Finance Manager

Job Title: Finance Manager

Reporting to: Senior Finance Director

Start date: ASAP

Location: London, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Type of Contract: Permanent

LoE: Full time

Salary range: £50,138 – £57,300 (D1 – D3)

About Internews:

Internews works to ensure access to trusted, quality news and information that empowers people to have a voice in their future and to live healthy, secure, and rewarding lives. We envision a world where everyone can communicate freely with anyone, anywhere, and exchange the news and information they need to shape their communities and the world.

For 35 years and in more than 100 countries, we have worked with our local partners to build hundreds of sustainable organizations, strengthened the capacity of thousands of media professionals, human rights activists, and information entrepreneurs, and reached millions of people with quality, local information, improving lives and building lasting change. On issues ranging from health and the environment to conflict and governance, Internews has developed approaches that harness the power of media and information to create positive change.

Internews is a charity operating internationally, with administrative centres in California, Washington DC, London, and Paris as well as regional hubs in Bangkok and Nairobi. Formed in 1982, Internews currently has offices in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

Our commitment to a culture of belonging:

Internews is passionate about our core values and about supporting positive change in the world. We pride ourselves on our commitment to innovation and flexibility. We believe that diverse teams are strong teams, and work to support an ethic of belonging, dignity, and justice for all people. Our current team includes a mix of genders, parents and non-parents, the self-taught, and people of multiple races, nationalities, ages, sexual orientations, and socio-economic backgrounds. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage candidates of all races, genders, ages, abilities, orientations, ethnicities, and national origins to apply, and actively welcome those with alternative backgrounds and experiences.

About the Role:

Under the direction of the Senior Finance Director, the Finance Manager supervises a 4 person finance team (3 direct, 1 indirect) responsible for accounts payable and other general accounting operations. This position oversees the ongoing monitoring of transactions, analysis, and related internal controls using high-level technical accounting skills. Prepares and oversees monthly recurring processes and reports.

Logistics:

Internews has UK offices in London and Paris. The role is based in the London office with a hybrid component.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervision of the Finance Team
• Ensures all accounting procedures are completed timely
• Maintains confidentiality in all personnel related items.
• Producing monthly management accounts, commentary, and analysis.
• Regular review of VAT thresholds that might trigger registration requirement
• Assisting with producing budgets, forecasts and financial information for funding and monitoring reports.
• Manages month end and year end close processes and collaborating with the Audit team during audits
• Recommends mitigation for financial and business risk situations and participates in the continuous improvement of accounting processes.
• Collaborating with the Senior Finance Director on compliance with UK legislative requirements and filings to Company house, Charity Commission and HMRC
• Other duties as assigned.
• In all duties, understanding of and demonstrate commitment to upholding the core values of Internews.

Qualification:

• Proven ability to effectively manage a team, including mentoring, task monitoring and training.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, or closely related field. A member of CCAB would be preferred.
• At least 4 years accounting experience with increasingly complex responsibilities.
• Thorough knowledge of not-for-profit – Charity Sector Accounting and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and ability to implement these principles is preferred although knowledge of international accounting standards will also be considered.
• Experience of international transactions and foreign exchange management
• Experience in the review, development, implementation of accounting processes for best practices, efficiency and standardized internal control processes.
• Technical and logistical problem-solving capabilities and ability to manage competing deadlines.
• High degree of social adaptability and sensitivity to cultural differences.
• Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to effectively mentor direct reports.
• Advance MS Office suite skills, particularly Excel.

Preferred:

• Experience in accounting procedures, training to a variety of staff skill levels.
• An Accounting degree holder or a member of CCAB
• Knowledge of ERP systems is an advantage

Closing date: 31 August, 2022

This position is being offered and hired by Internews Network. Benefits will be consistent with Internews Network’s offerings and will be reviewed during the hiring process. Additional information can be found on our About Working for Internews page.

This position will be located in the United Kingdom and therefore a successful applicant must both be present in the UK for the duration of the assignment and obtain the Right to Work in the UK in order to commence their employment.