Head of Finance and Infrastructure

Job Title: Head of Finance and Infrastructure

Location: St. Edmunds Office, York. YO10 4UX, Flexible hybrid office and home working available.

Department: Executive

Type (full time/part-time): Full time

Reports to:  Chief Executive Officer

Perm/FTC: Permanent

Organisation Overview:

We are Age UK York, a local independent charity which exists to support the older people of York and those around them. For over 50 years our team of staff, volunteers and supporters have helped us to offer a wide range of services providing vital and trusted support so often when it is needed most.

Our vital work is needed today as much as ever and we ever welcome people to join our team as together we realise our shared mission of making a positive difference to the lives of the older people of York.

Job Summary:

Age UK York is offering an exciting opportunity to join our fantastic team and support our vital work here in York.

We are looking to find for our new Head of Finance and Infrastructure role and someone who can bring their experience, expertise and passion to support our local York charity, our team and those we are here to help each and every day.

You will manage our brilliant team across our Finance and Infrastructure team with a focus on strong financial management together with those underpinning arrangement on which our work is build from ICT, Health and Safety and how we harness data and insight. With both internal and external focus the role will lead on our financial management and helping our organisation to make every penny entrusted to us count as we develop, manage and realise our financial goals and the difference the enable Age UK York to make in supporting older people and those around them across York.

You will provide leadership across our organisation as a member of our Senior Leadership Team and work closely with our Board of Trustees.

The opportunity offers an excellent benefits package and not only take forward the strong legacy from our current team though bring your own identity, ideas and strengths to the fore in our collective efforts to be there tomorrow and beyond.

. Our Head of Finance and Infrastructure will play a pivotal and valued role in working across our organisation and with our wonderful support function team in enabling the effective foundations of all we do and driving forward our shared goals and our commitments into the future.

Key Responsibilities:

We are looking for an experienced financial manager with a keen eye for detail and drive for high performance, continuous improvement and team work. With an ambition and drive to make a telling contribution and strengthen our charity and the difference we can together make in supporting older people  and communities.

We recognise that whilst our role has a financial management focus there is a broader-ranging role, and you may not have experienced all aspects of it before, but if you have:

·         Experience and success in leading financial management for an organisation

·         Managed a team providing support, motivation and nurturing talent and opportunity

·         Experience in providing leadership within an organisation and an eye for detail in strengthening working practices.

·         A track record of building and maintained successful partnerships;

·         Experience in leading teams in successfully delivering finance and support functions

·         The ability to readily transfer your existing experiences and skills to a new challenge;

·         Understanding of your strengths and areas for continuing development and proactively build your knowledge and skills

We would love to hear from you.

We’re looking for someone who:

·         Demonstrates strong leadership and people management skills, with experience of leading cross function teams.

·         Is successful in providing financial management for an organisation and effective in collaborating and supporting non-financial colleagues in our shared financial goals and successful practice.

·         Demonstrates wider leadership qualities including contributing to overarching organisational strategic priorities.

·         Skilled, including an excellent communicator, in building and maintaining successful relationships across internal teams and external partnership as an ambassador for our organisation

·         Able, and experienced, in delivering in meeting outcomes and targets whilst supporting a performance and continuous improvement organisational approach.

·         Highly organised, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment;

·         Strong attention to detail and inquisitiveness qualities, and able to apply and be energised to meet organisational challenges and opportunities in continually strengthening our organisation to help us realise our vision, mission and priorities.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·         Ability to prepare, manage, monitor and report on budgets.

·         Previous experience in one or more, management or financial accounting roles delivering day to day finance functions.

·         Experience of line management and support, motivation and development to colleagues and collective team.

·         Experience of supporting the development and delivery of high quality services through financial management and support to operational colleagues.

·         Effective understanding of financial statistics and accounting principles.

·         Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. Including interpreting and communicating financial information to non-finance function colleagues; a facilitative and accessible approach; ability to manage remote communications and diplomacy and conflict resolution skills.

·         Passion and commitment to work within a not for profit organisation and support a team approach in working to help others.

·         Decision making – ability to make decisions based on an analysis of data and insights, including financial, performance and needs based data.

Salary and Benefits:

·         £39,527 (FTE) per year

·         A genuinely friendly and supportive environment

·         Generous holidays – 26.5 days plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time employees). Additional leave – an extra day of long service.

·         Birthday day off

·         Enhanced sick pay after 6 months of service

·         Flexible work schedule 

·         Potential for funding towards professional qualifications 

·         Employee discounts

·         Free eye test 

·         Free flu jab 

• Free DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service)  

Application Deadline: Monday 23 February at 10am

Interviews:

Should your application be successful, you will be invited to a first stage interview on Thursday 5 or Friday 6 March. Final interviews are planned to take place during the week commencing 16 March 2026. Thank you and good luck.

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.