Director of Finance, IT & Planning

Director of Finance, IT & Planning

Horsham, West Sussex, with flexibility to be based elsewhere for part of the week

Competitive Package

At the RSPCA, we’re proud to be the oldest welfare charity. We’ve been saving animals for almost 200 years, driven by our vision to end the misery of the thousands who suffer from neglect, cruelty and abuse each year. But there is still much to do.

To position the Society to make a more significant difference for animals, we have embarked on a journey of transformation that builds on our substantial heritage and the exceptional work we already do. This is a change agenda that reaches across the organisation. It is ambitious and will ensure that the Society is an organisation that can adapt, innovate and collaborate to deliver its mission and vision. Central to this is engaging with and mobilising a new generation of supporters, donors, volunteers, activists, campaigners and workers around animal welfare. 

As our new Director of Finance, IT and Planning, you will be a key member of the Executive Leadership team in driving these initiatives forward. Providing financial leadership and strategic advice to the CEO, the wider Executive Leadership Team and the Board of Trustees, you will lead a significant Finance, IT and planning agenda across the Society.

As well as a key contributor to the transformation agenda, there is also a significant focus required to organise and position the Finance, IT and Planning function as true enablers to the organisation, driving the introduction and embedding of robust, and disciplined processes and practices Society wide and working in partnership to build organisational plans and performance measurements.

We are looking for a strategic and senior finance professional for this Director of Finance, IT and Planning role, who is strong both strategically and operationally, with the depth of experience and bandwidth to lead across Finance, IT , Business and operational planning and reporting. You will be pragmatic with a focus on delivery and an outward facing leader who understands how this role is critical in supporting and enabling the organisation’s strategic plan.  As adept with people as you are with numbers, you will bring the skills to motivate and lead a large and multidisciplinary team during a time of change and to influence across an organisation of significant scale and complexity. You may already be leading a team or as an experienced manager think it is time for you to step into a true leadership role. Either way this is a challenging and exciting opportunity to make a significant difference.

Whatever your sector background, you will value the role that the RSPCA plays now and recognise its potential to go further in the future.

To find out more and to apply for this Director of Finance, IT and Planning role, please click the 'Apply' button now. For an informal confidential conversation about the Director of Finance, IT and Planning role please contact Katy Giddens on 0203 971 0831.

Closing date is Monday 30^th September 2019.