Group management accountant jobs

For more than 30 years, War Child has been driven by a single goal: to ensure a safe future for every child affected by war. We work in some of the world’s most challenging contexts, reaching children as quickly as possible when conflict breaks out and remaining long after the cameras have gone. Through protection, education, community support and advocacy, we help children heal, learn and rebuild their lives. One child caught up in conflict is one too many, and we exist to make sure they are never forgotten.

We are now seeking an Interim Director of Finance & IT (maternity cover) to join our Leadership Group at a pivotal moment for the organisation. Reporting directly to our CEO, this role is about continuity, momentum and leadership. You will take responsibility for two critical functions and play a central role in shaping how War Child UK is funded, governed and enabled to deliver impact, both independently and as part of the wider War Child Alliance.

This is a role for someone who wants their expertise to matter. You will lead our finance and IT functions, ensuring our systems, processes and data provide the clarity and confidence needed to make bold, informed decisions. Your insight into income, cost and performance will directly influence how we invest, grow and maximise our fundraising potential.

Alongside this, you will play a key role in long-term financial planning and cross-Alliance collaboration, helping to build robust frameworks that support sustainable growth and accountability. Working with fellow directors, you will help steward the organisation as a whole, ensuring War Child UK remains resilient, ambitious and ready to meet the scale of the need we exist to address.

You will be a qualified accountant with significant strategic and operational experience. While prior international development experience is not essential, you will need to demonstrate the ability to build trusted relationships across cultures and geographies. Experience in a complex, fundraising-led organisation will be highly advantageous.

We are keen to hear from both experienced directors and senior leaders who are ready to step into their first executive role. If you are motivated by purpose, thrive in complex environments and want your leadership to create real change, we would love to hear from you.

Tall Roots is acting as an employment agency partner to War Child UK. For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Mark Crowley at Tall Roots.

Ivy Rock Partners is supporting a growing, values-led education trust in the appointment of a Finance Manager to provide high-quality financial leadership across a group of specialist education settings.

This is a senior operational finance role, offering the opportunity to work closely with executive and academy leadership teams to ensure strong financial planning, control and decision-making.

The role

The Finance Manager will be responsible for the financial management, planning and reporting for multiple sites, working in partnership with senior leaders to ensure resources are deployed effectively, compliantly and in line with best value principles.

The role combines hands-on financial management with strategic support, requiring strong relationship-building skills and the confidence to challenge, advise and influence at senior level.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading financial planning and management across multiple sites, aligned to improvement plans and organisational priorities
• Developing and maintaining robust financial systems, processes and controls
• Preparing annual budgets and multi-year forecasts as part of longer-term financial planning
• Producing timely and accurate monthly management accounts and financial reports for senior leaders and budget holders
• Monitoring income and expenditure, holding review meetings to challenge assumptions and promote best value
• Maintaining accurate accounting records, including trial balances, balance sheets and reconciliations
• Managing payroll processes, ensuring accuracy, authorisation and compliance with deadlines
• Preparing and maintaining cashflow forecasts to support effective decision-making
• Supporting audits and liaising with auditors and internal stakeholders
• Overseeing bank accounts, control accounts, purchase and sales ledgers
• Supporting income generation, sponsorship and funded projects, including reporting against funder requirements
• Providing financial analysis, costings and insights to support strategic and operational decisions
• Contributing to trust-wide finance initiatives and continuous improvement projects

About you

This role will suit an experienced finance professional who enjoys working in a mission-driven environment and is confident supporting non-finance leaders with clear, practical financial guidance.

You are likely to bring:

• AAT Level 3 or equivalent experience; professional accounting qualifications are advantageous
• Strong experience in financial management, budgeting and forecasting within a complex or regulated organisation
• The ability to work closely with senior stakeholders and influence decision-making
• Experience of implementing or improving financial systems, processes and controls
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to present financial information clearly
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
• High levels of integrity and discretion when handling confidential information
• A collaborative, resilient and solutions-focused approach

Experience within education, academies or the not-for-profit sector is desirable but not essential.

Working arrangements

The role offers flexible working arrangements, with a mix of on-site and remote working. Travel between sites will be required.

Safeguarding and inclusion

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to appropriate safeguarding checks, including enhanced DBS clearance.

For a confidential conversation about the role please get in touch with Megan Hunter

Interim Head of Finance | 6 Month + | £300 - £325 per day (outside IR35) | Hybrid | London

For a small London-based charity, we are recruiting an Interim Head of Finance for 6 + months, starting ASAP. Reporting to C-suite, the main accountabilities will focus on providing insightful monthly management accounts and reporting to the Senior Leadership Team and Trustees / Board, and to ensure the correct allocation of expenditure to a high number of grant funds. This role will oversee the Finance Assistant and the day-to-day finance transactions, including expenses, payroll, and balance sheet reconciliations.

Main Duties:

• Produce regular management accounts and financial reporting
• Support the Leadership Team, Finance Committee and Board with long-term financial planning
• Lead and review budgeting, re-forecasting and cash-flow management
• Review and re-negotiate all contracts, including office premises, IT, grants, and services
• Oversee the Finance Assistants day-to-day work including transactions and payroll processing
• Work with the Head of Fundraising and Senior Leadership to ensure income generation and fundraising strategy is in line with long-term goals

What will you bring to this role?

• Qualified Accountant or QBE with solid experience
• Strong knowledge and experience of Charity SORP, Grant funding and restricted and unrestricted funding
• Strong experience of management accounts and reporting within a small but complex charity organisation including budget preparation and year-end accounting and Audit
• Strong IT skills including Xero and Excel
• Experience of contracts, facilities management, HR processes and IT would be desirable
• Solid experience of managing and motivating staff

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

As an interim Supervising Solicitor in Public Law, you will supervise and carry out CPAG’s public law legal aid cases, to benefit families and children in poverty. You will play an active role in managing CPAG’s legal practice and conduct high-profile public law litigation. 

We are looking for someone who is passionate about using the law to advocate for the rights of, and directly improve the lives of, families in poverty. The ideal candidate will be a solicitor (E&W qualified) with experience of conducting public law litigation and legal aid (publicly funded) work. You will be able to supervise the casework of colleagues, such as CPAG’s junior or trainee solicitor(s) and welfare benefit advisers. You may have experience of working with clients in vulnerable situations or with additional needs, for example, survivors of domestic abuse, refugees, disabled people or children and young people.

We welcome applications from individuals with the skills and experience outlined and we can be flexible about working arrangements. We operate a hybrid working system and would be happy to discuss any flexibilities required. CPAG is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion which you can read more about in the job pack. 

We welcome applications on a secondment basis.

For more information about this post and to apply download the Supervising Solicitor - Public Law (Interim)

Senior Non-Current Asset Accountant

(SEO)

£42,450 - £46,636 (National)

+ £5,000 Accountancy Allowance

The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1 billion in property assets and over 50% of the government’s office estate. We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers.  We are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team.

Representing the best covenant in the UK – His Majesty’s Government – we are leading ground-breaking programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme, as well as delivering modern and cost-effective real estate service solutions. 

Innovation and progress are at the heart of our behaviours.  We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged, and we’re dedicated to becoming a leading, inclusive employer both in the external market and throughout the Civil Service.  Our strong emphasis on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces. 

Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth.  We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.

The responsibilities of the Senior Non-Current Asset Accountant will include:

• Support the accounting for the GPA’s non-current assets including maintaining the Non-Current Asset Register
• Support the preparation of non-current asset notes, accounting policies and disclosures for inclusion in the GPA’s financial statements
• Provide information to external and internal auditors of non-current assets and associated controls, supporting the Head of Non-Current Asset Reporting in audit planning, managing fieldwork and the resolution of audit issues
• Prepare forecasts for depreciation and impairments to inform annual and medium-term planning
• Provide technical advice to business areas and finance team members on accounting and budgeting of capital and non-current asset transactions
• Support the preparation of the GPA’s dilapidations provision and associated policy, working with GPA’s commercial partner to resolve any queries or disputes
• Drive continuous process efficiencies and improvements across the non-current assets function, delivering maximum value for the GPA and ensuring robust controls are in place
• Seek out opportunities to lead/contribute to cross-government and cross-finance initiatives outside of own role
• Build relationships with key staff across Finance and the business in order to maintain effectiveness

Key Skills & Experience 

• Hold a CCAB or equivalent qualification
• Good knowledge and experience of Non-Current Assets accounting
• Ability to develop productive relationships and effective networks with stakeholders across organisations
• Experience of driving improvements in processes to increase efficiency
• Strong attention to detail and ability to analyse and interpret significant amounts of financial data
• Good Microsoft Office skills

For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Emma Fuller at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

The GPA is committed to representing the communities we serve by making Diversity, Equality and Inclusion part of everything we do. To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community. 

Job Title - Head of Legal Aid and Billing

Contract - Permanent

Hours - Part Time, 21 hours per week (0.6 FTE) with some flexibility around working hours

Salary Range - £28,800 to £34,800 per annum (£48,000 to £58,000 FTE)

Location - London office - Coram Campus, 41 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ

About Coram

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

One of the nine members of the Coram group, Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) is the UK’s specialist centre for children’s rights in education, immigration, community care and family law, and provides significant international legal systems consultancy. The centre is located on the Coram Campus in central London with a base in Colchester. We champion access to justice through information and advice, legal practice and representation, policy and strategic litigation. Our Legal Practice Unit provides advice and representation primarily under legal aid contract. Our Policy and Practice Change team promotes practice change through training and capacity building to professionals and secures systems change through research, policy and advocacy.

About the role

This role will provide leadership and management for CCLC particularly focused on the Legal Practice Unit’s legal aid billing operations. Through systematic and efficient management, the post-holder will play a pivotal role in CCLC’s financial and operational sustainability. The role will be accountable for maximising the unit’s legal aid billing in controlled work, certificated work and inter partes costs and will hold responsibility for the unit’s billing systems. It will also be responsible for private fees billing. The post-holder will oversee the smooth running of legal aid billing including through line management of the billing team. The post-holder will work very closely with legal, operations and administrative staff. The role will act as a key point of contact for a range of internal and external stakeholders including Coram’s central finance team who will support the role with grant fund management and overall accounting functions for CCLC. The post-holder will support the Managing Director of Legal Practice and Children’s Rights and department heads in the successful maintenance of our relationship with the Legal Aid Agency. Where appropriate they will be deputising for the Managing Director on legal aid and financial matters.

The role would suit a highly organised and efficient legal aid lawyer, or a finance or billing professional with solid experience of legal practice and a deep understanding of the challenges of legal aid. Whilst candidates with direct experience of legal billing (and more specifically civil legal aid billing) are welcomed, we recognise that this is a highly specialised and niche field. As such, this role could suit a highly experienced solicitor who appreciates the important role developing sustainable businesses plays in ensuring access to justice and who therefore wishes to move into practice and financial management. They will need an aptitude for processing large amounts of data, developing and managing spreadsheets and improving organisational systems. However, they will be well supported through training, an enthusiastic and competent junior billing team, the central finance team and an outsourced legal cashiering company, as well as a friendly and collaborative management team including the Managing Director and the Heads of Education Law, Community Care Law and Immigration and Asylum Law.

This is a largely office-based role in order to fully provide support to the billing team. However, some remote / hybrid working may be possible depending the experience of the candidate after the initial settling in period and there will be flexibility over how the three days will be spread across the week (within working hours). The team are mostly based in the London office and with one billing team member in Colchester so the post holder may require some occasional travel. 

For further information on CCLC please visit our website.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.

Closing date: Sunday 1st March 2026 at 23:55

Test and Interview date: Please note this is a rolling recruitment, so please complete your application now and we will arrange interviews with prospective candidates as soon as possible.

Coram (entity) is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applicants from Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds to join our teams. Whilst we have a diverse team we recognise we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and families we help.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 312278.

The Stag operates through a low-risk hall-hire business model. It is not allowed to promote its own shows – it provides the professional facilities for others to hire space and put on shows.

Reporting to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, the CEO leads a small, professional and dedicated team (currently 20 employees (17.8 FTE)) boosted with part-time casuals in the box office plus a team of volunteers at events. The CEO will ensure the charity fulfils its mission and achieves its charitable objectives whilst maintaining the strong financial sustainability it now enjoys.

The role requires the CEO to a be a BIIAB personal licence holder and to act as Designated Premises Supervisor as well as being the Company Secretary. More details from The Stag's website.

A leading UK professional membership organisation is seeking an experienced and strategically minded Senior Finance Business Partner to play a pivotal role in strengthening financial performance, supporting organisational growth, and enhancing long-term financial sustainability.

The opportunity

This is an influential position at the heart of a respected, mission-driven organisation. You will lead on management accounts, budgeting, forecasting and financial planning for a complex group structure, while providing insight, challenge and high-quality advice to senior leaders and operational teams.

You will work closely with the senior finance leadership team, acting as a trusted partner in shaping financial strategy, improving processes, and driving informed decision-making. The role also includes line management of a small team and the opportunity to influence business planning at a critical time for the organisation.

The role:

• End-to-end production, analysis and presentation of monthly management accounts.
• Annual, in-year and medium-term financial planning, budgeting and forecasting.
• High-quality financial insight, modelling and business case development.
• Support and constructive challenge to budget holders and senior decision-makers.
• Line management, coaching and development of finance business partnering staff.
• Contributions to annual and interim audits and financial statement preparation.
• Improvements to financial systems, reporting, processes and data quality.
• Support for risk management, governance and compliance activities.

About you

You will be a confident communicator and relationship-builder who can translate financial information into clear, accessible insight. You’ll bring:

• Experience in finance business partnering within a charity, membership body or commercial organisation.
• Experience managing and developing staff in a hybrid or multi-site environment.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing and communication skills.
• Commercial acumen, problem-solving ability and a continuous-improvement mindset.
• Ability to present complex data clearly and support robust decision-making.
• A proactive, self-starting approach and commitment to excellent delivery.
• A collaborative style and commitment to inclusive, values-driven teamwork.

Why join?

You will work within a forward-thinking, purpose-led organisation with a strong professional ethos, a collaborative culture, and a commitment to innovation, integrity and impact. The role offers significant scope to shape financial strategy, influence senior stakeholders, and support meaningful organisational outcomes.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the vacancy may close early if sufficient interest is received.

Use your financial leadership skills to protect and restore the environment.

A Rocha UK (ARUK) is a unique Christian environmental charity, with a mission to mobilise Christians and churches to care for the environment.

With climate change accelerating at an ever-faster pace and biodiversity collapsing, we bring a message of hope. Our Christian perspective provides our mandate for action and our posture of confidence, assured that God reigns and is at work.

Best known for our growing Eco Church programme which currently supports more than 9,000 churches to improve their environmental practice, our mission is to equip Christians to protect and restore the environment - for God, nature and all people.

With a staff of 23 people (17 FTEs) and a growing income of £1m, we now seek a Finance and Services Director, to develop our financial management and central services to underpin the new strategy and goals we plan to launch later this year.

This strategically important role will require finance planning and management expertise, the ability to thrive in a small and growing cause-led charity with diverse streams of income and a staff body of which more than half is home based.  You will bring a strongly strategic mind and the collegiality to contribute to the wider leadership of the organisation. As well as bringing a passion for the environment, the way you live and lead will be shaped by your Christian faith.

If this sounds like you we would love to hear from you. For more details see the job pack attached. Closing date 13th February.

RM Recruit are working in partnership with a global Christian charity in the recruitment of a newly defined Head of Finance position for their team. This long‑standing and well‑established organisation delivers specialised support through strategically positioned global hubs, enabling operations across multiple countries and locations in order to deliver its message and services.

Reporting to the Director of Finance & Governance, the Head of Finance will be responsible for key tasks such as the annual budgeting process, forecasting, finance business partnering and ensuring robust financial controls and systems are maintained.

Key Responsibilities

• External Financial Reporting - Responsible for delivering accurate, compliant, and timely statutory and tax reporting across the organisation, including leading the group audit process and contributing as a member of the Audit & Risk Committee. Ensuring that reporting capabilities remain robust, fit for purpose, and aligned with best practices.
• Budgeting & Financial Planning - Accountable for managing the annual budgeting process and delivering forecasting to support strategic decision‑making. This includes effective stakeholder engagement, clear timetabling, strong controls, and optimal use of systems.
• Investment Strategy & Management - Serving as a key member of the Investment Committee, with responsibility for executing and overseeing the organisation’s liquidity management and treasury activities.
• Financial Control - Ensuring that Finance function activities comply with prescribed requirements and standards, including reviewing control design to confirm suitability for the associated risks.
• ERP Tool & Projects  - Act as the NetSuite and Project Lead for ERP development, collaborating closely with the ICT team and key stakeholders.

Essential Criteria

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant, have experience in a large charity settings or a global businesses and be confident in managing a finance function. This includes overall responsibility for operational finance, management accounts, budgeting, statutory reporting and treasury. Demonstrated expertise in ERP platform, preferably NetSuite, and supporting operations across a global organisation will also be key.

Please note, the organisation has a requirement for all team members to be a practising Christian and actively involved in a local church.  There is a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) for this role to be filled by a practising Christian as per the organisations Statement of Faith and day to day prayer based activity involved.

The benefits package includes Double matched pension contribution, Private medical insurance, life insurance, gym access and free parking.

Finance Business Partner | 55 - 62K + generous DB pension scheme | London | Hybrid | Permanent

On behalf of a University in central London, we are recruiting a Finance Business Partner who can make an impact and actively contribute to a collaborative, and forward-thinking team atmosphere. The organisation is undergoing change, and ambitious growth, with a focus on improving systems & controls and setting a culture of making a positive difference to the University and students.

What you'll be doing:

• Looking back: monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting
• Looking ahead: setting next year's budget and the 5-year plan, plus maintaining in year forecasts
• Business Cases: partnering with a range of non-finance stakeholders to create business cases. Examples across the wider team include (but not limited to):
• Developing new partnerships or renegotiating existing ones
• Evaluating pro/cons of changing existing operating models
• Helping analyse costs and benefits of refurbishing existing facilities or constructing new ones (learning spaces, accommodation, net zero equipment, physio facilities)
• Getting involved with commercialisation of the University's Research activities
• Other Business Partnering activities: act as the financial controller for your area, ensuring budgets are adhered to, looking for income maximising or cost optimisation opportunities whilst thinking about longer term strategic goals and sustainability, being the go-to person on financial matters for your stakeholders and form part of local leadership teams

What you'll offer us:

• A diligent and conscientious attitude with a desire to make things better.
• Ability to simultaneously zoom into the detail and keep track of the high-level picture.
• Ability to concisely express complex information in a way that maximises impact in shortest time possible.
• Experience of influencing multiple stakeholders, whilst dealing with ambiguity.
• Qualified accountant with a track record of making a difference.
• Positive and resilient mindset, whilst also maintaining a sense of curiosity, humility, and humour

What we'll offer you:

• A very attractive defined benefit pension scheme, 26 days annual leave + 3-4 closure days over Christmas
• Supportive and engaging leadership who will place emphasis on your development, whether you wish to pursue your career inside the University or outside
• Excellent team atmosphere (both inside and outside Finance teams)
• Highly supportive environment for people with carer responsibilities (emphasis on output rather than presenteeism)
• Study leave and Leadership Development programmes
• A highly visible role with an opportunity to gain broad exposure across the University and absorb a variety of financial and non-financial information

We are actively reviewing and short-listing CVs for interviews w/c 19^th and 26^th January so please apply with your CV ASAP.

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

Rape Crisis South London (RCSL) is on an exciting journey of growth and change — and we’re looking for a skilled, values-driven Director of Finance and Resources to join our leadership team.

With a new CEO, a new strategy, and a bold new vision, this is a pivotal moment for our organisation as we prepare to launch our refreshed brand and future direction. If you’re ready to use your financial and strategic expertise to make a real impact for women and girls, we’d love to hear from you

We’re a specialist charity supporting survivors of sexual violence across twelve South London boroughs.
From our women-only Croydon centre and six satellite locations, we provide counselling, group therapy, advocacy, and prevention education, alongside training for professionals.

In 2024/25, our income was around £4 million — a reflection of our growing reach and the trust placed in our work. Everything we do is grounded in feminist, trauma-informed, and empowering principles.

About the Role

As our Director of Finance and Resources, you’ll be a key member of our Senior Leadership Team, leading on:

• Strategic financial planning, reporting, and sustainability

• Governance, audit, and compliance

• IT, facilities, and information governance

• Risk management and organisational performance

You’ll work closely with the CEO and Board to ensure sound financial stewardship, support our strategic vision, and strengthen the systems that enable us to deliver life-changing support for survivors.

About You

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Professionally qualified (or equivalent) in finance and accountancy

• Experienced in senior financial management, ideally in the voluntary sector

• Skilled in overseeing finance, IT, governance, and resource management

• Collaborative, analytical, and proactive in problem-solving

• Deeply committed to feminist principles and to equity, diversity, and inclusion

What We Offer

• 27 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays (pro rata)

• 3 extra gifted days between 27–31 December

• NEST pension (3% employer / 5% employee)

• Life assurance, healthcare plan, Employee Assistance Programme, and cycle-to-work scheme

• Supportive, feminist working culture

This post is open to female applicants only, as being female is deemed a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010

Ataxia UK is in an exciting phase of expansion in its Fundraising activity, specifically regarding investment in a Philanthropy function with a dedicated member of staff. In the past, High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) have been managed reactively by the CEO and other Fundraising staff as opportunities have arisen. Ataxia UK (AUK) now wants to make a step change, in response to identified potential within the current fundraising landscape, towards strategic management of a pipeline of HNWI. As part of this, AUK is looking to engage a consultant on a fixed term contract, to work closely with the Senior Philanthropy Manager to undertake comprehensive research & scoping, in order to populate a HNWI pipeline for AUK. 

Please note, due to the large number of applications we receive, you will only be contacted should we wish to invite you to interview.

Do you want to make a difference to local lives?

We are an independent local charity based in Bosham, Chichester offering exceptional end of life care to our patients and support to their loved ones. The work we do makes a real difference to the lives of local people and we support over 330 patients at any one time, in our In Patient, Community, Living Well and Family Services teams.  We generate the majority of our funding through fundraising and our eleven charity shops.

With operating resources of around £10.5 million per year and a workforce of around 270 employees and c.500 volunteers, we provide our services and seek to live our values of Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, Responsibility, and Collaboration in all that we do.

We believe that the best care is delivered when people work together with openness, respect, and shared purpose. As we look to the future, we are focused on sustainability, and effective, visible leadership across the organisation so that we can continue to provide our vital services for years to come.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and values-driven Director of Finance  to join our Senior Management Team (SMT) and help lead the hospice as a whole. Click on redirect to recruiter to view full job details.

This is far more than a technical finance role. As a key member of the SMT, the Director of Finance will hold collective responsibility for the overall leadership, culture, performance, and strategic direction of the organisation, working collaboratively with fellow senior leaders to ensure our values shape decision-making at every level.

Alongside strategic financial leadership, the role includes senior oversight of Facilities and IT, recognising the vital role these services play in the provision of safe and effective services.  The role also operates as Company Secretary and takes responsibility for information governance.

Reporting to the Chief Executive, the Director of Finance will work closely with Trustees, senior colleagues, and external partners to ensure the hospice remains financially sustainable, well-governed, and resilient. 

About You

You will be a senior finance leader who combines professional expertise with strong interpersonal skills and a clear commitment to values-based leadership. You will bring:

• A recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, or equivalent).
• Significant senior-level financial leadership experience, ideally within a charity, healthcare, public sector, or complex not-for-profit environment.
• Experience of working closely with Boards or Trustees and contributing at a strategic level.
• The ability to lead collaboratively beyond finance, with credibility and interest in areas such as Facilities and IT.
• A genuine commitment to leading with Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, Responsibility, and Collaboration.

We offer our employees:

• Generous annual leave starting at 27 days, rising to 33, plus Bank Holidays, and an opportunity to buy / sell annual leave days
• Continuation of NHS Pension Scheme membership or membership of our workplace pension with 7.5% employer contribution
• Life Assurance Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, contributory Health Cash Plan, and a range of discounts.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at St Wilfrid's

We value diversity and are committed to being a place where people feel their differences are recognised and welcomed, and their needs are heard and respected. Creating an inclusive workplace is a core part of our aim to ensure St Wilfrid’s is a great place to work and a compassionate and caring place to be.

We want to hire talented people and to make sure our processes don’t exclude or disadvantage people with disabilities or different needs. Please let us know what would help you apply for our role – we’re happy to be flexible with our process to help you showcase your skills and abilities. 

We guarantee an interview for candidates with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for the role. As a signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant and member of the Defence Employer Recognitions Scheme, we’re also keen to support applications from members of the Armed Forces family. If your Armed Forces-related circumstances mean that a conventional application and interview process might be difficult, let us know.