Chief Operations Officer

About The Role
Closing Date: 1st March
Application Process: Please ensure you apply with your most updated CV and a supporting statement on why you believe you would be the most suitable individual for this position.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Are you an experienced Finance professional wanting to make a real difference for anyone affected by dementia?  This role will support our Income and Engagement Directorate. 
This Directorate raises money so that Alzheimer’s Society can provide essential services to those who need them.  
This will be a busy and varied role; you will need to manage a range of competing priorities and have excellent attention to detail. We’re looking for someone with energy, proactivity and who loves taking ownership. We need someone highly organised who will thrive with a varied portfolio. You will work with colleagues across the Income and engagement Directorate. 
This role will bolster the existing business partnering team, as we navigate our way through a Finance Transformation programme incorporating transition to a new ERP, Unit4. 
The Finance Business Partner will assist the directorate with financial analysis and advice that will help shape decision making. As a member of the Finance Partnering Team, you will support budget holders to maximise their impact and deliver a high quality, customer focused finance partnering service to stakeholders, including support to operational decision making, commercial development and producing forecasts, budgets, and insightful analysis. 
Alzheimer's Society have recently been named on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023! We have achieved excellent scores for workplace happiness, pride, and job satisfaction. This is a fantastic achievement and we're incredibly proud as this is fantastic indication of how far we’ve travelled over the past few years.
Immediate start preferred.
About you
- The ideal candidate is a part or fully qualified accountant with prior experience in a business partnering role. 
- You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, confident to challenge and support Senior Stakeholders. 
- Proven ability to develop high-quality financial reporting for management. 
- Proven ability to develop high-quality financial reporting for management and a can-do attitude with an ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines. 
Person specification
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written [essential]
- Strong interpersonal and interpretation skills will allow you to have open jargon-free conversations with the business.
- Highly organised and can manage multiple tasks and priorities.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Be a team player, supporting colleagues when there are deadlines, and who knows when to ask for help themselves.
- Ability to collaboratively, develop strong relationships and influence to ensure effective fit for purpose business solutions.
- Be a self-starter and incredibly motivated.
About Alzheimer's Society
At Alzheimer's Society, we believe passionately that life doesn't end when dementia begins. We are here for anyone affected by dementia, and we do everything we can to keep people with dementia connected to their lives and the people who matter most.
 
Everything we do is shaped by people affected by dementia. Their knowledge and experience are critical to bringing about real-world solutions. From choosing the most promising research through to telling their stories to raise awareness; they are the heart of this organisation.