Head of Finance

Head of Finance

Salary: £60,000pa

Location: Fully Remote

Reports to: Finance Director

We are supporting a fantastic reputable charity organisation looking for an experienced Finance Professional to join their team on a full time permanent basis.

The Head of Finance you will lead the Finance Team and be responsible for providing strategic financial leadership and management to ensure the businesses financial health and long-term sustainability. This role will be working to a high level of autonomy and will form part of the Operational Leadership Team, supporting the business to deliver its organisational strategy. .

Key Responsibilities as a Head of Finance:

• Provide strategic leadership to the Finance Team, overseeing all aspects of the businesses day-to-day financial operations.
• Lead the Finance Team and directing the work, whilst fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.
• Lead on the complex process of preparing and setting budgets, ensuring accurate and complete financial forecasting, liaising closely with the Director of Finance and budget holders.
• Lead on the timely preparation and production of the monthly management accounts and all associated reconciliations, ensuring income and expenditure is recognised accurately with appropriate, supporting audit documentation in place.
• Leading and maintaining the timely production of our monthly cash flow forecast and bank account management to aid reliable financial forecasting and reporting, ensuring the business maintains an operational surplus position.
• Review and assess the businesses financial processes, procedures and policies, keeping them up-to-date, to ensure that the business is both compliant and efficient.

Requirements of the role:

• An experienced individual, who has worked in a senior financial management role previously.
• Achievement of a recognised, professional Accountancy part qualification status (for example, ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Experience in the preparation of budgets, financial analysis and financial reporting.
• Proven IT skills, including a high-level proficiency in Microsoft Office packages, with a strong knowledge of Excel’s functions.
• Good people skills as this role will have line management responsibilities.