Treasurer, Arts Charity for Young People - Volunteer

Highly Sprung's vision is to inspire, enable and create better lives for children and young people through physical theatre.

We are looking for an Honorary Treasurer to join our Board with Finance, Accounting and Audit & Risk experience.

What difference will you make?

As a Honorary Treasurer Trustee, you can help the Board and also the Directors oversee the finances and cashflow with greater confidence. Over the next year we hope to be successful in achieving longer term funding that enables us to reach more children & young people.

What are we looking for?

For the Honorary Treasurer Trustee we are looking to source experience of

Finance Accounting Audit & Risk

The Overall Role

To monitor the financial administration of the charity and report to the Board at regular intervals on its state of financial health, in line with best practice, and in compliance with the constitution and legal requirements.

The Main Responsibilities And Duties Of The Treasurer Include

Oversight & presentation of budgets, internal management accounts and annual financial statements to the Board Leading in the Board’s duty to ensure that proper accounting records are kept, financial resources are properly controlled and spent, in line with good governance, legal and regulatory requirements Leading in the development and implementation of financial reserves & cost‐management policies Liaising with members of staff responsible for the financial activities of the organisation Chairing any finance committee in line with standing orders and terms of reference, and reporting back to the Board Monitoring & advising on the financial viability of the charity Overseeing the implementation and monitoring of specific financial controls and adherence to systems Advising on the financial implications of the charity’s strategic plan Overseeing the charity’s financial risk management process Board‐level liaison with the external auditors (not currently applicable, but may be in the near future)

As a charity that works with children and young people, we also particularly encourage applicants who are under the age of 45, who are specifically currently underrepresented on our board.

Hybrid

What will you be doing?

Our current Board of seven Trustees is a mixture of those with experience, and those who are first time Trustees - so we welcome those of all ages and backgrounds to apply and particularly welcome applications from those who may not have previous experience of Board roles.

Our previous Treasurer needed to step down, so we are looking to recruit for this position. The Honorary Treasurer will spend time working directly with Highly Sprung Directors and preparing for Board Meetings.

As a non-core funded, project funded organisation working in the arts and with children & young people, the funding landscape is a challenge, so we are looking for someone with the finance and accounting skills to support the charity as we continue to expand.