Finance Manager

Finance Manager
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000
Fixed term contract until March 2027
Hybrid working Central London, 2 days a week in the office

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead on the accounting and reporting of a significant investment portfolio, ensuring accurate, timely and compliant outputs
• 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

About You

• You re a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• You bring experience in financial or investment accounting, ideally from a charity, investment, or audit background
• You re comfortable operating at both strategic and hands-on levels equally confident preparing accounts or redesigning a process
• You have an interest in systems and reporting improvement, ideally with exposure to Microsoft Business Central
• You re detail-focused, well-organised, and thrive in a small, collaborative environment
• You enjoy variety and are motivated by the chance to contribute to a mission-led organisation supporting education and research

Why Apply?

• Join a lean, high-performing team within one of the UK s largest independent charitable foundations
• 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
• Hybrid working in a collegiate, intellectually stimulating environment
• Possibility of extension or permanence beyond the contract term