practice manager Beverley, England
Job description
Job Title: Accountant
Salary: £28,900 to £32,625 (FTE) £12,497 to £14,108 for 16 hours
per annum + pension contribution (10.6%)
Area of work: East Riding of Yorkshire
Hours: 16
Reports to: Chief Executive/Practice Accountant
Responsible for: No line management responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES
To provide financial management training, advice and information, and accounting services to external voluntary organisations companies and small businesses. Up to date knowledge and a flexible approach to service delivery is essential. To expand and market the Accountancy Service within the area.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- To develop the service, in order to ensure long term sustainability, including marketing, developing new services etc
- To carry out remedial work on the accounting records of organisations and ensure that the organisations are sufficiently trained to maintain their records to acceptable standards
- To train individual organisations on a one to one basis (including support with computerisation of accounts)
- To run courses and workshops on various aspects of financial management
- To carry out financial health checks
- To prepare budgets and financial information required for funding bids
- To provide bookkeeping, budgeting and management support to voluntary organisations, companies and small businesses
- To produce, in line with agreed standards and procedures, annual accounts for voluntary organisations, companies and small businesses
- To undertake Independent examinations/audits of charitable organisations
- Make recommendations on the annual accounts of voluntary organisations, companies and small businesses
- To carry out internal scrutiny/audit of parish councils, Academy schools and other organisations
- To prepare and submit tax returns on behalf of voluntary sector organisations, companies and small businesses
- To prepare reports for line manager to review prior to submitting to external agencies – e.g. Charity Commission, Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) , Companies House, HMRC as required
- To provide payroll support
- To provide financial support and advice over the telephone and by email
- To contribute to good practice guides, and articles for the ERVAS Newsletter
GENERAL JOB TASKS
- To ensure that members of the ERVAS team are kept adequately informed of your work and that information is provided as requested by your line manager.
- To act as a contact point for Community Accountancy Service enquiries and answering the switchboard as required.
- To participate in planning and team building activities within ERVAS and to contribute to the core operation and development of the organisation
- To take part in supervision / appraisal meetings as agreed in line with ERVAS policy.
- To undertake in-service training as appropriate
- To respect confidentiality of all information acquired through working at ERVAS within the framework of the confidentiality policy
- To work in a self-servicing capacity
- To keep professionally informed on developments in accounts and appropriate voluntary sector issues and undertake appropriate training
- To adhere to the policies and procedures and Information Governance requirements of the Board of Trustees
- To adhere to Equality and Diversity Policies and Health and Safety at all times
- To undertake such other duties as are commensurate to the nature of this work and level of responsibility after consultation and agreement with the Board of Trustees
Please also note that the post holder will participate in the general activities of the employing organisation.
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 16 per week
Salary: £12,497.00-£14,108.00 per year
Benefits:
- Flexitime
Flexible Language Requirement:
- English not required
Schedule:
- Flexitime
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Beverley: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- accounting: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Practice Accountant
