Head of Finance (NFP)

Trial Balance; Bodmin; On-site; GBP 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading not-for-profit organization in Bodmin seeks a dynamic Head of Finance to join their senior leadership team. This full-time, permanent role involves overseeing the finance function, providing strategic leadership, and ensuring robust financial governance while mentoring a dedicated team. Ideal candidates will be ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with a strong background in operational and strategic finance, coupled with an ability to influence decision-making across the organization. Benefits include a competitive salary and relocation allowance.

Qualifications

• Experienced in influencing decision making and implementing streamlining initiatives.
• IT savvy with ability to develop digital accounting systems.
• Experience working with non-financial stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end operations of finance function.
• Produce monthly management information and attend financial review meetings.
• Lead governance activities and manage cashflow and budgets.

Skills

Dynamic accounting

Strategic planning

Team leadership

Digital accounting systems

High level of MS Excel

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Job description

Head of Finance (NFP) - Bodmin - £63,000 + Benefits + Relocation Allowance

If you value the passion and drive of the team around you as much as the job you perform, this may well be the opportunity for you; the energy and enthusiasm of the senior management team at this organisation is nothing short of infectious!

Trial Balance Consulting have been engaged by one of our long standing clients, a well-established and highly regarded not for profit organisation, who seek to recruit an experienced Head of Finance to join their senior leadership team. This is a full time, permanent position to be based at the organisation’s headquarters in Bodmin.

Working closely with the CEO and managing a small but experienced team, this will be a broad and interesting opportunity that spans both operational and strategic finance management. The successful candidate will assume overall responsibility for the end-to-end operations of a busy multi-faceted finance function with high visibility throughout the organisation. Core responsibilities to include:

- Assume overall responsibility for organisations finance lifecycle and digital accounting tools

- Produce comprehensive monthly management information with full commentary on financial performance

- Attend monthly financial review meetings with the board of trustees

- Assume co-responsibility for the organisation’s governance activities

- Cashflow and budget setting, and reporting on each areas of the business

- Act as a primary financial contact to external stakeholders, building a developing longstanding business relationships

- Ensure efficient preparation and submission of all aspects of statutory reporting, working closely with chartered accountants and auditors

- Aged debtor management

- Oversee a busy payroll function

- Budget management

- VAT, tax reporting and filing

- Design, implement and develop digital accounting systems

- Support the CEO in strategy planning and delivery

- Develop, mentor and support a growing team of financial colleagues

The person: As you might have guessed, we’re looking for somebody pretty special! The role calls for a highly ambitious, dynamic and energetic accountant; professionally qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA), with a good level of post qualification experience. The successful candidate will require demonstrable experience of influencing decision making, and implementing performance/streamlining initiatives, often working with non-financial stakeholders. The business is technology focussed and they understandably seek to recruit an IT savvy individual with experience in developing efficient and up to date digital accounting systems, as well manipulating MS Excel at a high level. The technical aspects of the role will be within the reach of a number of candidates operating at a similar level, but what matters here is sourcing a Head of Finance with the dynamism and energy to work as part of a very switched on and ambitious CEO and management team. The role would be highly suited to a career driven individual with a passion for the community interest initiatives.

Caught your interest? We’d love to tell you more. Please get in touch with Elle Benjamin for a confidential, informal chat. Our reference for the role is EB10014. Our client is motivated to recruit as soon as possible with the entire project wrapped up by the close of July 2024.