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Altum Consulting is delighted to be partnering with Oak Foundation in its search for a new UK-based Finance Officer.

Oak Foundation () commits its resources to address issues of global, social, and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged. Through our grant-making, we support others to make the world a safer, fairer, and more sustainable place to live. With offices in Europe, India, and North America, we make grants to organisations in approximately 40 countries worldwide.
Reporting into the Head of Finance in Geneva, the person in this exciting role works closely with various partners to: review funding requests; work on due diligence; assess risk; and monitor the reports from existing projects. The role will also involve core finance duties pertaining to financial management of the UK office. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive finance professional who is passionate about global issues to join a philanthropic organisation that is making a big impact.
This position will pay a salary of circa £45,000, with the possibility to go higher for a candidate with particularly strong skills and experience.

As the Finance Officer your role will include:

• Working with a wide range of partner organisations, building relationships with their finance teams and performing due diligence on grant proposals.
• Assessing and mitigating risk on requested grant funding.
• Conducting compliance checks.
• Ad hoc financial analysis relating to grants.
• Acting as the go-to point of contact for partner charities regarding any finance issues.
• Performing bookkeeping, financial, and management accounting duties on behalf of Oak Foundation’s London office, including monitoring the work of the local accounting practice.
• Act as a point of contact for auditors.
• Seek to improve finance systems and processes where possible.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have or be working towards a university degree and a recognised accounting qualification, or be qualified by experience.
• At least 5 years of professional experience accounting for programmes or projects.
• Be able to work autonomously but also build relationships and work closely with colleagues and external stakeholders.
• Have strong interpersonal skills and written communicational skills.
• Be passionate about the issues Oak Foundation is working towards.
• Be committed to the
  values
  of Oak Foundation.

Altum Consulting is managing the first stage of the recruitment to this post, which will involve an initial screening telephone call, followed by a written exercise, and if that is successful, a first stage interview before a second stage interview with Oak Foundation. We are working towards a deadline of Sunday August 13th for receiving applications, but will also consider candidates on an ad hoc basis and reserve the right to close applications ahead of this date if there are several strong candidates in process.

Therefore if interested please submit your CV to today.

By submitting your application, you confirm that you have read and understood Oak’s .

Oak Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, as detailed in . We expect all staff to share this commitment. Please note that the successful candidate will undergo reference checks and be required to provide a police record prior to starting employment.