Finance Director

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.

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