Community Magazine Treasurer

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Overseeing the presentation of budgets, internal management accounts and annual financial statements to the Board of Directors.
• Ensuring that proper accounting records are kept, and that appropriate accounting procedures and controls are in place.
• Ensuring that robust and comprehensive financial policies are in place and being implemented, and supporting the development of policies covering financial reserves, and cost management.
• Monitoring and advising on the financial viability of the CIC.
• Overseeing financial controls and adherence to systems.
• Advising on the financial implications of the charity’s strategic plan, including overseeing the charity’s financial risk-management process
• Lead on the appointment of and liaison with external auditors.
• Ensuring that the accounts are prepared and disclosed in the form required by relevant statutory bodies, for example, the Registrar of Companies and HMRC.
• Keeping the board informed about its financial duties and responsibilities.

General

• Maintain a confidential, sensitive and discrete approach to personal, sensitive and organisational information
• Act within our stated values and comply with our policies and procedures
• Represent the organisation in a positive manner

What we are looking for

• A finance professional. A knowledge of charity finance is an advantage. Otherwise an enthusiasm to learn, drawing from sound commercial experience and an understanding of SMEs.
• A strategic thinker with an ability to balance risk and opportunity.
• Clear communicator with the ability to bring the financial information alive to non-finance specialists.
• Willing to play an active role in areas such as forecasting, setting budgets, liaising with auditors

Terms of office

●      Appointment to be reviewed annually.

●      This is a voluntary position, but reasonable expenses will be reimbursed if agreed in advance by Directors