Job Description
Finance Lead
Dear Applicant
Thank you for your interest in the position of Finance Lead at Centre4. I’m hoping that this pack provides you with everything that you need and that it inspires you to submit an application.
Centre4 is many things to many people with a wealth of activity, service and contracts, and projects to promote and share successes, it’s such a unique facility in our community.
This role is fundamental to success across all our themes of work, and you would be joining us at time of significant growth and opportunity, with a recent refurbishment giving us a fresh look. We have a new youth building currently under construction which is going to bring an amazing new resource, as well as a significant increase in our finance function.
I am looking for someone who can bring excellent financial experience; someone who ‘gets us’, not just where we are now but where our vision is taking us. I'd welcome the opportunity to show you around and chat over a coffee if you would like to know more about the role and us.
Best regards
Suzanne
Suzanne Woods
About Centre4
Centre4 was established in 1995 to support the ongoing regeneration of Grimsby and North East Lincolnshire.
Our modern Wootton Road community hub houses an array of activities and services at your fingertips, whether you’re looking to squeeze in a workout at our community gym, reduce your weekly shopping bills at the Community Shop, take part in free activities or get access to practical help and support.
Our advice team is on hand to provide free and friendly support on benefits, debt and money management, housing, employment and much more. What’s more, many of our services stretch beyond our centre and we’re agile enough to deliver services across Grimsby and North East Lincolnshire.
Our Vision
Our vision is to support, enable and encourage the communities of North East Lincolnshire and surrounding areas to live thriving, healthy, happy lives.
We’re a value-led organisation and remain committed to being:
Compassionate: We’ll care, show kindness and help others in all that we do.
Honest: We’ll be honest, truthful, open and sincere with others – both between ourselves as colleagues and to others. We’ll do what we say we’ll do.
Inclusive: We’ll admire and value our communities, staff and volunteers – challenging oppression and valuing the diversity of local people.
Empowering: We’ll support others to achieve their aspirations; and will always involve community members in service planning.
Our Work
Centre4 has two functions; firstly, as custodians of the community hub, we provide tenanted space for 14 organisations and room hire within our meeting and training rooms. We also provide a wealth of services, some in collaboration with partners, including:
Health & Wellbeing
Thrive – our NHS social prescribing contract ‘A Different Prescription’ connecting participants with activities, support and services to meet their practical, social and emotional needs to improve their health and wellbeing
Green Social Prescribing – a new service aimed at connecting participants with activities, support and services to meet their practical, social and emotional needs to improve their health and wellbeing
Debt and Advice – a team of specialist Advisors supporting the community to navigate their personal finances
Welcome and ConnectNEL – connecting our visitors and community with the services, support and activities with ease through in person, telephony and digital assistance
Community – a series of activities that reduce the isolation of our community through social interaction and support
Children, Young People & Families
Butterflies Day Nursery – based on Sutcliffe Avenue, our day nursery with wrap around provision for 0–5-year-olds and up to 8 years old during school holidays
Family Support – support for families with preschool children through a team of volunteer peer supporters to reduce isolation, raise confidence and build resilient families
Centre4Youth – our new youth building that offers open access youth provision and works with partners to deliver a range of specialist support, services and activities to meet the needs of young people across the borough
Employment & Training
Ethical Recruitment Agency – our own socially responsible employment agency focusing on health and social care recruitment offering personalised support and programmes to candidates and businesses
Role Information
Title: Finance Lead
Accountable to: Director of Finance
Accountable for: Finance team members
Salary: £31,040.10
Hours: 37.5 hours a week.
Place of work: Centre4, 17a Wootton Road, Grimsby, DN33 1HE and other venues as needed
Annual leave: 21 days/year plus bank holidays, increasing annually to a maximum of 25 days/year
Benefits: Health and wellbeing schemes, improved sickness absence conditions, Community Shop membership, on site Community Café, free car parking, low-cost gym access, work-based savings scheme, cycle to work scheme, rewards and wellbeing offers, reduced nursery fees
Subject to: Satisfactory DBS, reference checks and six-month probationary period
Person Specification
This is an exciting opportunity to work across multiple teams who deliver their services from Centre4. We are looking for a motivated, dynamic and experienced Finance Lead to join our Centre4 family and who will help us build on our established reputation.
This is an exciting key development opportunity for a finance professional to join a small and friendly team and to help deliver an effective finance function. Reporting to the Director of Finance, the role will assist senior staff in the daily management of the Finance Department. The role is responsible for the supervision and development of the Finance and Payroll Officer, and any other future team members.
We’re looking for someone who can:
- Demonstrate two years senior financial management experience
- Assist and administer the accounting systems and processes, being responsible for the day to day financial information including purchase, sales and nominal ledgers
- Assist in the management of all accounting procedures and systems used by the organisation
- Work with the Finance Director to monitor the financial performance in particular expenditure against budget and identify any significant variances to managers
- Assist and support Finance and HR functions in the management and maintenance of systems for effective and efficient salary processing and administration including PAYE, Pension, SSP, SMP and expenses
- Maintain accurate financial and other records
- Comply with all financial and legal requirements, responsibilities and obligations
- Contribute to the training and development of the team
- Ensure effective communication with staff to maintain strong links with other teams
- Maximise the use of ICT in financial systems and procedures
- Excellent ICT skills – particularly Microsoft Office and working with bespoke systems and a willingness to work within them. Knowledge of Sage Accounts and Payroll.
You’ll need to be:
- Focussed and able to plan your workload whilst being able to problem solve and make decisions
- Able to lead a team with an approach to leadership that brings out the best in people and teams, values every contribution, builds diversity, raises standards and invites enthusiasm and commitment
- Willing and able to embrace our ethos and approach, embedding yourself in operation to be able to effectively understand and communicate vision
- Able to work effectively as part of a team
- Inclusive in your approach, reflecting our ambition to drive EDI beyond policy
- Able to demonstrate significant interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact and co-operate with all members of the Centre4 family team and its suppliers and customers.
This role requires working in the voluntary sector, experience of this is not essential as we envisage that there may be potential candidates from other sectors with the essential skills and experience. However, the ability to adapt to working in the sector is crucial, it can be a culture shock for some, but the benefits are endless.
How to apply
Centre4 recruitment is processed through our internal recruitment agency, ERA, who will take you through the stages. However, if you would like to talk to us about the role in more detail, I am more than happy to have a chat at the hub. ERA will happily arrange this with you.
To apply for the role please send us an up-to-date CV and a covering letter explaining your experience to enquiries@eraemployment.agency
Applications should be submitted no later than 9am 16th September
Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 23rd September
Equal, Diversity, and Inclusion
Centre4 is committed to equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion in its recruitment process.
Safer Recruitment
Centre4 is committed to the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults in all of its operation and adheres to Safer Recruitment practice; the role will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.
More information
For more detailed information on the role, or to arrange an informal chat, contact Ethical Recruitment Agency manager Rachel Button on:
01472 236 677 / rachel.button@centre4.org.uk