Are you a Finance Director, an aspiring or experienced CFO who wants to join an organisation that truly prioritises people and purpose, and is focused on growth as part of a five-year strategy to increase its impact in local communities?
An instantly recognisable, community-based charity working across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has retained me to appoint its next CFO, to help deliver its vision.
Job Purpose
The Chief Financial Officer is a key strategic partner to the CEO and a central member of the Executive Leadership Team, helping to ensure the Group’s long-term financial sustainability, resilience and growth. This sits across five key priorities:
- Growth and income diversification
- Transformation
- Digitisation
- Systems change
- Leadership and people management
The CFO will support these priorities and shape organisational strategy through clear financial insight, sound risk management, and strong governance and assurance. The role carries executive responsibility for finance, IT, facilities, governance, risk, data protection and organisational assurance.
Main Duties & Responsibilities of the CFO
- Strategic leadership
- Financial strategy, planning and performance
- Governance, legal, risk and assurance
- Financial control, reporting and compliance
- Leadership, people and culture
Qualifications and Experience
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
- Significant senior financial leadership experience, ideally across multi-site operations (retail, property development, nurseries/care homes, charity or not-for-profit)
- Proven executive-level experience influencing strategy and Board decision-making
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, balancing mission with sustainability
Personal Attributes
- Genuine enthusiasm for the charity’s work
- Strategic thinker with confidence to provide constructive challenge
- Excellent communicator, able to translate complex financial information clearly
- Calm, resilient and agile, thriving in a fast-paced environment
- Strong leadership skills with experience developing high-performing teams
Benefits include:
Employer pension contribution of 8%.
25 days holiday FTE, accruing an additional day for each year of service up to 30 days.
Life Insurance.
Health Cash Plan.
100% childcare discount.
This role is ideally office based, but comes with a high degree of flexibility.
