Finance Services

The NFCC is looking for the services of a finance support agency to help support and augment the small NFCC finance function. The NFCC is membership organisation representing Fire and Rescue Services across the UK. We are a charity and limited company. We have budget of around £10million a year and a staff team of around 120. Funding comes primarily from Fire and Rescue services via membership subscriptions, and from Government grants. We also have a small events and commercial funding stream. We are an entirely virtual organisation. The finance function comprises of a Head of Finance, Management Accountant, Contracts Officer, Finance & Admin Officer and Finance Administrator. We use Sage 50 Accounts and Kefron P2P systems. Payroll is run in-house. Working with the finance team to provide seamless support and services to internal and external stakeholders through: • Overseeing general ledger, accounts payable and receivable. To ensure work is kept up to date and procedures are being followed including raising any issues with the Head of Finance. • Advanced knowledge of excel is required including the use of multiple power queries to update grant and budget holder spreadsheets with actual and forecast spend. • Support the Head of Finance in development and improvements of financial budget and monitoring processes, ensuring that project spend remains within plan. • Work with internal stakeholders to gather information for financial reporting and budget setting. • Preparing financial reports as and when required by the Head of Finance. • Assist with payroll journals and VAT returns. • Assist the Head of Finance with Year-end planning and procedures. We are looking for a flexible solution that can flex up and down depending on our financial needs.