Role description
Title: Interim Finance Manager
Contract: 16 hours / week (2 days) for 7 months
Location: Remote and at the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre
Salary: £38,000 per annum, pro-rata
Reports to: General Manager and Treasurer
Key contacts: General Manager, Senior Management team, Finance and Fundraising Committee, Payroll Provider
Direct reports: none
About the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre
The London LGBTQ+ Community Centre is an award-winning charity launched by a team of volunteers in 2017. In December 2021 we opened our first physical space in London’s bankside.
Our mission is to provide London with a sober, intersectional, intergenerational, community centre and café where all LGBTQ+ people feel welcome and supported, can build connections, and flourish. Our vision is for a more connected, belonging and thriving LGBTQ+ community in London.
In 2024, the Centre was visited by over 13,500 people, we hosted 700 events joined by 9,500 participants.
Overall purpose of the role
The Interim Finance Manager will oversee the organisation’s day-to-day financial operations and reporting during a seven-month parental leave cover.
Working two days per week, the role ensures the smooth running of core finance processes, including bookkeeping, payroll coordination, and management accounts.
A key focus of the role is to maintain continuity of financial procedures and documentation to enable a smooth handover and seamless return for the permanent postholder.
Key responsibilities and duties
- Finance operations
- Process and file accounts payable and accounts receivable invoices
- Update financial records with financial data
- Keep accurate records for all daily transactions
- Reconcile bank statements
- Coordinate with payroll provider to ensure timely and accurate payroll processing
- Oversee Gift Aid records and claims
- Financial management
- Prepare quarterly management accounts including balance sheet, profit and loss and cashflow statements
- Prepare the Centre’s quarterly financial health metric document to report to the Board of Trustees
- Support end of year accounts and participate in financial audits as required
- Assist with budget reforecasting
- Support the General Manager and Treasurer with long-term financial planning
- Track expenditure against grant budgets and support preparation of funder financial reports where required
- Financial controls
- Review and implement financial policies in line with our finance procedures manual
- Identify opportunities for improving finance systems and processes.
We meet in person at the Centre on Thursdays. If you’re not able to travel to the Centre once a month for these meetings, please still apply!
Person Specification
Shortlisting criteria: E = essential D = desirable
Professional experience
| Proven experience in a finance role, ideally within a charity | E |
| Strong knowledge of financial and accounting procedures | E |
| Proficiency in Xero or similar financial software | E |
| Advanced Excel skills | D |
| Good understanding of financial regulations | D |
| Excellent analytical and numerical ability | E |
| Strong time management and organisational skills | E |
| High level of integrity and ability to manage confidential data | E |
| Able to explain financial information clearly to colleagues without a finance background | E |
| Experience working independently in a part-time or remote role | D |
Personal qualities
| Strong attention to detail and a rigorous, methodical approach to work | E |
| Able to work both independently and collaboratively | E |
| Enthusiastic, proactive, and solutions-focused | E |
| Reliable and accountable, with a commitment to high standards | E |
| Excellent written and verbal communication skills | E |
| Commitment to equality, civil rights, and LGBTQ+ rights | E |
| Knowledge of the charity sector in general and the LGBTQ+ community in particular | D |
| Experience working with communities in general and the LGBTQ+ in particular | D |
Ready to apply?
Please send us your CV and cover letter of no more than two sides of A4 to bisila@londonlgbtqcentre.org by 5pm on Wednesday 11 June 2025.
Please add the following information to the subject line: Interim Finance Manager Application
We particularly welcome applications from trans, non-binary and POC candidates. We are a disability-positive employer and we welcome the opportunity to provide reasonable adjustments as defined by the Equality Act 2010 during the interview process and upon appointment. Please inform us if you feel you meet this criteria.
This role will be funded by The National Lottery Reaching Communities grant.