Royal Museums Greenwich - Head of Finance (18 month - 2 year FTC)

Royal Museums Greenwich comprises the Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, National Maritime Museum and Queen’s House. We are also home to The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre and the Caird Library and Archive. Together we’re dedicated to enriching people’s understanding of the sea, the exploration of space, and Britain's role in world history.

This is an exciting time for Royal Museums Greenwich.  Having experienced a strong recovery after the covid pandemic, we are transforming our site, beginning with the National Maritime Museum, where a project is already underway to make essential improvements to the glass roof glazing of the central court area.  A more substantial project is being developed to renew and transform the Royal Observatory.

To support this, the finance and procurement team is in a period of growth, and over the last couple of years we have been focusing on budgeting, forecasting and providing high quality management information to the organisation.  We have also strengthened our financial controls. 

We are looking for a passionate interim Head of Finance to lead and provide high quality support to the finance function for 18 months while the permanent Head of Finance is seconded to a change programme.

The Interim Head of Finance will sit on the Senior Leadership team and participate in the decision making at the museum.  They will also lead on providing financial support to the major capital projects and to the Trustees on financial matters, especially the Audit Committee. 

Your key responsibilities will include:

·           Leading on budgeting and forecasting for the organization;

·           Delivering a strong customer-facing business partnering function, providing a high level of financial analysis;

·           Overseeing the process to produce the annual statutory accounts, leading on the relationship with the NAO and other key stakeholders;

·           Managing, motivating and developing a medium sized team.

The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant with experience gained in the Charity, Commercial or wider Public Sector. You will be analytically-minded with excellent organisational and project management skills. We are looking for someone who is eager to learn, flexible in approach but firm when necessary, who can work on their own initiative and thrives when thinking and acting proactively. You be able to communicate complex financial information to stakeholders and possess the ability to influence and build rapport with a range of finance and non-finance persons across the organisation. Enthusiasm for the sector is a must.

Over the next two years we also have a unique opportunity to replace our finance systems which will allow us to become even more efficient.  The outcome from this project will allow us to streamline a lot of our processes and more easily provide high quality, timely management information. 

For an informal conversation about the role please contact our exclusive recruitment partner, Bryony Thomas via the Allen Lane agency website,

We will be assessing applications as we go and reserve the right to close the process early. As such we thoroughly recommend an early application.