Interim Director of Finance
Salary £ 75,000
London
Vacancy listed 30/01/2023
Application deadline 17/02/2023
Details
Job Description
 
Job Title:               Interim Director of Finance    
 
Reporting To:       CEO
 
Salary:                   c£75,000
 
Contract type:     Full-time, fixed-term (May 2023-Aug 2024)


The Role 

What you’ll need to succeed in the role

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Finance professional with a passion for working in a charity with a real purpose. The role is diverse, and the skillset matches this. Personal leadership is essential. You will have positive influencing skills, both within the leadership team and throughout the charity. The ideal candidate will be a qualified, skilled and diligent strategic thinker who is both thorough and highly competent in financial planning and management as well as innovative, creative and extremely well-organised. You will be passionate about making a difference and determined to ensure we are a financially secure, responsible and sustainable charity. You will champion and model the leadership necessary for Felix to remain entrepreneurial, agile and able to adapt to an ever-changing landscape. As well as leading the team that delivers day to day finance and administration, you will also be familiar with operating at a senior level with our Board of Trustees, leading strategic finance and services, and participating in strategic planning as part of Senior Leadership Team. 

Scope of Role

  • As part of the Senior Leadership Team, to play a full and active role in the development and implementation of organisational strategy 
  • Develop and monitor the charity’s financial strategy to ensure the long-term financial and operational viability of the organisation 
  • Leading and developing the finance team to improve the added value of the finance function
  • Compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements, including but not limited to statutory accounts, taxation, Gift Aid, as well as all other requirements relating to charity and company status 
  • Lead the coordination and completion of the annual Budgeting exercise 
  • Lead on the development and analysis of financial KPIs that inform, assess and support the overall KPI framework for the organisation, 
  • Delivery of timely and accurate financial reporting to the Finance Committee, full Trustee board and Senior Leadership Team as well as other key stakeholders including internal teams and donors and supporters 
  • Work closely with other Senior Leadership Team members, notably the CEO, Director of income Generation & Marketing, Director of People & Culture and Director of Operations, to provide analysis and insight to improve the overall performance of the organisation 
  • Treasury management, including cash flow forecasting and all financial processing; managing relationships with our banking partners 
  • Risk and the overall control environment, including insurance cover and financial systems
  • Responsibility for the management of finance policies and procedures to safeguard the charity and its employees and to manage risk. 

The Candidate

You will be a fully qualified accountant with experience of managing both the financial and management accounting functions, as well as developing, delivering and monitoring financial strategy in a UK charity, ideally with a strong understanding of the regulatory body requirements such as the Charity Commission. 

The ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and orally, is essential. You will also need to be highly digitally competent with experience of deploying technology effectively to manage all areas of finance and administration, including Financial Management Systems; ERP and CRM platforms in particular the Microsoft 365 applications used by the charity. 

You’ll be a highly organised team player, with the ability to problem solve and be comfortable representing the organisation at a senior level. 

You will have a highly professional approach to your role and be able to work creatively and to deadlines with minimal supervision. 

You will be comfortable being both strategic and hands-on operationally as and when required. 

You will show demonstrable interest in tackling food waste and food poverty, and a commitment to supporting local communities in London. 

Skills and Experience

The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate the following; 

  • You have previous relevant and successful experience in a senior and/or strategic financial leadership and management role 
  • You are capable of successfully leading a team of people and developing a high-performance culture 
  • You are capable of successfully managing third parties (eg: Auditors, Banks), holding them to account and ensuring best value service provision 
  • You are intuitive, approachable and able to develop effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders 
  • You are pragmatic and able to adapt process, systems and ways of working to ensure business needs are met 
  • You think strategically and are confident and competent in effectively communicating your ideas to all stakeholders 
  • You are confident in your ability to influence, coach and develop people at all levels 
  • You are able to manage conflict to resolution 
  • You have an understanding of UK charity law and best practice and its application to organisational governance 

What you’ll get in return

You will be working in an upbeat, innovative charity with strong vision, ambition and a fantastic culture and leadership team.  This is a hybrid role with some homeworking as well as regular attendance at one of our 4 London depots. The salary is £c75,000 per annum (depending on experience), 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
 

Contract Type:  Full Time / Fixed Term (c15 months)

Hours:        37.5 hours per week 

 

Recruitment timeline

Applications close: 17/02/2023

First interviews: 28/02/2023

Second interviews: TBA

 

This is a crucial role, and we are keen to have the right candidate in place ASAP. Therefore, we will be reviewing candidates on a rolling basis. 

 

For an informal discussion about the role, please feel free to get in touch directly with Sue Melly, Director of Finance at sue.melly@thefelixproject.org 



This vacancy has now been closed