Interested in joining the next big thing within the midlands education sector? Does a recently created, strategically focused Finance Director role sound of interest? Would you enjoy joining an organisation on their journey to grow and expand?

My client, who is a newly formed education organisation based in Nottinghamshire are going through a huge growth period and as such are searching for a new Finance Director to head up the finance team. This role is a genuine development opportunity as well as being a key member in the senior leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Being the driving force behind producing investment strategies and lead on maximizing the revenue generated by the organisation, working to find new and profitable income streams for the business to grow and thrive.
• Manage and grow the bright, forward thinking finance team to collectively operate a smooth-running unit.
• Taking complete ownership of year end reporting, achieving consistently high standards and being the key liaison for external auditors, making you the face of the organisation for all things finance
• Planning and enacting the budget setting process with key stakeholders as well as leading on financial reporting and business partnering.
• Centralising the Procurement process, looking at spend and adjusting accordingly to benefit the organisation.

This post will allow the successful candidate to develop the role to how they choose because of it being a brand new role. With two direct reports, this role would suit a previous line manager, as this post also includes growing the team, including the recruitment of a management accountant within the first six months of landing.

The successful candidate will be:

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc.)
• From an education background (Desirable)
• Either:

1. a) A proven Finance Director looking for their next challenge.
2. b) Someone looking for a step-up in their Finance career.

• Bright, ambitious, driven.

If this role is of interest, please get in touch as soon as possible as this is expected to have a high volume of applications.

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, innovative and experienced leader to manage all aspects of our strategy and operation. FRAME is a small research charity committed to replacing the use of animals in scientific experiments.  We have undergone a significant restructuring over the past two years that has resulted in the development of this critical and exciting new role.  For the right person this will provide scope to develop their role in order to support the Board of Trustees in driving the charity forward.Our current operations include fundraising, education, publicity & marketing, delivery of an annual training school, publication of our own scientific journal, ATLA (through a third party) and allocation of scientific research grants.

We seek an all-rounder who can drive excellence in strategic planning, governance, fundraising, financial management and HR.  The successful applicant will come with proven senior administrative, leadership and management ability, demonstrated within the third sector.  The role will involve the responsibility for the overall operations of the charity ensuring compliance with all our legal requirements, therefore a good working knowledge and understanding of charity law and governance is essential.

You will be educated to degree level in a STEM subject and have excellent interpersonal and public engagement skills. You will be able to demonstrate experience of managing people, projects and budgets successfully. Good communication skills and experience of fundraising are essential. As an individual you will be highly self-motivated, able to work from a home office environment alone and in concert with others, and capable of working with people at all levels of seniority. A postgraduate qualification – in biological or biomedical science/public engagement of science or a related discipline – would be desirable.  Critical to this role is a drive and a passion to further the aims of our charity.

This is a part time position that can offer flexible working and would suit someone with extensive varied experience in senior level charity positions.

Please include a statement supporting your suitability for the role along with your full CV.

Closing date for applications is 31st October 2019.  Interviews for short-listed candidates will take place over two days on the 13th and 14th of November.