Interim Head of Decision Support (Finance)
Posted Today by Royal Academy of Arts
£75,000 Per year
Outside
Hybrid
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Interim Head of Decision Support (Finance) will lead and motivate the Decision Support team during a period of organizational change at the Royal Academy. This role involves overseeing financial reporting, supporting complex business streams, and ensuring budget accountability. The position requires a qualified accountant with significant experience in managing teams within large organizations. The contract is fixed-term for 12 months with an immediate start required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, support, and motivate the Decision Support team during organizational change.
- Identify opportunities for development, training, and process improvement.
- Guide the team through the annual planning cycle and deliver the first quarter reforecast.
- Provide hands-on support for financial modeling and performance tracking across various business streams.
- Deliver clear and impactful reporting of complex financial matters to non-financial stakeholders.
- Support ongoing improvements and automation of financial reporting.
- Ensure budget holders engage with financial reports and are accountable for budget variances.
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant with significant senior post-qualified experience.
- Experience managing a team in a large, complex organization.
- Excellent knowledge of Gift Aid, VAT, and UK taxation matters.
- Strong leadership and motivational skills.
- Ability to provide clear financial insights to non-financial stakeholders.
Salary (Rate): £75,000.00 yearly
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Finance
TITLE: Interim Head of Decision Support (Finance)
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed term contract - 12 months
SALARY: £75k
LOCATION: 3 days on-site London, Piccadilly (W1J 0BD), 2 days from home.
Immediate start - successful candidates must be able to start in the role within 2 weeks.
About Us
The RA dates way back to 1768 when a group of artists and architects persuaded King George lll to help them to ‘establish a society for promoting the Art of Design'. The original academy, in Pall Mall, was less than 10 meters long. Since then, there have been many changes, though the RA’s core purpose of bringing art and design to a broad audience and championing art and artists still holds true. The RA is truly a unique place, both as an attraction to our visitors, but also as a workplace. Our people are at the heart of all we do, and we support a broad and inspiring mix of departments; from exhibitions, curators, art handlers, researchers, publishers, and digital to schools and education, visitor welcome, fundraisers, and corporate support.
About the Role
Responsible for leading, supporting and motivating the Decision Support team during a period of organisational change
Identify opportunities for development, training and process improvement that maximises the impact of an already high-performing team
Lead the team and organisation through the annual planning cycle, with an immediate priority being the delivery of the first quarter reforecast of the financial year
Provide hands on support across a wide range of complex and commercial business streams, including for example: detailed financial modelling of Friends membership scheme, catering contract performance and KPI tracking; retail, art sales and ecommerce performance and stock management
Provide clear, insightful and impactful reporting of complex financial matters to non-financial stakeholders.
Support the team with ongoing improvements in, and automation of, financial reporting.
Ensure budget holders are engaging with financial reports and are held accountable for variances to budget
About You
You must be available to start in this role within 2 weeks
You must be a qualified accountant with significant senior post-qualified experience
Experience of managing a team in a large, complex organisation, ideally through times of organisational change
Excellent working knowledge of Gift Aid, VAT and other UK taxation matters
Our Benefits
Exhibitions
Reciprocal Agreements with galleries across the UK
Enhanced Pension
Generous employer contributions
Enhanced Holiday
25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
Wellbeing
Access to a virtual GP Service and Mental Health First Aiders
Agile Working
The opportunity to work flexibly
RA Staff Council
Where your views are heard and listened to
Employee Clubs
Football, Staff Choir and more
To apply, simply submit your CV and our recruitment partner will be in touch. Applications close on Wednesday 29th Oct 10am.