Financial Accountant, CAPACITY THE PUBLIC SERVICES LAB

Who and what we’re looking for?

Over the last few years, we’ve really grown as an organisation and the great stuff we are doing means we’re getting bigger and better all the time. For that reason, it’s time to bring in a Financial Accountant to help us out with all the exciting work we do!

If you like the sound of what we do and you become our new Financial Accountant, a big part of your day to day will be financial modelling, budgeting and forecasting, and generally overseeing/preparing management accounts for both Capacity, its subsidiaries, and some of the amazing organisations we work with. We also need someone who can design and implement internal control policies as well as working closely with the rest of the finance team to help them progress and develop. This is important for our organisational and financial resilience to make sure we carry on doing what we do best … delivering the greatest impact.

From coordinating audit processes, to managing the day to day operations of the finance team, you will be a pro at identifying trends and engaging with stakeholders to share your thoughts and learnings about us as an organisation.

If we do say so ourselves, our team is pretty awesome! We don’t believe in perfection but we do believe in doing. We are on the ground, doing the graft and doing the listening. We’re easy going, we take our work seriously but not ourselves. With this in mind, we’re looking for a real team-player to work across a bunch of diverse projects with Capacity’s existing team. If you see yourself as a people-person with an eye for detail, then you sound like a great fit.

We’re proud to promote a learning culture where people are encouraged to be open and honest about what’s working and what’s not. Hey, we’re only human, we won’t always get it right, but we want you to feel like you can ask for help and guidance whenever it’s needed.

Overall, we are looking for a brilliant, hardworking person who’s not just amazing at the important finance work. What’s really important to us is that you’re in it for the right reasons – you’re interested in working with us because you want public services to be the best they can be for the real people at the end of them. And don’t worry if you haven’t worked in the sector before, as long as your heart is in it, we will show you the ropes.

The day job

• We need you to be a whizz at analysing financial data, picking out those trends and talking to us about it
• We want you to oversee and prepare management accounts, including monitoring, designing and implementing internal control policies and procedures
• We need you to manage the day to day operations of the finance team, as well as coaching and encouraging your team to develop (you will have two direct reports to work with)
• Budgeting and forecasting is a big part of the role (there’s lots of exciting projects to keep track of)
• We also need you to coordinate the management of cash flow and any debt collection
• We want you to coordinate our auditing as and when we need it
• We also want you to have a voice. We want you to help our Financial Director with the preparation of presentations to multiple stakeholders (including our Board) and be prepared to chat through any questions they may have

Values and People

• We want you to collaborate and communicate with the wider Capacity team. Be part of our values and our great culture – internally and externally!
• Be flexible, agile and responsive. You may be asked to turn around a task quickly or jump into other work where it’s needed

The Extras

• 27 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays) matched up to 33
• Lots of training and development (to make you the best you can be)
• Flexible working (including working from home)
• A workplace pension
• Holiday buy-back scheme (for when you need those extra days for yourself)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Book allowance
• A lovely team and culture

To find out more and apply, please visit our website and download our application pack.

Closing Date: 9am on Monday 28th March 2022