Friends of Lewes

Treasurer

Closed
Hybrid
0-5 hours / month

Friends of Lewes are looking for a Treasurer to assist the Charity in contributing to the preservation & enhancement of this special town.  

What will you be doing?

Overall

  1. Oversee the financial affairs of the organisation and ensure they are legal, constitutional and within accepted accounting practice.
  1. Ensure proper records are kept and that effective financial procedures are in place.
  1. Monitor and report on the financial health of the organisation.
  1. Oversee the production of necessary financial reports/returns, accounts and audits

 

Specifically

  1. Society’s Financial Advisor
  1. Maintain Receipts & Payments Account and regularly reconcile to bank accounts
  1. Prepare Final Accounts and Annual Financial Report for Examination (Audit), submission to Executive Committee (EC) for approval and then adoption at AGM.
  1. Prepare Annual Budget for EC approval
  1. Prepare Financial Procedures for EC approval
  1. Prepare half-year’s Finance report for EC
  1. Review and make recommendations to the EC on requests for grant and donations
  1. Prepare half-yearly Projects report for EC on Projects and Grants.  (This is a summary finance report which supplements the monthly progress reports made to the EC by the project managers.)
  1. Be responsible for the Society’s banking and investment arrangements and be the nominated link officer for the Society’s banker(s)
  1. Primus inter pares signatory on Society’s bank accounts
  1. Ensure creditors paid in timely manner
  1. Ensure income due is received and banked promptly
  1. Liaise with Membership Secretary to ensure membership subscriptions collected
  1. Arrange Society’s insurance
  1. In conjunction with the nominated budget holders, review new, and/continuation of trading activities (e.g. books, t-towels), sales prices and make recommendations to EC
  1. Support other officers (Chair, Secretary etc.) and trustees as required

What are we looking for?

  • Good communication skills
  •  An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship
  •  Financial qualification and experience in a financial role
  •  Experience or a broad understanding of charity finance

What difference will you make?

The role of Treasurer is a crucial position on the Executive Committee to keep the Charity on track and to enable us to support the environmental and civic projects the Society is involved in to keep Lewes a very special town.

Opportunity reference number: 876389