Head of Finance

12 month FTC

£50,000

Hybrid Working ( in the office 1 day per week)

Office in SE London

Reporting into the Director of Finance

You will be a qualified accountant, with excellent financial accounting skills and experience of providing support and collaborating with other teams.

Main Duties & Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for developing and delivering management accounting and forecasting services.

At an operational level, the overriding purpose of the role is to drive efficiencies to allow reinvestment into the quality of teaching, learning and facilities.

The role will work closely with budget holders at to ensure financial information is communicated clearly, consistently and actioned appropriately.

Providing high quality budget setting, forecasting and performance monitoring processes for the Organisation that provides organisational focus and supports sound decision-making throughout the organisation.

Analysing results and implementing effective plans to drive success of the organisation. Highlighting areas of risk and opportunity for appropriate action and intervention.

Supporting budget holders on a day to day basis with accurate, reliable and professional guidance in the management of their respective budgets.

Supported by a team of 3

We are looking for a talented and qualified Head of Finance who will lead our finance team, shaping its work to respond to the changing needs of a dynamic organisation. 

Please note that for this role candidates from under represented groups (BIPOC, LGBTQ+, etc.) are highly encouraged to apply.

With a recognised finance qualification, you will be responsible for leading the function, ensuring it is a trusted partner delivering an exceptional financial service to internal and external stakeholders.  You will identify and adapt best practices and innovations from within the sector to enable the Start Network to meet its needs as it evolves. You will ensure that we are well positioned to take on more grant funding and develop new and innovative financial products. This is an outstanding opportunity for someone to shape and lead our finance function, making an important and lasting contribution to the sector.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Strategy and leadership

• Provide robust, expert financial support and advice to the Chief Finance & Operations Officer (CFOO), leadership team and Finance and Audit Committee (FAC)
• Deputise for the Chief Finance Operating Officer on financial matters as required
• Lead on financial strategy and planning to enable us to become a major international grant recipient, including development and roll out of grant management systems and processes
• Work closely with the Senior Management Team to ensure that our financial systems and processes are agile, providing support and guidance to colleagues in using them
• Lead on specific and innovative finance projects to meet the changing needs of the organisation

Financial planning

• Lead on key aspects of financial planning across the organisation, including risk management and scenario planning, working closely with the CFOO.
• Create financial models to assist the organisation in managing financial sustainability as its operating model evolves.  This will also include monthly management of going concern forecasting.
• Provide financial modelling and impact analysis e.g., inflation, activity projections, workforce fluctuations or indirect cost recovery for the CFOO and FAC.
• Lead on monitoring and managing the annual budget delivery plan to inform business decisions.
• Ensure monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports are provided to managers.
• Lead the statutory accounts process, ensuring relevant resourcing and processes are in place to meet our needs, acting as the main point of contact with the external auditors.
• Ensure that financial systems are robust (including those relating to the grant custodian and any other financial arrangements) and that adequate controls are in place to provide assurance that funds are applied appropriately.
• Ensure that all process and procedures and arrangements are in place for detecting and reporting fraud and support any investigative procedures as required.

Donor Grant Management

• Monitor donor grant pipeline to ensure future funding targets are met
• Monitor donor income against budgets and manage recoveries and fund balances
• Oversee donor financial reporting and compliance to donor T&Cs, and manage risk of disallowances
• Support the Resource Mobilisation Team in negotiating donor T&Cs for new grants

Line Management

• Line manage and support the growth and development of the finance team members currently including Finance Manager, Finance Officer & Controller, International Grants and Finance Officer.
• Monitor performance and ensure financial KPI’s and targets are met or exceeded.
• Manage consultants and other third-party contractors as required.
• Provide team leadership to enhance ways of working as a team, providing high quality advice and levels of service to the organisation.

PERSON PROFILE

Experience

• Track record of leading a successful financial partnering service, managing a high-calibre, multi-disciplinary team to deliver against demanding timescales.
• Excellent analytical and reasoning skills.
• Proven experience of developing financial models, operating principles, and managing complex budgeting and reporting processes.
• Demonstrable experience of working at a strategic level and being responsive to change.
• Experience of developing finance practice and making improvements to service provision.
• Proven project and team management capability.

Professional skills

• Qualified Finance professional: ACCA, ACA or CIMA.

 Key Competencies

• Flex communication style to convey complex information concisely to different audiences, avoiding jargon and using simple language.
• Hold both a strategic perspective and enough detail to work with one part of the organisation whilst understanding the impact on other parts of the organisation and network through listening and engaging with other teams.
• Provide hands on support when required to the finance function of the organisation as a recognised need in a start-up business.
• Provide leadership by inspiring and unlocking motivation in others across the network to lead and hold them accountable for the results.
• Develop teams by creating safe spaces for them to be challenged and supported to try new things and learn from one another.
• Anticipate the ‘what ifs’ and actively plan to navigate them together with the team, seeking collaborative solutions and drawing on those with relevant expertise.
• Balance the need to follow systems and processes with the courage, identifying when systems and processes do not align with the mission, suggesting alternatives.
• Enable others to deliver results by setting direction, providing clarity around roles and responsibilities, and creating a positive culture.
• Provide an enabling environment for the organisation to try out new approaches to technology, financial and people management through openness to experimentation and learning from outside the sector.

Start Network culture

• Carry out the responsibilities of the role in line with the Start Network Code of Conduct and with a commitment to safeguarding adults and children.
• Show a commitment to the Start Network vision, principles, values, and approach.
• We are an agile group of individuals who use our experience and skills across the network, so flexibility to work in and with different teams and functions is a part of our culture.

ABOUT START NETWORK

Start Network is made up of more than 50 aid agencies across five continents. Together, our aim is to transform humanitarian action through innovation, fast funding, early action, and localisation.  We're tackling what we believe are the biggest systemic problems that the sector faces. Problems including slow and reactive funding, centralised decision-making, and an aversion to change mean that people affected by crises around the world do not receive the best help fast enough, and needless suffering results. Our work focuses on three areas to change the system:

The Start Network is at a critical point in its journey. We are looking for people to join us who are committed to our vision of system change. People with open mind-sets and approaches that are innovative, collaborative, and receptive to change. Start Network is a dynamic, exciting, and forward-thinking organisation and we need diverse opinions and views to effect system change. We are therefore looking for people who are open to thinking differently, are prepared to challenge, and be challenged and can experiment. People who put the individuals and communities we serve at the heart of all their work and want to work towards creating a different humanitarian aid sector”

We have grown and diversified our membership over the past 10 years. We are now set to evolve into a decentralised “network of networks” by 2025. We are currently working with five national and regional networks (hubs) in Pakistan, DRC, Guatemala, India, and the Pacific. They are developing locally owned ways of anticipating and responding to humanitarian crises. We aim to support the emergence and development of further Hubs in the coming years.  Our ultimate ambition is to devolve leadership, membership, programming, and decision making to the hubs, while the UK team transitions to provide services of support.

We are committed to protecting people, particularly children, at-risk adults and affected populations from any harm that may be caused due to their encountering the Start Network as well as responding effectively should any harm occur.  We are also committed to safeguarding staff from any forms of bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and abuse of power as outlined in the Dignity at Work policy. 

We embrace diversity, promote equality of opportunity and eliminate unlawful discrimination. We are an equal opportunities employer and treat every application on merit alone.  We particularly welcome applications from disabled, black, indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC), and LGBT+ and non-binary candidates.  We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet our essential selection criteria (see person profile).

Our roles are open to discussion about flexible working.  While our team is office based, home working is part of our culture.  For part-time working and job-shares, please get in touch with us for a conversation about possibilities for this particular role.

For more information about our values and startegic priorities please visit our website.

OUR OFFER TO YOU

• Flexible working with options to work from home and remotely some of the time.
• Note: all staff have been working from home under COVID restrictions, and we are currently transitioning to a hybrid working model which for this role will likely be 2 days per week in the office.
• Centrally located office with onsite drinks available free of charge.
• Access to cultural talks, events, pop-up sales, and a place to meet and socialise after work
• Discounts at local cafes and restaurants in association with WeWork.
• Family friendly policies and approached, particularly maternity pay (21 weeks full pay).
• Equity support groups and safe spaces – currently BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and open to others with budget and support from a cross-organisation Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Group.
• Wellbeing initiatives responding to the needs of the organisation eg additional days of leave given under COVID and regular activities initiated through Wellbeing Peer Supporters.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Access to counselling services provided by Thrive International.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Contributory pension.
• Life assurance equivalent of three times your salary
• 25 days holiday, bank holidays plus 2 paid company days over the year end closure period.

APPLICATION

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Harris Hill is recruiting for a Part Time Head of Finance for this medical charity based in London.

* Days a week: 3.5 days a week with some flexible working
* Flexible working: 1 day a week will be expected in their Central London offices
* Salary: 42,000pa - 50,000pa FTE
* Holiday: 27 days per annum

Job Details

Responsible for the organisation's accounting function, to enable the senior management team and the Board of Trustees to make informed, strategic decisions, and ensure the organisation complies with statutory and corporate regulation and requirements.

The Head of Finance will help to facilitate the organisation's future growth. You will work closely with the treasurer, directors and managers to enable them to manage their programme finances, reporting to donors and to devise sound plans for growth and sustainability.

You will provide input from a financial and management perspective on strategic development being part of the senior management team.

The position

* Act as the lead of Finance Team and lead finance and administration staff and volunteers in their work, to ensure that services provided across the organisation meet the expectations of SMT and external stakeholders.
* Lead the production of accurate monthly management accounts and supporting schedules. This includes review of national and international programmes with relevant heads of departments.
* Prepare and present financial information to France
* International Network on a quarterly basis.
* Be an active participant in senior management team meetings, presenting financial results, and raising relevant finance matters that require attention.
* Regularly meet with the Treasurer in order to prepare and present financial information to the Board of Trustees on a regular basis.
* Ensure the systems for managing and analysing restricted and unrestricted income are adapted, maintained and comparisons/reviews to budgets are available on a timely basis, including the monitoring of admin (overhead) costs.
* Ensure that all field accounting for International programmes through UK donors is compliant with both internal and donor requirements. Conduct due diligence reviews of any partners implementing programmes.
* Act as a business partner for the operations teams. Assist them with budget and grant application builds, and track actuals to budget.

A leading charity is now seeking an interim International Head of Finance with extensive financial experience. The charity's ethos is aimed to provide individuals with freedom globally and to create more inclusive cultures. The postholder will have key responsibilities in overseeing the Finance Team to achieve these goals.

The job role entails:

- Liaising with CEO, Director of Programmes and Corporate budget holders

- Communicating with and overseeing teams internationally

- Providing direction to ensure budgets are utilised effectively

- Maintaining grant management and proposals

- Monitoring quality and consistency of financial reports to funders and donors

- Producing statutory accounts and leading yearend

- Preparing annual budget and forecast in consultation with the finance director

- Ensuring high performance through effective coaching and development

The successful candidate MUST:

- Have Finance experience in the Public sector

- Have line management experience

- Have working experience of grant management internationally

- Be able to work part-time and remotely

Agency Reference Number: 7104350

Salary: £250- £300 daily

Length: 6-month Contract (0.5 FTE)

To apply for this role or to find out about other Public sector Finance roles, please contact Tiana Thomas or Myles Argent on our London Finance Education team.

Location: Office (London) / hybrid working (at least two days in the office per week)

We are working in partnership with the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, the UK's pioneering personal safety charity and leading stalking authority, which was established in 1986, following the disappearance of 25-year-old Suzy Lamplugh. The Trust is widely regarded as a field expert in lone-working and personal safety training, stalking training, as well as consultancy. It has a long history in robust campaigning and ground-breaking research, as well as offering life changing support services to victims of Stalking. The National Stalking Helpline was set up by the Trust in 2010, it has helped over 45,000 victims since its inception, and is the only service of its kind globally. In recent years the Trust has also launched specialist advocacy services, stalking perpetrator management programmes and specialist trauma informed programmes for victims of stalking.

They are now seeking a new Head of Finance and Administration to lead the Trust’s accounting, financial management and financial reporting, ensuring the provision of timely financial information to enable the Board, Chief Executive and wider leadership team to fulfil their duties. The postholder will play a key role in managing financial risk, be a core member of the Trust’s leadership team, working closely with the Chief Executive to implement a robust financial strategy, and be responsible for key administration duties, including the maintenance of the Trust’s HR policies and procedures, GDPR compliance, managing relationships with key suppliers and maintaining communication with Trust’s landlord.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• At least five years’ experience in a financial management role (CCAB qualified, or part-qualified, depending on experience).
• Proven experience of budget setting, financial procedures, management accounting, and risk management.
• Sound working knowledge of UK GAAP, Charity SORP and FRS 102.
• Experience of using Sage Line50 or similar.
• Experience of crisis and change management.
• Experience of working with a trading arm or with a social enterprise is advantageous.

We are seeking a strategic and practical individual, who is results driven, calm under pressure, proactive and adaptable, with strong interpersonal skills. Collaboration and teamwork will be key in this role, as will the ability to present and explain complex financial and other management information to a varied audience. The post holder will also be expected to deputise for the Chief Executive as required.

For more information, please contact Katherine Anderson-Scott, Charisma Charity Recruitment, quoting reference JO2927.

Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Closing date: 10 November 2021, however applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment. 

We are recruiting to a new Head of Finance & Resources role to support the leadership and growth of our charity.

The Head of Finance & Resources is responsible for the management of Age UK Merton’s finances and core operational functions. This role is accountable for the finance department; overseeing day to day finance operations; managing financial monitoring and control including preparation of the annual budget, management accounts and forecasts; and preparing for the annual Independent Examination.

This role will also work collaboratively with the Finance Committee, and the Board to deliver sound financial advice and support to contribute towards strategic decision making. In addition, the role will oversee core operational functions, including facility management, supplier contracts and administration.

The postholder works closely with the Chief Executive and Head of Services as a member of the Senior Leadership Team.

The postholder attends and manages the business of the AUK Merton Finance Committee and briefs the members on strategic financial planning, financial performance, treasury management and risk management.

Key responsibilities

Finance

• Line management of the Bookkeeper, providing supervision, quality control and support
• Support and oversee the Accounts Receivable function for At Home services, which provides support for older people in their homes at an hourly rate
• Oversees the Charity’s outsourced payroll provider
• Ensure that an accurate and timely organisational annual budget is prepared for approval by the CEO & Trustees in February each year
• Prepare quarterly management accounts, variance analysis and forecasts for presentation to the Board
• Develop and maintain an accurate cash flow position/forecast and funding pipeline
• Support the CEO and Head of Services with grant funding and contract bids by preparing full cost recovery budgets and providing other financial information
• Support the CEO to analyse financial performance, address threats and capitalise on opportunities across all income streams
• Prepare fund reporting information to support the CEO and Head of Services with monitoring reports for funders
• Ensure that the organisation is fully prepared for its annual independent examination including preparation of year end file, payroll reconciliation and liaising with the Independent Examiner
• Supporting CEO to prepare the Annual Report
• Ensure the Independent Examiner recommendations are considered and implemented
• Ensure statutory reporting is completed for Companies House and Charity Commission
• Ensure appropriate risk management policies and processes are embedded throughout the charity and maintained within the Risk Register
• Work with the CEO and Service Managers to review and support the implementation of required new financial processes
• Ensure that the financial policies and procedures are fit for purpose and up to date.
• Work with service managers to ensure understanding, implementation and compliance with all financial procedures

Facility, Systems & Resources

• To ensure that satisfactory personnel records are kept in relation to sickness, leave, working hours (including flexible work-times and time off in lieu) and staff performance.
• Liaison with our contracted HR advisors.

• To manage supplier relationships and service contracts for utilities, IT, communications, office supplies, printing/copying etc. reviewing expenditure against budget and seeking new suppliers as required
• To manage the Office Administrator, ensuring that day to date operational and administrative functions are conducted efficiently to enable high quality service delivery
• In conjunction with the CEO and Head of Services, develop and update Age UK Merton’s operational policies and procedures in line with review dates and updates to relevant legislation
• To act as Data Protection Officer for Age UK Merton and support the charity to remain compliant with Data Protection legislation
• Through the Office Administrator manage induction and agreements for new room hire customers

Equal Opportunities

Age UK Merton is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. We strongly value diversity, promote equality, and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds and people with lived experience of disability.

Prospectus is delighted to be supporting Local Trust as they look to appoint a new Head of Finance and Resources into their team. The Head of Finance and Resources actively manages the finances of Local Trust, including the Big Local Trust (an expendable endowment from Local Trust) and is responsible for the monitoring and management of risk and performance, HR, office management, and IT. This will be a full time position with 2-3 days working in their Can Mezzanine office in Borough. This is an exciting time to join the organisation as it drives to strengthen the senior leadership team and ensure continued high performance.

Local Trust was established in 2012 to deliver Big Local, a National Lottery Community Fund programme which committed £1m to 150 local areas in England. Big Local is one of the most radical and exciting grant programmes ever launched by a major lottery funder. Between 2010 and 2012, the National Lottery Community Fund identified 150 areas that had historically missed out on lottery and other funding. Each of those areas was allocated £1m of Big Local funding. This could be spent in any way they chose, provided residents organised themselves locally to plan and manage that funding, involving the wider community in the decision-making process.

The programme was designed not just to provide funding for projects, but to do so in a way that would build community capacity, confidence and skills in the longer term. To accomplish this, Big Local is bottom-up and community-led; there are no top-down targets or centrally imposed delivery models. The rules, constraints and priorities that define Big Local have been for local people to decide. The timeframe extends over fifteen years, allowing communities to take their time, build confidence and skills, make decisions and deliver change, without the usual pressures to meet end-of-year spend targets or other arbitrary, bureaucratic deadlines.

Over the past three years Local Trust has substantially invested in the finance and the governance and office services team at Local Trust, developing it into a central and integral function, which provides a broad range of support across the whole organisation. This reflects the growth of the organisation during that period, a more active and engaged board and higher levels of spend across the organisation.

The finance function is strong with a highly competent team, which is accompanied by active oversight from the board of trustees and in particular the finance and investment committee. As a spend out endowment it is crucial that we have a clear and deliverable plan for managing the resources available, and that enables the organisation to achieve the strategy.

The successful candidate will be an experience and qualified finance professional with Experience of effectively managing the finances of a large, complex and accountable programme in an environment with multiple stakeholders and customers. You will have experience of developing and using technology to manage funding programmes and complex budgets eg computerised IT packages such as Iris Exchequer. You will have experience of producing charity accounts to SORP and experience of manage facilities, IT and HR. You will have strong communication skills with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders across the organisation.

Interview Date: 24th November

Prospectus welcomes candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

If you are interested in applying for this Head of Finance and Resources position, please submit your CV in the first instance. If your experience is suitable, we will send you the application form and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

Reporting to the Corporate Services Director, the Interim Head of Finance will lead and manage the Finance department (currently 13 posts) in support of the strategic and financial objectives of The National Archives through the operation of a first-class Finance Department.

The National Archives is home to 1000 years of our nation’s histories, from the Domesday Book to Downing Street tweets, our vast collection of archival treasures is as varied as it is inspiring. As the living, growing home of our national story, our obligation is to connect with the biggest and most diverse audience possible, in the most innovative ways we can.

We are seeking someone that would relish the chance to play a key role in ongoing transformation and want to impact strategy during the project.

You will need to be a strong ‘all-rounder’ – with a proven track record overseeing both the financial accounts and the FP&A areas for a relevantly complex organisation. It will be helpful if you possess strong investment appraisal skills and have experience of both working in the government sector and supporting ERP implementations.

Core skills required for the role:

• Financial Planning
• Business Partnering
• Financial Reporting
• Systems / Processes / Controls
• Managing internal stakeholders
• Managing external stakeholders
• Leadership, staff management and development

Key Timings:

Please apply early as we are shortlisting on an ongoing basis

• Application deadline: Tuesday 19th October 2021 
• Interviews to be held w/c 25th October 2021
• Start date – target is early November 2021

A small but well established Arts charity in London is seeking a Head of Finance & Administration on a permanent basis, for a new role.

The Head of Finance and Administration is a newly defined role with leadership and management responsibilities for the finance and administration teams.

The organisation provides studio space for artists across London and other areas of the country, in addition to running several diverse community based arts projects and programmes.

The role can be full-time, or on a 4 day per week basis. The office is based in North Greenwich (south-east London) and it is anticipated that office presence is required for 2-3 days per week, with the rest of the role to be done remotely.

The ideal candidate will have experience in a leadership role in an arts focused or charity organisation, along with strong experience within charity finance.

Duties include:

-Ensure effective and legally compliant systems and controls are in place that safeguard the management of company finances.

-Lead the implementation of robust financial processes and procedures that prioritise efficiency, profitability and financial stability.

-Lead the day to day relationship with our management accountants and ensure the timely preparation of reports for the CEO, trustees and auditors.

-Lead relationship management and negotiations with our bank.

-Analyse and improve financial performance through robust cost control, pricing policies and income generation to consolidate financial stability.

-Provide financial forecasts to business plans, business bids, fundraising applications and other projects as required.

-Ensure grant income is disbursed according to award requirements, oversee accurate records and reporting to funders.

-Develop and regularly review company and departmental budgets

-Lead and inspire your teams setting challenging and enriching objectives.

-Oversee the efficient professional administration of the company.

-Ensure best practice including a commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion in all of our work.

-Oversee HR processes including recruitment, contracts, staff development and disciplinary.

-Ensure the property management team delivers a high quality and cost effective service when maintaining buildings and by forming good working relationships with studio occupiers.

-Act as data controller ensuring compliance with GDPR regulations and undertake regular compliance reviews

-Encourage creative thinking and an entrepreneurial mindset in staff.

-With the CEO, steward senior stakeholder relationships.

Candidate requirements:

-Part or fully-qualified ACA, CIMA or ACCA or qualified by experience

-Proven financial experience in the visual arts, creative industries, social enterprise or not-for-profit sectors, reporting directly to a CEO.

-Up to date practical experience of finance; setting and managing budgets, preparing management accounts, producing business analyses and completing audits in line with SORP for a turnover of at least £2 million p/a.

-Demonstrable experience of successful team management and ability to build team spirit in a values-led work culture.

-Experience of operational business planning.

-Experience of contributing to financial plans/forecasts for fundraising and business proposals.

-Experience of working with statutory funders, trusts and foundations, sponsors, cultural agencies and/or local authorities.

-Experience of supporting a management team and working with a board of trustees

Salary: £45,000-£47,000 per annum

Closing date: Friday 1st October.

Please send your CV for immediate consideration.

Spark Inside is an award-winning charity that has transformed the lives of over 1,000 people living and working in our prisons. We have pioneered coaching in prisons, showing the value of coaching to change lives and systems. In the next decade, we set out to make coaching available to anyone who wants it in the justice system and aim to reach 10,000 young people with our coaching programmes.

We are one of the first organisations to take life coaching to people living and working in prison and to use systems coaching to bring together staff and prisoners in UK prisons. Our expert coaches are qualified and trained professionals. In addition to developing and delivering innovative coaching programmes, we are also committed to working with parliamentarians and government officials to influence criminal justice policy, and shift the perception of people in prison, platforming their voices and highlighting their unlocked potential.

In addition to our coaching programmes for people in prison, we have also begun coaching prison staff and young people in the community.

We’re hiring a Head of Finance and Operations to join our Senior Leadership Team. The post holder will lead on financial management, financial processes, office systems (including IT), and central administration. In addition, the Head of Finance and Operations will work closely with the Chief Executive and colleagues in the development of the charity. The role works closely with Spark Inside Treasurer and administers the Finance Committee of the Board.

We are looking for a qualified accountant who can both think strategically and who is also able to see the details and work in a ​‘hands-on’ problem-solving way. In short, we need you to take full responsibility for the back office functions of Spark Inside, achieving excellent results.

Please see attached job description for more information and how to apply. 

Spark Inside is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. Job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Head of Finance Business Partnering: up to £64,500 (7-month FTC) SE London | Home

For a large, central London University, we are recruiting a Head of Finance Business Partnering for 7-months to cover a secondment. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Finance, the Head of Finance Business Partnering will manage and lead the Business Partnering Team through a finance transformation programme and will develop business partnering processes to enhance service delivery. This role will also provide strategic support to senior managers across the university on the planning and delivery of their financial objectives.

Main Duties:

• Leading, managing and motivating a large team of Business Partners, emphasising service delivery
• Proactive advice to senior managers on key risks and financial outcomes
• Train budget holders on financial responsibility
• Provide management information, analysis, forecasts and advise to senior management
• Implement budgetary control measures
• Ensure the preparation of the University's monthly management accounts and written reports
• Support the FP&A Team to develop models and costing allocation analysis
• Lead a culture of continuous improvement, suggesting and implementing improvements to systems and processes.

Person Specification:

• CCAB qualified with significant experience of leading Finance Business Partnering Teams
• Strong business partnering experience, including working with non-finance stakeholders
• Experience of management through change and transformation
• Strong data analysis and forecasting and modelling experience
• Ideally Higher Education experience
• Experience with new systems and process implementation would eb great
• This role will be working 3 -days a week from the SE London campus and 2 -days from home.

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Harris Hill is recruiting for a Head of Operations, Finance and Development - (To Dec 2022 - Fixed Term Contract), for this environmental charity based in London

* Reports to: CEO
* Flexible working: 2/3 days a week will be based in their London office
* Time: Full time
* Contract Length: Fixed term maternity cover to December 2022
* This is a hands-on broad role covering, Operations, Finance, Grant Management and an outsourced HR
* Salary: £70.000pa

Responsible for managing multiple business-critical areas, the successful candidate will be a strategic thinker with excellent financial acumen, able to provide organisational leadership on all aspects of finance, fundraising, governance, compliance and HR.

On top of your normal Finance activities, you will oversee income generation across all revenue streams and will be directly responsible for creating grant budgets, preparing forward-looking financial scenarios and tracking expenditure against a complex set of grant funding streams. You will have a detailed grasp of the fundamental issues of financial control, reporting and strategy and proven past success in a comparable role.

You will provide board and governance support to enable effective decision making and will have a critical role to play in ensuring good governance, with responsibility for operational compliance, policies and processes. Excellent attention to detail, integrity, and resourcefulness will stand you in good stead, as you seek and deliver solutions in a fast-moving environment and provide advice and guidance to the wider team on a broad remit of issues, including compliance, people management and legal matters.

Managing a team of three, you will have a personable and assured leadership style, and will be able to rapidly build strong and mutually productive relationships with highly expert colleagues. You will be inventive, with ideas for shaping organisational culture, and hold an understanding of not-for-profit governance and current legislation.

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic finance professional to join our small team. This full-time role, which is both operational and strategic, will have sole responsibility for managing all aspects of the Charity’s finances. Reporting to the Head of Operations and supporting the Head of Fundraising and Partnerships, this is a unique and exciting opportunity to join us at a time of rapid growth and take a lead role in helping us to manage and develop efficient and sustainable financial management and reporting tools. And of course, you must be passionate about the work that we do support young children and families in disadvantaged areas of London.

A role has opened up in the Finance Team to support the Estates directorate.

You will provide financial reporting support and strategic financial advice to the Estates Director. This will involve monitoring and reporting the financial performance of the department with a focus on improving the impact and understanding of financial reporting on business performance. The Estates Directorate is responsible for conservation, maintenance and projects spend across all of the more than 400 monuments, buildings and places in our care, and is one of the largest and most complex areas of spend in the organisation. You will provide financial analysis and insight to members of the directorate management team enabling informed decision making, all with a view to helping the organisation achieve its Financial Sustainability objective.

We strive to be an inclusive employer and are always looking for people who reflect the diversity of the country today, to help us make it more relevant to the diversity of the people, communities and places we serve. We continually look for new ways to promote the past in a way that is inclusive to all and that celebrates the cultural diversity of England's heritage.

From remote sites to inner city monuments, from regional teams to our Head Office, the diversity of our teams is critical to making sure our shared heritage is inclusive, exciting and accessible.

You'll find it's a workplace like no other - taking you behind the scenes of these extraordinary sites and supporting you to share your ideas, inspire others and make a difference.

By joining us, you'll enjoy the rewards of a great team environment in inspiring locations, helping to make our site a wonderful place to visit. You'll also be joining our charity, which through our 400+ historic monuments, buildings and sites, brings the story of England to life for over 10 million visitors each year. We offer a competitive benefits package including a generous pension, 25 days leave a year and free entry to all English Heritage properties for you, another adult and up to 6 children (under the age of 19).

Closing date: 31/10/2021 23:59:59