FINANCE MANAGER

FINANCE MANAGER – 21 hours per week

Salary: £35,235 per annum pro rata

  • Would you like to work for an organisation that values its people and is friendly, fun, flexible with good staff benefits?
  • Are you looking for an opportunity to join an amazing, close-knit, supportive, dedicated team making a real difference to the lives of carers and their families?
  • Are you a strong, practical leader with proven experience in financial management and reporting?
  • Are you looking for a hands-on role managing day to day financial operations and have experience in providing strategic leadership on financial performance?
  • Are you detail orientated, someone who prides themselves on doing things properly and loves it when a system and a spreadsheet reconcile?
  • Are you brimming with proactivity and have strong communication skills to engage effectively with both finance and non-finance individuals?
  • Are you organised, enjoy a challenge, able to work on your own initiative, can make effective decisions, and can manage your workload to meet competing and evolving deadlines?

If the answer to all these questions is yes, then we’d love to hear from you.

York Carers Centre is an independent charity that helps unpaid carers in York access the support they need. We currently have an exciting opportunity for an individual with a genuine interest in carers to use their experience and skills to play a crucial role in our service by leading and managing all aspects of the charity’s finances providing a strong financial backbone to our work.

We are seeking a resilient, organised, structured, self-motivated individual with an exceptional eye for detail who can keep our finances running smoothly and efficiently. The role is hands-on and varied, managing day-to-day financial operations with responsibility for a broad range of financial, reporting and budgeting functions.

A key aspect will be to work alongside the CEO to identify funding opportunities and support colleagues with project budgets, working flexibly to provide timely financial reporting to our trustees and funders, ensuring charity finances are utilised in line with contractual obligations and legal and statutory requirements.

In return we’ll offer you:

  • The opportunity to make a notable contribution to our work in making a difference to the lives of carers and their families in York
  • A friendly supportive working environment
  • Generous Annual Leave
  • Great flexible hybrid working options
  • Learning and development opportunities
  • Contributory pension scheme

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

For further information, please see our Finance Manager Recruitment Information Pack and Recruitment of Ex Offenders Statement & Policy.

To apply in the first instance please email CV and a covering letter demonstrating how you meet the requirements for the role to Karen Weaver, HR Consultant, on YCCHR@yorkcarerscentre.co.uk

To arrange an informal chat, please email Karen Weaver, HR Consultant, on YCCHR@yorkcarerscentre.co.uk

Closing date: Tuesday 4 February 2025 at 5 pm

Interview date: Thursday 13 February 2025

We particularly welcome applications from people with their own caring experience.

We are committed to equal opportunities for all and would especially welcome applications from people with ethnically diverse backgrounds.

Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive we are not able to respond to every application individually. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, then your application has been unsuccessful.

If you are not appointed, your application will be destroyed after six months following the recruitment process.