Summary

Are you a clear-thinking, hands-on finance professional with the analytical rigor and collaborative spirit to help ensure no one is left behind in a digital world? We are looking for a new part-time Management Accountant to maintain a robust financial engine for Good Things Foundation, turning complex transactional data into actionable operational clarity for our Board, Senior Management Team, and budget holders.

Description

Please note, the pro-rata salary range for this part-time role is £21,000 to £25,200
The role is for 22.5 hours per week (3 days)

Please see below regarding application instructions.

You will be the financial steady hand behind our mission: leading end-to-end management accounting, shaping annual budgets, navigating VAT intricacies, and safeguarding our cash flow and compliance. Working directly alongside our Associate Director of Finance, you will bring commercial precision to everything from project costing and insurance renewals to grant claims and year-end audits. Yet, as part of our close-knit, all-hands finance team, you enjoy the full spectrum of the craft—equally comfortable diving into daily transaction processing and reconciliations as you are delivering high-level variance analysis to senior leadership.

By bringing meticulous attention to detail, proactive continuous improvement, and a supportive, open communication style to our work, you will help stretch every pound further. In doing so, you will ensure our nation’s social infrastructure for digital inclusion remains strong, sustainable, and ready to transform lives for good.

The Management Accountant will play a vital role in ensuring Good Things Foundation’s management accounting function remains robust, being responsible for the production of accurate, timely monthly management accounts that meet the needs of the Board, Senior Management Team (“SMT”), and budget holders. 

Working closely with the Associate Director of Finance, you will assist with annual budget preparation, performance monitoring, and the management of the organisation's insurance renewals and employee pension schemes. 

You will also work closely with the Finance Officer to ensure the accurate and efficient processing of financial transactions. Good Things Foundation’s finance function is a small team that provides all accounting functions. All members of the team provide cover for each other and work together to meet deadlines and support the organisation. We are looking for someone who is a team player and is happy to contribute to all aspects of the finance function from processing transactions, paying invoices, managing controls and reconciliations, producing management accounts and creating budgets.

 

Financial Management and Accountancy

  • To produce accurate and timely management accounts including processing transactions,  that meet the needs of the Good Things Foundation boards, SMT and budget holders

  • Provide commentary and analysis on the monthly management accounts for the Associate Director of Finance, highlighting, trends, performance versus budget / latest forecast and risks and opportunities

  • Support the Associate Director of Finance in preparing the annual budget, with responsibility for budget preparation for certain cost lines

  • Prepare and submit information required by external payroll provider on a monthly basis

  • Management of the organisation's pension scheme, including set-up of new joiners and providing the required information to the external pension provider

  • Managing the organisation's annual insurance renewal process, including liaising with the external broker, ensuring we have sufficient cover in place

  • To work with budget holders to ensure that their transactions are accurately recorded, that they have the information they need to control their budget areas and appropriate variance explanations are given

  • To support project managers in managing project budgets providing project financial information as required, producing grant claims and invoices

  • To manage the Good Things Cashflow ensuring we have the funds in the bank to meet our needs and maximise returns on our investments

  • To ensure accurate, authorised payments are made on time including payroll, PAYE and pension and VAT

  • To ensure appropriate financial controls are in place, to produce and or review regular reconciliations including intercompany accounts and other balance sheet items

  • Work with the Network Managers to ensure grants are paid as our funding programmes require and unused grants are effectively reclaimed.

  • To ensure accurate treatment of VAT and to produce the VAT returns for sign off by the Associate Director of Finance

  • Ensure we comply with best practice in charity accounting and meet the requirements of funders and the Charity Commission

  • Work with staff across the organisation to cost our products and services and to develop bid budgets and funding proposals

  • Support the Associate Director of Finance in preparing for the year end audits

  • Prepare and manage all project funding audits, ensuring all funding audits and claim processes are completed in line with our funding obligations; 

  • To produce ad hoc reports as required by the SMT for funders and other stakeholders.

  • To carry out other finance jobs consistent with this role as directed by the Associate Director of Finance

Knowledge, Experience & Skills

Essential

  • Extensive experience of carrying out a wide range of end to end management accounting functions for SMEs – from posting transactions, implementing relevant controls and drafting management accounts

  • Fully qualified accountant, either by experience (Minimum 3 years plus in comparable role) or a recognised accounting qualification (CIMA, CPA e.t.c)

Desirable

  • Experience of partial exemption and other VAT complexities

  • Experience of charity accounting

  • Experience of using Google workspace

  • Experience in delivering continuous improvement in financial processes
  • Sage or similar accounting software

  • VAT recording, reconciliation and submission

  • Use of office IT including excellent spreadsheet skills

  • Excellent interpersonal skills

  • Attention to detail

  • Good communications skills

Qualities & Behaviours

  • Commitment and alignment to Good Things Foundation’s objectives, goals and values

  • Other requirements

  • To demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding vulnerable adults

  • To comply with our organisational Safeguarding Policies and Procedures

  • To satisfy our pre-employment checking process (see below)

  • To comply with our information security and data protection policies and procedures

The role holder must share Good Thing Foundation's commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and accessibility, and we would particularly like to hear from candidates whose professional and personal experience will bring new perspectives, understanding and capacity to the organisation

 

How to Apply

Please email your application to recruitment@goodthingsfoundation.org by the closing date and time of Sunday 20th September 11:55pm. Please attach your CV and a supporting statement, of no more than two sides, that sets out:

  • Tell us why you want to be Good Things Foundation’s Management Accountant

  • How will your skills and experience directly contribute to our mission and strategic aims?

  • Can you demonstrate that you are a fully qualified accountant, either by experience (Minimum 3 years plus in a comparable role) or a recognised accounting qualification (CIMA, CPA e.t.c)?

We would also be grateful if you would complete the Equality and Diversity monitoring form on the online application process. This form is for monitoring purposes only and is not treated as part of your application.

Applications which do not include both a CV and covering letter will not be considered.

​​​​​​​Please note, the pro-rata salary range for this part-time role is £21,000 to £25,200