Interim Head of Finance
Posted 2 weeks ago by Head4Talent
£80,000 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Summary: The Interim Head of Finance will lead the finance function of a medium-sized charity in Cardiff, ensuring effective management of income and expenditure in accordance with organizational standards and Charity SORP. This role involves advising the CEO and Trustees on financial performance, sustainability, and risk management while overseeing the finance team and reporting processes. The position requires a qualified accountant with significant financial leadership experience to drive growth and profitability through strategic financial planning.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with the CEO, Trustees, and Executive team to enhance financial performance and sustainability.
- Ensure financial strategies align with the charity's business goals to drive growth and profitability.
- Oversee the operation of the Finance function, ensuring compliance with all financial and management accounting requirements.
- Manage and support the finance team, ensuring timely production of reports, budgets, and projections.
- Provide financial advice and analysis to Trustees, Senior Leadership Team, and external partners.
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant with proven financial leadership experience.
- Complex problem-solving skills, including cash flow forecasting and budget setting.
- Experience in balance sheet review and analysis.
Salary (Rate): £80,000.00 yearly
City: Cardiff
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Interim Head of Finance | Charity sector, Cardiff | £70,000-£80,000 pro rata
Our client, a medium-sized Charity based in Cardiff, is seeking an experienced finance leader to support the team and wider organisation. Reporting to the CEO with responsibility for all aspects of the organisation's finances, for ensuring that all income and expenditure are managed and monitored systematically and inline with organisational standards and Charity SORP.
Responsibilities:
- To work with the CEO, Trustees and wider Executive team to safeguard and enhance financial performance and sustainability, advising on matters of business support, compliance and financial risk to ensure that the Charity's objectives are met.
- Ensure that financial strategies aligned with the charity's overall business goals to drive growth and profitability. This should include consideration of commercial opportunities for the charity, risk assessment of new business ventures, collation of evidence from all areas of the charity, and in partnership with the CEO, development of a final assessment of levels of organisational risk on which the charity can take decisions.
- Oversee the operation of the Finance function, ensuring that all financial and management accounting requirements are met and that all reporting procedures relating to banking, payroll, HMRC, pensions, investments, reserves and cashflows are maintained.
- Manage and support the finance team and oversee the timely production and presentation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, budgets and projections, both for the organisation and for all functions, providing advice and analysis to Trustees, Senior Leadership Team, managers and external partners as required.
Skills, experience:
- Qualified accountant with proven financial leadership experience.
- Complex problem solving required including- cash flow/ forecasting/ budget setting.
- Balance sheet review and analysis.