Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday Duration: Permanent Location: Selsdon (South London) About the role Access Insurance, who are proudly part of Benefact Group, are looking for a dynamic and high performing Finance Manager to join our Selsdon office. As a Finance Manager, you will manage the financial processes, systems and controls to ensure integrity in the finance outputs. Within your role, you will manage a team to maintain and monitor compliance with all financial practices, procedures and systems relating to FCA, HMRC, accounting standards, statutory, CASS audit, money laundering and Financial Crime Regulations. Why join us? Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group — where all profits go to charity and good causes. What you'll be doing Provide our Finance Director with complete and clear Management and Statutory accounts, including detailed figure explanations. Ensure adherence to CASS rules for client money, and oversee compliance with HMRC, statutory, and other financial regulations. Maintain precise records of all income, expenses, payments, and purchase ledger activities in line with accounting standards. Train Accounts Assistants on company procedures and relevant financial regulations to ensure departmental competence Lead all financial audits and act as the primary contact for external bodies like HMRC and the Benefact Group Finance team. Manage BACS payments, bank queries, and ensure timely allocation of client funds and insurer/supplier payments. Coordinate payroll, bonuses, and commissions, and collaborate with account teams to manage credit control effectively. What you'll need to have Minimum qualification – ACA, ACMA, ACCA status. Demonstrate specialist expertise/reputation as a leader in your field. Demonstrate appropriate IT skills. Confident and influential communicator with the ability to negotiate at all levels. The ability to build and manage co-operative and productive relationships. Able to take on a people management responsibility, including supervision, from both a regulatory and financial perspective. Managing operational aspects of the team as relevant. What we offer A competitive salary - let's discuss it Structured incentive scheme 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays A pension scheme Regular training, personal development and structured CPD sessions Various “happiness” perk schemes An internal mentoring and support structure A busy and challenging environment Regular social events and the opportunity to participate in fundraising and volunteering. 6 Charity days per annum A genuine desire to see our staff succeed, grow and progress within the company About us Access Insurance are Chartered Insurance Brokers and specialist advisers to charities, churches and community groups. Our mission is to help all types of charities and not-for-profits manage their risks by giving specialist advice and designing bespoke insurance policies. We are a business built on social enterprise principles and values. Our culture embodies generosity in serving and giving to charitable causes. One of our key motivations for growth is to positively impact the sector through philanthropy. Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size. We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better. At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone. If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know. *Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26