The Role
Support FP&A by running monthly management accounts in Workday Adaptive, ensure accurate transaction coding, respond to budget-holder queries, assist with annual budgeting and monthly forecasting, and provide financial insight to Business Services and External Affairs.
Summary Generated by Built In
Our Finance team is growing and we are looking to hire a Finance Officer in our London office.
This is an opportunity for an ambitious finance professional who is actively studying towards or completed an ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualification, with study support provided alongside hands-on experience. The role sits within our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team, where you will support the production of monthly management accounts, partner with budget holders, and provide valuable financial insight across our Business Services and External Affairs departments.
Important dates to note: Applications close on 6 August 2026. If your profile passes initial screening, you will be requested to submit additional information in the form of three additional questions. The deadline to have your responses to these questions submitted is 10 August 2026 for your application to be fully considered. Please also remember to check our recruitment process section at the bottom of the advert to get acquainted with our recruitment process for this role.
This is an opportunity for an ambitious finance professional who is actively studying towards or completed an ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualification, with study support provided alongside hands-on experience. The role sits within our Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team, where you will support the production of monthly management accounts, partner with budget holders, and provide valuable financial insight across our Business Services and External Affairs departments.
Important dates to note: Applications close on 6 August 2026. If your profile passes initial screening, you will be requested to submit additional information in the form of three additional questions. The deadline to have your responses to these questions submitted is 10 August 2026 for your application to be fully considered. Please also remember to check our recruitment process section at the bottom of the advert to get acquainted with our recruitment process for this role.
Key Responsibilities
- Running monthly management accounts in our financial planning software– Workday Adaptive, on a timely basis under guidance of Finance Business Partner Manager
- Ensure accurate coding of transactions, respond to queries and provide guidance to budget holders in line with our financial policies and procedures.
- Support, as appropriate, with annual budget setting, entity budgets and monthly forecasting.
See the job description for a full list of duties for this role.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Experience of working with Access Dimensions or other similar accounting packages
- Actively studying for ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification. Study support provided
- Experience of managing deadlines through a financial month end process
- Knowledge of Microsoft packages including MS Excel
See the job description for a full list of requirements for this role.
Job Benefits
Flexible working: We are proud to be a Flexa accredited Employer. Visit our Flexa Employer page for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home/another location in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based. See our benefits page for more: Benefits | ClientEarth Careers as well as our flexible working FAQ.
ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds. See our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at ClientEarth | ClientEarth journey page for more.
Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK.
Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK.
ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties.
About
We are a non-profit using the power of the law to bring about end-to-end systemic change: informing, implementing and enforcing the law, drafting and advising decision-makers on policy, building legal expertise, and ensuring citizens’ access to the laws that defend them.We take governments to court – and win. We force polluting industries to shut down. We protect irreplaceable forests and vulnerable species. We empower people and NGOs with the legal rights to bring forward environmental battles of their own. Using the law means that we create real, long-lasting and embedded change.We’re working to secure a lasting civilisation in which people and nature thrive together. We work in partnership across borders, systems and sectors, ingeniously using the law to protect life on Earth.
Skills Required
- Actively studying towards or completed ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualification
- Experience of working with Access Dimensions or similar accounting packages
- Experience of managing deadlines through a financial month end process
- Knowledge of Microsoft packages including MS Excel
- Experience running monthly management accounts in financial planning software (Workday Adaptive)
- Pre-existing legal right to work in the UK
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What We Do
ClientEarth is an environmental charity and organisation of activist lawyers dedicated to protecting life on Earth. They use the power of the law to create systemic change, addressing pressing environmental challenges by informing, implementing, and enforcing the law.
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