Finance Manager – Full or Part-Time
Salary: £42,750 per annum (FTE), pro rata depending on hours
Location: Remote / Home Based – occasional travel to London
Hours: 30–37 hours per week, across 4–5 days
Contract: Permanent
Sector: Charity / Not-for-Profit
The Opportunity
Mission Search is delighted to be supporting a fantastic national charity in the recruitment of a Part-Time Finance Manager.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and proactive finance professional to join a purpose-led organisation making a genuine difference to people's lives across the UK.
Working closely with senior leadership, you'll play a key role in ensuring the charity's financial operations run smoothly, providing accurate financial information, supporting effective decision-making and helping the organisation make the best use of its resources.
The role offers a high degree of flexibility, with home-based working and only occasional travel to London. With 30–37 hours available across 4–5 days, this could be an ideal opportunity for someone looking to achieve a better work-life balance without compromising on the quality or impact of their work.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee the charity's day-to-day financial operations, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Prepare monthly management accounts, financial reports and supporting commentary for senior leadership.
- Lead on budgeting, forecasting and financial planning, working collaboratively with budget holders across the organisation.
- Maintain restricted fund records and fund level coding within Xero
- Monitor cash flow, expenditure and financial performance, identifying risks and opportunities.
- Support the preparation of year-end accounts and coordinate with external auditors.
- Ensure robust financial controls, processes and procedures are maintained.
- Provide financial analysis and insight to support strategic and operational decision-making.
- Support compliance with relevant financial regulations, accounting standards and charity governance requirements.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial systems, reporting and processes.
About You
We're looking for someone who combines strong technical finance skills with a practical, hands-on approach and a genuine interest in working for a purpose-led organisation.
Ideally, you'll bring:
- Previous experience in a Finance Manager, Management Accountant or similar finance role.
- Strong experience preparing management accounts, budgets and financial forecasts.
- A good understanding of financial controls, reporting and compliance.
- Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.
- Strong Xero experience would be an advantage
- The ability to work independently and manage competing priorities in a remote working environment.
- Experience within the charity or not-for-profit sector would be advantageous
What's on Offer?
- £42,750 FTE salary, pro rata depending on agreed working hours.
- 30–37 hours per week, worked flexibly across 4–5 days.
- Remote/home-based working, with occasional travel to London.
- The opportunity to join a fantastic national charity with a meaningful mission.
- A varied and influential finance role, working closely with senior leadership.
- The chance to make a genuine contribution to an organisation delivering positive change across the UK.
Interested?
If you're an experienced finance professional looking for a flexible role where your skills can make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.