Salary: £33,691 per annum
Location: Birmingham
Contract Type: Fixed Term, 12 months
Hours: Full Time
The Vacancy
Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is a faith-based humanitarian relief and development organisation working to save and transform the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people. Established in 1984, with an active presence in over 45 countries, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflict and natural disasters.
IRW’s Finance and Corporate Services Division is recruiting for the position of ‘Senior Receivables Officer’ on a seconded basis to join its dynamic team. The role will be stationed from its Birmingham office, UK. The organisation is operating to a hybrid working model.
The purpose of the role is to be the section head and ensure the timely and accurate processing of receivables; undertaking key reconciliations of bank and balance sheet reconciliations, analysis and ensuring that income is accurately processed to the appropriate projects and relevant income codes. Other responsibilities include:
- To manage the receivables team which comprises of IRW, IRUK & IWF
- Produce Timely Bank Reconciliations, Income upload via various platforms & Rental Invoicing to aid the Management Accountant to make informed decisions
- To lead the designing & developing of templates & working files for the income upload for the income to be recognised in an efficient manner to facilitate the production of management reports.
- Designed and recommended automated reports using UNIT 4 & Excelerator reports.
- To produce the regular financial information for Head of Accounts to include (Debtors Reports)
- To assist during the annual statutory audit and other audits
- To assist finance colleagues in providing adhoc financial information.
- To assist in the production of ad hoc reports as and when required by senior management to enable informed financial and business decision making
- To support the department and its wider stakeholders on adhoc financial tasks
- To conduct monthly one to ones with all the receivable officers to ensure monthly objectives are met and where appropriate to mentor and develop the receivables officers.
- To ensure all procedures are implemented & documented and where appropriate a SOP (standard operating practice) is developed for efficiency.
- To complete yearly and 6 monthly appraisals for the receivables team
- Being first point of call for all internal & external complaints, making sure all issues are resolved in a timely and satisfactory manner
- To work closely with the IRW/IRUK payables department, the Treasury department and the International Finance department to make sure all payments are submitted accurately and on a timely basis.
- To assist and be the first point of call for all audit questions and queries, to make sure all information required is filed and saved for ease of access.
- Liaise regularly with the fundraising teams to ensure that fundraising income is accurately captured and allocated
- Training – Responsible for training new staff for the Receivables role.
- Responsible for training new staff in Finance department and across all the other departments on Amanah & all income platforms.
- Cash count – being responsible & accountable for all cash handling including cash returns by colleagues & weekly cash count of the safe in multiple currencies.
- Overseeing junior officers on cash counts and developing procedures to make cash count more efficient.
The successful candidate must have:
- Demonstratable accounts receivable experience in a high-volume environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent (e.g. AAT)
- Willingness to progress towards a recognised accountancy qualification (ACCA/CIMA/ICAEW)
- A good level of general knowledge and awareness of topical financial issues
- Proven understanding of accounting concepts (e.g. accounting for payables and receivables) and an understanding of the concept of accrued and deferred income
- General knowledge of the charities sector
- Ability to prepare or analyse and verify routine financial documents, statements and reports
- Ability to show confidence in communicating with others
- A good level of literacy skills
- The ability to understand financial information and manipulate data
- Demonstratable track record of processing a high volume of transactions
- High level of computer literacy, experience using spreadsheets and accounting software
- Previous experience of working in a fast-paced financial environment
- Proven experience of people management
For more information, please click on the Documents tab above to view the full Job Description.
If you are talented, reliable, service-minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.
For more information on the excellent company benefits we offer our employees, please visit:
https://www.islamic-relief.org/work-with-us/what-we-offer/
PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place early to mid-February 2025.
Pre-employment Checks:
Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:
- screening clearance
- proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
- receipt of satisfactory references
Please note, for UK-based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.
Our values and commitment to safeguarding
IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.
The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer