Job title: Senior Coordinator Assistant Management Accountant Operations - Finance

Location: London Closing date: 01 June 2014

Contract type: Permanent

About Teach First

How much you achieve in life should not be determined by how much your parents earn. Yet in the UK, it too
often is. We are an education charity. We work with like-minded people and organisations towards a day where
every child has the education they are entitled to. We train people with leadership potential to be inspirational
teachers in schools in low-income communities across the country. These leaders go on to work in schools and
other sectors of society towards our vision: a future where no child's educational success is limited by their
socio-economic background. For more information on the work we do and which regions we operate in, please
visit www.teachfirst.org.uk.
Job purpose
Teach First Finance ensures that all aspects of the organisations finances operate efficiently and in accordance
with established internal control procedures. The Senior Coordinator Assistant Management Accountant role
supports the Business Partnering team in all areas of financial planning, reporting and grant management for this
rapidly growing charity.

The role of the Assistant Management Accountant is to proactively support the Associate Director and Business
Partners in delivering accurate and insightful management information to inform decision making. The post-
holder will have a keen eye for detail, demonstrate excellent problem solving skills and thrive in a fast paced
and dynamic environment.
Key accountabilities
Own the process for generating the monthly variance reports and support the Business Partners in
preparing the month end management accounts to agreed working day timetable
Prepare and process month end journals for the Business Partnering Team
Be the touch point with the Accounts Payables and Receivables team to resolve month end/process
issues
Prepare the monthly balance sheet reconciliations
Prepare the FTE and staff cost reconciliation, investigating and documenting variances to the latest
comparative
Responsible for maintaining the expenditure codes on the trial balance and making necessary
adjustments as recommended by department feedback
Own the process for budget and forecast template generation and consolidation
Prepare the monthly analysis of expenditure by project
Ensure all processes are adequately documented and are reviewed on an ongoing basis to ensure they
remain effective - where areas for improvement are identified, improved procedures should be designed
and their implementation managed
Through daily work, proactively identify finance issues that need to be resolved at team, departmental,
divisional or organisation level
Coordinate Business Partner finance meetings across the organisation
Other duties as required in line with skills and competencies
Technical competencies
Part Qualified CIMA/ACCA
A proactive and solutions driven mind-set with excellent problem solving skills
An excellent team player with the ability to work under own initiative to meet deadlines
Self-starter with initiative, confidence, drive, and flexibility to deal with unexpected situations or last-
minute changes in a dynamic organisation.
Person with a can-do attitude able to help the organisation improve and expand in the coming years.
Excellent attention to detail
Proven ability to work under pressure in a fast paced environment.
Good Excel skills (Advanced level desirable)



Good presentation skills (both written and oral)
Excellent planning, organisational time keeping skills
Good relationship-building skills; the ability to establish effective working relationships with people of
all working styles, backgrounds, industry-experience, etc.
Competencies required
Commitment
Championing Teach First
Regularly checks how their work fits with the relevant aspects of the vision, keeping themselves aligned
to it and querying work with their line manager if it seems to be going off track
Achieving results
Assimilates information quickly and thinks logically
Researches and investigates information helping the team to make the right decisions
Takes ownership of tasks and projects, effectively coordinating delivery
Integrity
Managing and developing self
Demonstrates a high level of self-awareness, understanding how they come across and their impact on
others
Accepts personal responsibility, clarifies messages if unclear and confident to challenge when
appropriate
Identifies, assesses and reacts to situations with independence
Seeking, accepting and giving feedback
Uses feedback to evaluate impact of actions, seeking to understand what is working well/less well in
their approach
Collaboration
Communicating and influencing
Communicates upwardly with confidence and authority
Positively influences internal colleagues
Developing relationship and team-building
Shows confidence and awareness when working with suppliers and external network
Gathers, contributes and takes action on ideas from the team
Excellence
Prioritising, planning and organising
Organises team tasks and supports other members of the team
Re-negotiates deadlines appropriately where required and regularly reviews on progress towards
achieving goals
Shows an understanding of the teams objectives and workflows and regularly reviews own progress
toward achieving goals
Innovating, adapting to and managing
Thinks creatively, and offers relevant idea
Suggests useful changes to improve the way tasks and activities are approached and confidently
implements new ways of working by introducing new systems and new processes
Leadership
Managing, empowering and developing others
Confidently delegates specific actions to other members of the team
Provides support and guidance to newer members of the team
Providing strategic direction and vision
Awareness of the organisations strategic mission and vision and has an understanding of the direction of
Teach First




Location
National & London Regional Office, 4 More London Riverside, London SE1 2AU
Salary band
22,460, increasing to 25,300 on successful completion of the 6 month probationary period
Roles based in London will also receive the 3,000 London Weighting Allowance
Benefits
Teach Firsts core benefits include 27 days holiday per annum (7 of which must be taken during the two weeks of
Christmas and New Year office closure), participation in the pension scheme (with an employer contribution of
up to 6%), life assurance, income protection and private healthcare. Through our flexible benefits platform
access to childcare vouchers, interest free travel season ticket loan/bike loan, dental membership, health
screening, discounted gym membership, travel insurance, Give As you Earn (GAYE) and the option to buy/sell
annual leave.
How to apply
Please send CV and cover letter to careers@teachfirst.org.uk demonstrating what attracts you to Teach First and
how you meet the competencies on the job description above.
Next steps
We aim to provide feedback to all applications within 10 working days from the closing date. Please note that
first stage interviews are likely to take place week commencing 9 June.