Senior Finance Officer

Senior Finance Officer

Job Title:  Senior Finance Officer
Location:  Hybrid (with some travel required)
Job Type:  Fixed term until 31/03/2025 (subject to extension/becoming permanent)
Salary range per annum:  Band 4 (starting Mid–Mid2 (£34,772 - £36,262))
Closing date:  05/08/2024 9am (we reserve the right to close the role earlier)
Potential interview date:  w/c 05/08/2024

The opportunity

We are seeking a passionate and dedicated candidate to join our Operations team, under our growing Finance team at Standing Together.   If you are someone who shares our passion to improve the lives of some of the most vulnerable groups then we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for a new Senior Finance Officer, who will support STADA’s Executive and Senior Leadership Teams, to bolster and develop our Finance function across the organisation; as the charity heads to meet the demands of its growth.

The Senior Finance Officer will work with the Head of Finance (and relevant internal and external stakeholders) to review existing systems, contracts and funding (income) arrangements; as well as explore and develop efficiency enhancing opportunities and contribute to building effective finance management processes and systems across STADA. They will support the delivery of several functions including: setting and monitoring of budgets, reporting of activity and funding across multiple funding streams, contribute to positive stakeholder engagement, oversee day to day financial activity and provide advice/guidance to inform development and delivery of our strategy and business plan. 

There is potential for line management within this role as it evolves. 

To fulfil this role, we are looking for someone who is passionate about ending domestic abuse. It is preferable if they have experience in providing line management support and supervision. They will have great organisational, analytical and adaptive communication skills. With a positive and inclusive style of working, they will be confident and able to work across a variety of teams (and other stakeholders) and  be agile to work on and demonstrate a solution focussed approach. For a full list of the personal specification, please see the job description attached.

About us

Standing Together was founded 25 years ago with the ambition to eradicate domestic abuse by transforming the way organisations and individuals think about, prevent, and respond to it. 

We are a national charity bringing communities together to end domestic abuse. Standing Together pioneered the Coordinated Community Response (CCR) approach in the UK, a multi-agency partnership model for keeping survivors safe and holding abusers to account. The Housing Team at STADA, focuses on responding to the housing and homelessness needs of victims/survivors of domestic abuse, through influencing national and local policy and practice, across all relevant agencies, but with a particular focus on the role of the housing and homelessness sector as a part of a Coordinated Community Response to domestic abuse. 

Benefits:

• 25 annual leave days Holiday plus all English bank holidays
• 1 day's leave for religious / cultural observation
• Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme
• Flexible working opportunities
• Training and development opportunities

Applicants must have the existing Right to Work in the UK and undergo a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check (paid for by Standing Together), in-line with Charity Commission guidance.

Here at STADA, we do not discriminate in employment based on race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, national origin, marital status, medical history, parental status or genetic information. STADA is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

We aim to have a workforce which is truly representative of all sections of society and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.  We welcome and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences.

For more information

If you have any questions, or think you may be interested in this role, please contact us via email. 

Please also look at the job description and personal specification, which you can download from this page (on the righthand corner).

Interviews

Interviews will take place w/c 05/08/2024. We will email you if you’ve been successfully shortlisted to arrange an interview time.

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