Financial Governance Specialist

24 hours ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Acorns Children's Hospice Full time

**Financial Governance Specialist Role at Acorns Children's Hospice**

We are seeking an accomplished Financial Governance Specialist to join our team in a brand-new role, focusing on financial strategy, forecasting, and budgeting across our fundraising and retail directorates.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the financial culture within these departments, influencing financial decisions and driving initiatives that ensure efficient resource allocation and long-term success.

Acorns is currently the UK's largest children's hospice charity, supporting thousands of children and families. We need to raise over £11 million each year to run and support our care services, relying heavily on the goodwill and generosity of our local community.

The successful candidate will provide confidential and expert support to our services, advising and influencing on complex matters that deliver sound financial governance.

You will enable service leads to manage the finance aspects of their service in a commercial environment, managing the annual budgetary cycle, and constructingively challenging budgetary decisions highlighting potential risks and further opportunities.

We offer a hybrid role with office and home working, employee discounts from leading retailers, and a generous contribution to group personal pension plan or continuation of current NHS pension scheme.

Salary Estimate: £55,000 - £65,000 per annum (dependent on experience)

We are a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation, committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation.

As an employee, you will be a Duty Bearer for Children's Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.

  • Post qualification experience in a business partnering environment
  • Experience of financial planning, reporting, and variance analysis
  • Experience of supporting monthly management accounts production

If you are a motivated and experienced financial professional looking for a new challenge, please apply via our website.



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