Director of Finance & Resources

JR United Kingdom; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity in Peterborough seeks a Director of Finance & Resources to spearhead their financial strategy and operational excellence. The role involves ensuring compliance with financial regulations, managing budgetary control, and fostering a culture of accountability and awareness. The ideal candidate will blend strategic insight with detail-oriented execution, enabling the charity to navigate commercial opportunities while ensuring financial sustainability.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial strategy and governance.
• Leadership experience in a similar role.
• Commercial acumen and resilience under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial strategy and operational excellence.
• Ensure compliance with UK charity regulations.
• Lead, motivate, and develop high-performing finance teams.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Financial governance

Team leadership

Commercial awareness

Job description

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Director of Finance & Resources, Peterborough

Client:

CY Executive Resourcing

Location:

Peterborough, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

16.06.2025

Expiry Date:

31.07.2025

Job Description:

The Director of Finance & Resources is a pivotal leadership role in driving financial strategy, commercial innovation, and operational excellence across the charity. You will ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, budgeting, and statutory accounts in compliance with UK charity and financial regulations, forecasting, planning, and risk management processes. The role involves ensuring robust financial governance, improving financial performance, and identifying income-generating opportunities aligned with our charitable objectives. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will contribute to shaping our future direction and impact.

Drawing on your commercial experience, you will provide strategic insight and commercial challenge to the Executive Team and Trustees, and lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing team of direct reports and stakeholders, fostering a culture of financial accountability and commercial awareness. You will champion commercial performance, budgetary control, and tight working capital management to ensure that the Charity operates in a financially sustainable manner. The role also involves identifying and evaluating commercial opportunities to diversify income and improve financial resilience and stability, overseeing pricing, cost management, contracting, and funding models for services, grants, and partnerships, and driving efficiency and value-for-money across all operations.

The ideal candidate will be an agile and collaborative leader who can think strategically but also pay attention to detail. You should be calm and resilient under pressure, embracing POhWER's ethos of supporting a culture of mutual respect, effective teamwork, and commercial awareness.

For further information and a confidential discussion, please contact Kurt at CY Executive Resourcing on 07531140479 or email [emailprotected]