Head of Finance Systems

Head of Finance Systems
Fixed Term Contract (14 months) 
Full time (34.5 hours), we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Location Split between home and our London Office 
Salary Range - £74,000 - £82,000

About us
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

About the role
In this role, you will lead, manage, and support the Finance Systems team in daily operations and key Finance Projects, including the migration of Macmillan's core finance system to the Cloud and the implementation of a Financial Planning and Analysis Tool.

You will drive both system and process change across the Finance Division, working closely with Technology and external stakeholders.

Your responsibility will be to maintain and ensure the integrity of the accounting data and compliance within the financial control framework of Macmillan’s finance system.

About you
The successful candidate will demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Experience in implementing Finance Systems and effective change management
• Strong finance and accounting knowledge and experience 
• Highly effective stakeholder management and engagement skills with excellent interpersonal skills at all levels and with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and business skills with the ability to think strategically and to manage detail, and to know when each is important.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days 
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more

Recruitment Process
Application deadline: Sunday 13th April 2025
 

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.