Our vision, our mission and our work are all defined by one goal – ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. We believe that no-one should have to live in fear that they won't have a home to sleep in or enough food to feed their children. For over 50 years we have been working with the world's poorest people towards this goal.

Today we are a team of over 4,400 highly skilled and dedicated professionals from 50 countries who share an exceptional depth and diversity of experience. We want committed, values driven staff to join our Dublin team and are currently looking for a Senior Management Accountant – UK Operations to be part of our Finance department.

We are committed to providing our staff with the skills needed to excel in their jobs. Concern offers in-house management and leadership courses and tailored organisation-wide learning opportunities both in-person and online. All employees are required to undertake training in equality, diversity and inclusion; the Code of Conduct; and safeguarding, along with any other training required for the role.

Our culture is values driven and friendly. A global engagement survey conducted in 2022, responded to by 3,577 of our staff, showed that 89% of our staff would happily recommend Concern as a great place to work and 94% are proud to tell people that they work for Concern.

Our office is located in Dublin 2 and we are currently working a hybrid model (50% remote working) and offer flexi time.

The job: Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Senior Management Accountant is responsible for the efficient and effective management of Concern Worldwide UK financial processes and accounts.

Job Location: Dublin

If you join us, you will:

• Month end procedures – ensure month end journals are prepared and posted by UK Finance team for the month end, ensure balance sheet accounts are reconciled, review restricted general donations, and ensure that the accounting system is reconciled to the fundraising database.
• Management Accounts – produce monthly management accounts by the agreed timetable. Obtain, review and consolidate commentary on budget variances into finance reports for SMT and Group Finance and to prepare monthly KPIs.
• Board Reporting - to produce quarterly financial reports and budget revision papers for the Audit & Finance Committee and Board, for review by the Director of Finance & Operations.
• Accounting System – to maintain the chart of accounts and set of management reports. Ensure the management reports reconcile to the TB and set up new management reports as required.
• Fundraising database - to review information on the fundraising database; to ensure that it is uploaded into the accounting system each month; and ensure that it is fully reconciled to bank. Follow-up with Finance Officer and support resolving any differences if necessary.
• Statutory Accounts – to produce statutory accounts and notes in conjunction with the Director of Finance & Operations. Prepare all audit working papers and be the day-to-day contact for external auditors.
• Budgeting – coordinate the budget revision process across the UK, including preparation of templates and supporting budget holders in completion. Prepare the consolidation and commentary for review by the Director of Finance & Operations, and upload budget revisions to the accounting system.
• Financial analysis – to support the Director of Finance & Operations in producing relevant financial analysis to aid decision making for budget holders, the Senior Management Team and Board of Trustees.
• Payroll and pensions – together with HR team prepare monthly payroll and liaise with outsourced payroll provider. To prepare and reconcile monthly payroll journal, ensure payment of related tax and pension contributions, and complete necessary payroll reporting to HMRC.
• Accounts Payable – support the Finance Officer to ensure invoices are processed for payment on a timely basis and procurement procedures are adhered to; ensure credit cards are reconciled
• Induction, support and training – ensure that all UK staff understand and comply with financial procedures by providing inductions, training and ad hoc support.
• Any other duties which from time to time may be assigned to the position.

Skills you will bring:

Essential: 

• Holder of a relevant professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc.)
• Highly responsive and reliable with strong attention to detail and advanced excel skills.

• Able to demonstrate competence and practical experience in financial and management accounting principles and techniques
• Able to demonstrate competence and practical experience in business planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting

• Competent in producing Finance papers for Senior Management Teams and Boards
• Excellent communication skills, particularly attuned to finance documents interpretation  and working well with non-financial staff
• Able to work in a busy environment and plan work effectively to meet deadlines
• Experience of managing staff and able to inspire and drive your team to achieve objectives
• An understanding of and empathy with the charitable sector is essential.

Desirable:

• Experience working within a charity finance function
• Experience of Dynamics GP will be an advantage
• Experience of producing SORP compliant statutory accounts and liaising with auditors

This role will be based in the Dublin office with a salary from €66,156 – €75,607 (Global Band 7).

This is a Permanent hybrid (50%) role. This role reports to the Finance Manager, manages two Finance Officer and liaises with the wider Finance team and other areas of the organisation.

We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity and origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organisation. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations, and is committed to promoting equality. 

If this role sounds right for you, please apply with your CV and cover letter. We will respond to every applicant. Please be aware we may offer positions before the closing date.

If you have any concerns about our recruitment process and need particular assistance - for example if you have a visual impairment or are neuro-divergent - please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate you. 

Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy accessible here. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with vulnerable adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Subsequently, working or volunteering with Concern is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.

Your Personal Data

During this job application, you will provide Concern with your personal data. Concern takes its responsibilities towards this personal data very seriously and is committed to complying with all relevant data protection legislation.

Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year.  Increasingly donors are introducing requirements whereby future funding is conditional on ensuring that the name of any employee or volunteer (existing or new), does not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List). 

Any offer of employment (either paid or voluntary) with Concern Worldwide will only be made following a successful clearance check being conducted on the applicant and such checks may be updated periodically during the course of the period of employment. 

By submitting a formal application for paid or voluntary employment to Concern, you agree to Concern carrying out a clearance check as outlined above and that Concern will not proceed to recruit you should your name appear on any of the aforementioned lists

In certain circumstances, donors may request that personal data relating to employees to work on the activities that they fund be provided directly to them - so that they can perform their own counter terrorism checks. This may involve transferring some basic personal data outside the EEA. It will be a condition of your employment contract that Concern be allowed to share this information with institutional donors for these purposes.

For additional information please consult our web site or contact the Human Resource Division in our Head Office.

You have certain rights under data protection legislation. For more information on how to exercise those rights please visit www.concern.net/about/privacy

Please only apply for this position if you are satisfied with the proposed processing of your personal data as outlined above.