Head of Finance
| Posting date: | 01 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55, 000 Circa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Location: | UK |
| Company: | Bethphage |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 68 |
Summary
Job Advert
HEAD OF FINANCE – Learning Disabilities Sector
Hybrid and Home working.
Must live within a reasonable commutable distance to our Head Office in Shrewsbury
Full-time post
Salary circa £55,000 plus pension and generous annual leave benefit
Bethphage is a charitable business, operating across the West Midlands providing support to people with disabilities and those who
experience mental health problems
Bethphage has recently celebrated its thirtieth Birthday. Since establishment in 1994, Bethphage has grown from strength to
strength, diversified and continues to grow. We operate as a commercial business, we are driven by our mission and live by our
values, with the people we support at the heart of what we do. We have held the Investors in People Gold for twelve years.
Our person-centred approach also enables us to work strategically with commissioners to develop bespoke provision which achieves
the desired outcome for people.
As a not-for-profit business, we reinvest our surpluses wisely and in addition to purchasing several homes for the people we
support, our head office, we have recently purchased a farm with twelve acres in South Shropshire to develop our farm-based day
opportunities, whilst providing longer term development opportunities over the next five to ten years.
The current incumbent has decided to retire (early) and has successfully made the job his own over the last five-years. Therefore,
we are reluctantly seeking a replacement to join our executive management team.
The successful candidate will lead on all fiscal and IT issues and be accountable for these functions across Bethphage. This role
will demand a strong commercial financial acumen, as these are difficult times for our sector. We are operating in an environment
of disappointing settlements from commissioners and proposed changes in legislation which will complicate the supply of staff.
Fortunately, the organisation has been well and prudently managed so has strong foundations.
The key purpose of the role is to provide professional leadership to Bethphage's fiscal agenda, ensuring their efficacy and fit
with the organisation's values, ethos, culture and strategy. With strategic responsibility for finance and IT you will ensure that
the organisation has highly effective well-implemented operational strategies, which align to Bethphage's core business, and
deliver positive outcomes.
A full job description and recruitment brochure will be emailed to all interested candidates by
emailing recruitment@bethphage.co.uk [recruitment@bethphage.co.uk]
Core Duties
1. You will play a key part in ensuring we achieve our mission to be an excellent provider of services to people with
disabilities.
2. Maintain and develop robust financial systems that ensure the utmost standards of governance and financial compliance,
delivering a clean audit annually.
3. Manage the annual budgeting, forecasting, planning and treasury process ensuring the organisation remains of a sustainable
footing.
4. Support senior teams to create growth strategies and plans
5. Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, especially those within commissioning roles within Local
Authorities.
6. Advise the CEO and Executive Management Team on all matters relating to financial performance
7. Lead, motivate and manage the finance team
8. To contribute to the management of all contracts and contract reviews.
9. Finance lead for all new tenders and bids.
10. To lead and manage Insurance negotiation and all claims activity
11. Responsible for the management of the external IT contract and organisational lead of information technology.
12. Prepare annual accounts and manage the audit process, ensuring governance, the highest standards of best practice, and
compliance.
13. Control all financial and accountancy matters including month end reports, management accounts, cash flow management,
statutory accounts, compliance, presentation of management information and KPIs
14. Support the business through change and growth periods, coordinating corporate finance, debt, taxation, equity, acquisitions,
and VAT registration.
15. To manage and coordinate the fiscal relationships between the holding company and subsidiaries.
Interested parties must complete an application form and the deadline for submissions is the close of business on 8TH August 2025
Interviews will be held 8th & 19th August 2025
A full job description and recruitment brochure will be emailed to all interested candidates and can be requested by emailing
recruitment@bethphage.co.uk [recruitment@bethphage.co.uk]
*Some of our roles require males, females, race and age specific employees only. Where this is indicated, this is a genuine
occupational requirement in accordance with the Equality Act 2010
HEAD OF FINANCE – Learning Disabilities Sector
Hybrid and Home working.
Must live within a reasonable commutable distance to our Head Office in Shrewsbury
Full-time post
Salary circa £55,000 plus pension and generous annual leave benefit
Bethphage is a charitable business, operating across the West Midlands providing support to people with disabilities and those who
experience mental health problems
Bethphage has recently celebrated its thirtieth Birthday. Since establishment in 1994, Bethphage has grown from strength to
strength, diversified and continues to grow. We operate as a commercial business, we are driven by our mission and live by our
values, with the people we support at the heart of what we do. We have held the Investors in People Gold for twelve years.
Our person-centred approach also enables us to work strategically with commissioners to develop bespoke provision which achieves
the desired outcome for people.
As a not-for-profit business, we reinvest our surpluses wisely and in addition to purchasing several homes for the people we
support, our head office, we have recently purchased a farm with twelve acres in South Shropshire to develop our farm-based day
opportunities, whilst providing longer term development opportunities over the next five to ten years.
The current incumbent has decided to retire (early) and has successfully made the job his own over the last five-years. Therefore,
we are reluctantly seeking a replacement to join our executive management team.
The successful candidate will lead on all fiscal and IT issues and be accountable for these functions across Bethphage. This role
will demand a strong commercial financial acumen, as these are difficult times for our sector. We are operating in an environment
of disappointing settlements from commissioners and proposed changes in legislation which will complicate the supply of staff.
Fortunately, the organisation has been well and prudently managed so has strong foundations.
The key purpose of the role is to provide professional leadership to Bethphage's fiscal agenda, ensuring their efficacy and fit
with the organisation's values, ethos, culture and strategy. With strategic responsibility for finance and IT you will ensure that
the organisation has highly effective well-implemented operational strategies, which align to Bethphage's core business, and
deliver positive outcomes.
A full job description and recruitment brochure will be emailed to all interested candidates by
emailing recruitment@bethphage.co.uk [recruitment@bethphage.co.uk]
Core Duties
1. You will play a key part in ensuring we achieve our mission to be an excellent provider of services to people with
disabilities.
2. Maintain and develop robust financial systems that ensure the utmost standards of governance and financial compliance,
delivering a clean audit annually.
3. Manage the annual budgeting, forecasting, planning and treasury process ensuring the organisation remains of a sustainable
footing.
4. Support senior teams to create growth strategies and plans
5. Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, especially those within commissioning roles within Local
Authorities.
6. Advise the CEO and Executive Management Team on all matters relating to financial performance
7. Lead, motivate and manage the finance team
8. To contribute to the management of all contracts and contract reviews.
9. Finance lead for all new tenders and bids.
10. To lead and manage Insurance negotiation and all claims activity
11. Responsible for the management of the external IT contract and organisational lead of information technology.
12. Prepare annual accounts and manage the audit process, ensuring governance, the highest standards of best practice, and
compliance.
13. Control all financial and accountancy matters including month end reports, management accounts, cash flow management,
statutory accounts, compliance, presentation of management information and KPIs
14. Support the business through change and growth periods, coordinating corporate finance, debt, taxation, equity, acquisitions,
and VAT registration.
15. To manage and coordinate the fiscal relationships between the holding company and subsidiaries.
Interested parties must complete an application form and the deadline for submissions is the close of business on 8TH August 2025
Interviews will be held 8th & 19th August 2025
A full job description and recruitment brochure will be emailed to all interested candidates and can be requested by emailing
recruitment@bethphage.co.uk [recruitment@bethphage.co.uk]
*Some of our roles require males, females, race and age specific employees only. Where this is indicated, this is a genuine
occupational requirement in accordance with the Equality Act 2010
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