Trustee / Treasurer

Hearing Help Essex exists to alleviate the isolation and loneliness that hearing loss can bring. Our award-winning team of staff and volunteers provide services across the County supporting over 8,000 individuals each year.

We are seeking to appoint a Treasurer to join our Board of Trustees.

Treasurer Role Profile

The Treasurer’s role is a strategic one with oversight of the Charity’s financial affairs.  The Chief Executive Officer and the Finance Administrator are responsible for the day-to-day financial operations of the Charity.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Guiding and advising the board in the approval of budgets, accounts and financial statements, within a relevant financial policy framework
• Keeping the board informed about its financial duties and responsibilities
• Advising on the financial implications of the charity’s strategic plans and key assumptions in the operational plan and annual budget
• Ensuring that all board members have a clear understanding of the accounts presented at meetings and the implications that they reveal
• Understanding the accounting procedures and key internal controls to be able to assure the board that the charity's financial integrity is sound
• Ensuring that a realistic budget is produced which meets all the charity's needs and that there is an appropriate reserves policy
• Monitoring the charity’s income and expenditure position and presenting reports to the board at least quarterly, in a format accessible to the board members
• Ensuring that full financial records are kept for all transactions and that proper financial procedures and controls are in place to safeguard the charity’s resources
• Presenting the accounts at the AGM and drawing attention to important points in a coherent and understandable way
• Liaising with the Chief Executive Officer about financial matters
• Playing a key role in planning a clear fundraising strategy to raise money for future activities and developments
• Chairing any finance committee and reporting back to the full board.

Skills

Personal skills and qualities

• financial qualifications or experience
• some experience or knowledge of charity finance, fundraising and pension schemes
• the skills to analyse proposals and examine their financial consequences
• preparedness to make unpopular recommendations to the board
• willingness to be available to staff to provide advice and guidance on financial matters