Associate Director of Finance

  • NCVO
  • Mar 25, 2026
Full time Executive

Job Description

The Key Information

Location: London based, requiring two days per week at Society Building, 8 All Saints Street, London N1.

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week.

Salary: £85,000 per annum.

Contract: Permanent.

Interview process: Two stages totalling around 2 hours.

Reporting to: Chief Financial Officer.

About the Role

Financial expertise meets strategic leadership

We re looking for a leader to shape our organisation s financial management, governance and control environment.

As Associate Director of Finance, you ll lead financial planning, reporting and controls to ensure financial sustainability, regulatory compliance and strong stewardship of resources.

Working closely with the Chief Financial Officer and executive team, you ll provide strategic financial insight to support decision-making and delivery of organisational priorities. You ll also strengthen financial systems, processes and governance to ensure management is robust, transparent and forward-looking.

Why this role matters

Strong financial leadership is essential to our organisation s sustainability and impact.

In this role, you ll:

lead the organisation s financial planning, reporting and control environment

strengthen financial governance, transparency and regulatory compliance

provide strategic financial insight to support Executive decision-making

enable confident investment, growth and operational performance

build a high-performing finance function that supports organisational resilience.

This is a unique opportunity to combine professional financial expertise with strategic leadership, helping our organisation deliver its mission with confidence.

Why Join Us?

With members at the heart of everything we do, we champion the charities and volunteers who make a daily difference to our communities across England. Join us and help us make communities stronger and support us making a bigger difference!

Some of NCVO s great benefits include:

25 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff), increasing based on years of service

five days volunteering leave (pro rata for part-time staff)

enhanced pay for maternity/adoption leave

generous employer pension contribution of up to 8.5% of salary.

Find out more about the benefits of working at NCVO on our wbesite.