Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to Leonard Cheshire on this appointment.
We now require a new Chief Financial Officer to join us to help drive us forward and bring a transformative impact in our finance team and the Charity as a whole. We are reverting to our core business of providing accommodation for severely physically disabled people but in new and innovative forms. Alongside our CEO you will play a key role in delivering our turnaround plan and achieving the best outcomes for the people we support.
About Leonard Cheshire
For nearly 75 years, Leonard Cheshire has worked directly with disabled people to support them to live their lives the way they choose with the opportunity to fully take part in society. Today, our 4,000 staff provide social care services support to help over 2,000 disabled people across the UK. We are one of the largest charities in the UK, providing care and key support services to disabled people. We also advocate and campaign for structural change to legislation in support of disabled people's basic rights.
This is a significant leadership role in both scale and remit. We are looking for a new permanent Chief Financial Officer who can clearly demonstrate that they have had the experience in delivering financial and commercial transformation in an environment experiencing similar challenges.
Key Responsibilities
1. Lead the transformation of the Finance function to ensure that Leonard Cheshire has a highly effective team and operates an exemplary financial control environment.
2. Advocate for the Charity with external and regulatory bodies, working alongside our CEO.
3. Manage and develop staff, ensuring excellent interpersonal skills and a customer and solution-oriented approach.
Qualifications
You will be a fully qualified accountant with strong financial management experience and have been involved in setting up or re-engineering and running of finance systems and processes. You will also have experience of managing and developing staff, excellent interpersonal skills, be customer and solution-orientated and be willing to undertake travel within the UK.
Employee Rewards
* Generous contributory company pension scheme with competitive life cover benefit.
* 25 days holiday per year, increasing one day per year to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays.
* Flexible annual leave, with the option to buy or sell (salary sacrifice).
* Private Health Insurance or Cash Health Plan membership.
* Group Income Protection Insurance.
* Access to cycle-to-work benefits (salary sacrifice).
* Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.
* Free Blue Light Card.
* Wagestream, access earned pay before pay day (click here for more details).
* Long Service Awards and so much more!
For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit saxbam.com/appointments using reference FALCH. Alternatively telephone 020 7227 0880 (during office hours). Applications should be received by noon on Friday 21 February.
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