Are you a clear-thinking, hands-on finance professional with the analytical rigor and collaborative spirit to help ensure no one is left behind in a digital world? We are looking for a new part-time Management Accountant to maintain a robust financial engine for Good Things Foundation, turning complex transactional data into actionable operational clarity for our Board, Senior Management Team, and budget holders.
You will be the financial steady hand behind our mission: leading end-to-end management accounting, shaping annual budgets, navigating VAT intricacies, and safeguarding our cash flow and compliance. Working directly alongside our Associate Director of Finance, you will bring commercial precision to everything from project costing and insurance renewals to grant claims and year-end audits. Yet, as part of our close-knit, all-hands finance team, you enjoy the full spectrum of the craft—equally comfortable diving into daily transaction processing and reconciliations as you are delivering high-level variance analysis to senior leadership.
By bringing meticulous attention to detail, proactive continuous improvement, and a supportive, open communication style to our work, you will help stretch every pound further. In doing so, you will ensure our nation’s social infrastructure for digital inclusion remains strong, sustainable, and ready to transform lives for good.
Role description
The Management Accountant will play a vital role in ensuring Good Things Foundation’s management accounting function remains robust, being responsible for the production of accurate, timely monthly management accounts that meet the needs of the Board, Senior Management Team (“SMT”), and budget holders.
Working closely with the Associate Director of Finance, you will assist with annual budget preparation, performance monitoring, and the management of the organisation's insurance renewals and employee pension schemes.
You will also work closely with the Finance Officer to ensure the accurate and efficient processing of financial transactions. Good Things Foundation’s finance function is a small team that provides all accounting functions. All members of the team provide cover for each other and work together to meet deadlines and support the organisation. We are looking for someone who is a team player and is happy to contribute to all aspects of the finance function from processing transactions, paying invoices, managing controls and reconciliations, producing management accounts and creating budgets.
Important details
- Location: Sheffield (Hybrid working is available) Good Things Foundation is headquartered in Sheffield. We welcome candidates based in Sheffield, London or somewhere with practical access to both. Staff work flexibly across home and face-to-face settings. The role requires regular UK travel, particularly to Sheffield and London, for meetings, networking, events and public speaking. Travel to Sheffield to fulfil your role duties is considered normal commuting and the costs or time will not be reimbursed.
- Salary: £35,000 - £42,000 (FTE), on a pro-rata 3 days per week basis (depending on experience). The actual pro rata salary is £21,000 - £25,200.
- Contract: Part-time (3 days per week, 22.5 hours). Flexibility of working patterns may be discussed with candidates if required
- Closing date: 11:55pm, Sunday 13th Spetember
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Please note, we are not currently in a position to offer remote working from abroad or provide sponsorship at this time. We will only be able to consider applications from candidates based in the UK who already have the right to work full time hours.
Please email your application to recruitment@goodthingsfoundation.org by the closing date and time of Sunday 13th September 11:55pm. Please attach your CV and a supporting statement, of no more than two sides, that sets out:
- Tell us why you want to be Good Things Foundation’s Management Accountant
- How will your skills and experience directly contribute to our mission and strategic aims?
- Can you demonstrate that you are a fully qualified accountant, either by experience (Minimum 3 years plus in a comparable role) or a recognised accounting qualification (CIMA, CPA e.t.c)?
Applications which do not include both a CV and covering letter will not be considered.
We would also be grateful if you would complete the Equality and Diversity monitoring form on the online application process. This form is for monitoring purposes only and is not treated as part of your application.
Safeguarding statement and pre-employment checks
Here at Good Things Foundation, we work with vulnerable adults and are fully committed to ensuring their safeguarding and welfare at all times, in line with our Safeguarding Policy and Procedures. All of our employees, contractors and volunteers will be expected to comply with the policy and procedures. Upon a conditional offer of appointment being made, all employees will also be required to satisfy our pre-employment screening process, which for this position may include (either immediately or in the future):
- An identity check (photo ID)
- Receipt of two satisfactory references
- Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK
- A finance check
- A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.