It’s strengthening reporting processes so our charity can operate with clarity and trust.
It’s supporting a charity through a period of change, helping shape processes and systems that underpin everything we do. That’s what makes a career at Royal Collection Trust so exciting.
We are committed to strong governance, transparent reporting and continuous improvement. With a new finance system being implemented, we’re looking to strengthen policies, streamline workflows and embed best practice across accounting, tax and audit. You’ll play a pivotal role in delivering high‑quality, compliant financial reporting, strengthening controls around capital and leases, and ensuring tax obligations are met across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
* Preparing statutory accounts in line with UK GAAP and Charity SORP, supporting the Head of Finance.
* Managing the year end external audit, coordinating responses to external audit requests, preparing schedules and ensuring timely sign off.
* Owning capital and overseeing lease accounting, reviewing and updating policies and improving month end and year end processes.
* Ensuring tax compliance across Corporation Tax, Gift Aid, VAT and overseas sales tax, and approving tax returns.
* Reviewing and documenting policies and procedures, producing clear technical guidance and embedding controls.
* Supporting the design and implementation of the new finance system to align reporting and tax processes with operations.
* Leading and developing the finance team, line managing the Financial Accountant and collaborating with management accounts and business analyst.
Essential Criteria:
* You’re a qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA) with strong technical accounting knowledge and recent hands‑on experience using FRS 102 in statutory accounts preparation.
* You’ll have practical knowledge of VAT and tax issues relevant to UK charities or non‑profits, able to interpret guidance and apply it in practice.
* Proven experience managing audits, preparing audit schedules and liaising effectively with external auditors and internal stakeholders.
* Excellent written skills, able to produce clear, structured process documents, policies and procedures.
* Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, able to collaborate across teams and challenge the status quo constructively.
* Organised and adaptable, able to manage multiple workstreams and projects with a positive, solutions‑focused approach.
* Line management experience or demonstrable people leadership skills, with a supportive, development‑focused style.
If you’re motivated by improving controls, delivering high quality reporting and helping shape a modern finance function, we’d love to hear from you.
What we offer:
We know that to deliver our best work; we need to feel at our best. That’s why at the Royal Household we offer a generous benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and life priorities.
* Enjoy 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days (plus bank holidays) dependent on the length of time you have worked for us.
* Our excellent non-contributory pension plan (we’ll contribute 15% and you can contribute more if you wish) is highly valued by our employees, as is complimentary lunch on-site to keep you fuelled throughout the day.
* Flexible and hybrid working varies across different roles, and we’ll discuss the options available to you that will suit both your job requirements and individual preferences.
* We also offer a range of leave options to support your life priorities, such as parental pay and leave and volunteering days, as well as benefits to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
* Other perks include 20% off at our Royal Collection Trust Shops and complimentary admission tickets across all our locations, along with many more exclusive employee discounts.