Job Title: Head of Finance
Location: Rugby, Warwickshire (3 days in the office/2 days from home per week)
Salary: £35,000 – £40,000 per annum depending on experience
Job Type: Permanent, Full time (35 hours per week)
Closing Date: 5pm 2nd August 2022 (Interviews mid-August)
About the Organisation:
This Charity has been dedicated to improving oral health and wellbeing around the world for 50 years, providing expert, independent and impartial advice on all aspects of oral health directly to those who need it most.
Working with government, dental health professionals, brands, manufacturers, industry, national and local agencies, as well as the public, their mission is to address the inequalities which exist in oral health, creating and promoting innovative ways to help everyone achieve better oral health.
About the Role:
This is a unique opportunity to join this national charity as Head of Finance, reporting directly to the CEO.
As Head of Finance, you will work closely with the Executive Management Team (EMT) to provide financial insight for long-term strategy spanning campaigns, communications, fundraising, sales, and operations as well manage the day-to-day finance operations, ensuring the long-term viability of its plans and projects.
You will also ensure that the Foundation meets all its statutory and regulatory compliance requirements.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
Financial integrity and controls, monitoring financial health and sustainability
- Responsible for the effective and efficient operation of the Finance department
- Manage the monitoring and reporting of the financial performance for CEO and Board.
- Lead on statutory annual financial audit and report
- Work with the CEO and EMT on annual budget and business planning
- Facilitate the implementation of budgets with managers ensuring they have the resources required to deliver against strategic goals, and the tools to track and control expenditure.
- Maintain a culture of financial responsibility and value for money across the organisation, sustaining checks and balances on expenditure
- Ensure that robust and transparent financial reporting systems are in place, and adhered to, across the organisation, mitigating the risk of fraud and error
Compliance
- Ensure that the Foundation complies with all financial, reporting and record keeping requirements for its regulatory bodies.
- Lead on working with external auditors in relation to statutory audits
- Lead the month end processes including VAT and Payroll to ensure compliance to all external regulators including HMRC, and pension providers
- Lead on all compliance issues with Charity Commission and Companies House and associated regulations
- Work with Director of Operations to support HR policies: ensuring practices, policies and procedures are in place (related to finances, expenses, allowances) and all legal requirements are complied with; pay reviews and appraisals are conducted
Strategic Development
- Work with the CEO, EMT and our Trustees on the Foundations strategy, optimising financial sustainability while ensuring regulatory compliance
- Proactively contribute to the strategic direction of the charity by preparing financial modelling and forecasts around business growth
About you:
- Experience of delivering the full range of SORP financial and accounting services required by a charity or small business
- Experience of financial strategy, including medium term financial planning and modelling
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively as part of the EMT and under the leadership of the CEO
- Experience in using Sage 50
- Excellent financial reporting and communication skills
What’s on offer:
- Salary: £35-£40k depending on experience
- Hybrid working pattern
- Annual leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays.
- Holiday buy back scheme of up to an additional 10 days’ annual leave: Provided after 12 months employment
- Pension Scheme: 7% employer contribution
- Health Cash Plan: offered 12 months of employment
- Income protection: provided after 2 years’ service
The Oral Health Foundation are committed to equal opportunities therefore do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also support requests for flexible working arrangements wherever possible.
How to Apply:
To apply for this role, please submit a covering letter of no more than 2 pages demonstrating your experience in a similar role and also attach a copy of your most up to date CV.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with experience of: Head of Finance, Finance Director, Financial Controller, Senior Finance Manager, Director of Finance, Finance Management, Finance Services Manager and Finance Officer may also be considered for this role.
