Head of Finance (Part-time)

Ivy Rock Partners Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Ivy Rock Partners Limited is seeking an experienced Interim Head of Finance to provide leadership and continuity through a period of organisational change for a national museum. You will lead a small finance team, ensure strong controls, budgeting, forecasting, year-end reporting, and partner with directors and budget holders to support informed decision-making.

This role requires hands-on leadership and NetSuite experience.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial control and governance
• Ability to lead small finance teams
• Experience in charity/not-for-profit or public sector desirable
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and year-end reporting experience
• Commercial partnering with directors and budget holders

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a small finance team, providing oversight and technical support.
• Maintain strong financial controls, governance and compliance, including required government reporting.
• Oversee year-end and ensure the organisation is well prepared for its 31 March year-end.
• Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting cycle, including reviewing forecasts and preparing financial information for the Board.
• Partner with directors and budget holders, providing financial advice, challenge and support.
• Continue to improve finance processes, reporting and automation, including the effective use of NetSuite.
• Provide financial oversight of the organisation's trading subsidiary, including profitability, costing and appropriate cross-charging.

Skills

Financial leadership

Team leadership

Financial controls

Governance

Reporting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Education

Qualified accountant (e.g., ACCA/ICAEW/CA)

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

A leading national museum seeking an experienced Interim Head of Finance to provide leadership and continuity through a period of organisational change.

Leading a small finance team, you’ll take responsibility for the day-to-day leadership of the finance function, ensuring strong financial controls, compliance and reporting while providing senior financial expertise to the wider organisation.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys combining hands‑on financial leadership with business partnering, working closely with directors and budget holders to strengthen financial understanding and support effective decision-making.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead and develop a small finance team, providing oversight and technical support.
• Maintain strong financial controls, governance and compliance, including required government reporting.
• Oversee year-end and ensure the organisation is well prepared for its 31 March year-end.
• Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting cycle, including reviewing forecasts and preparing financial information for the Board.
• Partner with directors and budget holders, providing financial advice, challenge and support.
• Continue to improve finance processes, reporting and automation, including the effective use of NetSuite.
• Provide financial oversight of the organisation's trading subsidiary, including profitability, costing and appropriate cross-charging.

You will:

• Be an experienced finance professional with a strong background in financial control and leading small finance teams.
• Be comfortable operating independently as the organisation’s senior day-to-day finance expert.
• Ideally be a qualified accountant, although QBE candidates with significant relevant experience will also be considered.
• Ideally have experience within a charity, not-for-profit or publicly funded organisation.
• Have strong budgeting, forecasting, year-end and financial reporting experience.
• Experience overseeing a trading subsidiary would be advantageous.
• Be an approachable and pragmatic business partner, confident working with senior stakeholders and non-finance colleagues.
• Be comfortable maintaining business-as-usual delivery while identifying practical improvements to systems and processes.

What’s on offer:

• Part-time working - 3 or 4 days per week
• Predominantly office-based in Central London