Recruitment Pack

Senior Financial Accountant

September 2025

Dear Candidate,

Thank you for your interest in the role of Senior Financial Accountant.

Anti-Slavery International is the world’s oldest human rights organisation. Our vision
is freedom from slavery for everyone, everywhere, always.

We believe that modern slavery is a contemporary issue of the highest importance,
and we are determined to work with others to make sure people can be free from
slavery across the world.

This is an exciting moment to join Anti-Slavery International. We welcomed a new
CEO earlier in the year and with a reformed Senior Management Team, are about to
embark on the development of a new organisational strategy.

As the organisation develops in the coming months and years, the need for a strong
support team increases. Our Programme, Advocacy, Fundraising, Communications
and Impact, and Operations teams are working on ambitious and exciting plans to
raise  the  profile  of  our  charity,  and  you  will  have  the  opportunity  to  be  part  of  a
growing movement to bring an end to slavery.

This role is managed by the  Finance  Director, collaborating with teams and staff
across the organisation.

This  role  will  suit  someone  who  has  expertise  and  experience  in  all  aspects  of
Finance  Management  with  experience  in  finance  systems  migration  a  desired
advantage.  The  team  currently  consists  of  a  Grants  Finance  Coordinator  and  a
Finance  Assistant,  with  some  Grant  management  oversight  from  an  external
consultant. The role will be expected to work both independently and as part of
a team.

The deadline for applications is 23.59 on Friday 17 October 2025. While Interviews
can be expected to hold in the week commencing 27 October, we will be conducting
interviews through the period, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
We are hoping for a start date of early December 2025 for an effective handover,
though a later date will be considered for the right candidate.

If you think this fits with your expertise and ambition, we would love to hear from
you.

Best wishes,

Folu Mogaji
Finance Director

Job Description

Senior Financial Accountant

GRADE                              C7-C9

SALARY

£47,342 - £49,659 per annum

CONTRACT TYPE

Permanent, full time.

HOURS

This role is offered as a full-time position at 35 hours per
week

 LOCATION

Based in Vauxhall, London, with hybrid-working

arrangements (minimum of one day a week in office)

DATE

October 2025

ANTI-SLAVERY INTERNATIONAL

Anti-Slavery International is the world’s oldest human rights organisation. Our vision
is freedom from slavery for everyone, everywhere, always.

We believe that modern slavery is a contemporary issue of the highest importance,
and we are determined to work with others to make sure people can be free from
slavery across the world. Our strategy commits us to working on four focus themes
to drive systemic change and help end slavery for everyone everywhere:

•  Child Slavery

•  Responsible business

•  Trafficking

•  Climate Change and Slavery

You can read more about us and how we work in the ‘About Us’ document on our
recruiting webpage.

This role supports our work by ensuring that our human resources and support
services operate smoothly and effectively. Our strategy can only be achieved
through our staff, and this role will help us develop and embed policies and
procedures to support them and their work.

THE ROLE

The purpose of this role is to maintain oversight of the organisation’s finances and
optimal financial health. This will include accurate record keeping resulting in
periodical financial reporting that aids strategic and operational decision making
through the organisation. The post holder will be required to build and apply
procedures that ensure compliance with regulation, increase financial awareness,
and seek areas of improvement through ASI. The postholder will collaborate
closely with members of the team, developing key relationships with other teams
as well. Contributing to finance projects such as software migration will be
expected.

MAIN TASKS

Role purpose

•  Monthly management reports, including tailored commentaries and analysis.
•  Assist in the production of reports that address key strategic issues for SMT.
•  Work with project staff to support the development of new project budgets.
•  Undertaking monthly Business Partnering activities.
•  Oversee all tax obligations of the organisation.
•  Manage Internal reviews and project specific Audits.
•  Provide financial oversight of a small portfolio of grants.
•  Assist in the review and adoption of new legislation, such as SORP 2026.
•  Support the Annual Statutory Audit.
•  Support the Annual Budgeting and periodical Re-Forecasting process.
•  Ensure the completion of assigned month end processes.
•  Be a key contributor to the finance software migration process and ongoing

development.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

•  Degree, CCAB qualification.
•  Evidence of regular CPD training.
•  Strong financial communication skills.

•  A reasonable working knowledge of relevant Charity finance regulation

including UK GAAP.
Inquisitive, curiosity and ability to analyse complex scenarios.

•

•  Excellent analytical skills and diligence.
•  Ability to develop rapport and relationships across teams.
•  Ability to manage competing priorities.

Desirable

•  Demonstrable leadership qualities.
•

Initiative-taking, able to adapt to developments that require urgent

responses.

Benefits

•  Annual leave entitlement of 30 days plus bank holidays.
•  13 Breather Days a year (Organisation-wide closure days for well-being).
•  We pay 6% into our recognised contribution pension with TPT Retirement

Solutions, with a mandatory employee contribution of 2%.

•  We  offer  a  range  of  employee  benefits  including  employee  assistance
programme, cycle to work scheme, annual flu jabs, and annual season ticket
loan. We also pay for eye tests and a contribution of £105 towards glasses
for every 2 years of working with Anti-Slavery International.

Terms and Conditions

•  The  position  is  based  in  Anti-Slavery  International’s  office  in  Vauxhall,

London, with hybrid-working arrangements in line with our policy.

•  There may be a requirement for some out-of-hours work, for which time off in

lieu is given.

•  The role is subject to a probationary period of 6 months.
•  Unison is the recognised trade union.

How to apply
This  pack  includes  a  job  description,  person  specification  and  other  background
information.  If  you  would  like  more  information,  please  visit  our  website:
www.antislavery.org

If  you  wish  to  apply  for  this  position,  please  email  a  CV  along  with  a  supporting
statement    of no more than two pages, setting out why you want this role and explain
how your skills and experience support your application.

Employers are required to ensure that any prospective  employee has the right to
work in the UK. Please confirm in your covering letter if you have the right to work
in the UK. Please also include your earliest start date in your application.

Please submit your application to jobs@antislavery.org using the reference Senior
Financial Accountant in the subject line before 23.59 on 17 October 2025.

Please also complete the equal opportunities monitoring form using the button on
the  website.  The  form  is  anonymous,  and  responses  will  be  handled  in  strict
confidence.

Interviews will be held in the week of 27 October 2025.

We appreciate the time and effort that applicants invest in applying for
opportunities with Anti-Slavery International. Unfortunately, due to high numbers
of applications we receive, we regret that it will not be possible for us to reply to
candidates who have not been shortlisted for interview. If you have not heard
back within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application
unsuccessful.

If you are shortlisted for an interview, you may request reasonable adjustments.
This is to ensure that the interview process is accessible and inclusive.

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion across the charity
and  our  workforce.  We  particularly  welcome  and  encourage  applications  from
survivors of modern slavery, Black and Asian candidates, and those from a diverse
ethnic background, and disabled, LGBT+ and non-binary candidates.

We have a zero-tolerance policy on bribery and corruption, recognising that bribery
is contrary to fundamental values of integrity, transparency and accountability and
undermines organisational effectiveness.

We  are  committed  to  safeguarding  the  children  and  adults  that  our  staff  and
representatives encounter, virtually and in-person. As such, candidates are required
to commit to and uphold our organisational safeguarding principles,  practice, and
procedures. These organisational policies include, but are not limited to, the Code of
Conduct policy and Safeguarding policy. We maintain a strict zero-tolerance policy
towards  bullying,  harassment,  sexual  exploitation,  or  abuse,  of  any  form,
perpetrated by any representative of the organisation.

The purpose of this Code of Conduct is:

•  To guarantee high standards of staff behaviour and integrity
•  To safeguard our staff’s, interns’, and volunteers’ welfare and that of external

stakeholders with whom we work or come into contact.

•  To protect our reputation and interests

This role may require a DBS check for traveling to projects where there is access to
vulnerable groups.

In accepting appointment, you undertake to  regulate your conduct in line with the
requirements  of  this  code  and  to  undergo  any  background  checks  that  may  be
required.

As  an  organisation  assessing  applicants’  suitability  for  positions  which  are
included  in  the  Rehabilitation  of  Offenders  Act  1974  (Exceptions)  Order  using
criminal  record  checks  processed  through  the  Disclosure  and  Barring  Service
(DBS),  we  comply  fully  with  the  Code  of  Practice  and  undertake  to  treat  all
applicants for positions fairly. We undertake not to discriminate unfairly against
any  subject  of  a  criminal  record  check  on  the  basis  of  a  conviction  or  other
information revealed.

Anti-Slavery International
The Foundry
17 Oval Way
London
SE11 5RR
Tel: +44 (0)207 501 8920

UK Registered Charity No.1049160