Director of Finance

Working closely with the Chief Executive, Board of Trustees, Finance Committee and Executive Team, the Director of Finance will provide strategic financial leadership, ensuring the organisation has robust financial management, strong governance, effective controls and high-quality financial insight to support confident decision making.

The role combines strategic leadership and finance business partnering with hands-on delivery. With a small finance team, you will set the financial direction and also stay close to the detail, producing and reviewing key outputs yourself. The successful candidate will lead the finance function, develop financial systems and processes, support organisational growth and ensure Together Women continues to operate with the highest standards of financial management and governance.

Thisrole is about much more than producing financial reports. It is about influencing decisions, identifying opportunities, managing risk and providing trusted advice that enables the organisation to deliver its mission and achieve its long-term ambitions.

What We Are Looking For

We want a strategic finance leader who is also an experienced finance business partner. We are particularly looking for someone who:

• has shaped long-term financial strategy, modelling and planning, and advised a Chief Executive and Board on financial sustainability;
• has worked alongside non-finance managers as a business partner, helping them understand and own their budgets, cost services and contracts, and make informed decisions;
• is comfortable leading a small team of two Finance Administrators and getting involved in management accounts, forecasts and year-end work when needed.

Please use your supporting statement to give clear examples of your strategic finance and business partnering experience. These will be the main focus of shortlisting.

The role is only open to women, in accordance with the sex-based exemptions of the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.

• Provide strategic financial leadership across the organisation
• Develop long term financial plans that support Together Women's strategic ambitions
• Advise the Chief Executive, Executive Team and Board on financial strategy, sustainability
• Lead financial modelling, scenario planning and business planning
• Ensurethe organisation maintains appropriate reserves, cashflow and financial resilience
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, maximise resources and strengthen financial sustainability

• Work collaboratively as a member of the Executive Team to shape organisational strategy and performance
• Actas a trusted adviser to the Chief Executive, providing timely, balanced and commercially astute financial advice
• Build strong relationships with Directors and managers, supporting them to understand financial performance, manage budgets and make informed decisions
• Provide regular, hands-on business partnering to service managers and budget holders across our services, including monthly budget reviews, contract performance and full cost recovery.
• Help managers build their financial confidence so they understand, own and are accountable for their budgets.
• Support the development of new services, contracts and business opportunities through financial modelling and costing
• Contribute to organisational planning, transformation and continuous improvement

• Lead the preparation of annual budgets, management accounts, statutory accounts and financial forecasts
• Ensure robust financial controls, compliance and effective governance across the organisation
• Leadthe annual audit process and maintain excellent relationships with external auditors
• Ensure compliance with charity, company and financial legislation
• Present high-quality financial reports to the Board of Trustees and Finance Committee, translating complex financial information into clear, meaningful insight
• Ensure effective management of restricted funds, grant reporting and contract finances

• Provide leadership, support and development to the finance team, creating a high performing and customer focused finance service
• Lead from the front in a small team of two Finance Administrators, carrying out technical work such as month-end, management accounts and year-end preparation where needed.
• Develop efficient financial systems, processes and controls that support a growing organisation
• Promote continuous…