Head of Finance

Salary:44105

Hours: 30 hours Monday - Friday

Location: Huddersfield

Responsible to: Finance & Corporate Services Director

Responsible for: Finance Team

Benefits: Entry into Peoples Pension death in service benefit (3 x salary) out of pocket expenses free on-site parking free access to confidential and extensive wellbeing support generous holiday entitlement (26 days plus bank holidays rising to 31 days after 5 years for a full time employee pro rata for part time) free tea / coffee sight tests and flu jabs and excellent learning and development opportunities.

OVERVIEW OF ROLE

In this key senior role at Forget Me Not Childrens Hospice where every penny helps us support children with life-shortening conditions and their families youll provide strategic and operational leadership of the finance function ensuring strong financial stewardship robust governance and clear insight to support organisational sustainability and impact.

Working closely with the finance & corporate services director senior management team trustee board and budget holders youll shape financial strategy lead budgeting forecasting and long-term financial planning and provide constructive challenge that enables confident decision-making across the organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong senior management experience excellent technical finance skills and a clear vision for continuous improvement. A key priority will be to maximise the potential of our new finance system which went live on 1st April embedding improved processes better reporting stronger data quality and greater efficiency across the finance function.

If youre looking for a strategic finance leadership role where you can strengthen systems support great decision-making and see the value of your work every day then we want to hear from you.

For an informal chat about this role please contact Nici ODowd (Finance & Corporate Services Director) via email protected

Interviews to take place Tuesday 20th October

For more information about Forget Me Not Childrens Hospice please see our recruitment pack 2026

JOB DESCRIPTION

Role Summary

The Head of Finance provides strategic and operational leadership for the organisations finance function ensuring accurate reporting strong financial control effective governance and clear financial insight to support sustainability accountability and impact.

As a senior member of the management team the role combines strategic financial leadership with hands-on oversight of reporting compliance payroll audit budgeting forecasting and team development. You will play a central role in improving financial systems and processes including embedding and maximising the benefit of the new finance system implemented on 1st April.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership of the finance function ensuring a high-quality efficient compliant and responsive service.
• Contribute as a senior management leader bringing financial expertise commercial awareness and constructive challenge to organisational decision-making.
• Lead manage and develop the finance team ensuring clear accountability effective performance management wellbeing and continuous improvement.
• Lead budgeting forecasting cashflow management and long-term financial planning ensuring robust oversight of financial sustainability risk and resource allocation.
• Provide clear timely and insightful financial reporting and analysis to budget holders senior leaders the Senior Management Team Trustee Board and relevant Sub Committees.
• Oversee accurate monthly management accounts statutory reporting year-end accounts and preparation for external audit.
• Maintain and strengthen financial controls governance frameworks policies and procedures across the organisation and trading company.
• Ensure compliance with relevant statutory regulatory charity accounting payroll tax and reporting requirements.
• Oversee payroll delivery ensuring accuracy timeliness appropriate controls reconciliations and alignment with People processes.
• Lead finance process improvement maximising the benefits of systems data and automation to improve efficiency reporting quality controls and user experience.
• Embed and develop effective workflows data quality and reporting from the new finance system to support better decision-making across the organisation.
• Lead and strengthen procurement and contract management processes ensuring value for money clear accountability appropriate controls and effective supplier relationships.
• Lead the…