Finance Team Leader

Forest Camping Limited; Hexham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Annual leave 25 days

Free parking

Career development

Job summary

Forestry England is seeking a Finance Team Leader to manage the day-to-day finance function, ensuring timely, accurate processing of financial transactions on behalf of the Finance and Business Manager.

You will liaise with internal and external stakeholders and support achievement of strategic objectives. The role offers 60% in-office work with up to 40% remote flexibility in Hexham.

Qualifications

• Leads the day‑to‑day finance function on behalf of the Finance and Business Manager.
• Liaises with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely, accurate financial information.
• Ensures compliance with policies, procedures and SLAs.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day finance operations.
• Ensure timely processing of financial transactions.

Skills

Financial leadership

Stakeholder liaison

Job description

Job title – Finance Team Leader

Salary‑ £33,854 per annum

Contract type – Fixed term until 31st March 2029, with the possibility of extension or permanency

Hours – 37 hours per week

Vacancy closes - 25th October, 23:58

Join us. We're foresters, professionals and experts. We are a passionate team who love to share our enthusiasm and want to make a positive difference for you and the environment. Together, we’re using our scale and expertise to grow the nation’s forests for everyone. We’re already adapting our landscapes for tomorrow, and getting stuff done today, like creating amazing places and experiences for you to enjoy. We're providing vital homes for wildlife, making our air cleaner to breathe and producing sustainable timber.

What you’ll do…

The Business Support team provide a support service to the district’s operations. As a key member of the team, you will play an essential role in leading the day‑to‑day finance function on behalf of the Finance and Business Manager and in supporting the achievement of our strategic business objectives. You will be responsible for ensuring financial transactions are processed by the team, efficiently, accurately and within agreed timelines, achieving full compliance with established policies, procedures and service level agreements. You will liaise effectively with internal and external stakeholders, collating and dissemination information as required. You will work alongside the Office Manager, the Finance and Business Support Manager, the Business Support team and other colleagues as needed.

Where you’ll work…

Bellingham District Office, Hexham, NE48 2HP. The expectation is that the postholder will spend a minimum of 60% time in the office with the option to work up to 40% remotely.

Benefits…

• Alongside your salary, Forestry England contributes an average of 28.97% towards your pension.
• You will become a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
• 25 days holiday a year, raising by one day every year’s service, up to 30 days (pro‑rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
• STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays, clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
• Free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
• A commitment to lifelong learning through career development.
• Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

Nationality requirements…

Read more about nationality requirements here.

Within Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, it is essential that applicants should have the ability to provide conversation in accurate spoken English.

Our recruitment process makes appointments based on fair and open competition and merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in in line with/according to these principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email: [e-mail].

Working for the Civil Service…

Forestry England is part of the Civil Service. The Civil Service has a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). This means candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria during the application process will be guaranteed an interview. We also offer a Redeployment Interview Scheme to current civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the role. This role is also part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans and Prison Leaver Recruitment initiative.

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Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.