Head of Finance

Contract Type   Permanent Working Pattern   Full time Working Hours   35 hours per week Salary   £57,767.00 - £63,000.00 depending on knowledge, skills and experience Location Options   Hybrid - home based and Birmingham Function Type   Corporate Functions (HR, Finance, Project Management, IT, Risk and Audit)  

We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Finance. Reporting to the Director of Finance and Procurement, the Head of Finance will be responsible for the entire finance function, at an exciting time for the organisation.

The role

As Head of Finance, you will provide leadership to an overall team of 9 across transaction management, financial accounting and control, business partnering and management accounting to deliver quality, timely and business focused solutions and service to the business.

You will oversee the production of statutory and management accounts, maintenance and monitoring of internal controls and treasury management, development of financial policies and the implementation of these policies and ensuring compliance with financial governance and risk management requirements.

At the heart of the role is business partnering: you will drive forward a robust ethos of this personally and through your team. The business partnering team works with business leaders and budget holders to provide them the skills and tools to take strategic financial decisions and have greater financial accountability.

There is a role profile attached at the bottom of the advert on our website which provides full information on the role and its requirements.

What’s in it for you

• An opportunity to use your leaderships skills in managing a full finance function
• The ability to use your full skillset as a qualified accountant
• The chance to work in a diverse and professional organisation with a welcoming culture in a high-quality office environment and excellent location
• Delivery of strategically significant outputs including statutory accounts and budgets
• An opportunity to showcase your business partnering skills to enable business leaders to make good financial decisions
• Membership of the wider organisational leadership team.
• Additional 3% of annual basic salary for you to choose the benefits that best suit your lifestyle and personal situation.
• Pension - We will contribute 1½ - 2 times your contribution, up to 12.25%. So, if you contribute 7%, you will enjoy the maximum combined contribution of 19.25%.
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme.
• £25 contribution to a monthly health and wellbeing portal.  The portal provides access to more than 5,000 products, experiences and services. Some options available include gym membership, National Trust membership, music lessons, tennis lessons, massages, nutrition, life coaching, fertility support, financial support and much more.
• Access to employee discount vouchers for savings on High Street brands, travel and supermarkets.
• Life Assurance cover of 4 times basic salary.

What we are looking for

• An experienced manager of a finance function ensuring timely delivery of objectives
• Excellent people development and coaching skills
• A qualified accountant
• A business partnering mindset
• Experience in the preparation of statutory financial statements
• Experience of dealing with a range of stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) with the ability to liaise with both finance and non-finance literate professionals.

 Useful and additional information

• This is a hybrid role based in our Birmingham office a minimum of 2 days a week, and from home the rest of the week.
• Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview between 8 and 10 January 2025.
• To find out more about what it is like to work at SRA, view our videos.
• If you have any questions that are not answered in the advert or on our website, you can contact us via: recruitment@sra.org.uk.

To apply

Please click ‘apply’ to complete the online application form and upload a CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the requirements of the role.

To find out more about the recruitment and selection process and how to make the most of your application, please visit our jobs pages.

Closing date for applications is 1 January 2025 at 23:55.

The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards. We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation. Attached Role Profile   Head of Finance role profile - December 2024.pdf – 79KB Opens in a new window Vacancy closing date: 01/01/2025, 23:55

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.

Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.

 We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.

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