Senior Financial Accountant - Restricted Income
Employer: RSPB
Location: Flexible in UK. This role is remote, but occasional travel to RSPB HQ and other UK locations may be required. Overnight stays may be necessary.
Temporary: fixed term for 12 months
Working hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £47,313.00 - £50,309.00 Per Annum
Closing date: 23:59, Sun, 2nd Nov 2025
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Are you a qualified accountant looking to make meaningful impact? This is an exciting opportunity to join the RSPB’s dynamic Finance team and contribute to one of the UK’s most influential conservation charity. With an annual income exceeding £170m and over 1.15 million members, the RSPB combines charitable impact with a substantial commercial operation - offering you both challenge and opportunity.
This role plays a pivotal part in embedding the Overhead Cost Recovery (OCR) internal recharge mechanism into our financial operations. The OCR initiative is designed to improve how we cost projects and recover overheads, aiming to deliver a net financial benefit of approximately £1million annually. By supporting this initiative, you will help drive financial sustainability, improve cost transparency, and enable better decision making across the organisation.
As a Senior Financial Accountant-Restricted Income, you will be a key member of the Financial Planning & Reporting team. Your responsibilities will include:
Implementing the OCR mechanism:- set-up coding structures and integrate overhead recovery into financial systems and reporting templates.
Project-level financial management:- Execute debits/credits, track overhead recovery, and monitor funding gaps using a standard 15% OCR rate.
Stakeholder engagement:- Collaborate with Project Managers and Fundraisers to assess and communicate OCR funding status.
Financial Planning and modelling:- Prepare and present budgetary analysis, support strategic decision-making, and contribute to long term financial planning.
FCR tool ownership:- Maintain and update the Full Cost Recovery Projects costing tool and associated guidance, ensuring effective training and usage.
This role offers the opportunity to influence financial strategy and improve operational efficiency across a complex and diverse organisation.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
Qualification:
Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
Skills:
Strong analytical and financial modelling skills.
Ability to communicate financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance audiences.
Advanced excel skills.
Knowledge:
Solid understanding of financial management and processes and double-entry accounting.
Familiarity with financial management standards and charity sector regulations.
Experience:
Proven management accounting experience.
Track record of delivering projects that improve profitability or efficiency.
Experience preparing reports for external stakeholders (e.g. HMRC, Charity Commission)
Desirable Attributes:
Experience with accounting software within a medium sized organisation.
Experience of liaising with auditors, trustees, and regulatory bodies
Additional information:This role is remote, but occasional travel to RSPB HQ and other UK locations may be required. Overnight stays may be necessary.
This is a 12-months fixed-term full-time role for 37.5 hours per week. The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.
You will be expected to support our Environmental Policy and promote sustainability in your work.
Volunteers are integral to the RSPB’s mission- staff are encouraged to support and collaborate with them.
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