- Hours: We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and are happy to explore part-time or job-share options where feasible
- Salary: £60,000 – £65,000 (FTE)
- Location: Barnsley Hospice, Gawber, S75 2RL.
- Closing date: 17 June 2025
- Interviews: 24 or 25 June 2025
- Contact: Chris Harrison, Director of Finance; chris.harrison@barnsley-hospice.org
Barnsley Hospice is seeking a proactive and strategically-minded Financial Controller to help shape and sustain our vital services. As a member of the leadership team, you will ensure professional control over all financial, treasury, and associated risk management functions. You will play a central role in driving improvements in financial strategy and governance, with the opportunity to lead change projects and truly make a difference.
This role is pivotal in supporting our Executive Leadership Team (ELT), Trustees and internal/external stakeholders by providing clear guidance, timely financial insights and clear financial leadership. In the absence of the Director of Finance (DoF), you will also step in to lead on all financial matters, offering sound strategic guidance and technical oversight. This is a senior leadership position with scope to influence the charity’s long-term sustainability and service delivery.
We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and are happy to explore part-time or job-share options where feasible. We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and warmly welcome applicants from all backgrounds, especially those currently underrepresented in our workforce.
Key responsibilities
- Lead all financial operations, ensuring alignment with SORP and compliance with financial governance requirements
- Provide strategic financial advice and decision support to the ELT and Board of Trustees
- Act as deputy for the DoF, representing finance at senior leadership forums and working groups
- Oversee treasury management, cash flow forecasting, and internal controls
- Contribute to long-term financial planning and risk management
- Help shape and deliver the finance function of the future through innovation, automation, and strategic insight
What you will bring to the role
- Qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA or equivalent)
- Proven experience in financial leadership, ideally in a charity or complex organisation
- Strong understanding of SORP and charity governance requirements
- Confident communicator with the ability to influence at senior levels
- A proactive, solutions-focused approach to strategic and operational finance
This job description is not an exhaustive list but it shows many of the aspects to this role. Please refer to the role profile for more information.
About us
Barnsley Hospice is a charity that provides specialist palliative and end of life care to hundreds of local people and those close to them each year. Our main priority is to achieve the best possible quality of life for people living with a life-limiting illness, whilst supporting those close to them during the period of illness and bereavement. As a specialist care provider, the range of skills we offer include, pain and symptom management, emotional support and end of life care. The hospice currently employs about 100 people and has a team of volunteers, based both at the hospice and within our Retail Hub.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQIA+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Barnsley Hospice.
