Financial Controller

Reporting to the Head of Finance, the Financial Controller will assist in ensuring the integrity of the financial reporting systems, treasury management, and the processes of accounts payable and fundraising finance income processing. The Financial Controller will assist with producing the statutory accounts for group entities., The role holder will assist in maintaining high standards of professional competence and integrity in the finance team and play a pivotal role in supporting the Head of Finance in running the overall finance department.

• Oversight of the integrity and accuracy of the general ledger


• Responsibility for internal controls; prompt reconciliations of control accounts, separation of duties, and compliance with proscribed systems of authorisation


• Assist in the preparation of annual accounts, in compliance with the SORP and relevant GAAP. Liaison with external and internal auditors


• Lead in preparation of the annual cash flow forecast, and preparation of monthly reconciliations between forecast and actual


• Bank reconciliations and posting of transactions


• Month end processes and journals


• Manage the purchase ledger function, ensuring the ledger is kept clean and at an acceptable level. Ensure the Purchase Ledger Manager is maintaining the sub ledgers within purchase ledger


• Assist with the credit control function, in liaison with relevant service leads. This will be supported by KPIs


• Oversee the Fundraising Accountant role, ensuring accuracy of reconciliations between Fundraising and Finance


• Manage the Fixed Asset Register, ensuring its accuracy


• Submission of the quarterly VAT returns and VAT reconciliations
  
  The Childrens Trust is the UKs leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
  
  The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including, adoption pay, time off for fertility treatment, enhanced paternity leave, paid carers leave, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms, time off for gender reassignment.


We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.