Strategic Finance & Resources Director

St. Margaret’s Hospice; Taunton; On-site; GBP 79,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 29 days

NHS Pension option

Learning & development

Life assurance

Health cash plan

Employee assistance

Job summary

St Margaret’s Hospice is seeking a Director of Finance & Resources to join our Executive Team in Somerset. This senior role combines financial leadership with responsibility for estates, facilities, procurement and broader corporate resources.

You will lead financial strategy, governance and performance with P&L accountability, while providing insight to the CEO and Board. The post requires a proven, compassionate, values-led leader confident in data-driven decision-making.

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified senior finance leader with strong commercial judgement and substantial experience of financial strategy, governance, planning and performance in a complex organisation.
• Experience leading wider corporate resources, estates, facilities or operational support functions, with ability to use data, modelling and scenario planning to support confident decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial strategy, planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance across the hospice, with organisational profit and loss accountability.
• Provide clear analysis, insight and constructive challenge to the Chief Executive, Board, committees and senior leaders.
• Maintain robust governance, control and assurance, including statutory reporting, audit, risk, cash flow, reserves and compliance with charity accounting requirements.
• Shape and deliver a strategic review of our estate, ensuring our hospice and retail sites, assets and infrastructure are safe, sustainable, effective and fit for the future.
• Lead and develop high‑performing finance and corporate resource teams, championing collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Contribute fully to collective executive leadership and major decisions about investment, transformation and organisational sustainability.

Skills

Strategic financial leadership

Commercial judgment

Governance

Planning and performance

Job description

St Margaret’s Hospice is seeking a Director of Finance & Resources to join our Executive Team in Somerset. This senior role combines financial leadership with responsibility for estates, facilities, procurement and broader corporate resources.

You will lead financial strategy, governance and performance with P&L accountability, while providing insight to the CEO and Board. The post requires a proven, compassionate, values-led leader confident in data-driven decision-making.