Interim Director of Finance and Transformation

Charity Sector
London (Hybrid)
Circa. £100,000
Hackney

Starfish Search is working with a respected national charity to appoint a visionary Director of Finance and Transformation. This is a pivotal role for an experienced leader who can combine financial expertise with strategic transformation, ensuring long-term sustainability while driving innovation and organisational growth.

The Director of Finance and Transformation will provide exceptional leadership across finance, IT and transformation, playing a central role in delivering the charity’s ambitious strategy. Alongside shaping strategy, you will take a hands-on approach to managing, coaching and developing teams, ensuring the function is high-performing, well-supported and equipped to deliver at pace.

THE ROLE

You will:

  • Lead financial planning, controls, and performance management to underpin ambitious growth and service delivery.
  • Oversee digital and data transformation, building modern systems and processes that enable efficient, scalable operations.
  • Guide the organisation’s change agenda, leading programmes and projects that deliver measurable improvement and innovation.
  • Own and manage the risk and assurance framework, ensuring trustees and stakeholders have confidence in governance and compliance.

You will have:

  • A recognised accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent), with extensive senior-level finance leadership experience.
  • A proven track record of working with Boards and trustees, providing insight, assurance and strategic advice to support effective decision-making.
  • Experience of leading financial strategy and delivering organisational growth in complex settings.
  • A strong background in driving transformation, digital innovation and service improvement at scale.
  • Significant experience of team leadership, with the ability to manage, coach and develop staff to build a high-performing function.
  • Experience in the charity or social care sector is an advantage but not essential.

This role is running for a period of six months and offers a salary of c.£100,000.

This is a home-based role with requirement to work in  London occasionally and the ability to travel to locations across England and Wales.

Closing Date: Monday 6th October.