HEAD OF FINANCE

This is a perfect opportunity for an experienced international charity finance professional.to manage the range of finances in an established and well regarded NGO with global reach,as it embarks on an exciting new journey under new leadership.

The role requires a recognised finance qualification and at least 7 years' experience in charity and not for profit financial management, including budgeting and forecasting at the project, programme and central level, as well as overseeing the life-cycle of grants and other contracts from governments, organisations, wealthy individuals and charitable foundations internationally.

You should also have substantial experience in maintaining and developing robust and user-friendly, financial systems to underpin our work, and in audit processes and accounting software (including SAGE).

We are also looking for someone with excellent communication skills who can work with and present to colleagues across the organisation, understanding the needs of their programmes and projects.and also supporting strategic financial initiatives and projects as they arise.

The organisation is relatively small in terms of staff numbers. The successful candidate should therefore be prepared to be adaptable and flexible and be able to move from more strategic activities to sleeves up work with ease.

Knowledge of other languages