Charity Treasurer

EASTLEIGH YOUTH & COMMUNITY TRUST– CHARITY TREASURER

Our trustees play a vital role in making sure that Eastleigh Youth and Community Trust achieves its core purpose. They oversee the overall management and administration of the charity. They also ensure that the charity has a clear strategy and that our work and goals are in line with our vision. Just as importantly, they support and challenge the executive team to enable the charity to grow and thrive, and through this, achieve our mission.

Board members have a collective responsibility. This means that trustees act as a group and not as individuals.

• Support and provide advice on Eastleigh Youth and Community Trust’s purpose, vision, goals and activities.
• Approve operational strategies and policies, and monitor and evaluate their implementation.
• Oversee the Trust’s financial plans and budgets.
• Monitor and evaluate progress against targets.
• Ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation.
• Ensure that key risks are being identified, monitored and controlled effectively.
• Review and approve the Trust’s financial statements.
• Provide support and challenge to the CEO in the exercise of their delegated authority and affairs.
• Keep abreast of changes in the Trust’s operating environment.
• Contribute to regular reviews of the Trust’s own governance. Attend Board meetings, adequately prepared to contribute to discussions.
• Use independent judgment, acting legally and in good faith to promote and protect the Trust’s interests, to the exclusion of their own personal and/or any third‑party interests.
• Contribute to the broader promotion of the Trust’s objects, aims and reputation by applying personal skills, expertise, knowledge and contacts.

As a small charity, there will be times when Trustees will be required to be actively involved beyond Board meetings. This may involve scrutinising board papers, leading discussions, focusing on key issues, providing advice and guidance on new initiatives, presenting externally, or other issues in which the Trustee has special expertise.

As well as fulfilling the duties of a Trustee, the Treasurer maintains an overview of the Trust’s financial affairs. The Treasurer ensures that effective and appropriate financial measures, controls and procedures are put in place and reports to the Board at regular intervals about the financial health of the organisation.

Responsibilities include:

• Overseeing the preparation and presentation of budgets, monthly, internal management accounts, updated forecasts and annual financial statements to the Board of Trustees
• Ensuring that proper accounting records are kept, and that appropriate accounting procedures and controls are in place.
• Ensuring that robust and comprehensive financial policies are in place and being implemented, and supporting the development of policies covering financial reserves, and cost management.
• Monitoring and advising on the financial viability of the charity.
• Overseeing financial controls and adherence to procedures, regularly liaising with the General Manager.
• Assisting with the training, mentoring and development of staff to enhance their skills in financial management and accounting
• Advising on the financial implications of the charity’s strategic plan, including overseeing the charity’s financial risk‑management process
• Ensuring investments and assets are maximised.
• Leading on the appointment of and liaison with external auditors.
• Ensuring that the accounts are prepared and disclosed in the form required by relevant statutory bodies, for example, the Charity Commission and/or the Registrar of Companies.
• Keeping the board informed about its financial duties and responsibilities and liaising with the General Manager and the Trust Chair to develop the financial understanding of the Board.

We are looking for people willing to bring energy, enthusiasm and commitment to the role, and who will broaden the diversity of thinking on our board.

The ideal candidate will be a finance professional, ideally with a knowledge of charity finance. If your experience isn’t as charity-minded, then an enthusiasm to…