Finance Manager – Secondment

The Faraday Institution is offering a short-term Finance Manager secondment for three days per week for up to six months. The secondee will support the outgoing Finance Manager, helping to maintain continuity, transfer knowledge and ensure strong financial management and assurance during the transition.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and working closely with the Finance Analyst, the secondee will oversee day-to-day finance operations, management accounts, cash flow, budgets and forecasts, grant and funder reporting, financial controls, year-end and audit preparation, and Board and committee reporting. The role also includes oversight of the outsourced IT service.

The assignment offers broad exposure to charity and grant-funded finance, governance, audit and business partnering in a small, purpose-led organisation, with the opportunity to make an immediate and visible contribution.

We are seeking a qualified finance professional, ideally ACCA or CIMA, with strong technical accounting, financial control and communication skills. Experience in a charity, research, academic or grant-funded environment would be helpful.

• Commitment: three days per week
• Duration: up to six months
• Location: Harwell Campus, near Oxford, with hybrid working and an expectation of regular office attendance
• Reporting to: Chief Operating Officer
• Timing: to be agreed with the successful candidate and their employing organisation

The Faraday Institution is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community and welcomes expressions of interest from all sections of the community.