Responsibility for managing the day to day, weekly and monthly charitable finances of The Friends Charity and those of our shop operation ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.

Supporting the Chief Executive this new role will be to take on responsibility for the development and maintenance of charity wide financial management accounting and budgeting systems and the production of regular management accounts; preparation of monthly financial statements and development of robust cash reporting and forecasting disciplines.

Summary of Role

Friends of the Wisdom Hospice (Charity)
• Daily recording of invoices, payments, expenditure and income to SAGE
• Ensuring cash handling procedures follow Charity Commission guidelines
• Oversee banking procedures
• Preparation and management of payments (BACS or standing order)
• Management of income, donations received
• Reconciliation of bank accounts
• Preparation and submission of monthly Gift Aid Claims
• Preparation of monthly management accounts
• Manage payroll/workplace pensions
• Reconciliation of performance to budgets
• Preparation of financial reports for the Board (for regular meetings)
• Ensuring cash handling procedures follow Charity Commission guidelines
• Preparation of financial performance reports for CEO (as required)
• Reconciliation of our database, DonorFlex, to our management accounts, Sage
• Assist Auditors during Audit

Wisdom Hospice Support (Shops)
• Ensuring cash handling procedures follow Charity Commission guidelines
• Recording/Reconciling of daily income
• Reconciliation of bank account
• Preparation and submission of quarterly VAT Returns
• Preparation and submission of monthly Gift Aid Claims
• Reconciliation of performance to budgets
• Preparation of financial performance reports for CEO (as required)
• Preparation of financial reports for the Board (for regular meetings)
• Preparation of payments (BACS, standing orders)
• Purchase invoice control – check to budget/estimate, arrange payment


Skills Attributes and Experience
• Excellent organisational and creative skills
• Excellent administrative and time management skills
• Ability to use own initiative; manage own workload and that of others
• Excellent understanding of SAGE accounts
• Knowledge & experience of Charity accounts & SORP
• Commitment to, understanding of and maintenance of the sensitive nature of our work and values in all communications
• A high standard of spoken and written English, and the ability to present a case clearly and passionately
• Excellent numeracy skills
• Meticulous, high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent IT skills; specifically, Microsoft Office including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook, Sage Accounts additional software
programs would be an advantage
• Experience of using databases (DonorFlex would be an advantage)
• Enthusiastic and positive attitude; flexible and adaptable
• Collaborative team-player who will get involved in whatever needs to be done to achieve the charity’s aims and objectives
• Current valid driving licence and use of own car

If you are interested in this role and feel your skills will bring benefit to our charity then please apply now sending us your CV. We will be monitoring applications over the Christmas period.