Closing Date for Applications: 7th May 2024
Purpose
Established in 1986, City in the Community is Manchester City’s official charity. We support people across Manchester by empowering healthier lives through football. Our programmes place physical and mental wellbeing at their core, whilst also creating healthy futures and healthy communities.
The Head of Finance & Governance role is a key strategic and operational one within the charity, leading on all aspects of reporting (statutory, regulatory, and management), taxation, treasury, and transactions. Leading a Business Support team of four, the role also includes project management and oversight of CITC’s technology, insurance, fleet and compliance functions.
The purpose of the role is to provide effective stewardship, technical expertise and regular financial reporting to key stakeholders, coupled with a partnering approach that supports department managers and wider team engagement.
The role holds ownership of all aspects of governance and compliance for the charity including but not limited to, Charity Commission compliance, Companies House documentation; and, demonstrating the Premier League’s Capability Code of Practice requirements.
As part of the CITC’s Leadership team, responsibilities also extend to taking an active role in collaborating, planning and contributing to CITC’s vision, wider organisational strategy and key operational objectives.
Accountabilities
1. Leading and overseeing all management reporting on a monthly, half year and annual basis including the consolidation of financial statements that ensures CITC fulfils requirements and remains compliant. Provide reporting and analysis to the board of trustees that informs decision making and identifies opportunities.
2. Management and oversight of statutory and regulatory audits, liaising with internal and external auditors acting as CITC’s key driver of continuous improvement. Challenge and advise accountable stakeholders according to audit recommendations to develop CITC’s reputation as best in class.
3. Working with CEO of CITC to develop and drive financial strategy and the internal control environment, including risk minimisation plans and opportunity forecasting. Ownership of CITC’s budget process, assisting departments with, or fully creating, budgets that support organisational priorities and ensure long-term sustainability.
4. Ensuring compliance with UK law, tax provisions and relevant industry and financial regulations. Link with the club and wider team to ensure CITC fulfils associated responsibilities towards GDPR.
5. Ownership of accounting policies and internal controls that support CITC’s financial processes, safeguard company assets and mitigate risk. Develop and review CITC’s finance policy manual to ensure continuous improvement for processes, systems and reporting mechanisms.
6. Responsible for all technical accounting matters. Accountable for payroll processing, bank mandates, cash control and bank reconciliations to ensure all treasury controls are appropriately managed and reported.
7. Management of CITC’s insurance policies and key point of contact with the insurance brokers. Collaborating with the wider team to ensure all policy obligations are met, risk is identified and mitigated.
8. Overall accountability for the function of Business Support, overseeing projects and processes relating to IT and equipment, seasonal kit allocation, external premises and CITC’s fleet of vehicles.
9. Support CITC’s culture of development by sharing expertise, guidance and appropriate training to upskill line managers in effective budgeting and financial responsibility.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
10. Relevant degree in accounting, economics, finance or a related field
11. Qualified ACA, ACCA, or CIMA accountant with extensive post qualified experience
12. Excellent financial modeller
13. Experience of managing audits and action plans for recommendations
14. Experience of managing governance and compliance processes and policies
15. Up to date knowledge of business and regulatory environment and relevant UK law
16. Experience of people management; demonstrating leadership and effective team/ individual management approaches
17. Positive, open mindset; driver and leader of change
18. Excellent communicator, with the ability to influence and collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders
19. Ability to flex approach to working with stakeholders with different/competing objectives
20. Significant experience providing summary impactful information of complex matters for non-financial board members and senior management
21. Relatable and collaborative leader
22. Solid IT skills, coupled with strong analytical ability
23. Expert knowledge of budgeting and financial forecasting and the ability to develop others
24. Experience of managing multiple BAU workloads, reactive issues and project work
25. Resilient and calm under pressure
Desirable
26. Post graduate degree in business administration or accounting
27. Experience of accounting in the charitable sector
28. High emotional intelligence
29. Good understanding of GDPR
30. Experience of risk management
31. Deep understanding of financial policies and procedures; design, delivery and review