The CFO Role

VTCT is seeking to appoint an experienced CFO who will bring in-depth knowledge of managing the finances of large and complex organisations and operating structures. The CFO will be both strategic-minded and hands-on, while demonstrating the agility, foresight, and innovation to manage the organisation through change and disruption.  The CFO shares a collective responsibility for designing future strategy and setting strategic objectives, while being accountable for the financial strategy and commercial activities of the charity, leading to the effective prioritisation of revenue, monitoring project performance, and driving financial and operating performance. 

A key requirement is to evolve the use of data to continually challenge and enhance the financial decision-making process of the VTCT group, maintaining compliance with all statutory and external requirements and regulations.  As a member of the Corporate Leadership Team (CLT), the CFO will be a key player in designing, creating and maintaining the performance of VTCT’s financial operations, overseeing the delivery of the IT strategy and for maintaining the organisation’s contract and risk registers.  They have three direct reports, team responsibility and 11 further staff.

The CFO will drive a culture of entrepreneurial thinking and innovation, high performance and customer service, and challenges the status quo in the planning and delivery of services, driving improvement and introducing new ways of working.  They will be a leader, analyst, creator, critical thinker, adjudicator, orchestrator, implementor and effective communicator. Working with senior teams and Board director/trustees they will help to grow the business, formulating strategies and plans.

The organisation has an established finance team.  The CFO will conduct a full assessment and development of a financial strategy and plan, and work with the CLT through the full operating model of the business to develop a robust group strategic plan to take the business to the next stage of development.  Whilst not overly technical, the role will include oversight of financial obligations, monthly and transactional accounting, but a huge focus will be on more commercial and strategic activities.