Treasurer

Citizens Advice Southampton; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A local charity is seeking a Treasurer to support the board and guide the organization in financial matters. This voluntary role requires a financial background and offers the chance to make a significant impact on the community. Responsibilities include advising on budgets, preparing annual accounts, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. A rewarding opportunity to build leadership skills and network with community members.

Benefits

Build relationships with trustees and volunteers

Develop governance and leadership skills

Increase employability

Access to financial management activities

Qualifications

• Relevant financial experience to support the role as Treasurer.
• Possibly operating as a Financial Manager or Team Leader.

Responsibilities

• Guide other board members on financial implications and budgeting.
• Ensure realistic budget meets service needs and maintains reserves policy.
• Prepare annual accounts in compliance with accounting standards.

Skills

Financial background

Leadership skills

Governance experience

Job description

Overview

Our Treasurer is a vital member of our Board of Trustees; this is a voluntary position. Unremunerated but with reasonable expenses covered.

Skills: we are looking for someone with a financial background who is interested in becoming our Treasurer.

Where: Southampton

Time: on average 2-3 hours per week

About Citizens Advice Southampton

This local and essential charity provides vital support to the people of Southampton. Citizens Advice Southampton’s incredible volunteers and paid staff help more than 6,500 people with 11,000 issues every year, providing advice that is free, independent, impartial and confidential.

Advice is delivered in person, by telephone and email to members of the public in need of help in areas such as family, immigration and asylum, debt management and welfare benefits, and housing.

Citizens Advice Southampton also has specialist projects which include money advice funded by the Money Advice & Pension Service, specialist services funded by Macmillan Cancer Support and the MS Society and a Home and Well project aiming to help vulnerable people maintain a safe and healthy home. We lead the Southampton City Council funded ‘Advice in Southampton’ partnership, delivering advice services in conjunction with other local charities.

Responsibilities

1. Explain, guide and advise the other board members on the key assumptions and financial implications of the Citizens Advice Southampton budgets, operational and strategic plans.
2. Ensure that the organisation has a realistic budget that meets the services’ needs and maintains an appropriate reserves policy.
3. Ensure that annual accounts are prepared in compliance with SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice) Accounting for Charities and submitted by the deadline to the Charity Commission and/or Registrar of Companies, and make arrangements for them to be audited or independently examined as required.

What’s in it for you?

This is a rewarding voluntary role, where your leadership skills will have a profound impact on your local community.

Not only will you directly contribute to the success of this essential charity in supporting the local community, for you personally there are many benefits, such as:

• Meet others and build relationships with other trustees, paid staff, volunteers and other community members
• Build on your governance and leadership skills
• Increase your employability
• Have access to Financial Director type activities

What are we looking for?

You will not necessarily need to have prior experience of being a Trustee, but we are specifically looking to recruit someone with relevant financial experience which will support them in their role as Treasurer. You could for example be operating as a Financial Manager or Team Leader within an organisation.