Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Senior Head of Finance to lead the team for a well known charity in the West of Scotland. You will be responsible for ensuring robust financial management and strategic insight across the organisation.
This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for:
- Overseeing day-to-day financial operations, reporting, and compliance
- Leading budgeting, forecasting, and strategic financial planning
- Driving system improvements, robust controls, and internal governance
- Managing, coaching, and developing a high-performing Finance/ITS team
- Providing financial leadership to the Board, Trustees, and senior leadership team
This senior role will play a key role in charity's finance/ITS functions, ensuring robust financial management, compliance, and strategic financial planning. This role is pivotal in supporting the organisations senior leadership team with high quality financial analysis and insight to support strategic direction and ensure both financial efficiency and optimal resource use across the organisation. The successful candidate will also oversee and facilitate the development of effective information and communication systems and mechanisms to enable accurate and relevant information to be shared with colleagues, customers and external agencies in a timely manner.
Experience required
- Fully qualified accountant (ICAS, ACCA, CIMA, ACA, CIPFA) and at least 3 years post qualified experience.
- Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development.
- Demonstrable, successful experience in a senior level role leading and managing a dedicated finance team.
- Leadership and management of a diverse team across more than one professional discipline.
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High degree of IT systems understanding and competence.
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Demonstrates respect for diversity and values inclusion.
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Demonstrable project and change management experience (Desirable).
- Third Sector experience, particularly in the field of Health and Social Care (Desirable).
