Finance Manager

About the Role

Reporting directly to the William Morris Society Director, the Finance Manager will be responsible for:

• Manage efficient day to day running of the finance systems and procedures
• Oversee all financial activities for the Society, including accounting, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Maintaining a system of proactive budgetary control to ensure that all financial expenditure is contained within approved budgets and that any actual or potential over/underspend or income shortfall is reported back promptly to the Director and the Trustees.
• Provision of advice on financial and commercial decisions and financial analysis for business decision making.
• Managing relationships with stakeholders and external auditors.
• Preparation of strategic financial documents such as business plans, long term forecasts and cashflow modelling.
• Developing and maintaining systems and procedures to ensure that the organisation complies with good practice, financial regulations and internal and external audit recommendations.
• Issue invoices in line with agreed schedules of funders, pay invoices received, and oversee the banking of monies received.
• Preparation of monthly bank and other control account reconciliations.
• Maintain accurate financial records using the Society’s agreed software.
• Preparation on a monthly basis of the payroll for all Society employees using the Society’s payroll software including preparation of HMRC tax returns and dealing with staff queries on an ad hoc basis.