Head of Financial Performance & Analysis

The Prince’s Trust are partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell in their search for a permanent Head of Financial Performance and Analysis. At The Prince’s Trust, we believe that every young person should have the chance to succeed, no matter their background or the challenges they are facing.

The role of Head of Financial Reporting & Analysis supports senior leaders and key decision makers to effectively manage the Trust ensuring we are financially viable and make best use of our resources to support Young People and fulfil our charitable objectives effectively.

The role:

• Lead and develop the Financial Reporting team, including regular 1-2-1's, coaching, mentoring & upskilling where appropriate.
• Lead the planning, execution and management of the group external audit and preparation of the UK consolidated financial statements under UK GAAP and Charities SORP.
• Responsible for the integrity of the Trial Balances including regular reconciliation of balance sheet control accounts.
• Set the accounting standards by which the financial transactions are recorded including income recognition criteria. Accounting and reconciliation of restricted funds.
• Lead on the month end close activities and production of high quality, accurate and timely management accounts pack and associated reports.
• Oversee the collation of meaningful commentary including highlighting deviations from financial target, impact analysis and actions required to recover financial position.
• Provision of regular and ad-hoc reports for internal stakeholders to drive financial performance and decision making.
• Set the financial planning framework including methodology, assumptions and timetable, analysis of risks and opportunities and recommendations to the senior finance team.
• Act as technical lead on more complex areas of accounting and reporting.

The organisation:

We help young people from disadvantaged communities and those facing the greatest adversity by supporting them to build the confidence and skills to live, learn and earn. The Prince’s Trust has helped 1 million young people to date. Over the last five years, 3 in 4 young people supported by The Trust moved into work, education or training.

Essential criteria:

• Qualified accountant with experience in a comparable role or qualified by experience.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of accounting principles, including the Charities SORP and UK GAAP.
• Excellent people skills with demonstrable ability to influence key decision makers.
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office suite, in particular Excel and PowerPoint.
• Management of month end processes including consolidating and reporting financial performance.
• Producing complex budgets and forecasts including identification of risk and opportunities.
• Ability to communicate and present financial information to senior leaders and non-finance colleagues.

The position will be based at Prince’s Trusts head office in Birmingham and requires on average 1-2 visits per week to the office, dependent on business need. The closing date for applications is 15th September with first stage interviews taking place on the 23rd September.

Applications will be under constant review before the closing date, so please submit your application to our exclusive search agent, Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!

Here at The Prince's Trust, we're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives.