Volunteer Treasurer for Age UK Berkshire | inVOLve Community Services
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Volunteer Treasurer for Age UK Berkshire | inVOLve Community Services
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Do you have financial oversight and enthusiasm to help an organisation that supports older people across in Berkshire? You could be the next Treasurer for Age UK Berkshire, a local charity with a nationally trusted name.
What difference will you make?
What do we get? Your strategic financial management skills, knowledge, understanding and experience Your abilities to influence plans for our charity’s future, especially as we continue to grow our service offer Enhancement to our overall governance and the Board of trustees; assistance in our charity governance and operational growth Your participation in our collective decision-making, contributing to all areas of our charity work Your enthusiasm What do our beneficiaries get? The ability to continue and grow our support for older people A forward-looking and agile organisation, with a well-informed and well-managed Board What do YOU get as a volunteer trustee with our organisation? An opportunity to exercise your strategic financial & planning skills, probably in a different environment or context An opportunity to make and lead change, using your financial outlook and analysis A chance to expand and implement your understanding of our work A chance to augment your experience of charities A boost to your career and CV, if needed Satisfaction of helping an organisation that offers supports to all older people in Berkshire, thus giving something back to your community
What are we looking for?
Here is some of what we would expect from our Treasurer. We know that you may also need training and support from employees, from other trustees and from external organisations, and that that will be forthcoming, as necessary, to build on any area. Understanding of the needs of our beneficiaries is desirable; an empathy with them is essential Clear commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, valuing differences to make better decisions and deliver better outcomes Experience and knowledge of managing finances, ideally in a SME, charity or other nonprofit Experience and knowledge of current practice relevant to voluntary and community groups, charities or SME finance would be useful An outline understanding of the Charities SORP and FRS 102 would be welcome, but is not essential nor required A recognised financial and/or accounting qualification would be beneficial but is not a prerequisite Skills to analyse proposals, examine their financial consequences and make concise recommendations Ability to communicate financial information clearly, especially to other trustees whose in-depth financial knowledge may be less than yours Familiarity with popular accounting software packages would be an advantage Strategic vision; good, independent judgement; ability to think creatively, tempered by pragmatism and reality Ability to cooperatively work with the team of trustees, bringing impartiality and objectivity to decision-making Skills and ability to listen, even to dissenting views Willingness to speak your mind and to challenge other trustees and employees with good intent; able to make unpopular recommendations to the Board, if necessary Secure personal access to digital communication and able to competently use those resources Commitment to the organisation; willingness and ability to devote the necessary time & effort Experience of committee work, with an understanding of the role of Treasurer in effective (charity or corporate) governance, would be highly-valued Availability to meet the bookkeeper and outsourced Accountants on a scheduled and ad-hoc basis when needed Having appropriate personal and professional contacts & networks, with willingness to draw on those as needed
What will you be doing?
Treasurer for Age UK Berkshire With origins in the 1950s, and now a thriving £1m+ charity that works with and for older people across the whole county, Age UK Berkshire is looking for our new Treasurer, to support the Board and CEO in our financial governance for the future. You won’t be preparing day-to-day financial statements, as these are provided by our outsourced accountancy firm. Rather, you’ll have a strategic oversight of our finances, bringing your analyses and advice to help us to strengthen and grow our services. In 2023/2024, our total income was £1,736,856, and our Balance Sheet stood at £1,948,760, making all our trustees’ governance of these funds a highly-responsible duty. The role and what we are looking for in a new Treasurer Our Board includes people with experience in working with and for older people, and we’d expect our new Treasurer to have strong empathy with our cause and our beneficiaries. You’ll have experience of financial management, possibly in a SME or charity. Having a financial qualification would be very useful but isn’t a requirement; similarly, an understanding of the charity SORP or FRS102 isn’t necessary but would be welcome. The ability to communicate financial information clearly, especially to other trustees, is very important. Support from our outsourced accountants will be available, as they produce our management accounts. You don’t necessarily need prior experience of charity trusteeship, as full induction will be provided, plus specialist support as a new trustee including access to external training. We are a charity not a business, but we apply business principles to governing our organisation. We want to expand the diversity of our Board, in all meanings of the word, and strongly welcome applications from people from less-represented groups. The focus of a trustee role is strategic, and trustees don’t get involved in the organisation’s operations; however, regular contact and liaison with other trustees, employees and volunteers is expected. We ask for about six hours per month which includes all meetings, discussions, etc., probably more at year-end and at our AGM.You will need access to digital communications, as much of our charity’s business is run that way.
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