Senior Finance Manager

Reference: 388

Salary: £45,000 - £49,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Hours:

37.5 hours per week

Contract:

Permanent

Responsible to:
Chief Finance & Resources Officer

Working base:
Watford

Hertfordshire Mind is a leading countywide provider of wellbeing services. We are a local Mind, affiliated to national Mind, the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. This means that we are an independent charity responsible for raising our own funds through contracts, grants and fundraising.

We help individuals experiencing mental ill health to make choices, find their solutions, build resilience and manage their wellbeing. We offer opportunities for individuals to get support to allow them to recover from or live with mental ill health.

Working as one Hertfordshire Mind organisation strengthens our ability to reach our communities, collaborate with commissioners and work alongside partners, ensuring our services are sustainable, responsive and able to meet Hertfordshire’s diverse mental health needs.

As the Senior Finance Manager you will be work closely with the Senior Leadership Team (directly supporting the CEO and Senior Management Team) to drive quality financial processes through the core of the organisation.

This is a position offering someone with the appropriate values and experience, the opportunity to play a pivotal role as part of the Senior Management Team (SMT), leading the Finance Department, ensuring that financial & payroll information is processed in accordance with HM procedures & timescales.

• Production of monthly management accounts to Senior Management budget holders
• Line Management of the Finance Administrators & Finance Officer
• Quarterly reconciliations & report for Finance & Growth Committee
• Quarterly reconciliations & reports for Board
• Liaison with the Treasurer as required, being the contact for the Treasurer & other Board members regarding finance information within the charity
• Setting yearly budgets & projections in liaison with Senior Leadership Team
• Assist budget holders in appropriate activity analysis
• Responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely processing of payroll, including reviewing payroll data, validating employee information, checking calculations and meeting all payroll deadlines
• Manage the year end audit process from planning to completion, serving as the main point of contact for external auditors, ensuring all audit schedules and working papers are prepared accurately and on time, and delivering final audited financial statements in accordance with reporting deadlines
• Delegate the investigation of queries from suppliers & staff providing advice & assistance as required
• Produce ad-hoc financial/management information as required by the CEO or Senior Leaders
• To ensure financial systems guarantee clarity of requirement for grant and contract monitoring and compliance.
• Ensure all financial transactions, and sales and purchase invoices are accurately entered by the finance team into Quick Books & ensure financial information is processed in accordance with procedure
• Ensure a comprehensive and appropriate system of internal financial controls that safeguard the organisation and its assets.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of UK accounting requirements and Charity SORP changes that may affect the organisation.
• The position is expected to make recommendations to resolve issues and improve the internal control environment.

• Annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year (pro rata), rising in increments to a max. of 29 days after 5 years employment (plus 8 days Bank Holidays, pro rata)
• An additional day of leave each year for your birthday following completion of probation period.
• Ongoing training…