Head Of Finance

Location: Hybrid: Working remotely/Brixton
Hours 35 hours per week
Salary: £60,000
Benefits Competitive

Our client is looking for a Head of Finance to join their team to manage, develop and maintain our financial processes, procedures, systems and controls.

Our client is going through a very exciting period of change and expansion. To be to be successful for this role you will need to be a qualified Accountant (or be qualified by experience) with extensive knowledge and experience of both financial and management accounting, and good technical knowledge of financial systems.

If you are experienced in providing accounting services, have strong team leadership and management skills, and experienced in working proactively to make and implement effective organisational change, we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain financial processes, procedures, systems and controls sufficient to safeguard the assets of the organisation
• Work with the Hierachy and Trustees on ensuring the financial stability of the charity.
• Lead on the catching up with finance processing in the short term.
• Oversee preparation of the Draft Accounts and deliverables for the external Audit.
• Provide accurate, timely and meaningful financial and management reporting and analysis to the Board of Trustees and other internal stakeholders to support decisions on the strategic direction and operational needs of the organisation.

About you

• Finance qualification(s).
• Knowledge of both financial and management accounting, and good technical knowledge of financial process management.
• Proven experience of providing accounting services in an accounting department.
• Excellent management skills with demonstrable track record in problem solving, delivering efficient solutions/outcomes and decision making.
• You will be committed to the organisations values and be customer focused.

How to apply
To be considered for this role you will need to apply with an online application through the recruitment portal. Along with your application please submit an up-to-date CV and a cover letter of no more than 1,000 words outlining your suitability for the role addressing the job description and person specification. We will not accept applications without a cover letter, so please ensure this is added at application stage.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the advert will be closed early if an appointment is made prior to the closing date so please do not delay in applying.

All applications must be received no later than 30th January 2024 by 23:59.

This role will require interaction with children and vulnerable adults as well as maintaining confidential and sensitive information about them. The successful candidate will be required to apply via Ruach for a criminal record check through an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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