Advertised from 30 May 2025

Role

Are you a finance professional who thrives on purpose as much as performance? Do you want your financial expertise to make a real difference in people’s lives, not just the bottom line? Join us as our Head of Finance and help steer a unique organisation that blends the heart of a charity with the ambition of social enterprise.

Established since 2010, the Grassmarket Community Project (GCP) in Edinburgh City is a medium sized charity, incorporating income generating social enterprises. We are a vibrant, inclusive community of more than 600 people working together to overcome wide-ranging societal challenges and support positive changes in one another’s lives. 

We’re looking for a committed and skilled Head of Finance to lead our finance function with integrity, clarity, and vision. This is a unique opportunity to apply your financial expertise to an organisation that genuinely changes lives — every single day.

The Head of Finance will oversee, manage and maintain the finances across our social enterprises and charitable activities. You will ensure robust financial controls and reporting, support strategic decisions with sound financial insight, and champion best practices in governance and financial administration. Reporting to the CEO and working closely with the Senior Management Team (SMT) and Board of Trustees, you’ll be a key player in ensuring our ongoing sustainability, impact, and growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the financial management of GCP, including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and year-end accounts
• Oversee finances across our charitable activities and income-generating social enterprises
• Provide clear, accurate financial reports and analysis to the CEO, SMT, Finance sub-group and Board of Trustees
• Ensure compliance with charity finance regulations and relevant legislation (incl. SORP and OSCR)
• Support strategic and operational decision-making through insightful business modelling
• Manage our financial systems, processes, and procedures for efficiency and effectiveness

The role of Head of Finance is critical to our success. Your skills and experience will enable us to ensure ongoing good financial management and admin systems, governance, due diligence, and strategic planning to support our work and future sustainability. Above all, your work will support the charity to continue to transform the lives of many of our city’s most vulnerable.

Application notes

Interested in this role? Please visit our website and download the 'Head of Finance' recruitment pack for more details Head of Finance - we're hiring | Grassmarket Community Project 

To apply please send your CV (maximum 4 pages) and covering letter (maximum 2 pages, explaining why you are applying for this position and the skills, personal qualities, experience, knowledge and training you will bring to this post) to CEO, Helene van der Ploeg Helene@grassmarket.org by Noon Monday 23rd June 2025

If you have any questions about the role, please email Helene to arrange a brief chat.

First interviews are scheduled to take place at Grassmarket Community Project, 86 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh on 2nd and 3rd July. Second interviews 9th July. Please let us know in your covering letter if you are unable to attend any of these dates.

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