We’re Hiring: Finance & Bookkeeping Lead

Role: Finance & Bookkeeping Lead
Location: Remote working, with in-person team retreats

Working Contract type: Freelance

Hours: 2 days/week
Remuneration: £150/day

The Psychedelic Society is seeking an experienced Finance & Bookkeeping Lead to help us better track and forecast our financial performance with the aim of improving the organisation’s ability to launch new projects with confidence.

Responsibilities:

• You’ll provide quarterly reports on company financial performance, and work with the team to improve our financial systems and practices

• You’ll use Quickbooks to oversee company transactions and help us to use the software to its fullest potential to support the operations of the organisation

• You’ll set up a financial forecasting system using a Quickbooks-compatible package like Futrli

• You’ll use Google Sheets to support the organisation’s participatory budgeting processes

• You’ll establish and maintain a payroll & PAYE system within the organisation

• You’ll pay invoices, and prepare and reconcile company accounts, among other bookkeeping responsibilities

• You'll manage relationships with our accountants, HMRC and our bank

Required:

• Very good knowledge of Quickbooks 

• Good knowledge of Excel/Google Sheets

• An interest in keeping up with the latest financial and accounting apps and tech

• Good understanding of payroll & PAYE 

• Great attention to detail 

• Great time management skills

• Great communication skills

• A passion for the psychedelic movement

Bonus:

• Experience creating financial forecasts using Futrli or similar apps

• Experience with Stripe, GoCardless and Pleo

• Knowledge of Ruby or another programming language

• Experience working in a worker co-op or similar non-hierarchical organisation

Co-operative:

We are a worker co-operative aspiring to the Teal paradigm.

Teal organisations view their company as a living entity and collectively act in service to the organisation's purpose, as well as the flourishing of its workers. Unlike most organisations, they are self-managing and self-organising; giving teams and individuals the freedom and autonomy to make decisions within their area of expertise. 

Within the Psychedelic Society, our roles are generally quite fluid. We all have different skillsets and apply them to the organisation’s emerging needs, and where our individual and collective excitement is. We encourage a culture of care and wholeness, creating plenty of space to check-in as a group to ensure that we’re able to support each other when we need it.

We don’t pretend to have it all figured out, but generally, we feel that this way of working is very much in alignment with the psychedelic experience, and our mission to cultivate a culture of connection.

Culture & Mission:

We seek to create a culture of deeper connection to ourselves, each other, our living planet and the mystery of existence, rooted in the responsible use of psychedelics and the related practices and philosophies they inspire.

With appreciation for science, a reverence for nature, and a respect for wisdom traditions, we create spaces for learning, healing, deep connection, and bold enquiry, in order to support the flourishing of a more beautiful world.

Hours, Pay & Co-op Membership:

We imagine this to be a part-time role, initially requiring around two days a week of focused work, including meetings. But the successful candidate will be encouraged to make the role their own and provide feedback to us on what resources they feel are needed to do the best job.

Every quarter the organisation uses a participatory budgeting process to allocate funds to various projects and roles. Funds have been allocated to this role at the advertised rate for an initial period of 3 months, at which point there will be a review with the intention to continue funding this role long-term.

As a worker co-op, it is the organisation's policy that anyone who contributes substantially to the work of the organisation for a period of one year will be invited to become a worker-member of the co-operative.

How to Apply: 

Email: matt@psychedelicsociety.org.uk with the subject line: Finance & Bookkeeping Lead 

The application should include the following:

Short cover letter
Your CV

Applications close on 5th Oct 2021. Interviews will be held over Zoom.