Head of Finance

Head of Finance

London

£48,000 - £52,000 per annum

We are looking for an experienced individual to join us as Head of Finance, undertaking primary responsibility for ensuring robust financial management of the Elrha portfolio and supporting the development of a new business model for the organisation.

Elrha, hosted by Save the Children UK, is an initiative dedicated to improving humanitarian outcomes by enabling and supporting research, innovation and partnership that address pressing humanitarian challenges. We fund and support research and innovation projects around the world and work closely with humanitarian organisations, the international research community, the private sector and other actors engaged in research and innovation.

As Head of Finance you will provide financial oversight and reporting on the financial performance of Elrha, and support the organisation as it develops and implements its new business model. In addition you will:

Develop and maintain the financial controls of Elrha, ensuring donor compliance and best practice

• Oversee the development and compliance of all sub-granting processes within Elrha
• Ensure the Mandatory Operating Procedures for our grantee programme are robust and fit for purpose
• Prepare the annual budget for Elrha in line with SCUK requirements
• Provide consistent, robust and expert financial advice to Directors, Senior Management, colleagues and Board.

To be successful you will be a qualified accountant with significant experience in senior finance roles, both financial and management accounting. You will have excellent communication skills with the ability to present to a broad range of people internally and externally including non-financial specialists. In addition you will have:

• Experience in the preparation, monitoring and reporting of budgets and financial management information with multiple and complex funding arrangements
• Experience of developing and establishing financial processes and controls required for working within an international grant-making organisation
• Excellent working knowledge of accounting systems, specifically Agresso
• Strong problem solving skills with excellent analytical and interpretive ability
• Experience of management at a senior level.

We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: 9 November 2016. Interviews will provisionally be held on the 15^th November in central London