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DFN Project SEARCH is looking for an experienced charity finance professional to take on the newly-created Head of Finance role. As a well-established and successful UK charity, we are operating in a period of continued growth and require a Head of Finance who combines reliable financial insight, robust control and strong governance with hands-on delivery. This role will work closely with the Finance Director and wider executive team while remaining directly involved in month-end, reporting, controls, cash flow and systems improvement. This role has a requirement to travel to London an average of twice monthly as well as other UK travel to support away days and programme visits.
Key responsibilities include:
- End-to-end ownership of the finance function, ensuring accurate, efficient and compliant day-to-day operations.
- Working closely with the Finance Director to deliver management reporting, annual budgeting, statutory accounts and audit support.
- Strengthening cash flow forecasting, treasury oversight, credit control and financial planning to support organisational growth.
- Principal owner of the charity’s financial controls, policies, procedures and systems, further developing the use of Xero for real-time insight.
- Supporting the charity’s funding model through strong oversight of restricted funds, grant reporting, contract support and funder compliance.
- Build financial understanding across the organisation by supporting budget holders and translating financial information for non-finance colleagues.
- Clear reporting relationship with the Finance Director and line management responsibility for the Finance Administrator.
Essential criteria
The successful candidate should be a fully qualified accountant who is comfortable leading and doing in a small charity environment. They should be technically strong, confident with hands-on financial operations, and able to work credibly with the Finance Director, executive colleagues, trustees, external advisors and non-finance budget holders.
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent).
- Proven experience in a finance management role with end-to-end responsibility for a finance function.
- Strong working knowledge of Charity SORP and charity accounting requirements.
- Experience preparing management accounts, statutory accounts and board-level financial reports.
- Strong cash flow management, balance sheet reconciliation and month-end close capability.
- Experience of restricted funds management, grant reporting and supporting budgets for funding applications or tenders.
- Confident using accounting systems, ideally Xero, and advanced Excel.
- Ability to explain financial information clearly to non-specialist audiences and partner effectively with budget holders.
- Strong leadership and collaboration skills, with the ability to line manage and develop a small finance team.
- Proven experience in developing and implementing Financial Instructions in a charity setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading change and process optimisation
- Experience in a remote or distributed organisation
- Experience of working with complex stakeholder groups across education, public sector, social impact or donor settings
- Experience of payroll oversight, VAT returns and finance systems/process improvement would be highly valuable.
Remuneration and Offer Considerations
Over and above the salary range offered, we also offer:
- Flexible working arrangements considered including jobsharing and part-time (minimum of 4 days per week) work as well as a condensed hours working pattern of 10 working days over 9.
- Annual leave buy-back.
- Remote role with travel as required.
- Wellbeing benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme and NHS top-up support.
To apply for this role you must have the right to work in the UK.
Please send a copy of your CV with a maximum of two pages, and a supporting statement outlining why you would like to work for DFN Project SEARCH, why you are interested in this role, how you meet the essential and where applicable the desirable criteria, and what experience you would bring if you were to be successful.
Final panel interview date is scheduled for 30 June 2026.
DFN Project SEARCH is a disability confident employer. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during your application process.
Registered Charity 
11 - 20
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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- 14 hours per week (part time)
- £ 32,854 (pro rata)
- Remote
Job Summary
Rape Crisis England & Wales is the feminist charity working to end child sexual abuse, rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment and all other forms of sexual violence.
We are looking for a Finance Officer who can work in a fast paced and demanding role to support the organisation. A high level of professionalism and confidentiality is crucial. This role is responsible for ensuring that all financial matters are handled responsibly and involves processing transactions and journals, supporting month-end close, preparing financial reports for team members, and checking financial transactions for corrections and coding errors.
You will support payment runs on a bi-weekly basis and assist with payroll preparation, working closely with the Freelance Finance Manager and colleagues across the organisation.
This role follows a remote working arrangement, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer/Head of Operations and will involve working with colleagues across the organisation on the following tasks
Key Responsibilities:
· Maintain books of prime entry, to include managing receipts and invoices and associated financial records, files and supporting documentation.
· Process accounts payable end-to-end, ensuring accurate and timely payment of all authorised expenditure (bi-weekly payment runs).
· Prepare sales invoices as required and support credit control to ensure debtors pay promptly.
· Maintain an accurate and up-to-date nominal ledger, ensuring correct coding and prompt correction of errors.
· Reconcile key control accounts regularly (including bank, salaries, PAYE), maintaining clear working papers, analysis and audit trail.
· Reconcile senior managers’ expenses monthly, ensuring compliance with internal processes.
· Prepare payroll information and monthly payroll for review and sign-off by the Freelance Finance Manager/authorised approver and set payroll payments up on the banking system.
· Prepare month-end journals (including prepayments and payroll journals) and support the month-end close process.
· Run transaction and finance reports for colleagues, supporting analysis and helping resolve errors and queries.
· Work with the Freelance Finance Manager to support the production and monitoring of annual budgets and forecasts, monthly management accounts and year-end statutory accounts, providing information and analysis as required.
· Work closely with staff across Rape Crisis England & Wales, providing day-to-day finance support, advice and information as appropriate, and escalating issues to the Freelance Finance Manager and/or COO/Head of Operations when needed.
· Provide cover and support for the Finance Manager function as required, in line with agreed responsibilities and capacity.
· Undertake any other reasonable duties commensurate with the role.
Person Specification:
· Experience as bookkeeper or Finance Assistant for a charity or company
· Strong understanding of accounting fundamentals and demonstrable experience of working within a fast-paced environment
· Experience and understanding of production of month-end management accounts and associated month-end processes and annual statutory accounts
· Highly proficient computer skills including in-depth knowledge of Excel and major Microsoft programs
· Proficiency in Xero accounting package
· Accuracy and attention to detail
· Ability to work autonomously and meet agreed standards and targets
· Proactive approach to
· Experience of assisting the annual finance audit process
· Commitment to the aims and objectives of Rape Crisis England and Wales
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.