Director of Finance - Mountbatten

Job Posted: 14 February 2025

• Contract Term: Permanent
• Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Part time
• Salary: £90,080 full time equivalent salary (£54,048 per annum for three days per week - including increase from April 2025)
• Industries: Accounting Banking & Financial Management & Executive

Are you seeking to use your financial skills to make a real difference to your community? Do you have the financial experience and passion to help Mountbatten to achieve our vision? We are seeking a motivated and talented individual with senior experience to lead on our financial strategy and financial planning.

Mountbatten hospice group is a leading provider of palliative and end-of-life care in the UK, supporting 4,000 individuals at any one time, across parts of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We exist to promote and to provide good care and support for those people living with, affected by, or curious about death, dying and bereavement.

We are the largest organisation of our kind in the region, with a budget of over £20m and serving a population of over 700,000; and with 200% growth in the number of people we are supporting in the last four years. Fundraising, alongside retail and commercial income covers around two thirds of our annual running costs, with the remainder coming from NHS and other commissioned services. With costs rising and income streams not always guaranteed, effective financial planning and budget management are critical to enabling us to achieve our aims.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with significant experience of financial management, working at board level and providing organisational expertise and advice on all financial matters. The postholder will have responsibility for all financial budgeting and reporting, analysis and medium-term financial planning. Ideally the candidate will have experience of working within a charity setting with a sound understanding of the regulatory and accounting requirements for this type of organisation.

The person will also provide leadership to the Finance Team, supporting their personal growth and development, with oversight of all financial operations, transactions and procedures, ensuring these are done to the highest standards and in a timely fashion.

We pride ourselves in being at the forefront of developing palliative and end of life care services and as the Director of Finance you will also have the opportunity to contribute to our strategic plans and further development of services and new income streams, ensuring we remain energetic, bold and innovative. You will work with our existing CEO prior to their retirement and from October 2025 with our new CEO and senior management team to help us to achieve everything we can for those who need our support.

You will also work with the Board of Trustees, staff, volunteers, supporters and partners to implement Mountbatten’s vision, providing visible leadership and helping to nurture a culture of excellence, agility, and compassion. Mountbatten’s people actively live by a set of shared values which shape how we work and volunteer together. You will bring a demonstrable empathy and passion for the mission and values of Mountbatten, with the ability to motivate and empower staff and volunteers to achieve our vision.

We are an inclusive organisation and we continuously seek to embrace everyone within our community. We therefore warmly encourage applications from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.

For an informal discussion about this role please contact Nigel Hartley (Chief Executive Officer) [email protected] or David Hodgkins (Director of People Services) [email protected].

To apply please submit your CV with a covering letter by 5pm on Thursday 6^th March 2025. 

*For further information, please refer to the attached Candidate Pack*