British Red Cross Hiring for Corporate Finance Accountant Job at Paisley, Scotland Full Time

Are you a qualified or part qualified accountant who would be interested in using your finance skills to support a number of important teams within one of the UK’s largest charities?

How you’ll make a difference…

Reporting to the Head of Corporate Finance, you’ll partner with some select internal teams to facilitate clear financial reporting to aid decision making and drive value for money, and ensure there is a strong internal control environment within the enabling directorates, including People Services, Digital, Data and Technology, Internal Professional Services, Internal Shared Services and Finance.

What you’ll be doing…

– Business partnering – Being the finance business partner to support both internal professional services area and organisational change.
– Financial Reporting – To perform meaningful analysis and insight on financial performance for the various internal teams.
– Budgeting and forecasting – To manage the annual budgeting process for the Enabling Functions, ensuring that budgets support the outline plan, objectives and prioritisation of the 3-year planning and budgeting process.

• Qualified or part-qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or qualified by experience
• Strong financial control and accounting skills
• Experience of working within a complex finance function
• Experience explaining complex financial issues to non-finance people#
• Construction of budgets, forecasts, and month end processes

Closing date for applications is 23:59 on the 25th July, with interviews anticipated to be held the following week.

What you’ll receive in return…

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, these include:

• 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• Up to 6% contributory pension
• Flexible working policy, including compressed hours and home working
• Genuine investment in your training and personal development

A little bit more about us…

The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK and overseas; get the support they need if crisis strikes.

Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination.
Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.

At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Diversity is something we celebrate, and we want you to be able to bring your authentic-self to the Red Cross. We want you to feel that you are in an inclusive environment, and a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.

In the British Red Cross we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.

British Red Cross also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme for roles within the International Directorate. In line with the scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

If you are appointed to a role within BRC you will be subject to the organisation’s Code of Conduct, a copy of which you can find on our website.

As part of its recruitment and selection process the British Red Cross undertakes DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checking of all individuals who regularly work with or have access to children and vulnerable adults.

If driving is an essential requirement of the role, appropriate driver checks will be completed in line with current policy.

The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).

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