Chief Finance Officer

CY Resourcing Limited; Worcester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A historic charity located in Worcester is seeking a strategic Chief Financial Officer to lead its Finance function. The successful candidate will manage financial strategy, oversee compliance, and contribute to long-term sustainability goals. Responsibilities include leading the finance team, advising senior management, and ensuring rigorous financial governance. The ideal candidate has senior finance experience in charitable environments and excels in communication with non-financial stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Senior finance professional with leadership experience in a complex or charitable environment.
• Excellent communication skills for presenting to non-financial stakeholders.
• Skilled in financial governance, risk management, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Finance function with accurate management accounts and reporting.
• Advise senior leadership on financial strategy and risk.
• Oversee the Finance Team and ensure compliance with standards.

Skills

Leadership experience in finance

Strategic judgement

Communication skills

Financial governance

Risk management

Compliance knowledge

Multi-entity reporting

Job description

A historic and well-established charity is seeking a strategic and hands‑on Chief Financial Officer to lead its Finance function and support long‑term organisational sustainability. As part of the Senior Management Team, you will guide financial strategy, strengthen governance, and provide clear, insightful reporting to senior leaders and committees.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Finance function, ensuring accurate management accounts, budgets, cashflow and statutory reports across multiple entities. Advise senior leadership on financial strategy, risk, investment performance and commercial planning. Oversee the Finance Team, ensuring strong controls, systems, KPIs and compliance with all relevant standards and regulations. Deliver annual budgets, forecasts, year‑end processes, internal/external audits, payroll, pensions, VAT, PAYE, NI, gift aid and management of restricted funds. Support project development and capital work with financial modelling, costings and business cases. Manage key external relationships, including banks, insurers and investment managers. Provide high‑quality reporting to governance committees and ensure transparent financial information. Contribute to property strategy, oversee leases and transactions, and support grant funding processes. Champion the organisation’s Net Zero commitments, ensuring financial planning supports carbon‑reduction goals.

About You

• Senior finance professional with leadership experience in a complex or charitable environment. Strong strategic judgement, excellent communication skills, and confidence presenting to non‑financial stakeholders. Skilled in financial governance, risk management, compliance and multi‑entity reporting. Able to balance high‑level strategic input with operational oversight.