Head of Financial Operations / Financial Controller £75,000 - £85,000 + excellent benefits Home-based with occasional UK travel
We're partnering with a well-known national charity to recruit a Head of Financial Operations / Financial Controller. This is a pivotal leadership role within a progressive finance function undergoing significant transformation and modernisation.
Reporting to the CFO, you'll lead the organisation's financial operations, ensuring robust financial controls, high-quality reporting, and efficient end-to-end finance processes. You'll also play a key role in embedding a recently implemented finance system and driving continuous improvement across the function.
Key responsibilities: - Lead all financial operations, ensuring an effective, efficient and customer-focused finance service.
- Oversee month-end, year-end and statutory reporting processes.
- Maintain a strong financial control framework and support external audit activity.
- Lead Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Order-to-Cash (O2C) and Record-to-Report (R2R) processes.
- Manage treasury, cashflow forecasting, VAT, taxation and payroll operations.
- Drive automation, process improvement and systems optimisation.
- Develop and lead a high-performing finance team.
- Partner with stakeholders across the organisation to support strategic objectives.
About you: - Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Significant experience leading a financial control, financial operations or controllership function.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge and financial reporting expertise.
- Proven experience managing month-end and year-end close processes.
- Experience overseeing transactional finance, treasury, VAT and payroll.
- Strong leadership skills with experience developing and managing teams.
- Track record of driving process improvement, systems enhancement and operational efficiency.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
Why apply? This is an opportunity to join a purpose-driven organisation making a genuine impact across communities nationwide. You'll have the chance to shape the future of the finance function, influence strategic decision-making and lead a significant programme of continuous improvement within a complex and rewarding environment.
