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Part of the Business Services and Compliance directorate, the Chief Financial Officer is an influential and strategic role at Migrant Help. You will oversee financial operations across the group, ensuring robust controls, insightful reporting and efficient systems, supporting financial sustainability and resilience. You will be instrumental in evaluating business decisions, managing relationships with key partners, and driving continuous improvement across processes. With gravitas and credibility, the CFO will challenge constructively, foster cross-functional collaboration, and contribute to our long-term success as a trusted and forward-thinking partner.
Job Responsibility:
Leading in partnership with the CEOs, Senior Leadership and the boards to successfully develop, implement and monitor the organisational strategic plans
Creating, developing and implementing the respective Business Services & Compliance strategies
Creating a culture which embodies the organisational values, strategic objectives and purpose
Contributing to the overall success of the organisation in accordance with its aims and objectives
Working with CEO and senior leadership, align financial planning with strategic goals
Collaborate with senior leadership to align priorities and provide appropriate and timely support for service delivery
Overseeing finance and governance structures, systems and processes
Providing excellent stewardship of Migrant Help’s resources, to deliver value for money
Working across leadership to provide effective governance in line with charity and legal requirements and best practice
Providing an inspirational leadership presence, visible and accessible throughout the organisation
Participating at Board, Committee, Leadership and Management meetings
Leading an expert team to provide advice and guidance on legal, commercial, financial, compliance and governance matters
Supporting workforce planning efforts
Overseeing financial management, planning, budgeting, reporting, audit processes and compliance
Supporting the maintenance of reserves in alignment with our reserves policy
Leading banking and treasury management
Collaborating with the Technology, Innovation and Insight function to design, implement and optimise core systems
Commissioning services, projects or activity that supports the delivery of Business Services & Compliance objectives
Maintaining a clear understanding of and providing or sourcing up-to-date knowledge of the legal framework and best practice
Line management of senior managers within the Business Services and Compliance function
Driving continuous improvement throughout the organisation
Working closely with the CEOs and leadership, directing, developing and implementing effective strategies for transformation
Developing senior and future leaders and maintaining a succession planning strategy
Support activity to promote sustainability and the achievement of social value in our work
Managing excellent relationships with stakeholders
Maintaining and enhancing the reputation of Migrant Help and Clear Voice
Promoting equity, diversity and inclusion
Encouraging and enabling working with clients through our Lived Experience Advisory Panels to coproduce services
Requirements:
Demonstrable proven experience in senior finance leadership role (e.g. CFO, FD) in a fast-growing, people focussed organisation
leadership of other functional support service areas, such as IT, Commercial, Quality or Facilities
demonstrable creative approach to development, implementation and evaluation of finance and business support services strategy
understanding digital service development and delivery, with experience in finance system transformation
ability to understand, evaluate and advocate effective and persuasive strategies
excellent people leadership, coaching and team-building skills
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
This post is subject to Security Clearance (SC)
Be able to provide a valid passport
Be able to provide continuous UK address history for the previous 5 years
Provide full employment history for the previous 3 years and/or suitable documentation to cover any gaps in employment
What we offer:
Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work life balance
Enhanced family friendly provisions
Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro-rata)
Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave
Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions
Wellbeing support
Migrant Help offers employees a non-contributory pension scheme Migrant Help pays 8% worth of employee salary into the pension scheme