Finance & Resources Director in Cambridge)

Ad Warrior Ltd; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 108,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading child protection organization in Cambridge seeks a Finance & Resources Director to ensure financial integrity and operational resilience. You will provide strategic leadership to the Executive Leadership Team while shaping business planning and compliance. The ideal candidate has a strong background in financial strategy and holds qualifications such as CIMA, ACCA, or ACA. This hybrid position involves leading a multidisciplinary team committed to safeguarding children's online safety. Apply by 13 January 2026.

Benefits

Generous annual leave of 30 days

Pension scheme

Private health care

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• 5+ years in senior financial leadership with proven strategic management experience.
• Expertise in organisational stewardship in not-for-profit environments is advantageous.
• Commercially astute, confident in both strategic and operational functions.

Responsibilities

• Safeguard the organisation’s financial integrity and drive operational resilience.
• Ensure legal compliance and lead governance and risk management.
• Provide strategic leadership to the Chief Executive and Board of Trustees.
• Shape organisational strategy and business planning.
• Lead a team across finance, people, welfare, risk, governance, and legal.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Financial management

Operational resilience

Legal compliance

Team leadership

Education

CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualification

Job description

Finance & Resources Director

£108,000.00 per annum + benefits which include generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days, pension scheme, life assurance, private health care, cycle to work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme and more.

Hybrid role, 35 hours per week.

"We work to make the internet a safer place." Never has a truer word been spoken of the Internet Watch Foundation. Our work is trusted globally by police, governments, and technology companies. And now you could be part of our team to help us in our mission.

You’ll possess the right personal attributes to make a difference to the lives of sexually abused and exploited children around the world.

Who we need

Join our Executive Team and work closely with the Board at a truly pivotal moment. You will be responsible for safeguarding the organisation's financial integrity, driving operational resilience and legal compliance. We’re shaping a bold new strategy - and we want you to help lead the way.

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Finance & Resources Director to lead the financial and operational management of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) – a world‑leading child protection organisation working to eliminate child sexual abuse imagery and exploitation online.

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will provide strategic leadership and assurance to the Chief Executive and Board of Trustees. You will help shape organisational strategy, business planning, and impact measurement, ensuring strong financial management underpins our mission.

Our office is based in Cambridge and you will lead a team of experts across finance, people, welfare, risk, governance and legal. Your leadership will ensure the invisible excellence that drives impact at scale.

We are looking for a senior financial leader with a strong track record in strategy development, system improvement and wider organisational stewardship. CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualification preferred, though substantial experience in senior financial leadership and strategic management will be considered. You will be commercially astute, people‑centred, collaborative and confident operating at both strategic and operational levels.

Responsibilities

• Safeguard the organisation’s financial integrity and drive operational resilience.
• Ensure legal compliance and lead governance and risk management.
• Provide strategic leadership and assurance to the Chief Executive and Board of Trustees.
• Shape organisational strategy, business planning and impact measurement to support the mission.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team across finance, people, welfare, risk, governance and legal.

Qualifications and Experience

• Senior financial leadership with a strong track record of strategy development and system improvement.
• Preferential qualification: CIMA, ACCA or ACA.
• Commercially astute, people‑centred, collaborative and confident at both strategic and operational levels.
• Experience in organisational stewardship and working in a not‑for‑profit environment is an advantage.

About us

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is a not‑for‑profit organisation whose mission is to eliminate child sexual abuse imagery online. We work closely in partnership with the internet industry, law enforcement, and governments globally to detect, remove and block illegal child sexual abuse material from the internet.

For nearly 30 years, we have been the UK’s frontline of defence against child sexual abuse images and videos online.

We provide a secure and anonymous place for over 2.9 billion people around the world to report suspected child sexual abuse images and videos using our 54 global reporting portals.

We assess every report we receive. Our highly trained analysts have investigated millions of reports from the public, police, tech companies and proactive searching.

With each report containing thousands of individual images and videos depicting child sexual abuse, this equates to countless survivors saved from continued harm and a safer internet for all.

Closing date for applications is 13 January 2026.

The role may be required to view illegal child sexual abuse images. All applicants will be subject to enhanced DBS checks prior to confirmation of employment.

Please note: We do not accept enquiries or submissions from recruitment agencies.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for The Internet Watch Foundation, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to our website to complete your application.

https://www.iwf.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/careers/