Interim Head of Finance

I am recruiting an interim Head of Finance for one of my very well known London based not for profit clients in the Arts sector.

They are looking for someone who can sit between the Director of Finance and the rest of the division, managing the finance team and overseeing day to day operations across the Finance function.

You will have 3 direct reports and a team of 15 under those 3 - whilst the successful candidate will be able to show a broad skill set across both management accounts and financial accounts, there is a very technically strong interim in place who is taking the lead on all financial accounting tasks.

The below is the crux of the role:

Technical Skills / Professional Qualifications

1.       CCAB Qualified Accountant with significant post qualification experience in an arts environment.

2.       Excellent oral communication skills with the ability to advise, influence and challenge senior stakeholders on complex financial matters

3.       Excellent written communication skills with the ability to write complex reports, financial appraisals and business proposals

4.       Very strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build excellent working relationships across a complex organisation

5.       Ability to manage a team of professional accounts staff

6.       An extensive knowledge of IT applications especially Excel

Experience Required

1.       Substantial financial and management accounting experience including liaising with budget managers in a large complex commercial organisation

2.       Experience of managing professional accounts staff.

3.       Outstanding analytical skills and significant experience of project appraisal along with extensive knowledge of Microsoft programmes.

4.       Excellent communication skills and an ability to build good working relationships across the organisation

5.       An ability to logically analyse task requirements and generate solutions, as well as the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines is essential.

Whilst the above states a qualified accountant is required, QBE is also acceptable.

The finance team are on site two days a week and the role is offered for six to nine months on an interim basis – they use Oracle as a system, but will be moving to SAP next year.

It is essential that you are a great people manager with excellent leadership skills, who can build good, solid working relationships quickly both with the finance team, and budget holders across the organisation.

Interviews will be early next week for this exciting opportunity, so if this is something you would like to hear more about, please drop me a note through ASAP with your updated CV and an indication of:

1.       your expected day rate (inside of scope IR35)

2.       any notice I would need to take into account for you

3.       your availability for interview towards the middle/end of next week

I look forward to hearing from you!