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Earth Trust is looking for a Finance Director to help shape the next stage of our development as a place-based environmental charity with growing ambition, increasing complexity and a powerful mission.
Based at Wittenham Clumps in Oxfordshire, Earth Trust cares for farmland, woodland, meadows, wetlands and community reserves, connecting people with nature and demonstrating how people and the natural world can thrive together. Our work brings together public engagement, learning, nature-friendly farming, partnerships and commercial activity in support of our charitable purpose.
This is a pivotal moment for the organisation. Alongside our established charitable work, we are delivering Gateway to Nature — a major programme to improve access, enhance the visitor experience and support growth in sustainable earned income. We need a Finance Director who can ensure this ambition is underpinned by clear, robust and commercially sound financial thinking.
As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will work closely with the Chief Executive, senior colleagues and Trustees to shape organisational direction, strengthen financial planning and ensure resources are aligned with impact. You will provide strategic financial insight, constructive challenge and practical support across the organisation.
You will lead budgeting, forecasting, management accounts, statutory reporting, audit, financial governance, risk, reserves and controls. You will also support business cases, financial models, capital project oversight, trading activity and commercial decision-making.
We are looking for a qualified accountant with significant senior finance leadership experience, ideally gained in a charity or similarly complex organisation. You will bring strong technical finance skills, sound judgement, commercial awareness and the ability to communicate clearly with non-finance colleagues. Just as importantly, you will be collaborative, values-led and motivated by the opportunity to use finance as an enabler of environmental and social impact.
This role will suit someone who combines strategic leadership with a practical, hands-on approach, and who enjoys helping colleagues build financial confidence, accountability and discipline.
To apply, please send a CV and covering letter explaining why you are suitable and what attracts you to the role to by Sunday 21st June.
Registered Charity 
21 - 50
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The Jesuits in Britain are a Catholic religious order, known not only for their faith tradition but also for their contributions to education, intellectual life, and social justice. Drawing on a tradition that combines scholarship, service, and spiritual reflection, Jesuits in Britain have established schools, universities, retreat centres, and charitable initiatives (including refugee support and action on climate change) that aim to promote learning, ethical leadership, and the common good. Jesuits in Britain are active in a range of charitable programmes, including supporting those experiencing poverty, discrimination or injustice, and caring for the planet.
While rooted in the Catholic tradition, Jesuits in Britain are inclusive and welcoming to people of all faiths and none through both their charitable initiatives and staff. The charity’s workforce reflects a diverse range of beliefs, backgrounds, and perspectives, and it values the contribution of everyone regardless of their religious affiliation.
Reporting into the Finance Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for the effective financial management, control, and statutory reporting of the organisation and its associated entities. This is a broad and hands-on role offering exposure to financial reporting, compliance, budgeting, systems oversight, and stakeholder engagement within a values-driven environment. Key responsibilities are as follows:
- Lead the preparation of annual statutory accounts, including year-end close procedures, consolidations, and audit adjustments.
- Act as the primary contact for external auditors, managing audit timelines and responding to queries.
- Prepare the annual organisational budget in collaboration with senior stakeholders.
- Produce quarterly management accounts and oversee reconciliations across different entities and departments.
- Manage the organisation’s accounting system and relationships with external system providers.
- Support accounting and reporting for externally-managed investment portfolios.
- Work closely with the Finance Director to support strategic and operational decision-making.
You will:
- Be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Have strong financial control experience, ideally within the charity or not-for-profit sector though applications from other sectors will be considered.
- Have experience preparing complex statutory accounts (ideally under the Charities SoRP / FRS 102) and managing external audits.
- Have an interest in working for an organisation with strong values relating to social justice, care and integrity.
Important Information
- Salary of £70,000 - £80,000 DOE
- Hybrid working arrangements, with an expectation of at least 40% office attendance (central London).
- Candidates of all beliefs or none are encouraged to apply. More important than personal faith is an understanding of, and respect for, the mission and values of the organisation as a Catholic charity.
Ivy Rock Partners are managing the recruitment of this position exclusively on behalf of Jesuits in Britain. For all enquiries, please contact Holly Arrowsmith at Ivy Rock Partners for further details.
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Finance Business Partner: £65,800 - £77,500 | Birmingham | Hybrid
For Europe's largest infrastructure project, based in Birmingham, we're recruiting a Finance Business Partner for the Corporate Services Directorate. Working within central finance, this role reports to the Head of Finance and provides financial support and critical analytical challenge to directorates including HR, IT, Finance, Procurement, Facilities to ensure the organisation achieves financial targets and delivers value for money within the budgets set by the comprehensive spending review.
Main Duties:
- Responsible for looking after a portfolio of directorates (HR, IT, Finance, Procurement, Facilities) and the corporate expenditure in the monthly financial accounts
- Drive consistent month-end reporting and review of all Corporate Directorate (c£200M)
- Lead business planning and forecasting processes, providing guidance on planning principles and expectations
- Provide Workforce Actual costs and forecast information to inform programme estimates
- Challenge budget holders to achieve workforce objectives
- Review financial endorsement of Change and Investments, provide assurance to Finance Director that reporting expenditure and contract payments are appropriate
- Work to NAO Audits as required; Liaise regularly with Corporate Directors, Procurement and Supply Chain, Business Managers, Finance Teams and Corporate Finance Teams
Person Specification:
- CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualified with strong experience of supporting annual business planning, budget setting, and forecasting processes
- Strong skills in business partnering non-finance managers including working with Service / Operational Directors, budget holders, Business Managers, HR, and wider Finance teams
- Knowledge of Oracle accounting systems or other similar ERP systems
- Ability to use Excel to analyse large and complex data sets and provide useful management information
- Ability to critically review and challenge forecasts, assessing affordability, value for money and the impact om programme delivery
- Ideally experience from construction, travel, rail or infrastructure would be great!
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