Finance Trustee

SASS (Swansea Asylum Seekers Support) are looking for a finance professional with excellent financial management and analysis skills to join our welcoming Board of Trustees.

What will you be doing?

We are a volunteer-led registered charity, run and managed by our members, who include asylum seekers, refugees and other local people. We give a warm welcome to people seeking sanctuary in Swansea through our twice-weekly drop-ins, and offer practical support, educational and recreational opportunities.

About the Role 

We are looking for a finance professional who alongside our Treasurer and a fellow Finance Trustee to provide financial oversight and assist the strategic development of the charity. 

Responsibilities 

• Ensure that the charity’s finances are responsibly managed for the betterment of the charity’s work and for the beneficiaries it serves. 
• Provide financial oversight.
•  Assist the strategic development of the charity. 
• Act as Deputy Treasurer and prepare to assume role of Treasurer later on in 2026.
•  Administrate the charity’s bank account (i.e. access statements, co-authorise changes of signatories, but not authorise payments). 
• Oversee the charity’s financial risk-management process. 
• Ensure proper accounting records are kept, financial resources are controlled and economically spent in line with governance, legal and regulatory requirements; oversee independent examination of accounts and submission to the Charity Commission .
•  Help develop and implement financial reserves policy, and cost management policy. Communicate financial information clearly to the Board of Trustees.

What are we looking for?

Person Specification

     Essential 

• A commitment to the vision and aims of SASS. 
• Good financial management, analytical and evaluation skills. 
• Strategic vision and good, independent judgement. 
• Ability to explain financial information concisely to members of the Board and other stakeholders. 
• An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship. 
• Commitment to Nolan’s seven principles of public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership. 

• An understanding of the challenges faced by our service users

  Desirable 

  Experience of completing grant applications and reports (in regards to finance). 

  Financial business planning experience. Experience in developing a sustainable funding strategy and opportunities for income diversification.

  We would particularly welcome applications from candidates with lived experience of the UK asylum system, or other refugee experience.

What difference will you make?

• By ensuring that SASS remains financially sustainable and helping the organisation to grow, you will help to make an enormous positive difference to many lives: some of the least privileged people in our society.
•  On the Board of Trustees and across SASS activities you will meet some very remarkable people and have the opportunity to become part of their stories.

The TrusteeWorks Team at Reach Volunteering are supporting SASS with their Finance Trustee recruitment. Applications should be made via TrusteeWorks in the first instance. 

To apply please submit your CV along with a covering letter stating why you wish to join the organisation and how your skills and experience would add value to the board. The closing date for applications is May the 2nd 2025.