In-House Charity Accountant/Financial Controller
The Russell Martin Foundation · Volunteer, SD · 1 mo ago
Internship
We need to output HTML fragment with headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Preserve all substantive info.
Let's parse the posting.
Content:
- Opening: "To take ownership of the day-to-day financial operations, provide accurate monthly management accounts." (maybe part of About the role)
- Title: "In-House Charity Accountant/Financial Controller Volunteer Paid role £27,874 - £32,000 a year - Permanent, Part-time Accountant / Finance Manager (Part Time) 20 Hours 10-2 Southwick View on Google maps Apply now"
- About The Role: "To take ownership of the day-to-day financial operations, provide accurate monthly management accounts, ensure strict regulatory compliance, and support the Board of Trustees with strategic financial planning."
- Application email and dates: "Please email recruitment@rmfoundation.co.uk to apply - Closing date: Friday 25th September 2026. Interviews will take place Tuesday 6th October 2026."
- Experience Required Person Specification: "Essential Experience & Qualifications Qualified or part-qualified (3 year +) accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or QBE (Qualified by Experience) with a strong track record in charity finance. In-depth knowledge of Charity SORP and tax compliance (Gift Aid, VAT). Proficiency in accounting software (Xero) and advanced Excel skills."
- Skills & Abilities: "Hands-on Approach: Willingness to handle both high-level reporting and transactional bookkeeping. Communication: Ability to explain financial information to non-finance staff and trustees. Accuracy: Exceptional attention to detail and ability to work to strict deadlines. Proactive: Ability to improve financial processes and systems."
- Desirable: "Experience in grant reporting to major funders (e.g., Big Lottery, Trusts). Background and/or interest in Education and/or Sport preferably football"
- Key responsibilities: bullet list items.
- Operational Finance: bullet list.
- Also mention "To be undertaken from April 2027" (maybe start date). Also "Pay" info: £27,874 - £32,000 a year. Part-time 20 hours. Schedule: 10-2 (maybe 10am-2pm). Also location: Southwick View.
We need sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must include only sections with real content.
Let's extract:
About the role: we have description: "To take ownership of the day-to-day financial operations, provide accurate monthly management accounts, ensure strict regulatory compliance, and support the Board of Trustees with strategic financial planning."
Responsibilities: list of duties: Financial Accounting & Compliance, Management Reporting & Budgeting, Operational Finance. We'll need to convert bullet points into
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Preserve all substantive info.
Let's parse the posting.
Content:
- Opening: "To take ownership of the day-to-day financial operations, provide accurate monthly management accounts." (maybe part of About the role)
- Title: "In-House Charity Accountant/Financial Controller Volunteer Paid role £27,874 - £32,000 a year - Permanent, Part-time Accountant / Finance Manager (Part Time) 20 Hours 10-2 Southwick View on Google maps Apply now"
- About The Role: "To take ownership of the day-to-day financial operations, provide accurate monthly management accounts, ensure strict regulatory compliance, and support the Board of Trustees with strategic financial planning."
- Application email and dates: "Please email recruitment@rmfoundation.co.uk to apply - Closing date: Friday 25th September 2026. Interviews will take place Tuesday 6th October 2026."
- Experience Required Person Specification: "Essential Experience & Qualifications Qualified or part-qualified (3 year +) accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or QBE (Qualified by Experience) with a strong track record in charity finance. In-depth knowledge of Charity SORP and tax compliance (Gift Aid, VAT). Proficiency in accounting software (Xero) and advanced Excel skills."
- Skills & Abilities: "Hands-on Approach: Willingness to handle both high-level reporting and transactional bookkeeping. Communication: Ability to explain financial information to non-finance staff and trustees. Accuracy: Exceptional attention to detail and ability to work to strict deadlines. Proactive: Ability to improve financial processes and systems."
- Desirable: "Experience in grant reporting to major funders (e.g., Big Lottery, Trusts). Background and/or interest in Education and/or Sport preferably football"
- Key responsibilities: bullet list items.
- Operational Finance: bullet list.
- Also mention "To be undertaken from April 2027" (maybe start date). Also "Pay" info: £27,874 - £32,000 a year. Part-time 20 hours. Schedule: 10-2 (maybe 10am-2pm). Also location: Southwick View.
We need sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must include only sections with real content.
Let's extract:
About the role: we have description: "To take ownership of the day-to-day financial operations, provide accurate monthly management accounts, ensure strict regulatory compliance, and support the Board of Trustees with strategic financial planning."
Responsibilities: list of duties: Financial Accounting & Compliance, Management Reporting & Budgeting, Operational Finance. We'll need to convert bullet points into - . The posting includes bullet-like lines with bold headings. We'll extract each duty.
Requirements: maybe essential experience & qualifications? Could be combined with Qualifications? The spec says separate sections for Requirements and Qualifications. We'll need to decide what goes where. Usually Requirements = experience needed; Qualifications = certifications/education. We'll split.
From posting: "Experience Required Person Specification Essential Experience & Qualifications Qualified or part-qualified (3 year +) accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or QBE (Qualified by Experience) with a strong track record in charity finance. In-depth knowledge of Charity SORP and tax compliance (Gift Aid, VAT). Proficiency in accounting software (Xero) and advanced Excel skills."
That seems like qualifications (certifications) plus experience. We'll treat "Qualified or part-qualified (3 year +) accountant..." as Qualifications. "In-depth knowledge of Charity SORP and tax compliance (Gift Aid, VAT). Proficiency in accounting software (Xero) and advanced Excel skills." could be Skills? But they are under Experience Required. Might be better to put under Qualifications (knowledge) and Skills (software proficiency). However we have separate Skills section for abilities.
We'll allocate:
Qualifications: Qualified or part-qualified (3 year +) accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or QBE (Qualified by Experience). In-depth knowledge of Charity SORP and tax compliance (Gift Aid, VAT). Proficiency in accounting software (Xero) and advanced Excel skills.
Requirements: maybe "Strong track record in charity finance." Could be requirement. Also "Experience in grant reporting to major funders (e.g., Big Lottery, Trusts)" is desirable, not required. So Requirements could be: "Strong track record in charity finance." Might be thin. But we need real content; we can include that.
Skills: Hands-on Approach, Communication, Accuracy, Proactive. Also maybe "Experience in grant reporting to major funders" is desirable skill; but we can include under Skills as desirable? The instruction: include section only when posting has real specific content. We have specific content for Skills & Abilities. So we will include Skills section with those bullet points.
Benefits: Not mentioned explicitly. No benefits described. So we should not include Benefits section.
Pay: Salary range £27,874 - £32,000 a year. Also part-time 20 hours. So we can include Pay section with that info.
Schedule: Part-time 20 hours, 10-2 (presumably 10am-2pm). Also start date "To be undertaken from April 2027". That could be schedule? Might be start date. We'll include Schedule section with hours and maybe start date.
We must not include boilerplate like application email, closing date, interviews. Remove those.
Also remove duplicated lines like "Apply now". Remove navigation etc.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
About the role
To take ownership of the day-to-day financial operations, provide accurate monthly management accounts, ensure strict regulatory compliance, and support the Board of Trustees with strategic financial planning.
Responsibilities
- Financial Accounting & Compliance: Maintain the nominal, purchase, and sales ledgers using Xero, ensuring all transactions are accurately recorded.
- Prepare monthly management accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, deferred and accrued income.
- Ensure full compliance with the Charities SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice) and FRS 102.
- Manage Restricted and Unrestricted fund accounting, ensuring compliance with donor agreements.
- Liaising with Charity auditors during the year end process in preparation of audited accounts.
- Management Reporting & Budgeting: Development of the key performance indicators (KPI’s) to show if finances are within or outside of agreed budget tolerances.
- Work alongside budget holders to develop the annual budget and re-forecasts.
- Prepare monthly financial reports and commentary for the Senior Leadership Team and Trustees.
- Monitor cash flow to ensure liquidity, managing treasury activities and bank reconciliations.
- Operational Finance: Oversee payroll processing and ensure compliance with HMRC regulations.
- To be undertaken from April 2027: Making payments to suppliers, staff, and control of aged receivable days.
- Manage income processing (donations, grants, and fundraising income), ensuring restricted funds are ringfenced.
- Review and improve internal financial controls to safeguard assets and prevent fraud.
But we need to avoid duplication; some lines have headings inside li. Might be okay.
We could group under subheadings but not required.
Now Requirements section: maybe "Strong track record in charity finance." Also maybe "Experience in grant reporting to major funders (e.g., Big Lottery, Trusts)" is desirable, not required. So we could put that under Requirements? But it's desirable. Better to put under Skills? Actually desirable experience could be under Skills as desirable. But we already have Skills section for abilities. Could add a bullet for desirable experience under Skills? Might be okay.
But we need to avoid filler. Let's think: The posting includes "Desirable Experience in grant reporting to major funders (e.g., Big Lottery, Trusts). Background and/or interest in Education and/or Sport preferably football". That's desirable, not required. We could include under Skills as desirable? Or we could create a separate section "Desirable" but not in allowed headings. So we could incorporate into Skills or Requirements as optional. Since we have Skills section for abilities, we could add bullet: "Desirable: Experience in grant reporting to major funders (e.g., Big Lottery, Trusts); background and/or interest in Education and/or Sport preferably football."
Now Qualifications: list.
Qualifications: Qualified or part-qualified (3 year +) accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or QBE (Qualified by Experience). In-depth knowledge of Charity SORP and tax compliance (Gift Aid, VAT). Proficiency in accounting software (Xero) and advanced Excel skills.
Now Pay: Salary range £27,874 - £32,000 per annum. Part-time 20 hours per week.
Schedule: Working hours 10am‑2pm (20 hours per week). Start date from April 2027.
We must not include placeholders like "not specified". We have specifics.
Now ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. Not.
Now output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft final HTML.
We'll need to escape any special characters? Not needed.
We'll produce:
About the role
To take ownership of the day-to-day financial operations, provide accurate monthly management accounts, ensure strict regulatory compliance, and support the Board of Trustees with strategic financial planning.
Responsibilities
- Maintain the nominal, purchase, and sales ledgers using Xero, ensuring all transactions are accurately recorded.
- Prepare monthly management accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, deferred and accrued income.
- Ensure full compliance with the Charities SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice) and FRS 102.
- Manage Restricted and Unrestricted fund accounting, ensuring compliance with donor agreements.
- Liaise with Charity auditors during the year‑end process in preparation of audited accounts.
- Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) to show if finances are within or outside of agreed budget tolerances.
- Work alongside budget holders to develop the annual budget and re‑forecasts.
- Prepare monthly financial reports and commentary for the Senior Leadership Team and Trustees.
- Monitor cash flow to ensure liquidity, managing treasury activities and bank reconciliations.
- Oversee payroll processing and ensure compliance with HMRC regulations.
- Make payments to suppliers, staff, and control of aged receivable days (to be undertaken from April 2027).
- Manage income processing (donations, grants, and fundraising income), ensuring restricted funds are ring‑fenced.
- Review and improve internal financial controls to safeguard assets and prevent fraud.
Requirements
- Strong track record in charity finance.
Qualifications
- Qualified or part‑qualified (3 year +) accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or QBE (Qualified by Experience).
- In‑depth knowledge of
About the role
To take ownership of the day-to-day financial operations, provide accurate monthly management accounts, ensure strict regulatory compliance, and support the Board of Trustees with strategic financial planning.
Responsibilities
- Financial Accounting & Compliance: Maintain the nominal, purchase, and sales ledgers using Xero, ensuring all transactions are accurately recorded.
- Prepare monthly management accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, deferred and accrued income.
- Ensure full compliance with the Charities SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice) and FRS 102.
- Manage Restricted and Unrestricted fund accounting, ensuring compliance with donor agreements.
- Liaising with Charity auditors during the year end process in preparation of audited accounts.
- Management Reporting & Budgeting: Development of the key performance indicators (KPI’s) to show if finances are within or outside of agreed budget tolerances.
- Work alongside budget holders to develop the annual budget and re-forecasts.
- Prepare monthly financial reports and commentary for the Senior Leadership Team and Trustees.
- Monitor cash flow to ensure liquidity, managing treasury activities and bank reconciliations.
- Operational Finance: Oversee payroll processing and ensure compliance with HMRC regulations.
- To be undertaken from April 2027: Making payments to suppliers, staff, and control of aged receivable days.
- Manage income processing (donations, grants, and fundraising income), ensuring restricted funds are ringfenced.
- Review and improve internal financial controls to safeguard assets and prevent fraud.
About the role
To take ownership of the day-to-day financial operations, provide accurate monthly management accounts, ensure strict regulatory compliance, and support the Board of Trustees with strategic financial planning.
Responsibilities
- Maintain the nominal, purchase, and sales ledgers using Xero, ensuring all transactions are accurately recorded.
- Prepare monthly management accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, deferred and accrued income.
- Ensure full compliance with the Charities SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice) and FRS 102.
- Manage Restricted and Unrestricted fund accounting, ensuring compliance with donor agreements.
- Liaise with Charity auditors during the year‑end process in preparation of audited accounts.
- Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) to show if finances are within or outside of agreed budget tolerances.
- Work alongside budget holders to develop the annual budget and re‑forecasts.
- Prepare monthly financial reports and commentary for the Senior Leadership Team and Trustees.
- Monitor cash flow to ensure liquidity, managing treasury activities and bank reconciliations.
- Oversee payroll processing and ensure compliance with HMRC regulations.
- Make payments to suppliers, staff, and control of aged receivable days (to be undertaken from April 2027).
- Manage income processing (donations, grants, and fundraising income), ensuring restricted funds are ring‑fenced.
- Review and improve internal financial controls to safeguard assets and prevent fraud.
Requirements
- Strong track record in charity finance.
Qualifications
- Qualified or part‑qualified (3 year +) accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or QBE (Qualified by Experience).
- In‑depth knowledge of