A charity in Westbury are looking to appoint a CFO to improve and lead their finances.Reporting to the COO you will be responsible for:

• All aspects of the finance function, preparing reports and other financial information, ensuring all appropriate financial processes and procedures, and cash management controls are in place, and overseeing assistant and administration support.
• Developing financial and other reports to help the Executive team to effectively plan, manage and drive the organisation forwards.
• Identify, maintain and monitor the risks that the charity is subject to.
• Actively manage financial risks and ensure that they are mitigated as far as possible by implementing and managing adequate and effective financial controls across the organisation.
• Input into strategic leadership and planning to ensure strategic decisions are fully evaluated from a financial perspective, reported on, and that strategic objectives are met.
• Ensuring regular and ad hoc internal and external reporting is relevant and developed (incorporating agreed KPI's) and reported in a timely and effective manner.
• Working with the Executive team as appropriate, ensuring funding applications are researched, prepared and submitted to Trusts and other grant awarding bodies as agreed.
• With the Executive team, ensuring that good relations are maintained with external funding organisations through appropriate communications and other means as appropriate.
• A key part of the Executive team, deputising for the COO as appropriate, and working alongside other members of the Executive.
• Attend quarterly Trustee meetings, Finance Committee meetings and other meetings as appropriate, ensuring adequate financial information is provided as appropriate in advance.

• Please note, in accordance with Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010, there is a Genuine Occupational Requirement for the successful candidate to be an Evangelical Christian, as you will be expected to lead prayer and be able to communicate a passion to make Jesus known in local churches across the UK as part of your role.
• Be able to lead staff in online twice weekly prayer meetings, and every other weekly staff meetings.
• Be an effective advocate for the charity and its beneficiaries by being able to clearly communicate, in one-to-one settings and via presentations, the charities' passion to make Jesus known in local churches.
• A strong multi-tasker, with excellent organisational and administration skills.
• High attention to detail, excellent mathematical skills, with an ability to spot numerical errors.
• An understanding of data privacy and confidentiality standards.
• Self-motivated and able to work alone, with excellent time management, as well as working as part of a team.
• Able to build relationships with faith-based key donors, funding organisations and stakeholders and communicate a passion to make Jesus known in local churches across the UK.
• A personable individual, with a proven high level of integrity.

Experience of

• Using Microsoft Office products, particularly Microsoft Excel, and high level experience of I.T. software.
• Financial management and accounting software e.g. QuickBooks.
• Developing and monitoring large budgets with various department priorities.
• Managing, reviewing and updating financial reports.
• Managing, reviewing and updating financial management systems.
• SORP/Charity Accounting.
• Identifying, managing and mitigating risk in an organisation.
• Contact with faith-based funding organisations and charity sector organisations.

Characteristics

• Passionate for the charities vision to help local churches across the UK to make Jesus known, and able to articulate this to external contacts e.g. supporters, key donors and grant making trusts.
• Be an active member of a local church, and experience engaging in evangelistic activities in a local church.

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