Senior management accountant

Poverty is an outrage against humanity. It robs people of dignity, freedom and hope, of power over their own lives. Christian Aid has a vision - an end to poverty - and we believe that vision can become a reality. We urge you to join us and help to drive forward and deliver our new corporate strategy - Partnership for Change.

We work globally for profound change that eradicates the causes of poverty, striving to achieve equality, dignity and freedom for all, regardless of faith or nationality.

As a key member of Christian Aid’s Finance Senior Management Team (SMT), reporting into the Head of Finance, and part of the Supporter and Community Partnerships Department (i.e. fundraising, communications and campaigning) SMT, you will help to deliver Christian Aid’s vision, mission and strategic direction, with particular emphasis on supporting corporate strategic and operational decisions by the provision of high quality financial analysis and information; oversee the financial planning and reporting for the organisation; acting as a Business Partner for the Supporter and Community Partnerships Department - working closely with the Director of SPD and SPD senior management team, providing analyses on income and expenditure and being the main point of contact on all financial matters. You will also be responsible for coordinating Business Partnering support for other departments (except the International Department), overseeing the financial and budgeting systems and leading the management accounting team (four persons).

To be successful in this role, you will be a professionally qualified accountant with significant post qualification experience including business partnering, budgeting, reporting, planning and analysis. In addition, you will have highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, being able to cultivate relationships and work collaboratively with key non-financial stakeholders both internally and externally. You will be passionate about Christian Aid’s vision.

Please show your suitability for this post by giving answers to the following questions: Using the guidance notes may help you formulate your answers.

Communicate effectively

Tell us about a time when you had adapt your style, approach and delivery method to communicate effectively with a particular audience.

Steward resources

Give us an example of how your skills in managing the available resources and people’s time led to the delivery of quality outcomes on time.

Thrive for improvement

Give us an example of when you identified a gap in a system or process and the actions you took.

We value the contribution each person makes to the success of our organisation. That’s why you can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

As this post is UK based, non-EC nationals will require current and valid permission to work in the UK.

Download the role profile (148 KB pdf)

To apply for this post, please download an application pack and email your completed UK & Ireland application form to: recruitment@christian-aid.org  (quoting the reference number. Alternatively, your completed application form, can be printed out and posted to us at:

Christian Aid 
35 Lower Marsh 
Waterloo 
London SE1 7RT

Please note that CVs will not be accepted.

Job reference: 597/OK/B

Closing date: 9am, Monday 11 November 2013

Interview date: Thursday 28 November 2013 (to be confirmed)

Christian Aid values diversity and aspires to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.