Finance Manager

Everyone deserves a decent place to live. Join Habitat for Humanity Great Britain as our new Finance Manager and support people to find a safe, affordable home.

Are you an experienced and effective finance professional looking to make a difference in the charity sector? Habitat for Humanity is seeking a Finance Manager to take day-to-day responsibility for our financial systems and procedures, and so promote the long-term sustainability of our organisation.

Reporting to the Director of Finance and working closely with the Senior Leadership Team and colleagues across the organisation, you will be a key person ensuring that our financial data is complete and accurate, overseeing reporting to our programme funders and our international network, and ensuring best practice in all aspects of financial management. You ll supervise the Database and Income Processing Officer and the Finance Assistant (position currently vacant).

Job Title: Finance Manager

Department: Finance, Operations & Compliance

Reports to: Finance Director

Budget responsibility: Yes

Line management: 2 direct reports

Location: Home-based with regular travel to internal meetings and team events, and occasional travel to our registered office in Slough

About Habitat for Humanity Great Britain

Habitat for Humanity Great Britain (Habitat GB) is part of the global Habitat for Humanity network fighting global poverty and homelessness. We believe that a decent home helps to permanently break the cycle of poverty and allows families to achieve strength, stability, and self-reliance.

Habitat GB has recently completed a strategic review, resulting in a new National Strategy and an organisational restructure, to ensure the charity is able to deliver the Strategy with impact, efficiently and effectively. This has included the integration of a subsidiary entity (GB Homes) into Habitat GB. As a result, the Finance, Operations & Compliance team has been expanded to ensure the right capacity and capability for these crucial functions.

Habitat s turnover for the financial year ended 30 June 2023 was £3.0m with net assets of £2.5m: for the year ended 30 June 2024, it was £3.5m with assets of £2.1m.

Job Purpose

As our Finance Manager, reporting to the Director of Finance and working closely with the Senior Leadership Team and colleagues across the organisation, you will be a key person ensuring that our financial data is complete and accurate, overseeing reporting to our programme funders and our international network, and ensuring best practice in all aspects of financial management. You ll supervise the Database and Income Processing Officer and the Finance Assistant (position currently vacant).

Key responsibilities

Ensure the integrity of financial data and controls, including budgeting, forecasting, Treasury and cash flow management

Prepare data ready for monthly accounts, reports, and financial statements. This will include the normal monthly journals, reconciliations, and checks

Support financial planning, risk management, and decision-making

Liaise as necessary with colleagues in Habitat for Humanity s international network for reporting and efficient transmission of funds to overseas affiliates

Manage payroll, tax returns, and financial reporting for funders

Provide leadership to finance team members and develop financial policies

Accountabilities and Responsibilities

Purchasing / Expenditure

Administering commitment and invoice approvals in line with our Delegation of Authority

Coordinating and verifying expense coding by non-finance staff

Administering transfers to international partners according to policy

Other ad hoc payments, including foreign currency transactions

Reconciling supplier accounts each month

Ensuring VAT records are accurate and returns made on time

Maintaining auditable financial records

Income / Donations

Manage income processing team

Working with fund-raising teams to ensure all income is appropriately coded and documented

Importing grants and donations from the CRM system (Raiser s Edge) to the accounting system and reconciling to bank

Regular reconciliations between the accounting and CRM systems

Coding, processing and reconciling other income

Assisting with Gift Aid claims

Bank

Administering weekly payment runs and coordinating on-time authorisations

Processing international transfers

Currency and treasury management

Bank account reconciliations

General queries

Dealing politely and efficiently with questions from inside and outside the organisation

Dealing assertively and effectively with cases of any deviations from policies and procedures

Record keeping

Complete and accurate record keeping bearing in mind detailed level of audit compliance

Logical filing of evidence of transactions, primarily electronic.

Month- and Quarter-End processes

Preparing nominal journals, such as accruals/prepayments, payroll allocations, depreciation

Monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts.

Other duties

Checking Employee Expenses Claims (processed by the Office Manager) and final processing

Assisting Director of Finance and other relevant staff with finance-related questions

Assisting with the annual audit and preparation of financial statements

Additional finance admin duties as required

Run donor budget reports for the Europe region office and internal stakeholders

What we re looking for

A qualified or part-qualified finance professional with at least 3 years experience in charity finance, including fund accounting

Skills in financial control, compliance, management, and reporting

Knowledge of accounting software (Sage50 and Sun ideally) and downstream spreadsheet and similar tools; a willingness to learn new ways of handling data

Good summarising and communication skills with the ability to influence colleagues and senior leaders

A pragmatic, efficient character with a dedication to accuracy and reliability

A questioning mindset, finding opportunities to improve every day

The role and responsibilities will be carried out in a way that reflects

Habitat GB s commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with the Safeguarding Policy

A commitment to Habitat GB s vision, mission, values, and approach

A commitment to effective management of risk, by operating within the Charity s code of conduct, policies, procedures and controls and by carrying out the risk management and assurance responsibilities of the role as set out in relevant Policy and Procedures

We offer a flexible and supportive working environment with options for hybrid working and training and other arrangements to help you thrive in your role.

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If this sounds like it could be a good match for you, please take a look at the Candidate Pack.

Please note: this role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK.

Start your Habitat journey here

Applications comprising a CV and cover letter explaining how your skills and experience match the job requirements should be sent by email (referencing the job title in the subject line) to: (See candidate pack for email)

Tell us about the skills and experience you would bring to the role and your motivation for applying.

The deadline for applications is 11th May 2025 (at 11:59 pm).

Habitat for Humanity requires all employees to take seriously their ethical responsibilities to safeguard our intended beneficiaries, their communities, and all those with whom we work. Managers at all levels have responsibilities to support and develop systems that create and maintain an environment that prevents harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, safeguards the rights of beneficiaries and community members (especially children), and promotes the implementation of our code of conduct. The employment of this position will be subject to a satisfactory reference check and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

At Habitat for Humanity GB, we aim to build, develop and retain a talented workforce that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills and experiences. We welcome and actively encourage applications from anyone who feels they d be a good fit for our organisation, regardless of race, religion, colour, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, neurodiversity or any other protected characteristics.

We d prefer to hear directly from applicants we won t be working with third party recruiters on this role.