Finance Director

The Parks Trust


Date: 1 day ago
City: Milton Keynes, England
Contract type: Full time

We’re looking for a Finance Director to lead our financial strategy, support our charitable mission, and help shape the future of our organisation.


Key Objectives

  • To support the Chief Executive and Board in delivering the Strategic Plan of the charity and its subsidiaries.
  • To set and ensure the Trust follows a financial strategy that will ensure its long-term financial viability through: Taking initiatives that will contribute to commercial success - Delivering sound financial and commercial management - Ensuring there are strong financial controls and processes in place - Maintaining a strong reputation for being commercially astute, efficient, reliable, innovative and straightforward.
  • To ensure the Trust has exemplary Finance, IT and Health and Safety functions that enable it to operate efficiently, effectively and safely.
  • To work effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, championing the Trust’s ethos and values.



Requirements


Essential

Qualified accountant with 5+ years senior financial leadership experience including:

  • Investment experience including commercial property, listed securities and alternatives
  • Demonstrable success in income generation, cost management and value-for-money projects
  • Excellent financial modelling, analytical and decision-support skills
  • Experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams


A strong understanding of:

  • Financial controls and risk management
  • Investment management and performance monitoring
  • Banking and financial instruments (e.g. loan documentation, covenants and hedging)
  • Charity VAT rules and regulations


Desirable

  • Experience of working in the charity and/or real estate sector
  • Experience managing IT and Health & Safety functions
  • Experience managing IT and Health & Safety functions · Charity finance and governance experience (Charity Commission and Companies House regulations)
  • Has previously worked with commercial subsidiary companies within a group structure


Personal Attributes

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • A passion for creating great team dynamics and supporting others to achieve
  • Commercially astute
  • Skilled in communicating financial information to non-financial stakeholders
  • Able to think both strategically and operationally
  • Dynamic and driven to deliver success


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