About the Youth Endowment Fund

The Youth Endowment Fund is a bold new attempt to put early intervention at the heart of efforts to tackle youth offending.

Over the last few years, evidence suggests that growing numbers of children and young people have been affected by violent crime. More children have been found carrying knives and a growing number have been recorded as victims. We believe that each individual statistic is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.

The Youth Endowment Fund is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. We exist to prevent children and young people from getting caught up in violent crime. Many organisations have this calling. Our unique role is to identify what works best and to spread the good news.

The Fund is run by youth charity Impetus, in partnership with the Early Intervention Foundation and Social Investment Business. Impetus is a charity that transforms the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by ensuring they get the right support to succeed in school, in work and in life. 

About this role

The Personal Assistant to the Executive Director role offers a fantastic opportunity for an excellent administrator or personal assistant to join an exciting new team. The post will report directly to the YEF Director and will play a vital role in supporting them in their role, including effectively managing and coordinating a number of committees and panels. As well as being responsible for administrative support, the Personal Assistant to the Executive Director will also assist with the collation and analysis of data to produce reports.

If this is the job for you, you will have exceptional organisational skills with experience working in a support role. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present information clearly and confidently. You will also have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to take initiative and act with discretion, whilst establishing effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. You also like the idea of being part of a committed team working to reduce youth violence.

Key responsibilities

Diary management for YEF Director

• Provide diary management for the YEF Director, juggling multiple demands on their time.
• Provide a high level of management over the Director’s day to day actions and tasks.
• Ensure the Director is fully prepared for all meetings and has key documents printed to ensure they are fully briefed
• Manage key projects as requested
• Manage expenses for the Director and book travel when required.
• Keep important databases of contacts up to date
• Organise regular team meetings for the whole team

Support to the Board and Committees

• Provide support to key committees including the overall Youth Endowment Fund Committee, our Expert Panel, our Advisory Council and Senior Management Team
• Manage the process for ensuring that paperwork for all meetings is received in good time
• Prepare agendas, take minutes and action points and follow through to ensure these are actioned
• Manage the YEF calendar - order and schedule meetings for committees
• Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders e.g. Board members and their assistants.

This job description is subject to review.

This job is for you if:

• You have experience of working with a senior staff member helping to manage their diary and support them in their role.
• You work in a systematic, methodical and orderly way but are also very good at handling change and uncertainty
• You have excellent written communication skills. You have experience of producing clear, well-structured minutes and actions from senior level meetings. You have great attention to detail. You can write concisely and clearly and to summarise effectively
• You communicate clearly, succinctly and correctly
• You have a strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel
• You can build good relationships with people over the phone and face to face.
• You naturally plan activities well in advance and takes account of possible changes
• You manage your time very effectively
• You take, and enjoy taking, responsibility for actions, projects and people
• You take initiative and like getting on with things
• You are discreet, and are able to handle, manage and keep confidential information
• You maintain a positive outlook at work
• You adapt very well to changing circumstances
• You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion

Desirable

• You have a keen interest in working on an issue that matters to young people

Amnesty International - Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

Amnesty International is a Nobel Peace Prize-winning global movement of more than seven million people in over 150 countries who campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses.

Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they're denied. And whether we're applying pressure through powerful campaigning and advocacy supported by high quality research, or direct lobbying, mass demonstrations or online, we're all inspired by hope for a better world. One where human rights are respected and protected.

We are seeking a highly experienced financial leader who is passionate about creating a better world to join our newly formed Coalition Leadership Team.

You will have a clear track record of accomplishment as a senior leader of an international financial operation and be committed to ending human rights abuses. You will show strong leadership, coaching and analytical skills, with a track record of robust financial management, sponsorship of the IT strategy, driving organisational development and oversee the inhouse legal and global securities and work force. You will be comfortable navigating complexity, creative in the face of challenge and have outstanding strategic skills. You will thrive in multi-cultural environments, be a passionate believer in diversity and relish the opportunity to contribute significantly to drive transformative change in our global organisation.

To apply or to download further information on the required qualifications, skills and experience for this exciting role, please click on 'Apply now' and quote reference 4228. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 27th November 2019.

Formal interviews will be held on the 17th and 18th December 2019.

The role will be based in London and the salary is competitive and commensurate with the seniority of the appointment.

Equality and diversity are at the core of our values. All of our staff work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of all is valued and respected. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people.

Protecting your personal data is of the upmost importance to Perrett Laver and we take this responsibility very seriously. Any information obtained by our trading divisions is held and processed in accordance with the relevant data protection legislation. The data you provide us with is securely stored on our computerised database and transferred to our clients for the purposes of presenting you as a candidate and/or considering your suitability for a role you have registered interest in.

Perrett Laver is a Data Controller and a Data Processor, as defined under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legal basis for much of our data processing activity is ‘Legitimate Interests’. You have the right to object to us processing your data in this way. For more information about this, your rights, and our approach to Data Protection and Privacy, please visit our website.

Job Title: Chief Finance Officer (Interim) 

Contract Type: Fixed term (must be able to start on or before 6th January 2020)

Hours: Full time - 35 hours a week

Location: London (other Prince’s Trust offices in England will be considered)

Our vision at The Prince’s Trust’s is that every young person should have the chance to succeed. Our mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills to live, learn and earn.

You will be joining us as part of a new direction for finance at The Prince’s Trust, in the newly created role of Chief Finance Officer you will work closely with the UK Chief Executive, as a key member of The Trust’s Executive Committee (ExCo) and play a vital role in ensuring a sound & sustainable future for the trust.

In this interim role, you will be responsible for defining the financial strategy in-line with the guidelines set out by ExCo and The Council (our board of trustees), as well as owning responsibility for the overall performance and management of The Trust’s finances, investments and property portfolio, while ensuring that The Trust complies with all statutory and tax requirements and that the financial reporting and financial management systems of The Trust comply with industry standards.

You will be an experienced financial leader, with strong stakeholder management skills and experience in developing, coaching and mentoring a high-performance team within a large national or international organisation (over 30 staff with income profile of £50million+). You must have experience within a charity organisation that has included large project/contract management at a similar level, ideally, serving in a board level role.

We can consider candidates from both a fixed term contract & daily rate background, however, you must be available to start on or before 6th January 2020.

To learn more about the role, please download the job description.

About The Prince’s Trust

We are a youth charity whose mission is to help young people transform their lives by developing the confidence and skills, to live, learn and earn. This year we will support more than 70,000 young people through a range of proven programmes, with three in four achieving a positive outcome!

We have a bold ambition to extend the reach and impact of our work and help one million more young people transform their lives over the next ten years.  Our job is to inspire them, support them and release their potential, so that they can thrive and society can prosper.  We will focus on innovation, to ensure we adapt and remain relevant in a rapidly changing world.  We owe it to ourselves and the young people we serve, to do the best work of our lives and to help give them an increasing stake in our economy and society. They are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

The Prince’s Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of the children and young people we work with. Successful applicants to roles at The Prince’s Trust will be subject to criminal vetting checks, and where necessary for the role, a check at an enhanced level will be required.

To apply for this vacancy please go to our website and complete the online application.  To help you with the supporting statement section, you may want to download a copy of the Prince’s Trust Behavioural Framework.

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Are you an experienced finance leader looking for a new role? Do you enjoy working for a growing organisation where the challenges come thick and fast? If so, please read on!

Robertson Bell Finance are working with a leading Housing, Care and Support organisation to recruit an Interim Finance Director to join their growing team for an initial period of 10 months. Based in Central London, the role joins an organisation who have been going through a sustained period of growth over the past few years and have no plans to slow down in the near future.

Reporting into the CFO, the main responsibilities of the Interim Finance Director are as follows:

• Develop a strong team of around 14 in finance, with 3 direct reports of varying experience so at the conclusion of this contract the direct reports are in a position to take on the day to day responsibilities of this role.
• Head up the budgeting process, followed by the production of the 30 year business plan for submission to the regulator.
• Oversee the production of the year end accounts, signing off the accounts and ensuring the team have all the necessary resources for a timely delivery.
• Lead a review into the organisation's financial policies and procedures with a specific focus on income collection.
• Advise on the implementation of a number of system bolt-ons, helping to deal with any issues that arise from these new areas.

The successful candidate will be a full qualified accountant with extensive experience of managing large teams, specifically having managed other managers with their own teams. Developing the team will be a key barometer of success in this role so demonstrable previous experience of improving teams will be highly regarded. A breadth of experience in a variety of organisations will be a bonus to your application and having previously worked in a group structure will also aid your chances. Finally, you must be available to start in early December to be considered for this role.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Head of Finance looking for their first director level role or a Finance Director looking for a new challenge and will attract a high number of applications. To avoid disappointment, please do not delay in applying as applications will be reviewed daily.

Our partner is an agricultural social enterprise working with smallholder farmers in the northern region of the country to increase their productivity and improve their livelihoods. They provide a range of key services to the farmers:

• Provide inputs (seeds, fertilizers and herbicides) to the smallholder farmers on a credit basis at competitive rates at the planting season. These inputs are financed through debt raise by the organisation.
• Agronomy training & support, covering good farming practices which minimize the negative environmental impact.
• Offer access to storage facilities, and access to market, maximising their profits.

They are seeking a Finance Director to oversee the integrity of their accounting & finance function, leading their corporate finance function, and offer strategic analysis and advice, supporting the leadership in scaling their operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide oversight to the corporate finance, financial control, audit, treasury and FPA functions.
• Ensure the integrity of the accounting and financial management systems, oversight of the transaction processes, preparation of the year-end financial statements and the annual audit, and ensuring that the organisation meets all its statutory and regulatory compliance.
• Review and strengthen the control environment, ensuring that accounting processes are understood and adhered to across the organisation.
• Lead on organisational budget creation, developing and strengthening of budget monitoring, reporting and cashflow forecasting tools and reports.
• Responsible for the management of short-term cash requirements, and long-term planning; oversight of the treasury; and provide leadership to optimise the financial performance of the organisation
• Drive on financial planning, offering the senior leadership analysis and advice on expansion – both in terms of regions and crops covered.
• Work with senior leadership in designing the fundraising strategy (grants and investments), prepare the financial models and support presentations made to funders/investors.
• Business partnering and management of external stakeholder relationships – including investors, banks, suppliers and auditors.
• Support with the new systems implementation, and ensure that all their systems (accounting & inventory management) are working efficiently.  
• Oversight of the finance staff, responsible for hiring and retaining a qualified team.

Person Specification

• Senior finance professional, with an accounting qualification, and 10+ years of experience in progressively responsible finance roles.
• Demonstrable experience of running the finance function of a small- to medium-sized enterprise (preferably in a start-up environment), including of developing controls, accounting processes and financial management tools, and systems implementation.
• Strong experience of corporate finance (fundraising from investors), financial planning and risk management.
• Excellent proficiency in written and verbal English
• Strong problem solver, flexible and able to handle a large and varied volume of work and responsibilities maturely
• Excellent relationship management skills, and ability to deal with stakeholders diplomatically and with tact.
• Interest in agribusiness in a developing context.

Please note this role is only open to candidates with the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship. This role will have 20% travel to Nigeria. 

*Candidates are being considered on a rolling basis, and early applications are encouraged.

Would you be willing to use your management skills and experience to support the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) in its mission to see Christian doctors and nurses united and equipped to live and speak for Jesus Christ in healthcare?

CMF is a fellowship of around 5,000 doctors, medical students, nurses and nursing students, all of whom are Bible-believing Christians.

We are seeking an Operations Director who will ensure the efficient management of all CMF’s resources and the running of a highly effective and motivated organisation dedicated to furthering the aims of the charity. The postholder is principally responsible for Finance, IT, Human Resources and Legal Compliance.

There may be the option for the role to be part-time. 

The successful candidate will:

• Be a graduate, or with equivalent experience, with an appropriate professional qualification.
• Have a minimum of five years’ experience in a relevant role, preferably in a charity, at least two years of which has been at a senior level.
• Have expertise, experience and competence in all or virtually all elements of the role.
• Be a person of integrity, a mature Christian and committed to CMF’s aims, values and Christian ethos.
• Be able to take the initiative, think creatively, solve problems and work effectively with little supervision.

All applicants must be wholeheartedly committed to the aims, ethos and values of CMF.  Please note that this post is subject to an Occupational Requirement that the post holder is a committed evangelical Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.

Application is only by means of submitting a completed application form.

Anyone applying must already have valid leave to remain and work full-time in the United Kingdom. 

Operations Director

London

Reporting to the CEO

A faith-based charity in London are seeking an Operations Director to support with the management of the charities resources. You will have responsibility for Finance, HR, IT, Legal and Property

Your responsibilities will include:

• The management of operations including finance, HR, property, IT and Legal
• Providing financial advice to the CEO and trustees
• Develop a strategy for securing sufficient income and assisting the CEO with fund-raising strategy
• Oversight to financial reports, statements and budgets
• Managing insurance, banking and relationships with third part suppliers
• Ensure the charity operates within statutory frameworks
• Oversight of the charities central administration functions
• Management of HR policies and procedures
• Oversee the management and maintenance of office property
• Monitor statutory and regulatory environment covering law, finance, IT, fundraising standards

To be considered:

• You will have similar experience within a charity
• Expertise, experience and competence of the key elements of the role as described above
• Strong management skills
• Ideally a graduate (or eqv) with a professional qualification

The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and .

Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex (AAKSS) is a world-leading charity, providing life-saving emergency pre-hospital care wherever, whenever we’re needed. Working throughout the South East, we strive to save lives by providing the best possible care every minute of the day, every day of the year.

We are at the forefront of patient care, undertaking pioneering medical care in all manner of challenging situations outside of the hospital. We were the first UK air ambulance service to fly 24/7 and today we are the forefront of innovations such as taking over smartphones in a crisis to make critical diagnosis, a result of our ongoing research. We ensure the best care for the best possible outcomes, as well as working on preventing accidents, and educating and training the public to be best placed to help in an emergency.

Executive Director of Corporate Services

Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex (AAKSS)

Rochester, Kent and Redhill, Surrey

Competitive salary

It’s an exciting time at AAKSS with huge opportunities to shape medical care for the next 30 years. We’re ambitious and are developing our strategy to continue to deliver the world’s most innovative medical approaches. With our new Chief Executive, the Executive Director of Corporate Services will shape and deliver our strategy, ensuring our systems, services and culture allow our brilliant team to focus on delivery. As well as taking oversight of our robust finances and ensuring clear financial strategies, the Executive Director of Corporate Services will work with a wide range of stakeholders and develop our HR, IT, compliance and governance functions, to ensure all are fit for purpose in the complex environments we operate in.

We are seeking a highly collaborative, financially qualified leader, with experience, or strong understanding, of broader organisational operations. With a track record of working in changing and innovative environments, you will be adept at identifying, planning for and delivering new opportunities and efficiencies that maximise organisational-wide effectiveness and ultimately saves lives. You will be an engaging and strategic leader, with experience of working in collaborative cultures and a proven track record of building strong relationships, both internally and externally. Crucially you will be inspired by our critical work to save the lives of the thousands who need our help every year by working with cutting edge opportunities.

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Closing date: Thursday 2nd January 2020

Initial interviews with Prospectus: 13th to 21st January 2020

Site visits and panel interviews: week commencing 27th January 2020

Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex is committed to achieve greater diversity in its executive team, and welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief or disability.

Age UK Coventry & Warwickshire are actively recruiting for a Director of Finance to effectively manage and develop financial resources in line with the organisation’s vision. Age UK's vision is to make the UK a great place to grow older. We do this by inspiring, supporting and enabling in a number of ways.

You will directly manage the finance teams and ensure production of timely and high quality financial management information. Working in Coventry, with frequent travel around Warwickshire and Coventry, you will also be responsible for all aspects of financial control and fraud prevention.

The Director of Finance has specific responsibility for the operational function and strategic development of the organisation’s financial services. You will be an active member of the Senior Management Team and be expected to contribute to the strategic and operational management of all areas of the organisation.

You will:

• Work with the CEO in providing leadership and direction in the development of a broad range of activities, whilst being consistent in our Strategic Plan, and promoting the organisation’s vision.
• Ensure the organisation maximises its financial performance across the broad range of activities including long-term financial planning and a strategy for the Property Portfolio.
• Manage the finance services with a high level of customer focus and support managers with service development.
• Drive a high quality and performing culture, responsive to Board of Trustees’ needs.
• Embed effective systems and procedures creating a culture of continuous improvement.
• To advise department/unit managers on financial matters including budget preparation and guidance as appropriate. To support service managers in the preparation of bids and contract negotiations.

Skills and Experience:

• A professional qualification and membership of an Accounting body
• A degree or equivalent experience of continuous professional development
• Experience of senior/strategic leadership within an organisation
• Experience of working with SORP and/or a not for profit organisation
• A proven track record of leading and inspiring diverse teams to high level of achievement and innovation
• A successful track record of initiating, leading and managing associated risks
• Experiences of successfully developing and leading a strong performance and outcome focussed culture
• Evidence of a detailed understanding of working within Trustee Boards or similar governing bodies
• Ability to present complex financial information clearly and concisely
• Analytical skills with the ability to exercise sound judgement and sensitivity
• Ability to build effective teams and relationships and achieve results through others by leading, inspiring and motivating others
• The ability to achieve change and results through influence, negotiation and collaboration
• Good knowledge of quality assurance systems and the organisational accreditation
• Committed to continuously improving service delivery
• Persistent and able to persuade others to meet your deadlines
• Excellent communications skills

What we offer in return:

• 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Pension: 3% employer contribution

Further information regarding this post is available via Age UK Coventry & Warwickshire's website, or you can download a recruitment pack and related documents below.

Age UK Coventry & Warwickshire do not accept CVs whether included with an application or sent speculatively from individuals or recruitment agencies, nor accept the fees associated with them. 

The decision to invite candidates for interview is based on the details completed in your application, so please make sure you complete all sections of the application form as fully as possible. There is no need to attach a CV to your application.

The Organisation:

Prospectus are delighted to be partnering with a London based youth charity in recruiting a new Director of Finance and Resources. The charity provides conflict management programmes & support to young people & the professionals working with them. They are currently the UK's only national organisation specialising in the creative management of youth conflict. Their work stops everyday conflict from spiralling into violent and destructive behaviour by helping young people look at the choices they make, understand the consequences of their actions and change course to become role models and leaders

The Role:

The organisation had been developing a new and inspiring 5 years strategy, to be rolled out in January 2020, and they would like to bring in a new Director of Finance and Resources to join their dynamic and ambitious senior management team to lead this phase of development for the organisation.

The Director will be accountable for all financial and resource aspects of operations from financial planning and management (including risk, forecasting, reporting and control) through to the oversight of HR and organisational development, IT and establishment management including contracts and policy. Leading an experienced team, you will confidently bring experience, leadership and management to this role to support and develop activity in line with their strategy.

The Person:

- Excellent understanding of the rules of charity finance management, governance and compliance

- Excellent knowledge and understanding of the SoRP and financial auditing process

- Understanding best practice regarding risk reporting and management

- Experience in a senior financial role including line management of a team

- Understanding best practice in HR management.

- Experience of developing and management of complex finance systems and implementing financial policies, processes and controls.

- Experience of working with contract and supplier management including excellent negotiation and influencing skills.

- Communication with confidence and excellent engagement skills including the ability to maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to analyse information and to problem solve through evaluating differing perspectives

- Experience of advanced use of a database or CRM

To Apply:

To apply, please upload your CV in Word format and include a Supporting Statement that addresses each point on the Person Specification (both in Microsoft Word format), which should be no longer than 2 sides of A4.

A Prospectus consultant will review and assess all submitted applications. As part of the selection process candidates may be invited to meet with a consultant at our offices.

Director of Commercial Finance
Location: Central Birmingham, B15 1LZ
Salary: circa £95,000 per annum
Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent

The Role 
We have an exciting opportunity for a senior Finance professional to join Midland Heart as our Director of Commercial Finance. Leading our Finance Business Partner, Finance Operations and Procurement teams, this role is key to maintaining our strong financial position needed to deliver the goals of our “Making What Matters Brilliant” corporate plan and beyond.

You’ll be a highly experienced Finance professional, with a solid background in management accounting and a real appreciation of the necessity for a profit-for-purpose organisation to be just as commercial as any other business.

Leading and championing our Finance Business Partners, you’ll drive them to deliver a service that provides robust management accounting, budgeting and advisory services that the organisation views as invaluable when making commercial decisions. Similarly you’ll ensure that our Finance Operations function is providing a high-quality transactional service and utilising financial systems that are fit-for-purpose and best serve the finance function and wider organisation.  You’ll also be responsible for the leadership of our highly professional Procurement team whom, alongside our finance function ensure that our organisation exercises strong financial control and obtains the best value for money from suppliers.

Our ideal candidate? You’ll be a senior qualified Accountant with a proven track-record of leading teams to deliver management accounting, financial planning and analysis and budgeting services in a complex commercial environment. We want you to evidence the positive commercial impact that your teams, through your leadership and support, have had on organisations – highlighting the influence that you’ve have had on business decision making and the opportunities you’ve successfully identified to reduce costs and improve profitability. We’re also interested to hear about your finance systems knowledge and your experience is implementing new systems. All importantly, you’ll be a highly effective communicator with the ability to work with Finance colleagues and stakeholders across our organisation to enable the delivery of our commercial ambitions.

Who are Midland Heart? We’re a large and ambitious housing organisation providing more people an affordable place to call home. We welcome people from every walk of life, at every stage of their career. We expect a lot from our people but in return you can be assured of a great place to work, where you’ll be well rewarded and where great people are able to succeed. Whether you want to build your career with us, or use your experience to move on, we’re here to develop your potential.

Interested? For full information please see the "Information for Candidates" pack available on our website – If you click the apply button and follow the job board process you will be redirected here.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday 1st December 2019.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any adjustments you might need in order to be successful in this role.

Recruitment Agencies please note that we do not accept speculative CVs and should one be submitted we will assume the candidate is our own.

No agencies please.

Job Overview

Director of Finance & Resources for an International charity based in central London

£60,000 pro rata,

4 Days per week

It is a strategic and operational role, leading finance, HR, IT and all office/ organisational management, working closely with the Chief Executive.

The income for the Charity is approx. £2million

Responsibilities

• Providing strong and effective strategic leadership of the Finance function.
• Developing business systems and technologies to eliminate manual processes
• Streamlining and automating work flows wherever possible
• Providing the company with deep analysis, data and business insight
• Leading the continued development and implementation of new or improved systems to enhance business effectiveness
• Overseeing the preparation of management information and Communicating of financial and non-financial results
• Managing the process of annual audits carried out by external auditors
• Company-wide budget preparation and ongoing proactive management
• Identifying commercial opportunities and driving revenue increases across the organisation
• Responsible for statutory reporting and compliance

• Be the point of contact for the outsourced IT function.

Qualifications/experience required

Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA or ACCA)

Charity or NGO or International Charity Experience would be hugely beneficial.

What’s on offer?

• £60,000 pro rata 4 days per week.

Flexible Working

Director of Finance
London, EC4

About Us

We are Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), a not-for-profit that helps transform cities to benefit the millions who lack access to water and sanitation.

Established in 2005, we work alongside local providers to enable them to develop services, build infrastructure and attract funding so that they can reach low-income communities.

We are now looking for a Director of Finance to play a crucial strategic and operational role in the next stage of WSUP’s organisational development.

The Benefits

- Salary of up to £85,000 per annum
- Collaborative and engaging work environment
- 5% matched pension contribution
- 25 days' holiday per annum
- Play an important part in the next stage of our success story

The Role

As the Director of Finance, you will lead the development of the finance function across the entirety of the WSUP Group.

You will provide visible and inspiring leadership during this transformation stage as WSUP prepares to deliver our next Business Plan (2020 – 2025). You will provide strategic support to the CEO and input to the Board, while ensuring the organisation’s financial systems are robust, compliant and support current activities and future growth.

About You

To join us as a Director of Finance, you will need: 

- To be a qualified CCAB or CIMA accountant, including extensive post-qualification experience, with some experience gained in or working with the commercial for-profit sector
- Extensive experience of managing, setting and monitoring budgets and creating and analysing financial management information
- Experience of leading significant transformation at senior level within an organisation, including the delivery of corporate transformation programmes, as well as finance department transformation and culture change
- A track record of motivating and building teams, preferably in a complex or multi-location context
- Experience in developing and implementing strategic plans to ensure risk is managed and ensure the organisation is provided with an effective and efficient finance function
- Proficiency in financial accounting and reporting, including external statutory reporting and audit

Other organisations may call this role Finance Director, Director of Finance, Senior Financial Controller, or Head of Finance. 

Those who work in Finance, Financial, Accounts, Accounting, or Accountancy fields are invited to apply. 

The closing date for applications is the 15th December 2019. 

Webrecruit and WSUP are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you are seeking your next step as a Director of Finance, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week

Leap works with young people, giving them the skills to manage conflict in their own lives, reduce violence in their communities and help lead our society.

We are offering a unique opportunity to join our dynamic and ambitious senior management team in the role of Director of Finance and Resources.

This role will be integral to our ability to build upon our financial growth but also in ensuring good governance and the continued development of a well-led and supported organisation and culture in turn supporting our staff in achieving our aspirations.

You will be accountable for all financial and resource aspects of Leap’s operations from financial planning and management (including risk, forecasting, reporting and control) through to the oversight of HR and organisational development, IT and establishment management including contracts and policy, currently across two office sites (North London and South London).

Benefits: 

• Contributory pension available subject to employee contribution to begin upon employment with up to a maximum employer contribution of 8%

• Flexible working in line with Leap’s policies

• 25 days leave, rising to 26 days after 2 years and an 1 additional day ever year to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays

• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme available upon completion of probationary period

• Leap is conveniently located within a short walk from Finsbury Park tube and mainline railway station.

How to apply: 

For more information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date for applications: 5pm Wednesday 4th December 2019

Interviews: Thursday 12th December 2019

Second interview: w/c Monday 16th December 2019

Ex-offenders are invited and encouraged to apply.

Leap Confronting Conflict are a London Living Wage Employer.