Our mission at Response is to enable people of all ages to live a more fulfilled life by providing excellent mental health services, housing, and supported living.
Financial Accountant - £40,000 £47,000 per annum (Salaries vary depending on experiences)
Hours 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday - 09 00
Department Finance
Location Hybrid working with a minimum of 1 day a week in the office (Littlemore, Oxford)
What You ll Be Doing:
Response has an exciting opportunity for a Financial Accountant to lead on Programme management accounting and forecasting, including business partnering the organisation. You would be responsible for the financial analysis for new business bids, opportunities and projects. Some of the core duties include:
- Produce monthly management accounts including commentary on progress and exceptions for key programmes
- Carry out the business partner role with all departments within Response.
- Ensure the integrity of accounts through carrying out monthly balance sheet reconciliations, and support finance team in areas such as statutory accounts preparation.
- Manage the budgeting and forecasting processes, including advising budget holders at all levels and assisting budget holders in identifying opportunities for cost saving and investment.
- Provide financial support, insight, challenge and partnership to managers preparing bids for new business/projects.
- Financially analyse and interpret bids. Prepare detailed financial data/budgets to support the bids, including a review of existing budgets to ensure good fit.
- Support the preparation of business cases for presentation to managers, Senior Leadership Team and Trustees
The Successful Applicant:
Our main priority for all our roles at Response is to find people that can live our values every day Caring, Safe, Creative and Aspirational. Essential criteria:
- Professional qualification in accountancy and up to date knowledge of UK GAAP.
- Substantial commercial understanding and experience of tendering exercises.
- Sound financial advice and experience establishing reporting and pricing models.
- Significant experience of finance business partnering including the preparation and communication of budgets, forecasts and management accounts.
What We Offer:
- 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Blue Light card and other discounted shopping
- Employee Assistance Plan - with access to free counselling
- Cycle to Work Scheme (after probation)
- Enhanced family friendly leave
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- Professional qualification sponsorship and study leave
- £500 refer a friend bonus scheme
- Optional health cash care plan with money off prescriptions and treatments
- Wellbeing hub and mental wellbeing support app approved by NHS
- Free flu jabs
- Free DBS application
If this Financial Accountant position sounds like the role for you then please apply today! We would love to hear from you! This vacancy may be closed early. To learn more about Response and what we do, please visit our website: Response Mental Health Care & Support.
All our roles require a DBS check, two references from most recent employers and you must have the right to work in the UK Unfortunately, Response are not able to offer sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for the role and require sponsorship, you will be withdrawn from the recruitment process. Our employees and clients come from all over the world, we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture and are registered as a Disability Confident Employer.