Diocese of Gloucester

JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION

Job Title Head of Finance

Salary Band Band 1 £43,134

Section/Team Cathedral Office

Reporting to Chief Operating Officer

Governance Reporting Working closely with The Treasurer

Reporting to job holder Accounts Manager Accounts Assistants Cashier

Date of issue October 2016

Overall Purpose of Post

This post is offered on a Fixed Term Contract, 1st February 2017- 31st March 2018.

The purpose of the post is to provide supportive, strategic and operational management of the Cathedral’s complex finances and its budgetary controls and reporting.

1 of 6 Health and Safety

It is a general duty of all Cathedral staff to ensure they are familiar with the Health and Safety Policy and to adhere to it at all times

Responsibilities and Nature and Scope of Role Accountabilities 1 To manage all aspects of Chapter’s Including timely reports to the Chapter finances. Steward, the Finance Committee and Chapter, identifying areas of growth, challenge and risk, and pragmatic and . practical advice.

2 To provide strategic financial Including supporting senior analysis management colleagues to ensure that short, medium and long-term analysis is linked to the Cathedral’s stewardship and fundraising strategies, and events, HLF financial reporting, and trends in financial markets.

3 To prepare the statutory and all Including working with the Accounts management accounts including Manager and auditors in the forecasting and budgeting. preparation of the Cathedral’s annual financial statements and supporting budget holders to ensure that departmental budgets are effectively managed.

4 To ensure annual and long term Ensuring that the annual budget is budgetary control including determined through clear trend VAT/Charity reporting and analysis and working with Heads of investment management in line Departments to assess priorities and with company and charity opportunities. Reporting to the

2 of 6 procedures. Finance Committee and working with the Strategic Business Director/Chapter Steward and the Treasurer and Receiver to maintain regular monitoring and control of income and expenditure.

5 The oversight of the management Identifying strategic and operational of Financial Risk. risks and developing pragmatic approaches to minimise risk working with senior colleagues.

6 To ensure support and advise key Working closely with the Head of HR personnel on all aspects of finance and Safeguarding for the Diocese and and budget with Human Resources Cathedral on financial implications of implications. the Cathedral’s HR Strategy and associated action plans.

7 To ensure support and advise key Including working closely with the personnel on all aspects of finance Head of Fundraising, Communication and budget with Property and Marketing; the Maintenance maintenance and Cathedral fabric Team, The Stonemasons, The Project implications. Pilgrim team, and the Cathedral Architect on financial implications of works required across the Cathedral’s asset base – its property and the Cathedral.

8 To ensure the collection of rent; Including supporting the Accounts and facilitate the timely review of Manager and team members in the residential leases, and commercial following up of annual rent increases leases. and dealing with resident non payments and liaising with the Cathedral’s agents in the review of commercial rent and lease agreements.

9 To manage and support the Ensuring the day to day functions of Finance Team to be as effective as the finance team are carried out possible. effectively and efficiently and that staff members are appraised, trained, developed and supported.

3 of 6 Day to Day team functions include; Ensuring that all IT requirements for the Team are robust at all times Salary, overtime, and pension payments are calculated and paid Cash handling and reporting; Processing and following up invoices across the Cathedral Gift Aid and VAT returns/queries from HMRC Processes for managing property rents Bank statements, reconciliation, cash transfers including those invested in the CCLA Record keeping

10 To play a part in the Senior Including taking part on management Management Team in supporting training, awaydays, developing a the Cathedral to develop collaborative and collegiate culture. consistently high standards of management, support and development and to maintain own professional development and expertise.

11 To ensure the Cathedral is Including attending conferences, represented at a senior level on meetings, groups etc. and seeking national and regional financial opportunities to develop the groups, discussions etc. Cathedral’s presence on key bodies.

12 To undertake other duties and special projects as required.

4 of 6 PERSON SPECIFICATION

Attributes Essential Desirable

Be in sympathy with the aims General and ethos of the Cathedral.

A Qualified Accountant (ACA, Qualifications ACCA, ACMA) with a detailed and Training knowledge of IT systems for accounting;

Able to demonstrate an holistic knowledge of accounting systems (including Sage 50 as essential) and accounting procedures.

Detailed senior management Experience experience of day to day accounts management, payroll, financial monitoring and the use of computerised accounting packages.

Experience of Charity and retail financial reporting and associated legal requirements.

Senior level knowledge of SAGE Knowledge, accounting system, payroll skills and systems, preparation of budgets abilities and accounts, VAT returns and tax recovery related to Gift Aided income. High level proficiency in Microsoft Excel. Able to prepare financial reports.

5 of 6 Sound communication skills. Good time management skills. Sound IT skills.

Pragmatic, practical and Personal approachable Qualities Customer focusing Able to work on own initiative. Attention to detail. Able to communicate with a wide range of people and groups at all levels. Prepared to work hard to meet deadlines; team worker.

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