Finance and Grants Assistant

4 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Global Charities Full time
Finance and Grants Assistant, Global's Make Some Noise

We are Global's Make Some Noise


Global's official charity, Global's Make Some Noise, funds crucial grassroots projects across the UK with funding and development support, with the aim to make sure that nobody is left facing life's toughest challenges alone.

We raise funds and awareness of the biggest issues affecting society, harnessing the power and reach of over 26.6 million weekly listeners across Global's radio brands including Capital, Heart, Classic FM, Smooth, LBC, Radio X, Capital XTRA and Gold.

To date, we've raised over £35m for over 440 UK charities and supported over 200,000 lives in communities right across the UK.

Join us during this crucial phase of the charity's expansion as we enter a thrilling new chapter. Take a central role in managing and streamlining the finance and grants function as an integral team member. This period marks a pivotal moment with a fresh strategy, increased ownership, and broader impact throughout the organisation. The role is dynamic, with shifting priorities and focuses throughout the year, which are outlined below.

Reporting of the role


This role reports to Head of Finance and Governance with a dotted line to the Grant and Programme Manager (this is a job share).

Overview of job

We are hiring a Finance and Grants Assistant to support financial and grants operations processes.

Responsibilities include participating in the operational and administrative activities of the finance function, leading to the accurate recording of financial information for accounting purposes, as well as managing financial records, and supporting our grant-making processes.

3 best things about the job

Opportunity to work across the Finance and Grants functions of a unique organisation that funds and empowers small charities.

Unique position, embedded within a cutting edge, fast-paced media and entertainment business which has a voice across the UK.


You'll get to make a real and positive difference, working with amazing causes and great people from a wide variety of charities all over the UK.

Measures of success

In the first few months, you would have:


Successfully complete daily and weekly finance and grants tasks, successfully managing the finance and grants email inboxes and be confident answering questions and resolving queries.

Built relationships with the Global's Make Some Noise team and other stakeholders.


Developed your knowledge of our supported charities and funding portfolio, getting to know plenty of our projects and working with them to produce case studies, stories and fulfilling other storytelling opportunities.

Responsibilities of the role

Finance - approx. 40%

Day-to-day financial management of the charity and its Trading subsidiary including, but not limited to:


Process all day-to-day transactions on the finance system, Xero, including income received from fundraising platforms, ensuring a full audit trail of data processing.

Complete daily bank reconciliations for all entities, including recording and banking cheques and processing petty cash.


Raise sales invoices as requested, following procedures to set up in customer systems, and follow up with customers to ensure timely payment.

Process purchase invoices and expense claims, ensuring appropriate authorisation, in line with delegated authorisations.

Set up weekly payment runs for approval by the Head of Finance.


Monitor all financial processes, ensuring finance policies are complied with and deadlines are met, including electronic and physical filing of finance and legal documents.

Complete month end tasks, enabling to the Head of Finance to close the month, including selected balance sheet reconciliations.

Keep Gift Aid records up-to-date and assist the Head of Finance with the preparation of Gift Aid claims.

Assist with the year-end audit, ensuring all relevant paperwork is tidily filed.


Collaborating with the fundraising team, exploring fundraising and donation collection mechanics, identify new developments in the sector and helping to embed any system changes.

Train and support the charity team on the charity's finance processes.

Provide cover for the Governance & Team Co-ordinator in periods of absence.

Grants - approx. 60%


Support the Grants Team to process charity applications for funding, including communicating with interested parties, summarising applications, compiling relevant information, conducting research as required and helping to organise related meetings and Grants Panels.

Preparing and processing funding agreements, reporting forms and other associated paperwork for grants.


Working with charities to collect and develop storytelling information such as quotes, pictures and case studies, and support sourcing participants and contributors for radio interviews and other editorial pieces as needed.

Supporting the team in the organisation, planning and delivery of our skills training programme for charities.

Writing copy for our website and newsletters, and ownership of our communication planner for our charities.

Managing the Grants Team inbox and being the first point of call for queries.

Leading on the management of data and uploading of information on our database (Salesforce), complying with GDPR requirements.


General administrative tasks across the both the Grants and wider charities team, undertaking adhoc projects and supporting initiatives and events as requested.

Assisting the Grants Managers in all administrative aspects of support.

Provide cover for the Governance & Team Co-ordinator in periods of absence.

What you will need

The ideal candidate will be proactive, efficient and capable of the following:

Essential Experience

Strong A-Level results (or equivalent) and/ or relevant degree / or relevant experience

Would suit someone working towards finance qualification such as AAT

A passion for working with charities

Great interpersonal and relationship-building skills

Strong attention to detail and accuracy in your work

Good time management and ability to work with tight deadlines

Ability to deal with personal and sensitive information in a confidential manner

Excellent organisation skills with adaptability and ability to use your initiative

Experience in administration or other relevant work

Desired

Previous charity finance experience

Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, in particular pivot tables in Excel

Grant-making experience

Curiosity about and understanding of the commercial radio sector

A passion to work in charity and transform lives

On top of that, you'll be someone who


Thrives in a fast-paced role - has a keen eye for detail - and is able to adapt their communications across a number of partners.


You'll need to be passionate about supporting charities, and solutions driven to support our desire to increase our income, reach and impact for UK Communities.

What you can expect from us

Respect for the individuality, uniqueness, and value of each person with whom we work.

Personalised onboarding plan and support, IT, and other necessary work equipment, ensuring seamless integration into the MSN team.


Enjoy the camaraderie of a team that is both enjoyable and goal-orientated, fostering a workplace with driven colleagues who are committed to a supportive work environment.

The perks of a generous benefits package and commitment to your overall wellbeing and job satisfaction.

A team committed to your personal and professional development, ensuring your growth and success in the MSN team.

Everyone is welcome at Global

Just like our media and entertainment platforms are for everyone, so are our workplaces.

We know that we can't possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people and that's why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone.

We believe that diversity will set us apart, so no matter what you look like, where you come from or what your favourite radio station is, we want to hear from you.

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