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Financial Controller, part-time (three days a week) permanent

Salary: £42,000 to £48,000 for 0.6FTE (£70,000 to £80,000 FTE)

Reporting to: Chief Operating Officer

Location: The St Philip Howard Centre, Crawley (on site)

Application deadline: 31 October, 5pm

Interviews: 5 November in Crawley (in person)

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The Diocese of Arundel & Brighton is a registered charity with care of 250 staff, 180 members of clergy, and many hundreds of volunteers. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the successful applicant will oversee a finance team of 5, including a qualified management accountant and two colleagues engaged in studies.

The finance team supports cloud-based accounting for 80 parishes; overseeing a significant number of transactions, submitting the monthly payroll to the outsourced payroll bureau, and providing the finance function for central operations based at The St Philip Howard Centre in Crawley.

The Financial Controller will be responsible for producing statutory audited accounts and acting as the principal contact for external auditors. They will also report on finance matters to the quarterly Diocesan Finance Committee (DFC) and will oversee the finance team in delivering the budget process and production of quarterly cashflow and budget forecasts, leading on tax compliance, VAT (for one subsidiary), and Gift Aid.

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To apply, please email a CV and Covering Letter to the Chief Operating Officer, Sarah Kilmartin, by 5pm on 31 October;

E; coo@abdiocese.org.uk

Please note that CVs without a covering letter will not be reviewed.