Finance Manager

Could you head up the finance function for the membership organisation and charity representing public health professionals across the UK and around the world, and have an impact on the health and wellbeing of local communities and national populations?

Position: Finance Manager

Location: Combination of remote working and office based at the Faculty of Public Health, London.

Hours: 21 hours per week (minimum of 1 day in the office)

Salary: £44-46,000 (pro rata) plus a generous benefits package

Background:

The UK Faculty of Public Health (FPH) is a professional membership organisation with charitable status, concerned with all matters relating to improving population health and wellbeing. We have approximately 4,000 members worldwide.

We help develop, and set standards for the public health workforce. We oversee the training of the next generation of public health consultants, including setting and managing their post-graduate public health exams. We also support their further development through the rest of their career. We are a place for public health professionals across the UK and internationally to seek advice from others working in the same area and to share ideas, new research, best practice and learnings. We also campaign to improve the public’s mental and physical health and wellbeing, seeking to help influence a broad range of public health topics – from tobacco to transport, children’s health to climate change, violence to viruses.

Appointment of a Finance Manager

This is an exciting time to join FPH as we seek wider engagement from our membership and to strengthen our role through our workforce strategy. The Corporate Affairs team is responsible for the organisation’s infrastructure including finance, facilities and IT as well as membership. The Finance Manager role is pivotal to the functioning of this department and the organisation. It will be a challenging and rewarding role providing the appointee with an opportunity to increase their skills in the area of systems, reports and processes. This may well be a career step for someone looking to move into a more senior role. This year we also secured Board approval to upgrade our membership systems so you will join us on this journey to modernise the way we provide services to our members.

You’ll be a qualified accountant with excellent administrative skills and be able to hit the ground running in delivering a busy programme of work. You’ll be able to juggle a range of different activities and be good at collaborating with others and developing new ideas to improve the way we work. It is essential that you have skills in and understanding of Sage 50, CRM, Excel and Word.

We are a small staff team of just 18 staff with passionate and expert members and we are all active participants in the development and delivery of our current strategy. You will need to engage with our membership in order to support our objectives.

While we have all been working remotely over the course of the pandemic we do have plans in place to return a hybrid working environment when the time is right.

Application is by CV anda covering letter which should indicate why you are interested in applying for the role and how you meet the role requirements.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

The closing date for applications is Friday 19th November but applications will be considered as they come in so, please do apply at your earliest convenience. Shortlisting interviews will take place through November. Interviews with FPH will take place week commencing 29th November.

FPH is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion within the recruitment process. we work to ensure that the recruitment approach is fully inclusive and reaches a diverse range of potential candidates. We warmly welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.