Head of Financial Accounting and Systems Improvements


Location:
Homebased/hybrid, within commutable distance of Central Office, London

Contract Type: Permanent/Full time



Salary:
£65,000 per annum

Hours: 37.5

Benefits: Generous Holiday allowance, Season Ticket loan, Cycle to work scheme, Charity worker discounts, Enhanced maternity package, Wellness, inclusion, and diversity groups, EAP scheme, Life assurance.

Are you ready to take your finance career to the next level? Do you thrive on driving change and ensuring financial excellence in an organisation? If so, there is an exciting opportunity for you!

About the Role:

As the Head of Financial Accounting and Systems Improvements, you will play a pivotal role in revolutionising how the finance department operates. You will ensure that all key financial documents are created in a timely way, providing the organisation with strong and robust financial procedures and information. Your leadership will empower the finance team and the wider organisation to embrace new systems and innovative ways of working.

Key responsibilities include:

Sage Intacct Champion: Lead and support the rollout of Sage Intacct across the organisation, fostering a culture of "self-serve" budgeting and empowering budget holders.

Process Improvement: Continuously review and enhance finance processes for efficiency, documenting the department's methods through a comprehensive Statement of Operating Practice.

Dashboard Implementation: Introduce and manage the use of dashboards, providing real-time insights across the organisation.

Team Leadership: Manage and mentor the Finance Officer and Finance Assistant, ensuring their professional development aligns with the department’s Key Performance Indicators. Your leadership will set the standard for excellence and growth.

Collaboration: Work closely with key stakeholders, including the Head of Commercial Accounting, Strategic Business Partnering, and the Director of Finance & ICT, to ensure budget holders have timely, accurate financial information. The goal? Deliver a 5-star service to the organization!

Why Join Them?

This is more than just a finance role-it's an opportunity to be at the forefront of financial transformation. If you're a dynamic leader with a passion for process improvement and systems innovation, they want to hear from you!

What They Offer:

The organisation offers a wide range of employee benefits including free confidential advice and counselling services, cycle to work scheme, life assurance, eye care vouchers, generous annual leave plus more. You will have the chance to attend internal training events to further develop yourself as an effective support worker and undergo a thorough induction process, supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.

How to Apply:

If you feel you meet the requirements of this post, please complete an application form by clicking the apply now button.

They reserve the right to close this vacancy early if they receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Other Information:

The organisation is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applications including those with a criminal conviction (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment).

This post is subject to a 6-month probationary period, verification of identity and proven right to work in the UK, satisfactory references from previous employers covering a 3-year period, declaration of any unspent criminal convictions (and where appropriate a satisfactory risk assessment), Disclosure and Barring Service check.

If you have lived overseas for over 12 months (in the past 10 years while aged 18 or over), you will need to supply a certificate of good conduct from the Police Force of the country of residence.

The organisation is a pioneering national charity that provides caring and life-changing services to men and women in prison, to people with convictions on release and in the community, and to their children and families.

Their vision is of a society in which justice is understood as a process of restoration and healing, in which prisons are used sparingly and as places of learning and rehabilitation, and in which the innate dignity and worth of every human being is valued. They work for the common good of society, taking a public health-based approach. They work at the intersection of criminal justice, child and family welfare, mental health, wellbeing provision, and health & social care.

Their volunteers and staff can be found in courts, prisons, probation services, and in communities across England & Wales. They are a diverse, inclusive, modern, and collaborative charity. They build effective partnerships and sustainable solutions based on their well-established understanding of the systems in which they work, and on their historic values and ethos developed through their 120+ years of service delivery.

You may have experience in the following: Head of Financial Accounting, Financial Systems Improvement Manager, Head of Finance Systems, Financial Operations Director, Director of Accounting and Systems, Chief Accounting Officer, Financial Systems Optimization Lead, Financial Process Improvement Manager, Director of Financial Reporting and Systems, and Head of Accounting Transformation.

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