Financial Accounting Manager (Maternity Cover)

Amongst our ambitions we aim 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 make sure we continue to grow our game with strong foundations and appeal to our existing as well as our future members and audiences.  

As part of this journey, the opportunity has arisen for a Finance professional to cover maternity leave with the ability to work operationally within the organisation to manage the day-to-day transactional activity as well as modernise and create efficiency in our financial operations. 

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 professional working in collaboration with the finance team and wider directorate, taking ownership for the following areas: 

• 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 
• Responsible for the preparation of monthly bank reconciliation and balance sheet reconciliations 
• Processing, analysis and reporting of the monthly payroll
• Processing, analysis and reporting of capital expenditure 
• Managing a small transactionally focused team (Purchase and Sales Ledgers), cultivating strong relationships through weekly in person catch ups.
• Identification and reconciliation of accruals and prepayments. This requires an understanding of Exchequer and Lottery funding from government agencies. 
• Ensuring all changes to statutory requirements are researched, understood, and planned ahead of implementation dates
• Maintaining strong financial controls throughout England Hockey 
• Preparation of quarterly VAT returns
• Preparation for and day-to-day management of internal and external audits 
• Responsible for the provision of on-site cash management at England Hockey events 
• To run or assist in financial training across the business 
• Support the production of monthly management accounts 
• Support the analysis and reporting of funding 
• To provide hands-on transactional support at peak times 

Qualifications and Experience 

• Accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA etc.) 
• Educated to degree level or relevant experience 
• Evidence of successfully leading a transactional team 
• Experience of delivering projects successfully to a multi-stakeholder environment 
• Experience of developing and implementing policy and procedures 
• Strong Excel and IT knowledge and experience of accounting systems (Access an advantage) 
• Knowledge of partial VAT exemption would be advantageous