Interim Finance Manager

Interim Finance Manager

Posted Today by Earthwatch Europe

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£50,000 Per year
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Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Summary: The Interim Finance Manager will provide essential financial leadership during a transitional period, ensuring compliance and stability within the finance team. This role involves maintaining strong financial control, overseeing fund management, and supporting structural changes while mentoring team members. The postholder will also lead budget preparation and ensure timely financial obligations are met. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in charity financial management and a collaborative approach to leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Maintain strong financial control, reporting, and cashflow management.
  • Advise CEO and Treasurer on financial stability, risk, and reserves.
  • Oversee fund management, compliance, and key external relationships (auditors, banks, suppliers).
  • Manage and review financial policies, procedures, standards, systems, and processes.
  • Administer the payments & banking process and address queries as necessary.
  • Line manage and mentor the Assistant Accountant, maintaining morale and professional standards.
  • Lead the preparation of the FY2026-27 budget and quarterly reforecasting.
  • Prepare clear financial analysis and documentation for effective handover.
  • Ensure financial obligations are met on time and maintain documentation for compliance assurance.

Key Skills:

  • Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent).
  • Strong record of senior charity or not-for-profit financial management.
  • Proven ability in safeguarding financial control and compliance during change.
  • Understanding of SORP, restricted funding, and grant reporting.
  • Calm, credible, and pragmatic with the ability to command confidence.
  • Experience in environmental, research, or education sectors (desirable).
  • Familiarity with Sage or similar finance systems (desirable).
  • Experience in change management and business improvement (desirable).

Salary (Rate): £50,000.00 yearly

City: Oxford

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

Role Purpose To provide steady financial leadership, ensuring stability, compliance, and continuity during a period of transition. The postholder will maintain strong financial control and reporting, support delivery of agreed structural changes to the finance team and ensure a smooth handover to the incoming post holder.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Financial Leadership and Control
  • Maintain strong financial control, reporting and cashflow management.
  • Advise CEO and Treasurer on financial stability, risk and reserves.
  • Oversee fund management, compliance and key external relationships (auditors, banks, suppliers).
  • Responsibility for managing and reviewing financial policies, procedures, standards, systems and processes to guide the charity’s financial decision-making.
  • Oversight and administration of the payments & banking process & addressing queries as necessary. Including management of the bank mandate.
  • Team Leadership and Development
  • Line manage and mentor the Assistant Accountant, maintaining morale, clarity, and professional standards during change.
  • Business Planning and Reporting
  • Lead the preparation of the FY2026-27 budget, with a focus on three year financial planning.
  • Lead quarterly reforecasting and scenario planning to ensure alignment with strategic priorities and maintain at least three months’ free reserves.
  • Prepare clear financial analysis and documentation to support a smooth transition and effective handover.
  • Governance and Compliance
  • Ensure financial obligations are met on time.
  • Maintain documentation to support due diligence, risk management and compliance assurance to the Treasurer.

Person Specification

Essential

  • Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent).
  • Strong record of senior charity or not-for-profit financial management.
  • Proven hands-on ability in safeguarding and maintaining financial control, and compliance during organisational change.
  • Understanding of SORP, restricted funding, and grant reporting.
  • Calm, credible, and pragmatic, able to command confidence of trustees and senior colleagues.

Desirable

  • Experience in environmental, research, or education sectors.
  • Familiarity with Sage or similar finance systems.
  • Experience in change management and business improvement , ideally within a not-for-profit setting.

Values and Approach

The successful candidate will combine technical strength with a collaborative, solutions-focused approach, ensuring continuity, supporting staff through transition, and handing over a stable, well-functioning Finance team to their successor.

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