Job Purpose
We are seeking a proactive and technically strong Finance Manager to lead the day-to-day financial operations. Reporting directly to the Finance Director, you will serve as a key operational anchor, ensuring the Society balances compliance with financial agility.
In this role, you will take ownership of the Full Set of Accounts, manage liquidity, and oversee the daily finance operations. A critical part of your mandate will be team development and capacity building — mentoring Finance Executives and Officers to elevate their capabilities. By optimising daily operations and maintaining a robust, audit-ready environment, you will help build a scalable finance function that supports the Society's long-term strategic goals.
Job Responsibilities
- Team Leadership & Capacity Building
- Lead, mentor, and upskill a team of Finance Officers and Executives. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and professional development within the finance team.
- Set clear, achievable KPIs focused on ledger accuracy, timely month-end closing, and reconciliation excellence.
- Champion system utilisation and workflow enhancements to increase departmental efficiency, empowering the team to deliver higher-value analytical support to the Society.
- Act as a reliable operational deputy to the Director of Finance, absorbing day-to-day management to allow leadership to focus on strategic organisational initiatives.
- Financial Accounting & Reporting
- Take ultimate responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the General Ledger and Full Set of Accounts.
- Drive the month-end and year-end closing timelines, ensuring all accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, and depreciation are accurately posted by the team.
- Prepare statutory Financial Statements and Notes to the Accounts in compliance with relevant accounting standards.
- Act as the primary operational liaison with External Auditors
- Prepare audit schedules, defend accounting treatments, and ensure a clean audit opinion.
- Review quarterly GST returns. Ensure the returns correctly apply input tax logic, taking into account allowed and disallowed items.
3. Fundraising & Funding Management
- Review fund utilisation reports and SOAs for fundraising events
- Submit fund utilisation reports in accordance with donor and regulatory requirements.
- Work with auditors on fundraising events / funding-related audits, including international disaster fundraising where applicable.
4. Treasury & Cash Flow Management
- Manage the Society's working capital. Monitor the cash flow requirements and execute placement of excess cash in accordance with Board mandates.
- Act as the final reviewer for payment runs. Review proposed payment batches for GL accuracy, tax classification, and proper authorisation.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for banking matters, managing corporate credit cards, and banking portal access tokens.
5. Budgeting & Cost Control
- Support the Director of Finance in the Annual Budgeting exercise. Consolidate departmental submissions, review operational assumptions, and allocate shared overhead costs appropriately.
- Review monthly Actual vs. Budget variance reports. Investigate operational overspends collaboratively with Department Heads and advise on cost-containment strategies.
- Ensure restricted donor funds and grants are utilised correctly, allocated to the right project codes, and utilised within the grant periods.
6. Process Improvement
- Project manage all improvement / automation projects (systems &/or processes), liaising with vendors and end-users as required.
- Review, develop, harmonise and enhance Finance SOPs and internal processes to ensure efficiency, consistency, and effectiveness.
7. Stakeholder & Ad-hoc Support
- Work closely with internal stakeholders to resolve finance-related queries accurately and promptly.
- Support ad-hoc financial analysis and management reports as required.
