate accounting for all CIOB entities and subsidiaries.
Identifying, standardising, and developing financial controls process improvements, and implement changes to strengthen the control environment and increase the efficiency of the team.
Developing and managing the payables function to ensure processes are completed with accuracy, deadlines are met, and key metrics achieved
Responsibility for the Institutes and its subsidiaries payrolls to ensure that an effective, accurate professional service is provided to all, working effectively with the Institutes HR Team to create a strong payroll operating model.
Managing and coaching all direct reports including goal setting, performance measurement, appraisals, training, and recruitment
About You
The ideal candidate will hold the following skills and/ or experience:
Be part qualified or studying towards accounting qualification (CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent)
Have proven experience in the preparation of Statutory accounts (NFP desirable)
Strong understanding of accounting, finance, and management principles UK and International
Have demonstrable experience in an accounting/finance team environment
Strong experience in managing a team
Strong interpersonal and relationship management capability with ability to influence and challenge
Ability to deliver information clearly and accurately with strong attention to detail
Ability to work to tight timescales, organised and flexible, with a focus on excellence
A confident IT user with strong Excel skills and an ability to pick up new IT systems quickly
Experience of UK and International payroll advantageous
Why Work For Us?
We can offer you not only the opportunity to make a real difference with the work you do, but the chance to do that in a friendly, flexible and welcoming working environment, where we’ll show you that we’re committed to your personal wellbeing and to your development within your role.
We’ll offer you a competitive salary and a fantastic range of benefits, which include:
25 days holiday (rising to 29 with service) plus bank holidays, a birthday day off and Christmas closure
A private pension scheme with employer contributions, plus free pension advice with our benefit advisors
Learning and development opportunities to support your career development
Private medical insurance (includes Online GP and Wellbeing Assistance) and a Health Cash Plan (includes dental and optical cashback)
Enhanced family friendly policies
Life Assurance
Access to resources, tools and services to support your wellbeing including an employee assistance programme and mental health first aiders at work
Volunteering policy
Peer recognition scheme
Disability committed employer and EDI committed- As reflected in our values and competency framework, it is our ethos to respect and value people’s differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as a good work life balance. We want employees to recognise the value that difference and an inclusive mindset brings to interactions with others.
We are proud to say that we hold a Gold Investors in People Award – which we really hope will show you our commitment to you as an employer.
How Do I Apply?
To read more about the role, you can download our job description on this page.
To apply for this role please submit a full CV and covering letter. If you would like any further information, please contact us by email on [email protected]
Please note that we may consider applications as they are submitted and therefore you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.