The person

Knowledge

• Up-to-date knowledge of current accounting standards and practices, including requirements under FRS102.
• Understanding of risk management, and how to effectively build this into decision-making frameworks.
• Highly desirable: Knowledge of charity accounting and reporting, including VAT (partial exemption).
• Desirable: Knowledge of housing finance, as it relates to registered providers of social housing.
• Desirable: High level of knowledge and confidence around disability:

• • The social model of disability
  • Understanding of the impact that disability may have for the individual and the people around them
  • A passion for equality, diversity and inclusion and social change

Skills

• Strong financial modelling (Excel) – you will need to develop financial models with varying degrees of complexity
• Strategic thinker with the ability to take broad perspectives internally and externally when solving complex issues, and to be able to communicate findings effectively to a variety of stakeholders via different mediums
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills - Ability to present complex financial information in a clear and simple manner – able to communicate appropriately to financial and non-financial audiences
• Effective planning and organisational capability to manage people, budgets and resources
• Self-starter, able to work on own initiative and manage complex workloads, whilst managing expectations of others.
• Strong coaching skills to empower and enable people to meet their goals and aspirations

Experience

• Leadership of a finance function in a complex and dynamic environment
• Development and implementation of financial management control frameworks, supported by appropriate policies
• Experience of managing the production of management and statutory accounts, and key financial information to different stakeholders, adjusting messaging to meet their needs
• Significant experience of financial forecasting and budgeting, including the consideration of risk and sensitivity analysis
• Embedding performance management into operational activity and delivering improvements against performance targets

Relevant qualifications and training

• Relevant professional finance qualification – ACA, ACCA, ACMA or equivalent, supported by continued professional development

Special conditions

A full driving licence and own transport are essential for non-disabled candidates as applicants should be able to undertake independent travel, but alternative arrangements could be considered for candidates who are disabled.

• The post will be subject to the Disclosure and Barring process (DBS).

Due to Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 we are required to carry out basic checks on every potential employee (including British Citizens and European Economic Area Nationals), to ensure that you have the legal right to work in the UK.  If selected for interview, you will be asked to bring documents that will confirm this.