Head of Financial Operations

Salary: £80,000 – £85,000 per annum
Location: London (Hybrid Working)
Contract: Permanent, Full Time

You’ll lead the day to day finance operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls and efficient transactional finance processes. You’ll also drive continuous improvement, optimise finance systems and develop a high performing team capable of supporting the charity’s strategic ambitions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operation of the finance function, ensuring efficient, accurate and customer-focused financial services.
• Oversee all financial operations, including Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Order-to-Cash (O2C), Record-to-Report (R2R), payroll, treasury, VAT and corporate tax.
• Lead the month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Maintain a robust financial control environment and ensure all balance sheet reconciliations are completed accurately.
• Oversee the preparation of statutory accounts and manage the external audit process.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant accounting standards, tax legislation and financial regulations.
• Manage cash flow, treasury activities and banking relationships, producing accurate cash flow forecasts and optimising liquidity.
• Lead VAT and corporate tax compliance, ensuring accurate submissions and providing technical guidance where required.
• Act as the business owner for the finance system, driving optimisation, automation and continuous process improvement.
• Develop and implement finance policies, procedures and internal control frameworks to strengthen governance and minimise risk.
• Drive improvements across transactional finance through automation, standardisation and enhanced management information.
• Lead, coach and develop the Financial Operations team, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and excellent customer service.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders to ensure finance operates as a trusted business partner across the organisation.

Experience Required:

• A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Significant experience leading a financial control or financial operations function.
• Extensive experience managing month-end and year-end reporting, statutory accounts and external audits.
• Strong knowledge of financial controls, governance and internal control frameworks.
• Experience overseeing Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash and Record-to-Report processes.
• Experience managing treasury, cash flow, payroll, VAT and corporate taxation.
• Experience implementing or optimising ERP finance systems and driving finance transformation.
• Strong leadership experience, with a proven ability to develop high-performing teams.
• Experience working in the not-for-profit (NFP) sector at “Head of” level.
• A proactive mindset with a passion for process improvement, automation and delivering operational excellence.

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If you’re an accomplished finance leader looking for an opportunity to shape financial operations, strengthen governance and lead continuous improvement, we’d love to hear from you.