Treasurer

MAC-UK

Remote

Unpaid role, expenses paid

Voluntary

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Job description

MAC-UK’s new Trustees will bring deep awareness of and connectivity across the communities and systems that they serve. They will be conversant in public health and alternatives to mainstream mental health approaches, and well placed to support and advocate MAC-UK’s youth-led, co-produced approaches. They will also be confident leading the Board and ensuring a healthy and collaborative relationship with the MAC-UK team.

MAC-UK is particularly keen to hear from individuals who have experience of being excluded by the systems it seeks to change, especially care, criminal justice and mental health services.

Looking ahead, MAC-UK is committed to:

Increasing opportunities for excluded young people to co-produce services;
Advancing equalities and inclusion across their team and partnerships;
Enabling youth-led service design and commissioning in the systems that affect young people’s lives;
Influencing a public health and preventative approach against violence and inequalities based on creative, therapeutic and relational investment rather than punitive deterrents.
Improving our fundraising strategy

Treasurer main responsibilities:

Overseeing the presentation of budgets, internal management accounts and annual financial statements to the Board of Trustees.
Ensuring that proper accounting records are kept, and that appropriate accounting procedures and controls are in place.
Ensuring that robust and comprehensive financial policies are in place and being implemented, and supporting the development of policies covering financial reserves, and cost management.
Monitoring and advising on the financial viability of the charity.
Overseeing financial controls and adherence to systems, regularly liaising with the Co-Leadership team.
Advising on the financial implications of the charity’s strategic plan, including overseeing the charity’s financial risk-management process
Lead on the appointment of and liaison with external auditors.
Oversee the development and implementation of systems for appraising, mitigating and reporting corporate risk.
Ensuring that the accounts are prepared and disclosed in the form required by relevant statutory bodies, for example, the Charity Commission and/or the Registrar of Companies.
Keeping the board informed about its financial duties and responsibilities and liaising with the Co-Leadership team to develop the financial understanding of the Board of Trustees.