Group Finance Director

Financial leadership for greater social impact.

The Big Issue Group is looking for a Group Finance Director to oversee all financial activity across the Big Issue Group. Providing financial and team leadership to develop and monitor on strategy and delivery, you will be a key enabler in Big Issues strategic objectives.

The Group Finance Director will provide analysis and advice across the Big Issue Group including our Social Investment, Media and Frontline delivery groups and across our Boards. 

You will be someone who challenges the status quo and is not afraid to ask questions, analyse processes and create better ways of working. You will want to dive deep into the full workings of the finance function and enhance the services that it provides buy creating and developing processes, partnerships and enhancing ways of working.

You will be a fully qualified Accountant ACA, ACCA or equivalent, have experience of managing the financial function across a multilevel, multi group organisation and ideally have an understanding of the social enterprise sector and the functioning of finance functions within social organisations.

Your leadership and influence will help us make a greater impact in our mission to dismantle poverty. 

This role is offered as full time and permanent.

For a full job pack including a full list and summary of responsibilities, skills, qualities and experience required for the role, please download from the link below.

Salary and Benefits:

•    Salary £110,000 - £130,000 per annum depending on skills and experience

•    25 days holiday plus bank holidays incrementally increasing with service.

•    Flexible working policy

•    Pension scheme

•    Private Health care cover

•    Enhanced Family benefits

•    On-going learning and development

•    Employee Assistance programme to support your health and wellbeing

•    Blue Light Card benefits scheme

Workplace details:

This role based at the Big Issue Groups Head office in Finsbury Park, London. With Hybrid working available.

Closing date – 31st January 2025 (23:59pm). Please note that we may invite suitable candidates for interview before the closing date. So please apply asap. 

Big Issue Group is striving towards Equal Opportunities. We particularly welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our sector, such as women in senior roles, and people with disabilities and from Black and Minority Ethnic communities. 

Since 1991, the Big Issue has sought to tackle poverty by creating opportunities through enterprise and working with individuals to rebuild their lives. Over time our organisation has grown, extending our mission so the Big Issue Group now consists of The Big Issue Company Ltd, Big Issue Invest Ltd (our social investment arm) and Big Issue Changing Lives Community Interest Company.

For enquiries, please contact the recruitment team at the Big Issue Group.  

Department: The Big Issue Group

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 35

Salary: £110,000 - £130,000 per annum - skills and experience dependant

Benefits

As well as a salary commensurate with our sector, we are proud of our family-friendly staff benefits. We offer 3 days paid leave in a rolling year to care for a sick child or grandchild, 3 days paid leave in a rolling year to care for a sick or elderly relative, an incremental holiday scheme, life cover, a healthcare cash plan, access to an open learning library and other learning & development opportunities, an enhanced contribution into our workplace pension and a generous maternity package. We particularly welcome applicants from those who are underrepresented, such as women in senior roles such as this, disabled people and people from Black and Minority Ethnic communities.