Head Of Finance

Jackson Hogg Ltd; Wynyard; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Jackson Hogg Ltd in Stockton-on-Tees seeks a Head of Finance to provide strategic financial leadership and drive planning, governance and performance across the organisation.

You will advise the CEO, SLT and Trustees, oversee budgeting, management accounts and statutory reporting, and develop a high-performing finance team. This is a senior, multi-site role with significant stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, rolling three-year forecast and align plans with organisational priorities and robust assumptions.
• Lead timely monthly management accounts and performance reporting with clear variance analysis.
• Build relationships with budget holders and SLT, acting as a proactive finance business partner.
• Provide constructive financial challenge to influence decision making.
• Ensure core finance processes are accurate, timely and well controlled.

Skills

Senior finance experience

Budgeting

Forecasting

Management accounts

Financial planning

Business partnering

Team leadership

Financial controls

Governance

VAT

Statutory accounts

External audit

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualification

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.