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Allen Lane

Location:
United Kingdom, London

Category:
Finance

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

60000.00 - 65000.00 GBP / Year

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Job Description:

Join one of the UK’s most respected grant-giving foundations as a Finance Manager. Managing a large investment portfolio and distributing more than 600 research grants, this independent trust supports world-class innovation and discovery across the academic landscape. This is a newly created role offering a rare opportunity to work at the heart of a small, high-calibre team. You’ll bring your technical accounting expertise and systems insight to strengthen the Trust’s financial operations, investment accounting, and management reporting during an exciting period of change. Reporting to the Director of Finance, you’ll combine hands-on accounting with process improvement and strategic project work — helping to shape the Trust’s future financial systems and reporting capability.

Job Responsibility:

Lead on the accounting and reporting of a significant investment portfolio
Support the production of statutory accounts and related disclosures
Partner with the Director of Finance and Assistant Director of Finance to enhance management reporting through a newly implemented Microsoft Business Central system
Work with custodians, investment managers and auditors to refine and automate financial processes
Contribute to financial papers for the Board and the Trustees’ Annual Report
Play a key role in developing improved internal reporting and governance practices

Requirements:

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
Experience in financial or investment accounting, ideally from a charity, investment, or audit background
Comfortable operating at both strategic and hands-on levels
Interest in systems and reporting improvement, ideally with exposure to Microsoft Business Central
Detail-focused, well-organised, and thrives in a small, collaborative environment
Enjoy variety and motivated by the chance to contribute to a mission-led organisation

Nice to have:

Exposure to Microsoft Business Central
Experience from a charity, investment, or audit background

What we offer:

Hybrid working in a collegiate, intellectually stimulating environment
Possibility of extension or permanence beyond the contract term
Work directly with senior leaders and gain exposure to a complex investment portfolio
Shape and improve financial systems, reporting, and processes during a transformative period

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 05, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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