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Associate Director of Strategic Finance | £86,330
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Duties and responsibilities common to TLT
- Lead teams, providing empowering management - guidance, coaching, and mentorship - to ensure high performance, professional development, and effective collaboration within the team and across the charity.
- Lead by example, with integrity and instilling a clear sense of purpose, priority and direction.
- Lead the development, review and delivery of policies strategies and services that meets the needs of those we support.
- Ensure that appropriate plans are in place to deliver the Trusts strategic aims and performance targets prioritising resources to need and ensuring that change is managed effectively.
- Ensure adherence to the Trust’s policies and procedures in respect of all activities in the service area.
- Lead on the management of resources ensuring that financial human and physical resources are effectively planned commissioned deployed and supported by appropriate processes to achieve the Trust’s strategic aims.
- Assess and manage all risks within the remit of the post.
- Build, develop and sustain effective relationships and partnerships that support the delivery of the Trust’s strategic aims.
Team leadership and development
- Implement a team structure that will deliver the most viable and sustainable model to meet the current and future needs of the Trust.
- Demonstrate compassionate leadership by prioritising wellbeing, inclusion and professional development, ensuring colleagues receive the support, feedback and opportunities they need to succeed and grow.
- Promote collaborative working across Finance and the wider Trust, building strong relationships that break down barriers, strengthen understanding and enable collective problem-solving and decision-making.
- Encourage courageous thinking and continuous improvement by creating a safe environment where colleagues feel empowered to challenge constructively, share ideas, learn from experience and drive positive change.
- Foster a culture of innovation, insight, and evidence-based decision-making, enabling colleagues to use data, technology and new approaches to improve performance and outcomes.
- Deputise for the Commercial Director when required, providing visible and values-led leadership across the Trust and ensuring Finance contributes effectively to strategic decision-making and organisational priorities.
Strategic finance and sustainability
- Lead long-term financial planning so the Trust can remain sustainable, ensuring the organisation remains financially resilient and able to invest in the services, people, systems and innovation needed to deliver the Trust’s strategic aims.
- Coordinate specialist advice on borrowing, banking, investments, reserves, and significant funding decisions, translating complex advice into clear recommendations for TLT and Trustees.
- Model different financial options for major projects, including loan terms, interest costs, covenant requirements, liquidity and risk.
- Support the Combined Leadership Team and Trustees to understand the financial implications of major investment decisions.
- Lead work on complex tax matters, including VAT recovery for capital projects, and seek specialist advice when needed.
- Ensure financial oversight of major projects to ensure they are financially viable, well-governed, and financially sustainable.
Lead the modernisation of the Trust’s procurement framework, supporting the Commercial Director to strengthen purchasing controls and establish robust procedures for approved suppliers; ensuring compliance and value for money across the organisation.
Forecasting, Predictive Modelling & Business Intelligence
- Lead the development of clear financial forecasts, scenarios and models that support decision-making.
- Own the Trust's finance business intelligence framework, integrated data models and dashboards, collaborating with the Digital team to provide insight that supports decision-making.
- Establish strategic financial assumptions, priorities and planning parameters, challenging organisational plans to ensure they are realistic, affordable and aligned with strategic priorities.
- Challenge plans where the financial assumptions are unclear, unrealistic or not aligned with strategic priorities.
- Use business intelligence to identify emerging trends, risks, and opportunities, that support earlier and better-informed decision-making.
- Develops the financial reporting approach and ensures information supports strategic decision-making.
- Produces strategic analysis, recommendations, scenarios and forward-looking commentary through collaboration with Heads of Services and Departments.
Strategic Planning, Performance & Decision Support
- Provide senior financial support to the Commercial Director and Service Director on major programmes, service reviews and areas requiring intervention.
- Build clear financial models for services that need improvement, including income, occupancy, workforce costs and fees.
- Help the Combined Leadership Team to understand the causes of financial pressure and the actions needed to improve financial sustainability.
- Lead financial diagnostics, recovery modelling, options appraisal and improvement planning.
- Provide clear advice on the financial impact of delayed or changed projects, service redesign, investment decisions and operational pressures.
- Review significant financial judgements, risks and disclosures, including capitalisation, depreciation, impairment, loan covenant disclosures and project-related risks.
- Lead work that improves value for money, including spend analysis, automation, procurement insight and better use of supplier and contract data.
Business Development, Fees & Investment Appraisal
- Own the Trust’s approach to financial modelling, business cases, investment appraisal and return-on-investment analysis.
- Prepare financial appraisals for new services, service changes, reopening plans, major projects and commercial opportunities.
- Model different options so the Trust Leadership Team can compare costs, income, cash flow, risks, benefits and conditions for success.
- Develop fee models that reflect true service costs, including workforce costs, support needs, premises, technology, transport and central costs, risk and contribution.
- Support fee negotiations and commissioner discussions by providing credible financial analysis and clear options.
- Help the Trust understand whether proposed services, placements, projects or funding models are financially sustainable.
- Provide financial due diligence for major proposals, including funding mix, affordability, reserves, borrowing and fundraising assumptions.
Assets, Systems & Transformation
- Lead the Finance contribution to decisions about the Trust’s assets, including buildings, fleet, digital systems and other infrastructure.
- Link asset decisions to service quality, financial sustainability, risk, utilisation and long-term investment planning.
- Advise on whether major expenditure should be capitalised, expensed, impaired or treated as disposal related.
- Lead work to improve cash management, working capital and liquidity, including delayed payments, fee uplifts, loan repayments and capital project phasing.
- Develop practical financial responses before cash pressures affect frontline services.
- Lead the Finance systems roadmap, including the core finance system, payroll, contracts systems, Power BI and automated workflows.
- Prioritise system improvements based on business benefit, control improvement, user experience and value for money.
- Modernise Finance policies so they are practical, accessible and aligned with strategy, legislation and good practice.
- Review and strengthen financial controls, including delegated authority, procurement, supplier onboarding, contract approval, capital expenditure and project governance.
- Use audit findings, control testing and incident trends to identify root causes, agree corrective action and make sure improvements are completed.
- Lead periodic reviews of the Trust’s insurance arrangements, considering risk exposure, coverage, claims experience, market options, value for money, and alignment with the Trust’s risk appetite.
Employee benefits
Interested in learning more before you apply?
Listen to our webinar recording
Together Trust held a free, online webinar on Wednesday 23 September 2026 between 2:00pm - 3:00pm which enabled interested candidates to hear directly from the Together Trust's senior leadership team about our exciting new Associate Director of Strategic Finance opportunity. In case you missed the webinar, you can view the recording here to hear first-hand insight into the role, the culture and values, and what it's like to work at the Together Trust.
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About Together Trust
The Together Trust has supported people across the North West for more than 150 years and is one of the region’s leading disability charities. Learn more about its history, its services and the communities it supports before applying for a role with them.
Together 5-year plan
The ‘All Together’ five-year plan sets out the Together Trust’s direction for the next stage of its development. Discover its key aims, how it will build on past successes and its plans to create lasting social change. Find out how you can make a difference.
Who to contact
Hayley Cox is partnering with the Together Trust on this recruitment campaign. Anyone interested in the opportunity, or who would like a confidential conversation about the role and organisation, can contact her to learn more.
Want to know more before applying?
Contact Hayley Cox at Sellick Partnership for a confidential discussion and more information about the role and the opportunity.
