Director - Financial Control, Operations and Stewardship

Director – Financial Control, Operations & Stewardship Salary: £95,000–£107,000 Permanent Hybrid - Peterborough (once or twice a week) Director-level appointment We are recruiting a Director of Financial Control, Operations & Stewardship for a large, complex and purpose-led organisation. This is a senior finance leadership appointment with organisation-wide responsibility for financial control, statutory reporting, treasury, core finance operations and financial stewardship. Reporting to the Deputy Chief Executive, you will be responsible for ensuring the organisation has a strong control environment, accurate and timely financial information, effective finance operations and a clear programme of continuous improvement. The role You will lead a multi-disciplinary portfolio covering financial control, statutory reporting, treasury, finance operations, operational procurement and elements of property management. Key responsibilities will include:

• Owning the organisation's financial control framework and ensuring the integrity of its books and records
• Leading statutory financial reporting and the Annual Report and Accounts
• Managing the external audit relationship and associated reporting timetable
• Owning month-end and year-end close, balance sheet control, reconciliations and the integrity of financial actuals
• Leading treasury, banking, cash management and liquidity reporting
• Overseeing core financial processing, payments and finance operations
• Providing leadership across operational procurement and procure-to-pay processes
• Driving process improvement, standardisation, systems development and automation
• Improving data quality, reducing unnecessary hand-offs and strengthening service delivery
• Providing assurance and advice to the Deputy Chief Executive, senior leadership and relevant Board committees
• Leading and developing a high-performing multi-disciplinary team The role will also act as a senior leader for the Peterborough office, providing visible leadership and helping ensure effective coordination across teams based at the site. About you You will be a qualified accountant – ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent – with substantial senior leadership experience across financial control and finance operations. You are likely to bring:
• Strong technical accounting and financial reporting knowledge
• Significant experience of statutory reporting and external audit
• Experience leading month-end and year-end close
• Strong balance sheet control, treasury and cash-management experience
• A track record of leading substantial finance teams within a complex organisation
• Experience improving finance processes, controls, systems and ways of working
• Exposure to automation, technology-led improvement or finance transformation
• The ability to communicate complex financial and control matters clearly to senior stakeholders
• Strong judgement, leadership and the confidence to escalate material issues where necessary Experience within a charity, regulated, group or similarly complex organisation would be advantageous. Exposure to operational procurement, procure-to-pay, shared services or property-related operations would also be beneficial. This is an opportunity to take ownership of a broad financial control and operations portfolio, strengthen the organisation's financial infrastructure and lead meaningful improvement across systems, processes and service delivery. For more information or a confidential discussion, please apply or get in touch.