Background
We are looking for a Finance Coordinator to join our team.
This is a high-responsibility role which involves the managing and processing of all of the company's financial transactions, as well as working with Directors on financial forecasting and with Workflow Coordinators on managing workflow budgets.
While this role offers flexible working, we are looking for someone who is based near to Sheffield who can also be available to meet and work together in person in the city.
Basic Information
Salary range: £27,000 to £32,000 full-time equivalent.
Hours: 15-20 hours per week minimum, with potential for a full-time role at 37.5 hours per week (negotiable and subject to discussion).
Benefits: Pension scheme, company contribution towards phone bill, flexible working hours (dependent on negotiation).
Requirements
We require that candidates are based near Sheffield and are able to come to Sheffield to work together frequently.
While we offer flexible working at Opus, due to the high-responsibility nature of this role, a successful candidate will be able to combine remote working with in-person working and regular meetings with colleagues including Directors, Workflow Coordinators and our Accountant.
Opus does not discriminate against people who are members of a Trade Union.
This role does not make use of the DWP’s Access to Work funding.
Degree level education is not a requirement for this role.
Perks
We are a uniquely talented, highly diverse and passionate team engaging with complex and stimulating projects.
We are an organisation which provides the platform to make an impact from day one.
We offer a highly collaborative and open-ended environment where you have the space to shape your work and develop your personal and professional skills.
You will have opportunities to develop your connections and skills through our large network and in-house training opportunities.
We offer flexible working, so you will be able to choose your working days and agree a split of remote and some in-person working with Directors.
In addition to your regular annual leave allowance (28 days for full time roles, pro rata), you will also receive bonus annual leave from 24th December to 1st January inclusive, every year.
If for any reason you are unable to take your full quota of annual leave in a year, you will be able to carry up to 3 days into the following year.
How To Apply
Please email your CV and a cover letter, explaining why you are suited to this role, to sam@weareopus.org by 12pm on Monday 6th January 2025.
The cover letter should be no longer than 500 words. You are welcome to submit it in another format, for example as a voice note or a video recording.
Optional: We would appreciate applicants filling in our Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form - it is anonymous and treated entirely separately to your application.
If your application is successful, you will need to provide two professional references.
If your application is successful, you will not need to undergo a health check before starting work.
Your data will be stored in accordance with GDPR regulations.
The law requires us to ensure that you demonstrate that you have the right to work in the UK.
Interviews
Interviews will take place on the week beginning 13th January 2025 on Zoom (or another video call platform, on request).
Expected start date for the role is 3rd March 2025 or earlier.
In recognition of the inaccessibility of a lot of jobs and education, we will guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets the essential skills and experience for this role. Please mention this directly in your application if it applies to you, because any other equal opportunities information you provide to us is kept separately to your application.
Essential Skills
Experience of at least two years working in finance and administration.
Experience of forecasting, budgeting and creating management accounts.
Experience managing multiple project budgets alongside company-wide budgets.
Good working knowledge of Excel, Google suite, Xero.
Some knowledge of payroll and employment practice regulations including job retention, parental leave and sick pay.
Able to work in an organised and time-efficient manner.
Experience of working in a small team.
Good interpersonal skills and an effective communicator.
Confident in being self-initiated and working independently.
Desirable Skills
Detailed knowledge of and confidence working with Xero.
Knowledge of social justice, activism and systems change sectors.
Experience of project management.
Experience of analysing financial information and producing financial reports.
Confidence improving and developing new systems for financial reporting and analysis.
Experience of working with VAT within small organisations.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities
Process and pay invoices received, expenses, payroll and any other outgoing payments.
Bank reconciliation.
Liaise with Directors and Accountant to prepare figures for monthly payroll.
Track and report on staff annual leave and overtime.
Monitor and manage cash flow.
Update and report on Management Accounts.
Performing regular financial analysis and reporting to Directors.
Liaise with our Accountant to prepare monthly and annual formal accounts.
Work with staff to develop financial modelling for future projects.
Track and report on project budgets and restricted funding.
Managing financial risk and working with Directors and others to mitigate it.
What is Opus?
Opus is a worker-owned social enterprise with the aim of finding systemic responses to society’s most complex problems. We're based in Sheffield, northern England. Since 2008 we've hosted projects in the city that further the conversation around issues like poverty, inequality and climate breakdown.
Our work recognises that the problems faced by our city, the UK and the wider world are complex and intersecting. We can't solve these problems one at a time – that's why we're involved in dozens of different projects seeking to make change in areas such as climate, poverty and marginalisation.
We believe that tweaks and improvements to existing systems will not work. This is because existing systems are often part of the problem, are fundamentally flawed or are themselves at real risk of collapse. We therefore need to build new systems together at a speed and scale that matches the severity of the various crises we are facing.
Instead of radical reforms to fundamentally flawed systems, our work focuses on emerging futures – new systems based on equity, justice and staying within our planetary boundaries. We think big because we have no other option.
Pay Rates
Our current full-time salary at Opus is £27,651. This is what all Opus employees are currently paid, including the company’s Directors. We have listed a salary range for this role because we anticipate bringing in a significant pay rise for all staff before the start date.
As a worker-controlled company, everyone gets a say on when and by how much we increase our pay. Whenever we increase wages, we do so for everyone who works at the company.
Diversity & Equal Opportunities
Diversity in our workforce is a priority for Opus. As well as the clear moral imperative of properly reflecting our city’s make-up, diversity in our team improves how we work, how we frame problems and their possible solutions, and how we interact with stakeholders and audiences.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. In particular, we encourage people who are currently underrepresented at Opus to apply - people of colour, people with a disability, and people who identify as LGBTQ+.
We would appreciate applicants filling in our Equality & Diversity Monitoring Form - it is optional, anonymous and kept confidential.