Director of Strategic Finance

Lumos is an international children’s charity, working with vulnerable children globally across a diverse range of programmes designed to give children the best start in life. Lumos’s mission is to transform care systems around the world and realise every child’s right to growing up with safe and loving families within supported communities. They ensure that families receive the support they need to stay together or reunite, and that children grow-up in family-based settings such as foster or kinship care, not institutions. The charity is seeking a Director of Strategic Finance to lead the strategic and operational finance for Lumos.

Reporting into the Chief Executive Officer, the Director of Strategic Finance will be a key member of the Executive Team, responsible for providing strategic and operational financial leadership for the charity. Managing a small finance team, working closely with the CEO, Trustees, and the wider business, this is a pivotal position for the organisation at a time of strategic change and future growth.

The role will include, though will not be limited to, the following duties:

• Leading on designing and implementing financial and operational strategies
• Providing strategic financial analysis and insight on financial matters and present to Trustees and Executive team to help inform decision making
• Oversee and lead on financial planning and forecasting processes
• Oversee and lead on the day-to-day financial operations including financial and management reporting, controls, cash flow management and budgeting
• Day to day management of finance team, including establishing mentorship, training and development plans
• Lead the charity’s compliance in relation to regulatory and governance policies and frameworks
• Lead in the improvement of financial systems, controls and processes
• Managing key internal and external relationships including with international Country Directors and external auditors and advisors

You will be

• Qualified finance professional with experience at a senior finance level
• Experience in charities or not-for-profit organisations is desirable though candidates from all sector backgrounds are encouraged to apply
• Proven experience in leading financial strategy for an organisation and working as part of a wider senior leadership team is a must.
• Ability to balance strategic work with management of day-to-day operations

What’s in it for you

Salary: £80,000 – £100,000 per annum dependent on experience
Hybrid working with 3 days per week in the central London office
Employer pension contribution of 8%

Please note that Ivy Rock Partners are partnered exclusively with Lumos in the recruitment of this position. All direct and third-party applications will be forward to Holly Arrowsmith at Ivy Rock Partners.