An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and influential finance leader to join Barnardo's as our Group Financial Controller during a period of significant organisational development and transformation.

Following changes to the Finance leadership structure, this newly established 12-month fixed-term role will provide additional senior leadership capacity and play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of Barnardo's strategic priorities.

As a key member of the Finance Leadership Team, the Group Financial Controller will provide senior operational and financial leadership across the finance function, ensuring the highest standards of governance, control and performance while helping to drive transformational change.

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), you will lead a broad portfolio encompassing financial control, finance operations, finance systems, finance transformation and legacy operations. You will be responsible for ensuring robust financial stewardship, effective governance, operational excellence and high-quality service delivery across the organisation.

The role offers a unique opportunity to influence and shape the future of the finance function. You will lead on key transformation programmes, drive improvements across systems, processes and ways of working, and develop and coach senior leaders to build capability across the team. At the same time, you will ensure strong financial governance and operational performance while supporting the delivery of Barnardo's wider strategic objectives.

Acting as the CFO's senior operational deputy, you will play a critical role in enabling the CFO to focus on strategic organisational priorities, while providing visible leadership across finance and leading major projects that support finance and systems transformation.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a strategic and operational finance leader who is passionate about driving improvement, developing high-performing teams and making a meaningful impact within one of the UK's leading children's charities.

The role is hybrid with occasional days in the London office.

Join us and help shape the future of finance at Barnardo's while supporting our mission to make a lasting difference to children, young people and families across the UK.

Robertson Bell is leading this recruitment on our behalf. For further details and to apply please use this link

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
Service related sick pay from day 1
Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
Cycle2work scheme
Interest free season ticket loans
Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
20% discount at Barnardo's stores
Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Our basis and values

Reference number:

23671
Job Title:

Group Financial Controller
Location:

Workplace offer: Hybrid working, Barnardo's hub/office or home address based in the UK
Contract type:

Fixed term
End date:

30 November 2027 (12 months)
Hours:

36.25
Salary:

£67,839 - £92,892
Closing Date:

15 September 2026
Interview Date:

25/09/2026

Benefits

Discounts at 100's of retailers

Employee suggestion scheme

Company pension

Employee Assistance Programme

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