Senior Reporting Accountant
- Employer
- RSPB
- Location
- Sandy, Bedfordshire
- Salary
- Starting at £29,507 to £39,342 per annum
- Closing date
- 22 Jul 2018
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- Function
- Management, Operations & Service Delivery, Business Development & Commercial, Finance & Legal
- Sector
- Environment / Conservation, Animal
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Job Details
The RSPB is looking for a self-motivated, enthusiastic colleague to join our Financial Planning & Reporting team in a rewarding and challenging environment, where everything we do as an organisation is focused on saving nature.
Senior Reporting Accountant
Reference number: A1820618
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
Salary starting at: £29,507 to £39,342 per annum
Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent
As the Senior Reporting Accountant in the team you will work closely with the Finance Business Partners and Financial Accounting Team to provide the RSPB and its other entities with financial management information, up to Management Board and Trustee level, to support financial governance and aid decision making.
You will be comfortable with systems and have strong excel and analytical skills. You will need to have experience of and an ability to collect data for analysis and interpretation for regular financial reporting containing strategic, financial and business information, to strict deadlines.
You will gain the respect and confidence of the colleagues you support through strong communication skills (presentation, written and oral) and your ability to constructively challenge plans and interpret outcomes.
You will add value through gaining an intimate understanding of the RSPB's budget and forecast processes and have the ability to translate those processes into analytical data, contributing to business performance and the requirements of the finance function with the charity's need.
You will be a part (nearing completion) or fully qualified accountant with up to date technical knowledge and a thirst for progressing in your profession. We will want the successful candidate to influence change and use their skill set to further drive the charities objectives forward. You will also be comfortable working under pressure, to tight deadlines and interacting with people at all levels inside the RSPB.
If you can see yourself in this role, we look forward to meeting you.
Closing date: 22 July 2018
TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
If you would like to find out more about this position, please click the button to be directed to our website where you can download the Role Profile and Application Details.
This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. You will be asked to declare unspent convictions and cautions at offer of employment stage.
Please make sure you include reference number A1820618 on any correspondence.
No agencies please.
Company
The RSPB (the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) is a large, national charity dedicated to the conservation of birds and other wildlife and the environments on which they depend. Founded in 1889, the RSPB has more than a million members, over 2,000 employees and 13,500 volunteers. RSPB’s UK headquarters are in Bedfordshire and it has an annual income of nearly £133 million.
RSPB carries out conservation work in many different areas. It runs a network of 200 nature reserves covering almost 13,000 hectares, which are home to 80% of the UK’s rarest or most threatened bird species. It works with farmers to identify wildlife friendly farming methods, researches bird populations and partners with international conservation organisations.
RSPB is also an advocacy organisation, lobbying the government on diverse topics such as planning, wind farms and economics. It has a UK headquarters, three national offices and nine offices in the English regions. Its million-plus members, 200,000 of whom are youth members, make it the largest conservation organisation in the UK. RSPB also has 150 local groups and more than 80 youth groups. It has a volunteer to staff ratio of 6:1.
The charity was founded in Manchester in 1889 as the Plumage League (initially as a campaign against the killing of birds for the fashion industry). It received a Royal Charter in 1904, becoming the ‘Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’. RSPB moved to its present headquarters in Sandy, Bedfordshire, in 1961.
One of the RSPB’s most popular activities, carried out for children since 1979 and for adults since 2001, is the Big Garden Birdwatch. The Birdwatch is an annual data collection of bird populations that takes place every January. In 2016, 519,000 people were involved, counting over 8 million birds. The Birdwatch enables RSPB to build a picture of garden wildlife across the UK. It has shown, for instance, that the sparrow population has declined by 60% since 1979.
RSPB also urges supporters to ‘make a home for nature’ in their gardens. Activities include creating feeding stations and homes for hedgehogs, providing flowers and plants for moths, creating habitats for frogs and toads and forming safe corridors from one garden to the next.
RSPB, along with sister organisations, Stop Climate Chaos Cymru and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, is part of The Climate Coalition. It argues that the effect of climate change on wildlife and wild places can already been seen and that increased flooding and rain from climate change will spell disaster for birds and wildlife.
RSPB is also a member of BirdLife International, a global partnership of conservation organisations that share common objectives.
RSPB is a major fundraising charity and spends around 90% of its income on conservation, public education and advocacy.
- Website
- http://www.rspb.org.uk/vacancies
- Telephone
- 01767 680 551
- Location
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The Lodge,
Potton Road,
Sandy,
Bedfordshire
SG19 2DL
GB
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