Assistant Director, Head of Finance and Operations

£78k - £87k | Membership Organisation | Permanent | 35 hours per week | Hybrid, 1 day per week in London

Altum are partnered with a medical membership organisation in recruiting for an Assistant Director, Head of Finance and Operations to join its senior leadership group. This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly respected, values-led organisation and play a key role in shaping how its resources are used to maximise impact for members and the patients and communities they serve.

This is much broader than a traditional Head of Finance position. Working closely with the Director of Corporate Services and Infrastructure and the wider Leadership Team, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across finance, facilities, operations and procurement. You will also play an important role in organisation-wide transformation, ensuring the organisation remains financially and operationally sustainable.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the finance, facilities, operations and procurement functions, with responsibility for a team 4 (wider team of 10 in total)
• Acting as a strategic partner to the Director of Corporate Services and Infrastructure and wider Leadership Team
• Providing clear financial and operational insight, constructive challenge and recommendations to support decision-making
• Leading budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and wider financial planning
• Developing business partnering across the organisation, ensuring resources are aligned with strategic priorities
• Maintaining strong financial controls, compliance and risk management
• Leading improvements across finance systems, processes and ways of working
• Overseeing procurement, business continuity and operational resilience
• Leading significant organisation-wide projects and programmes of change
• Creating a collaborative and accountable culture across the team, while working effectively through matrix leadership