Financial Controller - Altum Consulting : Job Details

Finance Controller

(Female Applicants Only)

Salary £53-57K per annum | 35 hours per week | Permanent

Hybrid working pattern (2 days in office)

Women and Girls Network (WGN) is a specialist therapeutic service leading in developing and delivering innovative and effective counselling services for women and girls who have experienced all forms of gender-based violence. We aim to ensure that we proactively provide services which meet the needs of the women and girls who access them. Our goal is to promote, preserve, and restore the mental health and wellbeing of women and girls, to empower them to make a total and sustainable recovery from the experiences of violence. VAWG crimes, which include domestic abuse, rape, sexual assault, stalking, and harassment, accounted for 20% of total police recorded crime in England and Wales between 2022 and 2023. Do you want to make a difference? If so, read on.

We are excited to be advertising this newly created role as part of WGN's growth. This role will be the lead on the finance function. Reporting into the Director of Finance and Resources, the role works closely with stakeholders across the organisation including executive leadership, with a specific focus on working closely with the Director and external auditors. The role will have two direct reports - Finance Business Partner and Finance Officer. This is a hands on role and will have full responsibility for the finance function on a day to day and medium term basis. The Financial Controller is to lead on all financial systems set up and upgrades as well.

Although the organisation is well established, this is a growing sector, and the organisation has gone through rapid change over the past few years and is therefore offering the right candidate a great opportunity to deliver change and make a real difference to WGN's staff and clients.

Role Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the management and development of the Finance Business Partner and Finance Officer.
• Preparing the year-end statutory accounts and liaising with external auditors.
• Responsible for ensuring that all financial controls are implemented and adhered to within the organisation, in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Supporting non-finance colleagues and stakeholders in understanding all requirements related to the funding agreements.
• Leading the month-end process with the support of the Finance Business Partner and the Finance Officer.
• Leading on all financial systems set up and upgrades as well.
• Ensuring that all restricted funds are used in accordance with the funding agreements.
• Responsible for treasury and investment management across the organisation.
• Ensuring all payroll payments are made on time.
• Leading the procurement function across the organisation.

If you are someone who has strong financial reporting, budget setting, and year end processing skills, with a keen eye on details and drive to facilitate change and enhance the finance function this role would be for you.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience in working with the charity sector in a similar role for at least two years.
• Work well with non-finance colleagues and trustees in delivering key financial reports in an easy-to-understand manner.
• Be a qualified accountant.
• Be comfortable working in a 'hands-on' environment

A commitment to WGN's goals is key requirement, as well as a pro-active and collaborative working approach.

Employee benefits are competitive for our sector and size and can be found on our website or can be requested from the HR team.

We welcome and encourage applications from women of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Minority and Ethnic communities.

Altum Consulting are managing the recruitment process on behalf of WGN so please apply now or contact Imogen Brown on to speak in more detail about the role. You will be required to complete an application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring form. Please visit support-us/work-with-us to download an application pack.

The deadline for this role is 11th October at 9am. Interviews are likely to be held w/c 15th October, however this is subject to change and could be sooner. These will likely be held remotely.

These posts are subject to satisfactory references and DBS checks.

WGN is an equal opportunities employer.

The above post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1