The museum is currently seeking an exceptional Head of Finance and IT to play a central role in the organisation as it enters an exciting phase in its development.

Reporting to, and expected to deputise for, the Deputy Director of the museum in the management of the museum and its commercial arm (Design Museum Enterprises), your responsibilities will extend to overseeing the long term financial and IT strategies of the organisation with input into the commercial strategy for the museum. Other key duties include managing the finance and IT team, coordinating budgets and preparing forecasts and statutory accounts, and overseeing IT operations, security and risk management. You will also have company secretary duties for the museum and be tasked with overseeing the financial aspects of a high profile project to move the Design Museum from its current location to Kensington High Street.

To succeed in the post, you must be a professionally qualified accountant with outstanding technical accounting skills, and advanced knowledge of financial systems. You will have significant post-qualification experience ideally in the charity sector, whilst an interest in the arts is advantageous. You will be an exceptional leader of teams and developer of individuals, well-organised with high standards and the communication skills to build relationships with senior, non-financial stakeholders. Your energetic personality and flexible approach will ensure that you will relish the chance to take on additional responsibilities as necessary.

For further information and a more detailed job description, please contact Maurice Goldstone at Allen Lane on 020 3031 9630 (during work hours) or on 07540 637 275 (evenings / weekends).  Alternatively, please send your CV quoting current remuneration details to mauricegoldstone@allenlane.co.uk.

The closing date for applications is midnight, Sunday 5th September.

The successful candidate will be coming into a vastly improving and forward thinking environment. You will be given complete autonomy and will have overall responsibility for the implementation of the Learning and Development strategy across the organisation.

You will have a genuine opportunity to play a key role in the direction the organisation will take, influencing managers and creating a lasting legacy.

Key parts of the role include:

• Act as internal consultant working with managers and staff to establish requirement
• Design and deliver bespoke learning events and tailored solutions for key areas/roles/gaps as well as having full involvement in core L&D programmes
• Design processes and structures to support development activity that ensures that talented people realise their potential within the organisation
• Design and implementation of competency frameworks and performance measurement tools
• Management of IiP accreditation to profile level
• Manage the recording and reporting of performance data that measures the business impact of learning and development solutions

Housing experience is beneficial.  You will be dealing with all levels internally, including the board.

Please get in touch if you think you meet the criteria and you would like to be put forward. This is likely to be a permanent role after 12months.

A community provider organisation is currently going through this process. They are looking for a highly skilled TUPE specialist to assist them.

The role will involve supporting current managers across the organisation. Experience of particularly assisting I.T managers would be ideal. Experience of moving people from a public sector organisation to a private organisation would also be beneficial but not essential.

Flexible working or a consultancy approach could be the best approach depending on the calibre of the successful candidate.

Please get in touch immediately if you are interested as this will move quickly.

This new role is expected to bring a modern, business-like approach to reporting and planning within this forward thinking, and dynamic organisation.  You will work as part of a small team responsible for consolidated budgeting and forecasting and for assisting in preparing regular reporting for both SMT & Finance Committee. 

The successful candidate will come from a large complex organisation and will have been involved in a central finance function.  You will need strong communication skills and enjoy a developing role where you can make a real impact.

Our client is an established international body with a turnover over £500m. 

The Finance Department delivers on all of the National Theatre’s financial and budgeting requirements. The work is varied and includes giving professional financial guidance to senior managers and monitoring budgets for productions.

Supervising a team of 8 and reporting to the Head of Finance, the Senior Financial Accountant has responsibility for ensuring the National Theatre’s accounting processes, controls and records are managed in accordance with professional standards while being responsive to the needs of the theatre.

Key duties:

• Responsibility for the day to day transaction processing through the accounting system (Sun)
• Management of the month end and year end procedures and timetable
• Identify and manage changes in processes to ensure the team are effective and efficient
• Provide support and training for staff across the organisation in relation to financial accounting
• Manage and develop the financial accounting team

The successful candidate will be fully qualified with a strong working knowledge of financial and statutory accounting. You will have proven experience of managing staff and be able to display the ability to encourage and motivate team members. An excellent communicator, you will have the credibility to operate effectively with all levels in the organisation.

Whether you are working within the not-for-profit sector or looking for a move from the commercial world, this opportunity offers you a fantastic change to be part of a world renowned UK institution.

This particular organisation is a major centre for training medical and non-medical professionals each year. Reporting into the Group Finance Director, this role will manage the finances for several of their main centres, focusing mainly on strategic and financial planning but also extending to advising and enabling other divisions to maximise the use of their resources.

Key responsibilities are:

• Delivering an effective finance function through strong leadership and management
• Rolling out the three year financial plans in order to deliver a commercial focus, whilst maintaining a value for money approach
• Developing and improving current systems and procedures in order to improve financial visibility, risk areas and the internal reputation of the department
• Attending Public and Board meetings in order to present financial information on the performance of the business

The appropriate candidate will have previous experience working at a similar level from a private health or pharmaceutical background. You will be a qualified accountant with an appreciation of the current health economy and will have the ability to deal with difficult situations.

Responsibilities will include:

• To manage the monthly budget statements and financial reports analysing variances and trends in accordance with the Trust reporting timetables
• To provide expert financial advice, guidance and training on budgetary management and budget setting to Budget Holders, and where necessary to the wider Division 
• To be responsible for the preparation of robust forecasts and consolidated financial monthly performance reports analysing trends and variances for presentations to the relevant Business Managers
• To be responsible for ensuring that a customer focused service is delivered to the Budget Holders, maintaining the highest possible levels of customer support and ensuring rigorous financial control is implemented and controlled across the division. This will include developing costing and pricing models as the Trust moves into a demanding environment together with support for the realisation of benefits and clinical efficiencies from new capital projects and other areas

Interested applicants will have previous experience working at an Acute Hospital and have worked with challenging Budget Holders. You will be a confident, gregarious individual who can handle confrontation and gets results.

Initially the role will have an interesting twist because the organisation is acquiring two further business which will equate to £120m.  This role will offer operational integration support for the next 9 months and then move towards the technical Financial Accounting side from there.

You will have qualified within audit and have some post audit experience in either the commercial or NHS environment.  The key requirements are someone who has a hands on mentality, coupled with the relationship building skills required to work with a changing environment.

Our client is an established NHS Hospital in Central London with a turnover in excess of £400 m.