Director of Finance and IT

CharityJob is helping a successful, health-based organisation to find a new Director of Finance and IT. You are identified as someone who may be interested in this opportunity as described below

We are looking for an experienced leader to join our Senior Management Team and play a critical role in delivering our ambitious 10 year strategy, ensuring we are set up for long term success and impact.

A qualified accountant, you will lead the finance team to ensure the organisation is financially strong, providing sound financial stewardship, thoughtful investment, and values led decision making through a sustainable financial model aligned to our strategic objectives.

You will also lead our IT strategy, strengthening digital maturity, enhancing operational efficiency, improving cyber resilience, and enabling innovation across the organisation.

This is an exciting time to join us and shape the Finance and IT functions to help us deliver on our mission.

Experience required

• Senior level finance experience, including developing, delivering, and communicating financial strategy
• Experience overseeing IT or digital functions at a strategic level
• Understanding of cyber security risk management and data protection obligations (including GDPR and AI)
• Significant experience working with financial accounting software, word processing, and spreadsheet packages
• A thorough understanding of voluntary income fundraising
• Knowledge of VAT and direct taxation as they affect charities and subsidiary trading arms
• Experience using Sage accounting software

Employee benefits

As an employer, we offer:

• Hybrid working arrangements
• Flexible working, including consideration of compressed hours
• Generous annual leave 25 days per year plus bank holidays for full time staff, increasing after three and five years of service
• Health cash plan for dental, optical, physiotherapy and other treatments
• Season ticket and cycle loan schemes
• Pension scheme
• Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave
• Personalised training to support professional development

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age.

As someone who is a potentially strong fit for this opportunity, upon clicking "Apply" your details will be forwarded to the recruiter, who may then contact you directly. Given the important nature of this role, the recruiter may contact strong candidates that emerge on a rolling basis, so early submissions are encouraged. NO COVER LETTER IS REQUIRED.