Director of Finance & Resources

Together for Mental Wellbeing

Central London

  • Location Central London
  • Sector Not For Profit
  • Client Together for Mental Wellbeing
  • Job Type Permanent
  • Salary/Remuneration £87,550 p.a. plus potential geographical allowance.
  • Reference GSe117273
  • Closing Date 7th January 2025

Together for Mental Wellbeing is a national charity that supports people with mental health issues to lead fulfilling and independent lives as part of their communities. Formed in 1879, we are England’s oldest mental health charity. We have a long history of being creative, innovative, and progressively thinking, and we continue to be at the forefront of delivering high-quality and responsive social health care.

We offer a wide variety of support services to help people deal with the personal and practical impacts of living with mental distress, from one-to-one support in the community to supported accommodation to working alongside people in the criminal justice system. The people who use our services are at the heart of everything we do – they influence and shape the support they receive from us and how our services and the organisation are run.

Key duties and responsibilities

The Director of Finance and Resources will be a part of the Executive Leadership Team, and alongside the Chief Executive, will provide collective leadership, operational management, and help shape and deliver our refreshed organisational strategy. You will play a key leadership role in the organisation's ongoing transformation and realising our ambitions towards financial sustainability, achieving commercial success through growing our services, and maximizing our reputation and profile in the mental health social care sector.

As the Director of Finance & Resources, you will lead on finance, ICT, and governance, contributing to the charity's strategic direction and operational excellence. Key duties include:

  • Oversee strategic financial planning, budgeting, and reporting.
  • Provide financial expertise to the Executive Leadership Team and Board of Trustees.
  • Manage cash flow, reserves, and investments to ensure financial stability.
  • Lead procurement processes and oversee capital investment initiatives.
  • Develop and implement innovative ICT strategies to meet organisational needs.
  • Act as Company Secretary, ensuring compliance with Charity Commission and legal requirements.

We are seeking a qualified and experienced executive-level accountant with a proven track record of strategic financial leadership and decision making, financial planning and strategy implementation in an organisation of comparable scale and complexity. As an ambitious and impactful organisation, we require a highly credible and engaged individual who can operate in a challenging social care environment and, foster innovation and drive organisational growth.

The ideal candidate will have exceptional interpersonal skills and an empowering and collegiate leadership approach. You will display the emotional intelligence required to build and develop a high-performing team and have a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and service user leadership.

Together for Mental Wellbeing value and encourage diversity and inclusion within our workforce.  We are committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self, welcoming applications from people from diverse communities and backgrounds who share our values. As an employer, we are committed to making any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.

If you wish to have an informal discussion about the opportunity, please contact our retained advisors:

Emma Jamison, Research Lead, Emma.Jamison@gatenbysanderson.com

Alex Williams, Senior Consultant, alex.williams@gatenbysanderson.com

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