Harris Hill is recruiting for a Permanent Head of Finance for this well-established charity based in Buckinghamshire (Only 1 day a week in the office pw).

• Salary: £50,000pa
• Hybrid Working: 1 day a week is required at their offices
• Requirement: Xero software experience would be advantageous
• Urgent: The client is looking to interview as soon as possible

The Head of Finance will oversee the day-to-day operational accounting for the charity and trading company. Working in collaboration with the team, the interim Head of Finance will be responsible for the professional management of the charity’s accounts, as well as those of the Trading Company, ensuring the charity’s operational effectiveness and efficiency, to include maintaining accurate financial management information and compliance with relevant statutory requirements.

You will be a qualified accountant with experience of Charity financial reporting, using Xero with third party applications such as ZOHO, MAKE , BOLD, budget preparation, charity fund management (restricted & unrestricted funds) and accounting for trading subsidiary

This role benefits from the charity’s remote and flexible work commitments allowing home-based working as a default option but with regular attendance at the charity’s office, particularly for the purposes of team building.

Key areas of responsibilities:

• Ensure effective review, control, and monitoring of income and budgets. 
• Assisting senior managers with budgeting and financial plans for 2023
• Line management of 3 team members
• Leading on preparing for audit, including statutory reporting
• Budget preparation for 2023
• VAT return Sept 2022
• Reconcile and align charity donations across systems
• Preparation for year end – agree audit date, auditor’s attendance at stock take
• Prepare quarterly income and expenditure statement and cash and funding forecasts for the Board of Trustees and, together with the CEO, any other papers required by the Board and the Governance and Resources Committee.