Head of Finance

Robert Half are pleased to be recruiting an interim head of finance for a charity based in Central Bristol.

Role: Interim Head of Finance
Start: January
Duration: 3-6 months
Location: Central Bristol - c.2 days per week on-site
Daily rate: Up to £350 pd (Umbrella)

Focus: provide operational leadership during a handover period while also supporting the charity's finance system implementation project. This role combines steady hands-on financial management with the technical expertise needed to help select, prepare and begin implementing a new finance system to replace the very outdated current one.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead day-to-day finance operations, ensuring strong financial controls, accurate records and timely reporting.
• Deliver monthly management accounts, reconciliations, VAT/Gift Aid returns, payroll oversight and cashflow monitoring.
• Manage and support the Finance Officer and Finance Administrator.
• Support supplier scoping, demos and the business case for a new finance system.
• Review and streamline the chart of accounts, processes and data structures.
• Assist with data migration, grants accounting requirements, system configuration and early-stage rollout planning.
• Contribute to training and embedding new processes within the team.
• Provide finance oversight for the charity's subsidiary, including invoicing, VAT and budgeting.

About you:

• Qualified accountant with strong hands-on charity finance experience.
• Proven involvement in finance-system upgrades or implementations.
• Able to balance BAU continuity with project delivery.
• Practical, detail-driven and confident supporting change.

For more information or to apply, please contact Ben Half on or apply to this advert.

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