Head Of Finance

Jackson Hogg Ltd; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jackson Hogg Ltd invites applications for Head of Finance, based in Stockton-on-Tees. The role combines strategic financial leadership with day-to-day management and business partnering across the organisation.

You will oversee budgeting, forecasting, management accounts, and ensure robust financial controls while supporting Trustees and senior leaders. The ideal candidate will bring extensive senior finance experience, strong governance knowledge, and a track record of leading a finance team in

Qualifications

• Significant senior finance experience within a complex or growing organisation (charity/third sector desirable).
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, management accounts and financial planning skills.
• Proven ability to partner with senior leaders and non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience leading a finance team and developing financial controls.
• Good governance, risk & compliance understanding including VAT and statutory accounts.
• Experience with external audit processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting and rolling three-year forecast aligned to priorities.
• Prepare monthly management accounts and performance analysis with variances, risks and opportunities.
• Partner with budget holders and SLT to influence decision making.
• Provide financial advice to CEO, SLT and Trustees.

Skills

Senior finance

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Finance leadership

VAT & compliance

Job description

Head of Finance

Stockton on Tees

Competitive

Jackson Hogg are delighted to be supporting an exciting, growing organisation based in Stockton-on-Tees.

You will be providing strategic and operational financial leadership, balancing day to day management of the finance function with forward financial planning, business partnering and continuous improvement.

As the ideal candidate, you will also provide trusted financial advice to the CEO, SLT and Trustees.

Duties and responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, regular forecasting and maintain a rolling three-year financial forecast, ensuring plans align with organisational priorities and robust assumptions.
• Lead timely monthly management accounts and performance reporting, providing clear analysis of trends, variances, risks and opportunities.
• Building strong relationships with budget holders managers and SLT, acting as a proactive and approachable finance business partner.
• Providing constructive financial challenge and advice, ensuring finance is involved early enough to influence decisions.
• Strengthen financial awareness and accountability, helping managers understand their budgets and use financial information effectively.
• Oversee the effective day to day operation of the finance function, ensuring core transactional processes are accurate, timely and well controlled.
• Maintain oversight of the purchase ledger, sales ledger, banking cash receipts and payments, reconciliations, expenses, credit cards, payroll journals and other core finance processes.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant charity accounting, taxation and regulatory requirements including charity SORP, UK accounting standards and VAT requirements.

As the ideal candidate you will be/have:

• Significant senior finance experience - ideally within a complex, multi-site or growing organisation.
• Strong experience of budgeting, forecasting, management accounts, financial analysis and financial planning.
• Experienced in business partnering with senior leaders and non-finance managers.
• Experienced in leading, managing and developing a finance team.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, governance, risk & compliance, including VAT.
• Experience of leading managing and developing a finance team.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, governance, risk and compliance including VAT.
• Experience of statutory accounts and external audit processes