Finance Manager

Community Alliance Broxbourne & East Herts is a leading infrastructure charity. We are a growing organisation with an ambition to support the voluntary sector achieve meaningful change across Broxbourne and East Herts. We work alongside local authorities, statutory organisations and private sector businesses to deliver a number of community-based projects every year. Learn more about our mission and work at

This is a part-time, working 22 to 26 hours over a four day week, working from the Community Alliance Broxbourne and East Herts (CABEH) main office in Stansted Abbotts with occasional travel to community hubs across East Herts and Broxbourne, inclusive of opportunities for home working. The Finance Manager will lead on the day-to-day financial management of the charity and will also develop financial related processes and functions to enable more efficient ways of working across the organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated team of staff and volunteers in achieving our strategic goals. The role holder will lead on all aspects of finance related activity from the day-to-day tasks such as managing invoices and payments, producing relevant regular reports such as management accounts and ensuring compliance and control measures are met. The role will also support our strategic business plan goal to design and implement new processes and systems of working that create effective and efficient ways of working.

• A recognised accountancy qualification (AAT/ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• At least five years experience managing accounts, financial control and planning budgets across multiple expenditure lines and cost centres
• At least five years recent experience of producing month-end management accounts and audited year-end financial accounts
• Sound knowledge of accrual accountancy
• Knowledge on developing and implementing financial procedures

• Excellent organisation skills and self-motivation - able to create and follow processes, manage conflicting priorities and meet deadlines with attention to detail
• Excellent IT and digital skills applied to a finance role, working independently using a range of applications, software and Microsoft Office, in particular advanced Excel skills and use of Quick Books
• Communication skills - proven ability to present reports verbally and in writing to non-finance staff to explain complex information to develop budgets and forecasts, write and present reports
• Analytical and interpretive skills in financial and non-financial data including a working knowledge of cash flow and budgets related to business planning