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Friday, 19th April 2024 |
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Head of Finance and Resources |
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The Bowes Museum |
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£50,000 p.a. (pro rata) |
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Part-Time Position (22.5) |
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Barnard Castle, England |
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Friday, 10th May 2024 |
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| Job Description |
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As the Bowes Museum enters an exciting period of change, investment and transformation, we are seeking to recruit a new role of Head of Finance and Resources to join our team. The role will lead the museum’s Finance team, managing the financial affairs of the Bowes Museum Charitable Trust and Bowes Museum Enterprises Ltd.
The Head of Finance and Resources will play a critical role in supporting the Senior Leadership Team, providing strategic insight and financial guidance, and helping the museum team deliver a new, forward-thinking and ambitious business plan. You will bring financial expertise, perspective, and pragmatism to enable the museum to achieve its growth ambitions. Your operational and financial planning and risk management will help drive our commercial and financial performance and ensure all accounting, audit and charity law requirements are met while helping deliver the Bowes’ exciting new vision. |
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To be successful in this role, you will bring a combination of financial expertise, industry knowledge in a charity business and commercial environment, strategic thinking, and leadership skills. You will also have strong staff management skills and be able to contribute effectively to the broader leadership and direction of the museum.
The post holder will lead and manage the financial affairs of the Bowes Museum Charitable Trust and Bowes Museum Enterprises Ltd. The Bowes Museum is a charitable trust and an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation, with income from visitors, a growing membership scheme, growing commercial operations, donations, and grants.
A qualified accountant reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will play a critical role in supporting the Senior Leadership Team, providing strategic insights and financial guidance on all aspects of financial decision-making within the museum. You will coordinate financial planning, budgeting, and monitoring, and help align our processes and resources so we work effectively and efficiently. Your role will include operational and financial planning, risk management, and investment management to support decision-making, project delivery and reporting, and driving commercial and economic performance. You will identify opportunities for increased efficiencies, savings and resource management improvements.
You will ensure the museum works within all legal and legal parameters of financial, accounting, audit, and charity law. |
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To download the full Person Specification visit https://thebowesmuseum.org.uk/jobs-and-volunteering
You can hear more from Director of Commercial and Operations (COO), Simon Lee by visiting: https://www.videoask.com/fe0zxxuqi
To apply, please send an up to date CV and Covering Letter to hr@thebowesmuseum.org.uk Your Covering Letter should refer to the essential criteria noted in the role profile’s Person Specification. Please tell us about how your specific skills and professional experiences meet the different competencies, qualities and experiences required and give examples. |
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