Head of Finance

Based in the NEU Hamilton House office (London, WC1H 9BD)
Fixed Term Contract 5-month , full-time
Commencing salary £81,279 plus £1,308 lunch allowance (to be paid pro-rata)

The National Education Union is a force for change in the world of education, bringing together more than 450,000 teachers, lecturers, support staff and leaders working in maintained and independent schools and colleges across the UK.

We are now seeking to recruit an experienced qualified accountant to lead the Union’s Finance Department, covering for an internal secondment on a temporary basis as a 5-month Fixed Term Contract (FTC), in the first instance. The Head of Finance will ensure the smooth efficient running of the department with responsibility for all aspects of statutory reporting, management accounting, business partnering, budgeting and forecasting. As Head of Finance you will oversee the third-party administration of the staff pension scheme, payroll, purchasing, charging for the Unions’ commercial activities and have responsibility for overseeing the Union’s investment policies. 

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant who is able to advise the Assistant General Secretary for Business Services, other senior leadership colleagues and the Union’s Executive on all financial matters. You must be able to demonstrate a successful professional track record with proven experience of leading and managing a finance function in a large and complex organisation, ideally a membership organisation or trade union. 

The post is ideally suited to a well-motivated professional with sound strategic management experience. You will have good communication, interpersonal and organisational skills, as well as being supportive of the aims of the trade union movement. You will have four direct reports and overall responsibility for a further thirteen staff.

Prospective applicants are also advised that your normal place of work will be the NEU office specified in this advert and that the NEU operates ‘Blended Working Arrangements’ for office-based staff, which means you will typically need to be based in the designated NEU office for 3 days a week (based on a full-time contract), with the remaining days based at home, and subject to business needs. 

In addition to salary, we offer good conditions including 35 days’ annual leave plus Christmas closure days and a generous pension scheme. Salary and benefits will be offered pro-rata for part-time applicants.  

Further details can be downloaded from our website at https://jobs.neu.org.uk/templates/ATL/jobslist.aspx where applicants will also be able to complete an online application on our recruitment portal, by the stated closing date of 12pm (mid-day) Monday 19 August 2024.

THE UNION IS FUNDAMENTALLY COMMITTED TO EQUAL OPPORTUNIES IN ITS POLICIES AND PRACTICE