Head of Finance

Head of Finance - Charity

Working Pattern: 4 days per week / 30 hours
Salary: Up to £58,250 plus 25 days annual leave
Contract: Initial 6-month fixed-term contract, with potential to extend or become permanent
Working: Hybrid with 2 days a week in the South West London office

A leading and well-established charity is looking for an experienced Head of Finance to join their Finance team during an exciting period of change and transformation.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced finance professional who enjoys hands-on accounting combined with team management and taking individuals through systems transformation and process improvement.

The organisation offers an excellent work-life balance, including a 4-day, 30-hour working week, flexible hybrid working, a 7% matched pension contribution and 25 days' annual leave.

The successful candidate will take a hands-on role across financial and systems accounting while leading initiatives to improve financial processes, systems and reporting through automation and enhancements.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee financial and systems accounting activities, including VAT returns.

• Manage, support and develop members of the finance team.

• Review and improve existing finance systems, processes and controls.

• Work with internal teams and stakeholders to take them on a journey of change and transformation

• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, reduce manual work and improve efficiency.

• Lead finance-related projects

• Improve financial reporting and management information.

• Provide strong financial and systems expertise during a period of organisational change.

About You

To be considered, you will need to have the following skills and experience:

• Strong operational accounting background

• Previous experience improving finance systems, processes and reporting.

• Proven project management experience, including implementing processes or system enhancements.

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills

• Experience managing, supporting and developing a finance team.

• A proactive approach to identifying opportunities for improvement.

• Ideally, an understanding of automation and AI within finance and how technology can be used to improve efficiency and reporting.

• Ideally some experience within the charity sector or exposure to SUN Systems or MS Dynamics 365