Senior Gift Processing Executive

4,000 professionals, 0 days wasted, 1 incredible purpose. Together, we will beat cancer.

Senior Gift Processing Executive

Location: Stratford, London (high flex - we would expect you to be in the office 2 days per week)

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 pa + benefits

Department: Philanthropy

Reports to: Insight and Reporting Senior Manager

Contract Type / Hours: Permanent / Full time 35 hours per week (Other flexible-working requests can also be considered)

Application Deadline: Sunday 20th August 2023 at 23.55. This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, so please do not delay submitting your application to avoid any disappointment.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we we're looking for someone talented, someone determined, someone like you.

What will I be doing?

We are looking for a Senior Gift Processing Executive to join the Philanthropy directorate. In this role you'll be responsible for the day to day management of Philanthropy finance (processing, allocating and tracking) as well as the development and delivery of related processes. You'll also be responsible for leading on core financial reconciliation within the directorate. You will work autonomously with stakeholders across the charity to ensure gifts are processed efficiently and accurately, ultimately contributing to a smooth supporter experience.

Key duties include:

• Carry out, with a high degree of accuracy, the financial tracking and processing for all high value income streams across the Philanthropy directorate to allow for core reporting deadlines to be met, such as month-end reporting.
• Be the point of contact for Philanthropy finance matters, providing a responsive customer service to colleagues as well as operational and finance advice.
• Hold responsibility for developing and delivering finance related processes with a view to finding efficiencies and improving data accuracy.
• Provide regular reporting on income and expenditure transactions, to support reforecast, reconciliation, allocation and regular review of unsolicited donations/programmatic donations.
• Manage the Gift Aid receipting process, working with colleagues in the Gift Aid and Donor Relations team to ensure this income is maximised in accordance with HMRC guidance.

What skills are we looking for?

We're looking for candidates with experience in a similar role dealing with multiple areas of financial reporting including budgeting and reforecasting, processes and interpretation of management accounts including budgetary and target information.

You'll also have:

• Understanding of key fundraising finance terminology, initiatives and processes, including Gift Aid, VAT and methods of giving encompassing CAF, Donor Advised Funds and Share Giving.
• Experience of using a customer relationship management database e.g. Raisers Edge, Finance Database or Siebel for a variety of data entry, administration tasks and associated analysis.
• Experience of using a finance system e.g., Business World for reporting, workflow queries, administration tasks and associated analysis.
• Experience of providing prompt and excellent customer service for core stakeholders; using initiative to source an answer and ensuring updates are added to supporting documentation.
• Proven ability to apply creative thinking to provide solutions to problems within own work area and overlapping teams, understanding of how the role fits into the bigger picture.
• Proven ability to prioritise, work well under pressure and manage multiple tasks to deadline; communicating to stakeholders issues and delays at an early stage and ensuring that actions are followed up promptly.
• Excellent IT Skills, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook; including solid experience of using Microsoft Excel in manipulating data and surmising the results.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements.

We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.

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