Robert Half are pleased to be recruiting an interim head of finance for a charity based in Central Bristol.
Role: Interim Head of Finance
Start: January
Duration: 3-6 months
Location: Central Bristol - c.2 days per week on-site
Daily rate: Up to £350 pd (Umbrella)
Focus: provide operational leadership during a handover period while also supporting the charity's finance system implementation project. This role combines steady hands-on financial management with the technical expertise needed to help select, prepare and begin implementing a new finance system to replace the very outdated current one.
Key responsibilities:
1. Lead day-to-day finance operations, ensuring strong financial controls, accurate records and timely reporting.
2. Deliver monthly management accounts, reconciliations, VAT/Gift Aid returns, payroll oversight and cashflow monitoring.
3. Manage and support the Finance Officer and Finance Administrator.
4. Support supplier scoping, demos and the business case for a new finance system.
5. Review and streamline the chart of accounts, processes and data structures.
6. Assist with data migration, grants accounting requirements, system configuration and early-stage rollout planning.
7. Contribute to training and embedding new processes within the team.
8. Provide finance oversight for the charity's subsidiary, including invoicing, VAT and budgeting.
About you:
9. Qualified accountant with strong hands-on charity finance experience.
10. Proven involvement in finance-system upgrades or implementations.
11. Able to balance BAU continuity with project delivery.
12. Practical, detail-driven and confident supporting change.