A small award-winning charity are currently recruiting for a Financial Controller to join their team currently located in West Kent. This role will be responsible for financial accounting and for maintaining the Group Chart of Accounts. Custodian of financial policies/processes and supporting the Year End process to comply with the Charities SORP.

Responsibilities:
- Maintain the company`s books of accounts; Prepare journals and accurately record Payments/receipts/invoices in Sun
- Ensure all income transactions are recorded
- Preform monthly reconciliations of Balance sheet accounts including bank accounts.
- Manage Month End processes and Year End closure for all entities in Sun
- Payment of suppliers within payment terms. Staff Salaries, PAYE, Pensions, Staff advance payments and other remittances
- Responsibility for Gift Aid reclaims and reconciliations
- Responsible for payment of staff trip advances, processing expense reports (including company credit card expenses) and posting approved expenses in Sun
- Maintain agreed Foreign exchange rates in Sun for Group. Perform monthly and Year end currency revaluations in Sun.
- Preparation of full schedules for the statutory year end accounts in compliance with the relevant SORP and financial reporting standards. Prepare draft year end accounts.
- Maintaining Book of Accounts in Sun. Perform monthly reconciliations
- Maintain receivables (inter-company) accounts between the company and other business entities within Sun. Reconcile receivables accounts monthly
- Responsible for ensuring that there are adequate funds in the bank accounts to fulfil UK payments including hedging contracts and transfers to Country offices
- Maintain the cash flow forecast and update regularly in line with agreed revised income and expenditure forecasts
- Travel occasionally to country offices to provide face to face technical support and finance capacity building interventions

Person specification:
- Qualified or Part Qualified Accountant with extensive relevant experience
- Recent experience of Sun Accounts and Q&A would be advantageous
- Experience of working in a multi donor funded context and experience of donor reporting in a multicurrency environment would be desirable
- Ability to generate and analyse financial information for key decision making
- Ability to work on his/her own initiative.
- Ability to use MS word and other MS applications. Numerate and proficient in using Excel
- Good communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to work within a small team

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