Finance Officer

Location:

Manchester, GB

Opening Date: 23 Dec 2024

Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Closing Date for Applications:12th January 2025

Purpose

Established in 1986, City in the Community is the registered charity of Manchester City and exists to empower healthier lives through football. Our programmes place physical and mental wellbeing at their core, whilst also creating healthy futures and healthy communities.

The Finance Officer will play a key role in supporting the charity's financial health and sustainability by providing timely and accurate financial information, analysis, and reporting. They will support the charity in making informed financial decisions to meet its objectives, manage budgets, and ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and charity sector standards.

The role will support the Head of Finance and Governance with all aspects of financial accounting and reporting of CITC and the trading subsidiary company in the preparation of budgeting, day-to-day financial transactions, month and year-end closing, management accounts, financial and management reporting, premier league capability code of practice annual submission and support year-end audit to ensure that all statutory compliances are met.

Accountabilities

1. Day-to-day Financial Transactions: Responsible for the day-to-day financial transactions and general ledger journals. Ensuring that all transactions are accurate and dealt with in a timely manner.
2. Reconciliations: Carry out monthly reconciliations to ensure the correct accounting treatments are adhered to including banks, payroll, income, and expenditure accounts’ reconciliations and support the monthly payroll submissions.
3. Budgeting: Assist in the preparation of the annual budget and work closely with department heads to develop, monitor, and review budgets and forecasts. Provide financial advice to budget holders to support effective financial management.
4. Reporting: Perform month-end and year-end closing and prepare monthly management accounts and management reporting.
5. Financial Analysis: Conduct financial analysis to support decision-making, including cost-benefit analysis, funding proposals, pricing, and project evaluation and efficiency.
6. Cash Flow: Monitor and manage the cash flow, prepare and monitor cash budget and forecast, ensuring sufficient liquidity to meet operational needs.
7. Compliance and Audit: Assist with the preparation for the annual audit and liaise with external auditors as required. Ensure the charity complies with relevant financial regulations, including charity commission guidelines and tax regulations.
8. Business Support: Support the administration of company’s vehicles, kit and other areas of Business Support to ensure that a high level of support is provided.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Proven experience in accounts preparation including chart of accounts, nominal codes and project reporting, etc. preferably within the charity or non-profit sector.
• Good financial analysis and reporting skills / project profitability reporting with attention to detail.
• Competent in the use of word, excel spreadsheets and power-point presentations and reports.
• Good knowledge of financial systems and software.
• Good understanding of financial procedures for accounts closing, sales, purchase and general ledger journals.
• Proactive and solutions-focused with strong problem-solving skills.
• Collaborative team player, willing to support others and share knowledge.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines.
• Creative and passionate about continuous improvement.
• Resilient and adaptable to change.

• Inclusive team-working abilities.

Desirable

• Full / Part-qualified (CIMA, ACCA, AAT, or equivalent).
• Charity sector experience is highly desirable.
• Good knowledge of charity accounting principles SORP (FRS 102).
• Good knowledge using QuickBooks.

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview.

Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.

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