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Royal Osteoporosis Society
Head of Finance
£55,000 to £60,000 per annum (full time equivalent) plus excellent benefits
Hybrid working / Bath
About Us
The Royal Osteoporosis Society is the UK's largest national charity dedicated to improving bone health and beating osteoporosis. And we're here for everyone. We equip people with practical information and support to take action on their bone health.
Our vision - strong and healthy bones for life
Our purpose - we transform lives and society by leading the effort to improve bone health and defeat osteoporosis
Our goals - to drive fracture prevention amongst people who are at high risk, quicker diagnosis and better ongoing care, and to support more people to live well with osteoporosis
Our values - we're Bold, We're Focused, we're Collaborative, we have Integrity!
The Role
We are currently looking to recruit a Head of Finance at the Royal Osteoporosis Society. This is a key role within the Finance Team and one that will represent the function by being a member of the charity's Leadership Team.
In this role you will build on the strong foundations already embedded in the finance function maintaining strong financial controls, embracing new technologies and providing the best possible management information to the wider charity as our income grows.
Working closing with the Director of Finance and IT, you will lead on financial controls, business partnering, forecasting and ensure that all financial information is presented in a useful and timely manner. You will also manage a small team.
About You
To succeed in this role you will:
- Be a qualified accountant with substantial financial and management accounting experience.
- Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and demonstrable experience of leading and engaging with finance and other corporate functions to develop a mature and rounded service.
- Have an excellent understanding of financial and management accounting processes, financial reporting and audit planning as well as being adept at managing both your own and your team's priorities.
- Be a strong leader able to communicate well with your peers and teams members and have resilience to adapt quickly to changing priorities and demands from internal and external stakeholders.
- Enjoy using technology to make processes simpler and more efficient.
In return for your hard work and dedication you will enjoy a wide variety of benefits including:
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays increasing to 30 days over time
- Competitive pension, maternity and paternity schemes and life assurance
- Continuous professional development investment
- Shopping Discounts
- Cycle to Work Scheme
For more information on this opportunity including a job description and person spec please contact Nicola Shaw our retained consultant on or to apply send a CV and support statement to
Closing date 3rd November
Interview date 20th November with a second interview the week after for successful candidates
