Ivy Rock Partners
Head of Finance (Part-time)
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Interim Head of Finance
Central London
£60,000–£65,000 FTE
Part-time – 3 or 4 days per week
6 Month Fixed-Term Contract
Museum
Job description
A leading national museum is seeking an experienced Interim Head of Finance to provide leadership and continuity through a period of organizational change.
Leading a small finance team, you'll take responsibility for the day-to-day leadership of the finance function, ensuring strong financial controls, compliance, and reporting while providing senior financial expertise to the wider organization.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys combining hands-on financial leadership with business partnering, working closely with directors and budget holders to strengthen financial understanding and support effective decision-making.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead and develop a small finance team, providing oversight and technical support.
- Maintain strong financial controls, governance, and compliance, including required government reporting.
- Oversee year-end and ensure the organization is well prepared for its 31 March year-end.
- Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting cycle, including reviewing forecasts and preparing financial information for the Board.
- Partner with directors and budget holders, providing financial advice, challenge, and support.
- Continue to improve finance processes, reporting, and automation, including the effective use of NetSuite.
- Provide financial oversight of the organization's trading subsidiary, including profitability, costing, and appropriate cross-charging.
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You will:
- Be an experienced finance professional with a strong background in financial control and leading small finance teams.
- Be comfortable operating independently as the organization's senior day-to-day finance expert.
- Ideally be a qualified accountant, although QBE candidates with significant relevant experience will also be considered.
- Ideally have experience within a charity, not-for-profit, or publicly funded organization.
- Have strong budgeting, forecasting, year-end, and financial reporting experience.
- Experience overseeing a trading subsidiary would be advantageous.
- Be an approachable and pragmatic business partner, confident working with senior stakeholders and non-finance colleagues.
- Be comfortable maintaining business-as-usual delivery while identifying practical improvements to systems and processes.
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What's on offer:
- 3–6 month fixed-term contract
- £60,000–£65,000 FTE
- Part-time working - 3 or 4 days per week
- Predominantly office-based in Central London
- Expected start in November
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