Finance and Funds Business Partner

The Christie Charity is exclusively partnering with Robertson Bell in their search for a new Finance and Funds Business Partner to join their team on a permanent basis. The Christie Charity is an independent charity dedicated to supporting the renowned Christie NHS Foundation Trust, helping ensure cancer patients receive the highest level of treatment and care, alongside access to world-leading research and technology.

Reporting into the Charity Financial Controller, this Finance and Funds Business Partner role offers a fantastic opportunity to join one of the North West's most successful charities at an exciting time of transformational growth. You will take ownership of the financial management of the charity's funds and individually funded projects, while playing a key role in the financial control and governance of its two trading subsidiaries. With significant exposure to both charitable and commercial finance, close relationships across the wider organisation and involvement in an upcoming finance system implementation, this is an excellent opportunity to broaden your experience within a growing, purpose-driven organisation.

The organisation:

The Christie Charity exists to support The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, one of Europe's leading cancer centres. Everything they do is geared towards helping the hospital deliver the highest standards of treatment and care, providing enhanced services over and above what the NHS funds and ensuring patients have access to world-leading research, technology and facilities.

Having become an independent charity in April 2023, The Christie Charity has since been building its own identity, team and infrastructure. Now a growing organisation of more than 40 people, the charity has ambitious plans for further growth. With exciting capital appeals underway and plans to diversify income through innovative social investments and strategic commercial ventures, this is an exceptional opportunity to gain exposure to an increasingly varied and interesting finance environment!

The key duties of the Finance and Funds Business Partner will be as follows:

• Take responsibility for the financial management of the charity's funds and individually funded projects.
• Act as a key finance contact for fundholders across The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, providing financial information in relation to funds, responding to queries, and building effective relationships with stakeholders.
• Work alongside the Charity Grants Manager to support the financial monitoring of grant awards, including tracking funding requests, preparing award letters and monitoring expenditure against grant terms.
• Prepare monthly financial reporting, including income and expenditure, restricted and unrestricted fund balances, and budget versus actual variance analysis.
• Take ownership of the financial reporting and control of the charity's two wholly owned subsidiaries.
• Prepare statutory accounts for both subsidiaries and take responsibility for associated regulatory submissions.
• Play an active role in the implementation and use of the charity's new finance system.

The successful candidate will have:

• A recognised professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• The ability to interpret and present financial information clearly, building relationships with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• A background working in either a management accounting or finance business partnering capacity.
• Ideally, experience working within a charity or not-for-profit environment.
• A proactive and self-starting approach, with the confidence to take ownership of responsibilities, solve problems independently and adapt to a changing environment.
• Ideally, experience of supporting with the preparation of statutory accounts.

Experience of funds or grants management would be particularly advantageous but not essential. Candidates with a strong technical accounting background from practice who are looking to develop their business partnering experience are also encouraged to apply!

Interested?

Applications are open until Sunday 22nd November, with first stage interviews due to take place the week commencing 30th November. CVs will be under continuous review ahead of this date, so please submit your application today to avoid missing out on this opportunity to join The Christie Charity at such an exciting time in its growth.