Finance and Operations Manager

The Finance and Operations Manager will support the Executive Director and wider team in ensuring organisational effectiveness and compliance in financial and operational matters.

This will include but not limited to; budget development and management, annual accounts audit, processing payments, supporting with fundraising, and/or reporting activities and stakeholder management.

This role also requires the employee to ensure the effective running of the organisation’s operations including supporting the wider team with IT and software use, managing suppliers, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations and GDPR.

Job Responsibilities

Finance
- Lead all day-to-day financial operations
- Manage income and expenditure through QuickBooks and effective bookkeeping, monitor project spend, reconcile bank accounts, and process payments
- Prepare and maintain budgets, management accounts, cashflow forecasts and financial reports
- Prepare annual accounts at year end and act as the main liaison with external auditors.
- Manage payroll in liaison with the payroll provider, administer the pension scheme
-Ensure compliance with charity, company and financial regulations

Operations
- Ensure organisational compliance with policies, Health and Safety and good governance practices
-Manage supplier contracts
- Ensure overall effective and efficient operations of the company

Governance
- Support with preparation and distribution of Board papers
- Provide administrative support to the Board of Trustees including minute taking
- Maintain accurate records of members and trustees for Companies House and Charity Commission