Old Diorama Arts Centre
Finance Manager (0.4 FTE)
Job Summary
London arts and community centre seeks first Finance Manager to support growth.Job Description
ODAC continues to be on a journey of organisational change and growth, with the financial implications that come with that, having begun to diversify our business model to expand our programmes.
We are therefore recruiting a Finance Manager to lead the implementation and delivery of best-practice financial management and planning, ensuring that ODAC is ready to continue to increase our charitable impact.
JOB DESCRIPTION
This is the first Finance Manager role in the organisation and the role will involve using your knowledge and experience to develop the way that ODAC works. In recent years, financial management has been led by the Chief Executive, with a freelance book-keeping contractor and a 0.5 days/ week Finance Administrator, and we have an experienced Finance Lead on the Board of Trustees.
The Finance Manager will lead on bookkeeping, financial management, and providing support and advice to budget holders. They will collaborate with the Director on financial planning and reporting, and will be responsible for reviewing and implementing best practices, ensuring that the charity’s financial functions are fit for its size, purpose, and growth.
DETAILS
TITLE: Finance Manager
WORKING HOURS: 0.4 FTE / 2 days per week (16 hours)
PAY: £35,000-£38,000 FTE depending on experience pro rata (£14,000 – £15,200 real salary) per annum
CONTRACT TYPE: Part time, permanent
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Qualified AAT qualification, Level 2 or above.
DEADLINE: 9am, Thursday 7th November
INTERVIEWS: Monday 18th November (please hold your availability if applying)
ACCESS: If any aspect of this process is not accessible to you, we’ll do our best to adapt it. Contact Creative Director Daniel Pitt on daniel@olddiorama.com or phone 020 3951 9891.
Job Requirements
ESSENTIAL
- Qualified AAT qualification, Level 2 or above.
- Experience of Quickbooks accountancy and payroll or other accounting package
- Experience of processing payroll or managing statutory payroll payments
- Excel skills and a drive to grow these skills for themselves and the team
- Ability to priorities tasks
- A keen eye for financial detail
- Ability to act with discretion and confidentiality at all times
- Ability to solve problems
- Enjoys working as part of a team
- Positive attitude and a flexible approach to working patterns
- Ability to work with non-financial people to help resolve finance issues
Desirable
- Experience working with charity-specific finance
- Experience implementing new systems in a workplace
- Understanding of the arts and community work sectors
Job Responsibilities
The Finance Manager leads on book-keeping, financial management, and support and advice to budget-holders.
They collaborate with Creative Director & Chief Executive (“Director”) with financial planning and reporting.
They will be responsible for reviewing and implementing best-practice into the organisation, ensuring that its financial functions are fit for the charity’s size, purpose and growth.
