Key Duties and responsibilities Provide effective leadership to your team, holding regular meetings, setting clear objectives, managing and developing the team to deliver high performance levels. Provide effective leadership and professional opinion/guidance to support Hospice senior management, ensuring the necessary financial needs of the business are being delivered and key leaders are supported to make decisions that shape and drive successful financial performance. Be an active leader in the furtherance of the aims of Barnsley Hospice to achieve sustainable financial performance, including reviewing opportunities and changes that will involve, but not limited to, investment appraisal of growth opportunities and benchmarking financial performance, including external meetings/working with senior management teams from other Hospices/relevant organisations. Manage the Charity's operational finances ensuring that effective and appropriate processes, control, and financial risk management procedures are in place and being followed with the aim of achieving best practice in finance team/system/process delivery. Lead the process of hospice budget management, working closely with ELT and budget holders to accurately control and forecast income and expenditure backed by detailed analysis of key activities and variances. Lead and control the finance team with overall operational responsibilities for cashflow forecasting and treasury activities, management and financial accounting activities and payroll activities, ensuring effective processes are in place for resource allocation, cost control and performance monitoring across the Hospice, most specifically in terms of the financial performance and sustainability of the hospice. Lead and co-ordinate all audit, accounting, payroll and taxation services to ensure the charity complies with all statutory and regulatory financial reporting needs, including but not limited to responsibility for accurate and timely HMRC Audit submissions and Statutory Financial Accounts. Provide high quality and well considered financial guidance and insight to the ELT and budget holders and offer necessary financial solutions and actions in the strategic aims of financial sustainability Provide commercial and investment advice in support of revenue growth from the fundraising and retail teams and prepare necessary financial models, assumptions and forecasts for investment proposals and project grant applications. Create effective relationships with your colleagues, collaborating and working jointly to deliver growth, excellent levels of service and financial education. General Be committed to the work of Barnsley Hospice and work in accordance with our policies and procedures. Be an ambassador for the organisation both internally and externally by living and promoting our values. To conduct such other duties as may be required from time to time. Willing and able to undertake work outside of normal office hours and to travel as required. The post holder will participate in the Senior On-Call Rota