Senior Finance Officer

Job Description

iMultiply are delighted to beworking with a popular community-centred organisationto find aSenior Finance Officer for their office based in Cumbernauld.ThecompanyThis progressive company is a charity that produces and presents theatre, music, dance, and comedy for the community of Cumbernauld and North Lanarkshire. Theyhave over thirty staff workingin producing Theatre, delivering a lively arts and cinema programme,in customer services, hospitality and community engagement.The roleThe Senior Finance Officer is part of the organisations management team and will support all aspects of the finance functions of the organisation. Working closely with the Chief Executive and the Management Team you willensure that day to day finance proceduresare running smoothly, providing efficient and effective service to thestaff and Board.You will be involved in but not limited to:

• To ensure the accurate maintenance of the accounting system Xero and DEXT, and corresponding finance data records.
• Ensuring reliability of the organisations transactional services
• Leading on income completeness ensuring all revenue is recognised and billed correctly
• Ensuring timely payments by overseeing the company bank accounts, purchase orders, BACS payment runs and staff payroll, and payments to creatives.
• To develop financial and administrative systems to achieve high levels of financial control, manage financial risk and protection against fraud, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the company.
• To prepare financial information required for the submission of tenders and funding applications.
• To prepare financial information required to produce monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets. To manage the process of budget setting with the Management Team and manage the delegation of budgets to nominated staff.
• To provide the Management Team with monthly financial statements to ensure they are aware of all significant variance against agreed budgets.
• To co-ordinate the production and dissemination of quarterly management accounts to Management Team and Finance Committee.
• To ensure systems are in place for the efficient preparation of information for audit, including stock control, procurement control, grant management, governance policies and procedures, to collate information for the preparation of the annual audit.
• Transfer financial information such as purchase agreements, delivery acceptance and invoices to DEXT and into Xero.
• Administer the credit control and debt recovery systems in line with policy and procedures and provide regular reports to the Management Team.
• To manage the authorisation process for payments to all suppliers, staff travel expenses etc. Implementing a two-stage two-person authorisation standard across all payment authorisations.

In order to succeed in this role, you will have:

• Excellent understanding of compliance and governance issues within the charity sector.
• Understanding of organisational financial management systems and processes for control and legal compliance, for operational management including budgeting and cashflow management.
• Strong analytical skills, excellent understanding of business information management and reporting, IT finance systems, combined with excellent computerised accounting and spreadsheets, budget management skills.
• 1-2 years experience in a senior finance position in a small to medium size company
• Previous experience of managing a finance function and be able to demonstrate decision-making experience.
• Experience of supporting and working with a management team
• Significant financial and business experience, ideally within the arts, cultural or charitable sector.
• Able to have a day-to-day operational hands-on approach and an ability to communicate financial information to staff in an easily understood manner.
• Experience of attending, supporting, and recording senior level meetings
• Knowledge of Xero book-keeping, DEXT type applications and EPOS systems, Customer Ticketing Systems like Spektrix and credit card merchant services.

On OfferThis full time role offers a salary between £28,000 and £30,000, based at their Cumbernauld office.iMultiply is committed to diversity and will promote diversity for all employees, workers and applicants. iMultiply will treat everyone equally and will not discriminate on the grounds of an individuals protected characteristic.For more information on this Senior Finance Officer position please contact Alex Hill at our Glasgow Office.M:E: