Location: Head Office - Sully (Hybrid Working)

Contract length: Up to 6 months

Weekly hours: 37.5

We seek an experienced finance professional to join our team as our Interim Financial Controller.

About the role

The Interim Financial Controller is accountable for providing financial leadership and oversight of all financial operations of the Charity. The post holder will act as professional advisor to the Executive Team, Board of Directors, and the Chairman, with legislative and regulatory responsibility to discharge financial duties. The role is also responsible for leading the finance team to ensure the charity operates in an effective way and by developing the financial resources to deliver its strategic plans.

This is interim role whilst the substantive Director of Finance (Deputy CEO) is covering the role of CEO on an interim basis during the recruitment and induction of a substantive CEO.

T Hafan currently supports a hybrid working model, and the post holder is required to be on site a minimum of 2 days per week being flexible to work onsite between Monday-Friday. 

About you

We are looking for someone who has a minimum of 5 years of relevant financial leadership / management experience gained in a commercial, charitable, or public sector environment, and has successfully completed interim financial roles at a senior management level.

As the ideal candidate you will be a qualified accountant with experience in an accountancy role supporting a senior leader and/or a large team, with competing demands. You will have the ability to produce accurate forecasts, manage cash flow across a number of trading accounts together with an understanding of the protection and management of company assets. You will also be able to analyse financial information in order to make decisions, set priorities and achieve goals. Having excellent communication skills both written and verbal, the ability to develop effective working relationships quickly and being flexible and solution focus are also key.

About T Hafan

T Hafan is one of the UK s leading paediatric palliative care charities and offers palliative care and dedicated support to children and young people with life-shortening conditions across Wales, and their families, at our hospice in Sully, in community settings, and in the family home. As a charity we greatly value the input, contribution and commitment of our many volunteers and supporters, without whom we would not be able to provide the services that we do. Our families describe us as a lifeline as we enable them to create precious memories with their children during their short lives, as well as end of life and beyond. 

At T Hafan we are dedicated to upholding our vision, purpose, and values, all of which are at the core of all that we do.   

Our Vision: A Wales where every child with a life-shortening condition lives a fulfilling life, supported with the compassion and specialist care they and their family need.

Our Purpose: No family should have to face the unimaginable loss of their child alone. With children and families at the heart of all we do, we provide free care and support in our hospice and in the community, offering a lifeline throughout the child s short life, at end of life, through bereavement and beyond.

Our Values: At T Hafan we make a difference by living our values:  Demonstrating Compassion, Providing Excellent Service, Working Together and Taking Ownership. 

The benefits of working for T Hafan include: 

• Holiday entitlement of 30 days (rising to 32 days with service) plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata for fixed term) 


• Group Personal Pension Scheme - employer contribution of 5%


• Life assurance (death in service benefit)


• Wellbeing support - employee assistance program, which provides a range of free services including counselling, financial and legal support.


• Unlimited access to a 24/7 online GP as well as a range of other health experts


• Healthcare Cash Plan claim back the cost for appointments and treatment such as dental, optical or physio


• shopping discounts (including 25% off Ty Hafan Retail shop)


• Hybrid working and when onsite free secure parking.