Head of Finance

• Salary: £54,080 a year.
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
• Location: Barnsley Hospice, 104-106 Church Street, Gawber, Barnsley, S75 2RL.
• Closing date: 27 April 2025
• For more information about the role, please contact Director of Finance, Chris at chris.harrison@barnsley-hospice.org

An exciting opportunity for a Head of Finance to join our Team! The right candidate will ensure all financial, treasury and associated risk management processes and challenges are professionally controlled and managed and drive improvements in cash and financial management in support of the sustainable financial performance of the Hospice

In the absence of the Director of Finance lead on all matters relating to financial performance and provide management information for the Executive Leadership Team, Board of Trustees and Budget Holders.

Key duties & responsibilities

• Provide effective leadership to your team, holding regular meetings, setting clear objectives, managing and developing the team to deliver high performance levels.
• Provide effective leadership and professional opinion/guidance to support Hospice senior management, ensuring the necessary financial needs of the business are being delivered and key leaders are supported to make decisions that shape and drive successful financial performance.
• Be an active leader in the furtherance of the aims of Barnsley Hospice to achieve sustainable financial performance, including reviewing opportunities and changes that will involve, but not limited to, investment appraisal of growth opportunities and benchmarking financial performance, including external meetings/working with senior management teams from other Hospices/relevant organisations.
• Manage the Charity’s operational finances ensuring that effective and appropriate processes, control, and financial risk management procedures are in place and being followed with the aim of achieving best practice in finance team/system/process delivery.
• Lead the process of hospice budget management, working closely with ELT and budget holders to accurately control and forecast income and expenditure backed by detailed analysis of key activities and variances.
• Lead and control the finance team with overall operational responsibilities for cashflow forecasting/treasury activities, management and financial accounting activities and payroll activities, ensuring effective processes are in place for resource allocation, cost control and performance monitoring across the Hospice, most specifically in terms of the financial performance and sustainability of the hospice.
• Lead and co-ordinate all audit, accounting, payroll and taxation services to ensure the charity complies with all statutory and regulatory financial reporting needs, including but not limited to responsibility for accurate and timely HMRC/Audit submissions/Statutory Financial Accounts.
• Provide high quality and well considered financial guidance and insight to the ELT and budget holders and offer necessary financial solutions and actions in the strategic aims of financial sustainability
• Provide commercial/investment advice in support of revenue growth from the fundraising and retail teams and prepare necessary financial models/assumptions/forecasts for investment proposals and project grant applications.
• Create effective relationships with your colleagues, collaborating and working jointly to deliver growth, excellent levels of service and financial education

Organisation summary

Barnsley Hospice is a charity that provides specialist palliative and end of life care to hundreds of local people and those close to them each year. Our main priority is to achieve the best possible quality of life for people living with a lifelimiting illness, whilst supporting those close to them during the period of illness and bereavement. As a specialist care provider, the range of skills we offer include, pain and symptom management, emotional support and end of life care. The hospice currently employs about 100 people and has a team of volunteers, based both at the hospice and within our Retail Hub.

Despite some direct funding from the NHS, to deliver our charitable purpose we still have to raise significant funds which is achieved through our commercially dedicated Barnsley based fundraising and retail operations. The net income required from these commercial operations needs to cover more than 50% of the total cost of providing our charitable purpose.

Across both charitable and commercial activities, the hospice employs over 100 people and has a team of volunteers, working at the hospice and our Retail Hub. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQIA+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Barnsley Hospice.

For more information about the role, please contact Human Resources at humanresources@barnsley-hospice.org.