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Finance Manager (Maternity Cover)

England Hockey Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, Buckinghamshire / Flexible arrangements
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As part of our new strategy our ambitions are to become more digitally capable, appeal to younger generations and be more reflective of society. Therefore, England Hockey is transforming its commercial and business operations to ensure we continue to grow our game with strong foundations and appeal to our existing as well as our future members and audiences. We recently went live with a new finance system and are in the process of embedding this within our finance team and organisation.

The Finance Manager will be responsible for managing the day-to-day transactional activity and supporting the organisation.

Role Summary

    • Ensure that England Hockey fulfils all statutory obligations and has sound financial controls in place 
    • To inspire and develop good financial processes throughout England Hockey  
    • To improve the end-to-end processes and systems interfacing with Finance by participating in cross organisation project teams 
    • Manage any internal and external audits 

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

A strong Finance Manager working in collaboration with the Finance team and wider directorate, taking ownership for the following areas: 

    • Managing a small transactionally focused team maintaining Sales and Purchase Ledgers
    • Month end management with an objective of delivering a tighter month-end close 
    • Monthly Treasury management including payment cycles, cashflow monitoring, forecast and analysis, petty cash and foreign exchange transactions 
    • Preparation of monthly bank reconciliation
    • Monthly balance sheet reconciliations 
    • Processing, analysis and reporting of capital expenditure 
    • Identification and reconciliation of accruals and prepayments. This requires an understanding of Exchequer and Lottery funding from government agencies. 
    • Working with Senior Finance to ensure that all changes to statutory requirements are researched, understood, and planned ahead of implementation dates
    • Ensuring strong financial controls throughout England Hockey 
    • Preparation of quarterly VAT returns
    • Preparation for and day to day management of external audits 
    • Facilitating or assisting in financial training across the business 
    • Supporting the production of monthly management accounts 
    • Supporting the analysis and reporting of funding 
    • Providing hands-on transactional support at peak times 
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How to Apply

Please download a full role description here.

Please submit your CV (maximum 2 pages) with a one page covering letter by email to: Michele Townsend, Head of People:  careers@englandhockey.co.uk clearly identifying how your skills, qualities and experience are relevant to the requirements outlined in the job description. 

England Hockey is committed to opportunities for all, please complete the equality monitoring form, which is separate to your application:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/EDIMon

If you require any assistance with your application or any other part of the recruitment process, please email careers@englandhockey.co.uk

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