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Company Description Climate 2025 is a not for profit social enterprise founded at the start of this decisive decade. Our mission is to catalyse the urgent response to the climate and ecological crisis by enhancing the effectiveness and reach of community-led climate action worldwide. We provide infrastructure and capacity-building support to emerging movements working for urgent systemic change. We accelerate and amplify the efforts and outputs of causes we believe in, offering start-up support, strategic development, and fundraising services. Our unique experience with social movements allows us to foster great people. Unique experience with social movements allows us to foster great people and projects, providing structure and guidance to turn ideas into action. Job Description The Finance Director leads the Finance Team, overseeing Climate 2025’s financial management, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures. They also sit within the Fiscal Hosting team and support delivery of the Fiscal Hosting platform to Climate 2025’s partners. They work with the Fiscal Hosting Director to ensure accurate financial management for hosted clients. They are a member of the Climate 2025 Leadership Team. They are responsible for the line management of their colleagues within payments and finance, currently two members of staff. The Finance Director reports to the Fiscal Hosting Director. The Finance Director role is considered to be a full time position. The salary for the Finance Director is £60,000-£70,000 per annum, with 40 days holiday, working remotely, though with at least two weeks per year in person in the UK, and ideally one additional day per month in person in the UK. Key Responsibilities: Oversee Climate 2025’s financial management, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures Develop and monitor budgets for both climate 2025 operations and hosted projects Provide regular financial reporting to the leadership team and board Lead efforts to improve financial systems and streamline workflows. Work with the Fiscal Hosting Director to ensure robust financial oversight of hosted projects, and Climate 2025’s internal systems Perform as an integral member of the leadership team bringing financial insights to their colleagues Manage cashflow strategy Delivery of the monthly management accounts Develop and report on profitability across the variety of offerings at Climate 2025 Support the strategic direction of Climate 2025 by working with the Executive Director on KPIs and Organisation dashboards Ensure effective, timely and efficient delivery of the following by the finance function: Records of income and expenditure are maintained: grants, donations, receivables, and consultancy receipts, invoices Transparent and accurate financial data in Xero and other interconnected databases Regular weekly reconciliation of transactions in Xero, including oversight of bills to pay, bank statements, and payment service providers for Climate 2025 Month-end reporting process by preparing management reports and accounts, such as income/expenditure statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and KPIs Restricted donor financial reports, ensuring alignment with accounting records and donor compliance Payroll service for Climate 2025 and hosted projects Accounting reports for new services Managing VAT preparation and submission Person Specification: Knowledge and Experience Proven experience as an SME Finance Leader with 10+ years post qualification experience Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) Implementation of financial controls and processes Multi currency cashflow and treasury management experience Setting of budgets and forecast Internal audit experience Ability to work under pressure and deliver projects to tight deadlines Minimum 5 years people management experience Excellent knowledge of cloud based working Knowledge and experience of relevant software applications (e.g. MS Excel & Teams, Xero, Google Docs & Sheets) ESG / Sustainable finance experience Software implementation experience Key Competencies Strategic thinking Strong verbal and written communication skills Attention to detail Planning and organising Time management Interpersonal skills Initiative Confidentiality Reliability Leadership of staff Essential Abilities Ability to confidently discuss financial narratives with senior leaders and members of the board. Ability to prioritise and organise own workload / time to meet priorities and deadlines as required Ability to determine problems and produce solutions to work-related issues Able to communicate confidently and effectively with a wide range of people, including handling queries in a tactful and confidential manner Strong stakeholder management skills and business partnering with non-finance colleagues Good organisation and administrative skills Able to work effectively as part of a team Ability to undertake a range of financial functions
Trainee Data Scientist - No Experience Required Are you looking to kick-start a new career as a Data Scientist? We are recruiting for companies who are looking to employ our Data Science Traineeship graduates to keep up with their growth. The best part is you will not need any previous experience as full training will be provided. You will also have the reassurance of a job guarantee (£25K-£45K) within 20 miles of your location upon completion. Whether you are working full time, part-time or unemployed, this package has the flexibility to be completed at a pace that suits you. The traineeship is completed in 4 easy steps, you can be placed into your first role in as little as 6-12 months: Step 1 - Full Data Science Career Training You will begin your data science journey by studying a selection of industry-recognized courses that will take you from beginner level all the way through to being qualified to work in a junior Data Scientist role. Through the interactive courses, you will gain knowledge in Python, R, Machine Learning, AI, and much more. You will also complete mini projects to gain practical experience and test your skills while you study. Step 2 - CompTIA Data+ CompTIA Data+ is an early-career data analytics certification for professionals tasked with developing and promoting data-driven business decision-making. It teaches Data Mining, Visualization, Data Governance & Data Analytics. In any industry, gaining official certifications is very important in the recruitment process. Therefore, this globally recognized certification will enhance your CV and make you stand out from the crowd. Step 3 - Official Exam The CompTIA Data+ exam will certify that you have knowledge and skills required to transform business requirements in support of data-driven decisions through mining and manipulating data, applying basic statistical methods, and analysing complex datasets while adhering to governance and quality standards. The exam is 90 minutes long and can be sat either in your local testing centre or online. Step 4 - Practical Projects Now that you have completed your theory training and official exams, you will be assigned 2 practical projects by your tutor. The projects are the most important part of the traineeship as it will showcase to employers that you have skills required to work in a data science role. The projects will use real world scenarios where you be utilising all of the skill that you have learned. Whilst you are progressing through the projects, you will have the ongoing support from your personal tutor. Once both projects have been completed and given the final sign off, you will have completed the traineeship and will be ready to move onto the recruitment stage. Your Data Science Role Once you have completed all of the mandatory training, which includes the online courses, practical projects and building your own portfolio, we will place you into a Data Scientist role, where you will be guaranteed a starting salary of £25K-£45K. We have partnered with a number of large organisations strategically located throughout the UK, providing a nationwide reach of jobs for our candidates. We guarantee you will be offered a job upon completion, or we will refund you 100% of your course fees back. We have a proven track record of placing 1000+ candidates into new roles each year. Check out our website for our latest success stories. Read through the information? Passionate about starting a career in data science? Apply now and one of our friendly advisors will be in touch.