Head Of Finance

Job summary We have a fantastic opportunity for a Head of Finance to join our busy and friendly finance team working closely with and supporting our colleagues across the Hospice.
Main duties of the job You'll play a critical role in supporting the financial health and key business decisions by providing accurate and insightful financial data.
Your work will be instrumental in supporting our Finance Director to optimise our financial performance, ensuring financial sustainability for the Hospice.
The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of financial management principles, you will be a strong communicator with the ability to build and maintain relationships.
The successful candidate will be familiar with a broad range of financial management systems and processes and possess strong Excel skills with excellent attention to detail.
We offer a range of benefits and we will provide you with a comprehensive induction and lots of support along the way.
If youre excited about the opportunity to contribute to our Charitys financial success and make a difference to local families, wed love to hear from you.
Apply now and take the next step in your career!
Applications will be considered as they come through.
About us Proudly serving the community since 1987, Thames Hospice provides compassionate, specialist palliative and endof-life care for people with a life-limiting condition.
We employ over 300 dedicated and highly experienced staff who, with the support of over 1000 volunteers, provided outstanding care to 3000 people last year in their homes and at the Hospice.
Job description Job responsibilities Supporting the strategic aims of the Hospice:You'll ensure that budgets, financial monitoring and advice supports the delivery of our strategy to provide quality of life, to the end of life, for everyone.You'll work collaboratively with leaders within the organisation, Trustees, and wider stakeholders across the health and care system to deliver the Hospices objectives.You'll work closely with the Finance Director to provide strategic financial insights, improve operations, drive the charitys growth, and ensure its long term financial sustainability Financial Accountability:You'll ensure reliable and timely budgets are developed with appropriate assumptions and they are regularly reviewed with any forecast amendments.
Supporting the annual budget and business planning process will include reviewing with budget holders and producing budget schedules for committee and board approval.You'll support the organisation by providing management information, analysis and insights.
You'll provide constructive challenge to enable effective and informed decision making by the Senior Management Team and budget holdersUsing your strong financial acumen youll support others to manage budgets and develop a cost conscious culture, which helps ensure financial sustainability for the futureYou will take responsibility for the delivery and audit of year end accounts and ensure the Finance team and Company Secretary meet statutory and accounting regulationsYou will ensure the charity has robust financial systems and processes in place to safeguard its assets and ensure accuracy of reporting.
You will review internal controls to ensure they meet ongoing operational requirements.You will be the super user (system administrator) for financial and banking software and continuously improve/develop use of the systems and processes to support the financial activities of the HospiceYou are likely to be leading the implementation of a new financial accounting system within the next two yearsYou'll oversee the gift aid processes, VAT returns and other statutory reporting processes, providing assurance that they are completed accurately and implement any changes to processes as required by changes in legislation.You will ensure completion and submission of monthly, quarterly, annual returns as require to (for example)oCharity CommissionoOffice of National StatisticsoCompanies HouseoThe Gambling CommissionoHospice UK.You'll liaise with external service providers including auditors, insurers, bank, investment managers, consultants and charity finance specialistsYou'll ensure the day to day income processing, bank account management, purchase and sales ledger processing, reconciliations and cash flow forecasts are completed in an accurate and timely way.You'll carry out project work as directed by the Finance Director Supportive Culture:You'll work with passion and dedication as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of accurate and timely management accounts and supporting information each month.
Youll work with the Executive Team and senior leaders from across the Hospice to ensure financial accountability.You'll manage the Finance Team in accordance with our values and the culture we set for Thames HospiceYou'll ensure all communication is accurate, timely and aligned to our valuesYou'll maintain confidentiality and data protection regarding all personal, financial and operating information in line with legislation and hospice policiesYou'll continuously learn and develop professional and managerial competences, and teach others where required to do so You'll manage conflict, complexity and day to day demands, and ensure the Finance Team is effective and productiveYou'll be empowered to recruit, engage, and develop our people within an inclusive, diverse, learning and collaborative culture, living our values.You'll deputise for the Finance Director as required, and provide cover for other roles within the team when needed.You'll be empowered to recruit, engage, and develop our people within an inclusive, diverse, learning and collaborative culture, living our values.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential In possession of a recognised professional accountancy qualification CIMA, ACCA or equivalent with significant post qualification experience Experience Essential To be successful in this role you need to be a self-starter, highly motivated enthusiastic and able to use your own initiative.
We want you to be committed to delivering quality of life, to the end of life, for everyone, ensuring the patient is central to all decisions regarding the provision of their care.
You must be able to quickly build a rapport and establish professional relationships with others, based on trust and understanding.
You will be strong in influencing and negotiating to deliver the right outcomes for the Hospice.
Able to operate whilst being calm under pressure, open minded and organised.
Able to adapt to changing priorities and wider organisational changes.
Able to lead team members effectively, prioritising workload and meeting deadlines.
You will have experience of managing or supervising staff, including recruitment, annual appraisals, setting objectives, developing staff and managing performance Confident to take responsibility for you own actions and make decisions in line with policies and without referring to others.
Experience of proactively identifying potential financial challenges and possible solutions.
Skilled to use our IT systems management accounting software, reporting tools, databases, Power BI, Office 365, including Excel to a particularly high level.
Experience of implementing new financial systems and processes.
Experience of Financial analysis, modelling, preparing business cases and budgeting/forecasting.
oStatutory accounts production.
oProducing and submitting VAT returns.
Knowledge of charity accounting and tax regulations Experience of taking an active role in the improvement and streamlining of finance processes.
Able to communicate very effectively, both verbally and in writing, adapting your style to suit the audience in particular you must be able to present complex financial information in a meaningful and accessible way to a non-finance audience.
Desirable Experience of management and financial accounting in a similar role in a small to medium sized organisation, experience of working in a charity or other not for profit organisation is highly desirable but not essential.