Treasurer

PROSPECTUS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading advocacy organization in the UK is seeking a Treasurer to oversee financial functions and chair the Finance and Audit Sub Committee. This role requires accounting experience, knowledge of healthcare or legal sectors, and is ideal for candidates passionate about patient choice. The commitment is 1-2 days a month, primarily enabling financial governance for the organization.

Benefits

Reasonable expenses paid

Qualifications

• Experience within the healthcare or charity sector.
• Passion for patient choice.
• Prior Board experience is not essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the finance functions of the organisation.
• Oversee the production of management accounts including budgets and forecasts.
• Provide advice on financial implications of strategic decisions.
• Chair the Finance and Audit Sub Committee.
• Liaise with external auditors to facilitate annual accounts.

Skills

Accounting

Financial Oversight

Governance

Risk Management

Knowledge of Healthcare or Legal Sectors

Education

Accountancy qualifications or demonstrable experience

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced finance leader to join the UK’s leading campaign for assisted dying law reform, as their Treasurer. This organisation campaigns for a change in the law so that terminally ill, mentally competent adults can have the choice of a safe, legal assisted death. This opportunity to join their board comes at a pivotal time for them, as the assisted dying Bill continues its journey to becoming law.

Position: Treasurer

Location: National

Time commitment: 1-2 days per month

Remuneration: Reasonable expenses paid

Key skills required: Accounting, Financial Oversight, Governance, Risk Management, Knowledge of Healthcare or Legal Sectors

They are a not-for-profit limited company with a sister charity. Both organisations have a shared aim of improving dying in the UK by putting people in charge of decisions about the end of their life, but work towards their shared aim in different ways. They are legally separate organisations with separate boards and finances, however they share a CEO and some resources, such as an office and some staff.

The ideal Treasurer candidate will bring experience within the healthcare or charity sector, with a passion for patient choice. We are looking for someone with accountancy qualifications (or demonstrable experience). Prior Board experience is not essential.

Board members are required to attend five meetings per year, most of which are virtual or hybrid, with an away day held in person. In addition, the Treasurer chairs the Finance and Audit Sub Committee (FASC), which meets five times per year virtually.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the finance functions of the organisation and ensure they follow accepted accounting practice
• Oversee the production of management accounts including annual budgets and quarterly forecasts
• Assist the Chair and CEO in ensuring that the board fulfils its duties and responsibilities for proper financial governance by providing advice to the board and senior management team on the financial implications of strategic decisions
• Chair the Finance and Audit Sub Committee
• Liaise, alongside the staff finance team, with external auditors annually to facilitate the creation of annual accounts

Recruitment timetable

• Application deadline: 16 November 2025
• First stage interviews with Prospectus: 20, 21 & 24 November 2025
• Panel interviews: w/c 1 December
• Estimated start date January 2026