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Treasurer, Friends for Life Bedfordshire

Friends for Life

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As treasurer, you will play a vital role in maintaining effective oversight of the charity’s finances, ensuring that we make best use of our financial resources, and helping to ensure long-term sustainability as we grow our reach and impact. You’ll also be actively involved in updating our financial systems and processes, with the opportunity for you to shape how the treasurer role is delivered and improve the effectiveness of the service provided.
The key responsibilities of the role include:-
• Delivery of all day-to-day financial duties, such as book-keeping, budgeting, preparation of reports, settling invoices and payment of staff and volunteer expenses.
• Oversight of the charity’s bank account, maintaining accurate records of all transactions and regular reconciliation of all accounts.
• Setting up online monthly staff salary payments, and sending monthly staff PAYE and NIC deductions to HMRC.
• Claiming gift aid from HMRC, and submitting a corporation tax return as required
• Presenting monthly financial reports to the board in a format that helps the board understand the charity’s financial position.
• Preparing the annual accounts in accordance with the SORP guidelines and overseeing their independent examination.
• Submitting annual accounts, reports and returns to the Charity Commission and Companies House.
• Maintaining Trustee/Director records on the Charity Commission and Companies House portals.
• Providing financial data to the FFL Fundraising Lead in support of grant applications.
• Keeping up to date with relevant changes to Charity Commission and Companies House requirements, and working with the Chair and the Board to ensure compliance.

Administration,Finance & Accountancy

Admin, Basic IT skills - internet & email, Bookkeeping & Finance

We are looking for someone who • Has previous experience in a financial role - for example you might have been involved in managing a budget, working with financial reports, or in a role where financial record-keeping or reporting was part of your responsibilities • Has experience using modern accounting software packages • Can demonstrate a high level of personal integrity and judgement, including the ability to take responsibility for significant areas of work and deliver to deadlines • Can demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail, and has an aptitude for working with numbers • Is confident working with the staff team and with the Board, for example presenting financial reports to the Board and advising on financial implications of Board decisions • Is able to follow and apply the key rules, policies and procedures that govern how we manage and report on our finances • Has access to their own IT equipment, and relevant IT skills

Our charity offers a unique service that makes a real difference to the well-being of some of the most vulnerable members of our community, tackling social isolation and strengthening community links. As treasurer, you will play a vital role in helping us to fulfil our mission, working with a great set of colleagues, as well as doing something that is personally rewarding and enjoyable.

We are looking for someone who is willing to make a long term commitment to the role (a minimum of three years). On average, we would expect that the role (including attending board meetings etc) would require between half and one day per week, although this should reduce as our systems and processes are improved.

Further location details may be provided below.

Michael Ridley

We are based at 43 Bromham Road, Bedford (the CVS building). However the role of treasurer can mostly be delivered remotely from your own home.

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Please contact Michael Ridley, Chair of Trustees (contact details above)

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