About us

We’re a company on a mission to deliver £100bn in social value to help people, places and the planet thrive. We launched in 2014 and within a short time have become the market leader in measurement and reporting of social value in the UK. The market is young and rapidly growing and we have recently received series A investment to further scale the business, both in the UK and internationally.

We’re a fast-growing SaaS scale-up, with over £14.5bn of social value being tracked through our digital platform to date. We have a suite of user-friendly, online collaboration tools that enable our clients in the public, private and voluntary sectors to work together to deliver social value. Our core offering is an evidence-led social value measurement framework, called the Social Value TOM System (Themes, Outcomes and Measures). We not only provide a platform, but our proposition spans a consultancy division, as well as a new social value learning academy.

Who we are looking for

You’ll be self-motivated individual, keen to come in and quickly establish relationships and a plan to get things done. The role will suit someone with a delivery mind-set, who has a solid, pragmatic approach and has a passion for collaboration. You’ll be comfortable at lightning speed, leaving in your wake robust mechanisms for tracking and demonstrating success.

Reporting to the CFO, you will contribute to the smooth running of the company’s central operations by providing financial guidance, exercising control and influence over costs and performance.

What you will be doing

• Responsible for accounts payable, VAT returns, internal transfers, bank reconciliations and be the initial contact for managing agents, solicitors and auditors
• Provide financial support and accurate management accounts for the business including P&l, Balance sheet and cashflow.
• Analysis of business issues and proposals reporting monthly on cost control
• Responsible for administrative matters

• Line management of our Credit Controller and Accounts Supervisor
• Business partner with commercial teams on reporting, budgeting and forecasting, analytics support to ensure relevant, accurate financial information is available to all stakeholders.
• Ownership of budget & forecast processes
• Manage expense approvals and payroll
• Oversee & run annual budget process, collating relevant information & forecasts.

• Run high level quarterly reforecast process.
• Production of board packs for the above processes
• Oversight of generation & development of regular commercial finance reporting
• Work closely with People & Culture for headcount forecasting and recruitment spend
• Support CFO with month end process where required.

• Support Revenue Operations with pricing process and modelling when required
• Other ad hoc financial analytics & modelling

Requirements

• Experience within a SaaS business (start-up, scale-up or otherwise).
• Experience across ARR, net and gross retention ratio, CAC and cohort analysis.
• Have previous business partnering experience.
• Have familiarity with accounting & data warehouse systems (Ideally Salesforce, PowerBI, MS365 and Xero)
• Possess strong/advanced Excel skills.
• Can work at all levels of the organisation and develop relationships throughout the business to foster effective two-way communications.
• Can prioritise and manage several projects simultaneously.
• Extensive business awareness gained from significant exposure in related work
• Ideally PQ/Qualified CIMA/ACA/ACCA but more than happy to consider applications from AAT qual & QBE candidates with relevant experience and skillset

Benefits

What you'll receive from us

Social value is at the heart of everything we do, which is reflected in how we reward our team. We provide opportunities to give something back through volunteer programmes, we offer flexible working to provide a healthy work/life balance, and we have a focus on health that helps you to feel your absolute best.
Competitive salary of £50,000- £55,000 base

• Industry-leading initiatives in social value, including 6 paid volunteering days per year
• Access to a 24/7 EAP (for practical and emotional support including face-to-face counselling)
• 34 days of leave per year including UK bank holidays AND your birthday off work!
• Company shut-down over Christmas to provide a long and well-deserved break
• Annual increases to holiday after 3 years’ service (potential to have 39 days off per year)
• Flexible working including hybrid office days from either London or Manchester, remote working and flexible lunch hours
• Private medical insurance with WPA
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle scheme, allowing you to lease a brand-new EV through salary sacrifice
• Ethically invested pension scheme, matched to a max of 5%
• Enhanced parental leave
• 6 months fully paid Maternity, PLUS a 4 day week on full pay for 6 months on return
• 1 month fully paid Paternity
• Life assurance at 4 x salary
• A remarkable opportunity to join an ethically entrepreneurial business where you can make a real positive difference.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are working hard to create a representative and inclusive team, because we know that different experiences, perspectives and backgrounds make for a stronger and better workplace. To us, EDI is about more than words:

• 10% of our business are trained Mental Health First Responders.
• Our Inclusion Committee meets regularly to lead on inclusion initiatives.
• 50% of our decision-makers are female.

Social Value Portal is an equal opportunities employer. We actively encourage people from disadvantaged backgrounds to apply, including but not limited to those living with disabilities and those with prior convictions.

We leave no room to discriminate based on race, colour, religion or belief, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or any other protected class.

Everyone is welcome and in this together. Let’s do this!