Chief Financial Officer

Migrant Help; Dover; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35-hour working week with flexibility

Enhanced family-friendly provisions

Extra annual leave options

Access to employee rewards platform

Non-contributory pension scheme with 8% contributions

Job summary

A leading charity organization in the UK is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to oversee financial operations and contribute to strategic planning. The role requires proven experience in senior finance leadership and excellent people management skills. Responsibilities include implementing financial controls, supporting long-term sustainability, and fostering collaboration across teams. The position offers a hybrid work model with a commitment to employee well-being and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in CFO or Finance Director role in a fast-growing organization.
• Ability to drive best performance across individuals and teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial operations across the organization.
• Lead strategic planning with senior leadership.
• Ensure robust financial controls and reporting.

Skills

Senior finance leadership experience

Leadership in functional support areas

Digital service development understanding

Excellent people leadership and team-building skills

Creative strategy implementation

Job description

Migrant Help

have an exciting opportunity to recruit a Chief Financial Officer to join our team!

Location:

Flexible (hybrid)

Contract

Permanent

About us:

Migrant Help is a leading charity that was established in 1963 and delivers a range of support and advice services to people affected by displacement and exploitation across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable people, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.

The Chief Financial Officer role:

Part of the Business Services and Compliance directorate, the Chief Financial Officer is an influential and strategic role at Migrant Help. You will oversee financial operations across the group, ensuring robust controls, insightful reporting and efficient systems, supporting financial sustainability and resilience. You will be instrumental in evaluating business decisions, managing relationships with key partners, and driving continuous improvement across processes. With gravitas and credibility, the CFO will challenge constructively, foster cross‑functional collaboration, and contribute to our long‑term success as a trusted and forward‑thinking partner.

If you have first‑rate advisory and influencing skills with proven ability to deal with multiple internal and external stakeholders, and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

Key responsibilities of our Chief Financial Officer:

Strategic

• Leading in partnership with the CEOs, Senior Leadership and the boards of both Migrant Help and Clear Voice, to successfully develop, implement and monitor the organisational strategic plans.
• Creating, developing and implementing the respective Business Services & Compliance strategies, along with the CEOs for Migrant Help and Clear Voice.

Leadership

• This role encompasses leadership in Finance, Compliance and Risk, Commercial and Legal, and governance.
• Overseeing finance and governance structures, systems and processes, so that they remain effective and appropriate to the size and nature of the work of Migrant Help and its subsidiary.

Operational

• Leading an expert team to provide advice and guidance on legal, commercial, financial, compliance and governance matters, with channels for seeking external advice, where appropriate.
• Supporting workforce planning efforts to align talent needs with current and future business priorities.

Growth & Change

• Driving continuous improvement throughout the organisation through your impact on people, resources, quality and sustainability.
• Working closely with the CEOs and leadership of Migrant Help and Clear Voice, directing, developing and implementing effective strategies for transformation within the organisations.

The experience and skills you need to become our Chief Financial Officer:

• Demonstrable proven experience in senior finance leadership role (e.g. CFO, FD) in a fast‑growing, people‑focussed organisation, along with leadership of other functional support service areas, such as IT, Commercial, Quality or Facilities.
• Demonstrable creative approach to development, implementation and evaluation of finance and business support services strategy.
• Understanding digital service development and delivery, with experience in finance system transformation, achieving efficiency, data‑driven decision‑making and scalability.
• Ability to understand, evaluate and advocate effective and persuasive strategies, contributing to the wider direction of the organisation.
• Excellent people leadership, coaching and team‑building skills, able to help drive best performance across individuals and teams and foster a culture of collaboration and high performance.

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process therefore:

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

This post is subject to Security Clearance (SC) therefore applicants must:

• Be able to provide a valid passport eg. 10 year full British passport, EU or non‑EU Passport with indefinite leave to remain
• Be able to provide continuous UK address history for the previous 5 years
• Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment

These are some of the benefits we offer:

• Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro‑rata).
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave
• Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.

Migrant Help offers employees a non‑contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme.

Closing Date:

1 March 2026

If you are interested in becoming our new Chief Financial Officer, please click 'APPLY' today. We look forward to hearing from you!

We encourage applications from disabled people by offering them an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for the job

Please note this vacancy may close early depending on applications received

As part of your role, it is important you operate within Migrant Help’s values: Protection, Diversity, Equality, Partnership, Innovation and Excellence.

Migrant Help is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.