This is a rare opportunity to work in a small organisation where you can have real impact and real job satisfaction in our friendly small charity. You will see your financial data translating directly into high quality decision making. You'll provide financial advice to the Chief Officer and work closely with our Board of Trustees. We have a very supportive Finance Subcommittee, which currently includes two highly experienced Chartered Accountants.

Primary Purpose of the Role:

The overall purpose of the role is to maintain financial transparency and strong financial controls across the organisation. There will be a focus on managing grants and donations, supplier payments, and internal financial processes. We have a mixed income model with grants, donations and earned income. In 2023 we won ‘One to Watch’ at the Social Enterprise Scotland Awards. As we approach our 5th birthday, your role will be to help us achieve even greater sustainability and impact.

Key Attributes:

If you feel like you might not quite fulfil these criteria, that could just be a sign of healthy professional self-awareness! At heart we are a learning & development organisation, so we would encourage you to apply or get in touch with us for a friendly conversation to learn more.

• Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• Experience in a finance, accounting, or bookkeeping role.
• Proactive and self-motivated with strong organizational skills.
• Proficiency with systems such as QuickBooks or Xero, and with MS Excel.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with a proactive approach.
• Exceptional organisational skills, ability to prioritise, and work independently
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.

Preferred:

• Experience either in charity accounting and/or a dynamic commercial environment
• Professional qualification or working toward accreditation (e.g. AAT, ACCA, CIMA)

Key responsibilities:

• Manage all restricted funds paid to our charity, ensuring the grant process runs smoothly from application and receipt all the way through to end of grant reporting.
• Use accounting platform to maintain organised and auditable financial records (we’re currently on Quickbooks but open to your suggestions to move to other systems)
• For our charitable trading income, help us to analyse how our business is performing.
• Work with the Chief Officer to prepare and continuously update 1-year up to 3-year forecasts and budgets (currently on MS Excel but open to your suggestions to move to other systems)
• Preparation and submission of Gift Aid claims / reports
• Prepare quarterly management accounts to our Board of Trustees. NB assistance will be given by the Finance Subcommittee.
• Provide accurate data for our annual Independent Examination and published Annual Accounts, including reporting to OSCR and Companies House. NB again, assistance will be given by the Finance Subcommittee and you will be working with our Independent Examiners who are a well-established firm of charity specialists.

Special features of the role:

Although this role does not involve routine contact with children, working for our youth charity is classed as protected work under the terms of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. This position is therefore subject to our rigorous safer recruitment policy. This will include PVG checks, detailed background checks and follow-ups on all references.