Background

Hansel is a Scottish social care charity based in Ayrshire that supports people with additional support needs, including learning disabilities, to live independent and fulfilling lives.

The organisation focuses on person-centred care, aiming to empower individuals to have choice, dignity, equality and control over their own lives.

Job Purpose

This senior role will play a key role in Hansel’s finance/ITS functions, ensuring robust financial management, compliance and strategic financial planning. This role is pivotal in supporting the organisations senior leadership team with high quality financial analysis and insight to support strategic decision-making and ensure both financial efficiency and optimal resource use across the organisation. The successful candidate will also oversee and facilitate the development of effective information and communication systems and mechanisms to enable accurate and relevant information to be shared with colleagues, customers and external agencies in a timely manner. To support data/cyber security and compliance in relation to GDPR.

Experience Required

• Fully qualified accountant (ICAS, ACCA, CIMA, ACA, CIPFA) and post qualified experience.
• Demonstrable, successful experience in a senior level role leading and managing a dedicated finance team.
• Demonstrable commitment to continuing professional development.
• High degree of IT systems understanding and competence.
• Demonstrates respect for diversity and values inclusion.
• Demonstrable project and change management experience (Desirable).
• Leadership and management of a diverse team across more than one professional discipline (Desirable).
• Third Sector experience, particularly in the field of Health and Social Care (Desirable).