For over sixty years, British Safety Council has been a trusted leader in health, safety, and environmental management. Since its foundation in 1957, our creative and impactful campaigning around safety, health and wellbeing has saved tens of thousands of lives. Our vision is a very simple one; ‘No one should be injured or made ill through their work’. We fulfil our vision by focusing on training, audit, membership, events and policy. We have an exciting new role for a Head of Finance to join the team in the UK.

The ideal Head of Finance will support all aspects of financial reporting, analysis, control and transactional processing. They will oversee the day-to-day operations of the finance department in the UK and India (including the outsourced component in India). The ideal candidate will have experience working in an international group environment with reasonably complex reporting to tight deadlines. The ideal candidate will have finance systems experience. Please click apply to read the full job description.

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACMA, ACCA, CIPFA)
• Advanced Excel Spreadsheet skills
• Good working understanding of GAAP & Charity SORP
• Significant experience of preparing monthly management accounts
• Clear understanding of risks relevant to the finance environment and controls required to mitigate risks
• Budget preparation, forecasting, budgetary monitoring & and control
• Systematic and accurate undertaking of routine finance-related tasks and utilising supporting financial systems effectively
• Managing and monitoring devolved restricted budgets
• Experience in analysing trading performance and preparing related management information
• Good working knowledge of HMRC and particularly VAT tax regulations
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Strong leadership and resource management skills
• IT literate and experience with MS packages

🌴 25 days annual leave with holiday buying and selling option

🩺 Health cash-plan benefits upon joining

🍎 Private medical and dental cover on completion of the probationary period

🏡 Flexible working from day one of joining

👪 Attractive family-friendly policies

🥇 Training and Development opportunities

🙏 Other wellbeing activities

If you are interested in this role, please click 'Apply' to read a more detailed job description and explanation of the benefits package. You will then be able to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV along with a cover letter explaining why you think you are a candidate for this role.