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Finance Manager, Pushkin House

  •  London
  •  Â£40k-50k (pro rata)
  •  Part time
  •  Closes November 30, 2024
  •  recruitment@pushkinhouse.org.uk
  • #Charity

Description

Job Description

Pushkin House is a dynamic arts organization which continues to critically explore complicated Russian cultural, historical and political legacy and provides a platform to artists and creative practitioners from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, focusing on themes of identity, citizenship, migration, displacement and belonging.

Pushkin House is currently undergoing a period of change and transformation. You will provide comprehensive financial and administrative management to facilitate the smooth running and effectiveness of the charity. The Finance Manager will provide the Board and Executive Director with the most accurate financial information at all times, underpinning financial planning and optimizing fundraising. This is a new role for the Pushkin House with the opportunity for the postholder to shape and develop it.

This role requires practical, hands-on experience of delivering the wide range of finance and accounting services required by a small business or charity; you will have a sound working knowledge of Xero and Google Sheets/Excel; strong attention to detail, producing work with a high level of accuracy; excellent written and oral communication skills and an ability to use information effectively and apply sound judgment in order to make decisions.

Job Requirements

Essential:

  • Strong working knowledge of charity accounting, fully or part qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA accountant;
  • Experience of budgeting, business analysis and planning;
  • Experience of using accounting software such as XERO
  • Good working knowledge of VAT (including partial exemption) PAYE and other relevant taxes;
  • Sound understanding of accounting for restricted reserves
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both verbal and written;
  • Interest in the working projects run by Pushkin House

DESIRABLE:

  • Proven, extensive and appropriate business management experience in a creative/arts and/or charity environment

Job Responsibilities

Financial Management:

  • With the Executive Director, build budgets for the organization and its projects;
  • Provide timely month-end management accounts and updated cash flow projections against agreed budgets;
  • Ensure correct charity fund accounting practices;
  • Manage relationships with the bank, investment managers, auditors and tax advisors;
  • Maintain day to day accounting records;
  • Presentation of monthly finance reports to the Finance Committee

Grant Management:

  • Support fundraising team by developing accurate budget forecasts for proposed activity within agreed models;
  • Set up budgets for new grant funded programmes in line with grant requirements;
  • Prepare financial information to support periodic grant claims

Strategic Planning:

  • Input into strategic and business planning, supporting the Director with financial planning;
  • Oversight of the business and financial aspects of the centre

Please visit the Pushkin House website for the full job description.

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How to Apply

To apply for this position, please send a CV and covering letter of no more than one side of A4 to [email protected] with the subject line ‘Finance Manager’.

Pushkin House is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We also ask all applicants to complete an anonymous equal opportunities form, by the closing date.

We want you to complete your application in a way that is comfortable for you. We will accept video and audio files that answer the person specification and role description. Please ensure your video or audio file is no longer than 5 minutes. You can send this to [email protected] by the closing date.

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