Director of Finance & Resources

Salary from £63,294 - £66,601 pa (2024/25 Pay award pending)

Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire.  Touchstone understands that they can only deliver excellence to the people they serve if the people they recruit are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.

Touchstone is now seeking an experienced and motivated Director of Finance & Resources, to join the Senior Leadership Team (SLT).  You will be required to provide strategic leadership for finance and resource management across Touchstone, to ensure long term stability and maintenance of the highest standards of probity.  You will also be responsible for leading on the delivery of IT support services.  The successful applicant will be a confident leader, who will work closely with the CEO and SLT and will be the designated company secretary. You will have:

• Leadership, strategic and operational management experience.
• Excellent negotiating, analytical and organisational skills.
• Experience of working with and reporting at Board level.
• Excellent financial skills including preparing budgets andmanagement accounts.
• Thorough understanding of risk management and able todevelop appropriate strategies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Possess a relevant finance qualification recognised by aprofessional accountancy body.

For more information, please contact: Arfan Hanif (CEO) on 0113 271 8277 or email arfanh@touchstonesupport.org.uk ‍

As an employee of Touchstone, all successful applicants continually benefit from the following:

• Personal wellbeing budget.
• 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 after 2 years) + 8 bankholidays (pro-rata) and 1 celebration day.
• Agile working policy.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Access to counselling and 24/7 confidential staff MindfulEmployer helpline.
• Health and wellbeing and fun organisational staff away days.
• Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay.
• A full range of staff and peer support networks.
• Lots of learning and development opportunities

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGBTQ+ communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. Further information can be obtained from their equal opportunities policy.

Please note that Touchstone do not hold a sponsor licence and they do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

Applications can be obtained by visiting www.touchstonesupport.org.uk or by e-mailing recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk.

Feedback is only provided at the interview stage.