Job title: Head of Finance
Reporting to: Chief Executive
Contract: Permanent
Location: 48-52 Allcock Street, Birmingham B9 4DY
Hours: 37.5
Salary: £43,321-£50,680 per annum
Who are we?
We are SIFA Fireside, the support service for any adult in Birmingham that faces homelessness. For 40 years we have supported Birmingham’s most vulnerable people through Homelessness Intervention, Prevention and Recovery services.
Overall purpose of job:
This post forms part of SIFA Fireside’s Senior Leadership Team, contributing to the strategic development of the organisation. The Head of Finance plays a key leadership role in the oversight and delivery of the finance, IT and grant management functions at SIFA Fireside. An integral part of this role is to ensure that SIFA Fireside’s values of courageous, dynamic, inclusive and supportive are visible in all that we do.
The postholder is accountable for developing and maintaining fit for purpose infrastructure to support the charity, in particular the appropriate deployment of finance, IT and grant management systems and resources to enable the efficiency and agility of the organisation.
Key Tasks (selection of)
1. Contribute to the development and delivery of the organisational strategy, reporting back to the board of Trustees on key achievements.
2. Provide strategic and operational leadership across finance, IT and grant management, ensuring effective day to day delivery.
3. Review, monitor and evaluate performance of finance, IT and grant management.
4. Prepare the annual statutory financial accounts and work closely with external auditors.
5. Drive the continued modernisation of the infrastructure, systems, policies and procedures across SIFA Fireside particularly to ensure the development of a robust finance system to enable the CEO and Board to make informed financial decisions.
For the full list of Key Tasks, Managerial Responsibilities and Requirements, please see the Job description and Person Spec below.
To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter outlining how you meet the requirements in the person specification.
Applications should be emailed to recruitment@sifafireside.co.uk along with the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form below.
Click here to download the Job Description
Click here to download the Person Specification
Click here to download the Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form
