Treasurer Trustee

As well as fulfilling the duties of a Trustee, the Treasurer maintains an overview of Court Barn‘s financial affairs.

About the Treasurer Role:

• Overseeing the presentation of budgets, internal management accounts and annual financial statements to the Board of Trustees.
• Ensuring that proper accounting records are kept, and that appropriate accounting procedures and controls are in place eg Excel and online applications such as Quick Books.
• Monitoring and advising on the financial viability of the activities the museum would like to organise.
• Advising on the financial implications of the charity’s strategic plan, including overseeing the charity’s financial risk-management process.
• Oversee the development and implementation of systems for appraising, mitigating and reporting corporate risk.
• Lead on the liaison with the independent examiner.
• Ensuring that the accounts are prepared and disclosed in the form required by relevant statutory bodies, for example, the Charity Commission and/or the Registrar of Companies.
• Keeping the board informed about its financial duties and responsibilities and liaising with the Chair.
• The Treasurer works with the Chairman and Secretary to provide oversight and leadership to the staff as required between trustees meetings.

We are looking for:

• Whilst not necessarily requiring formal accountancy qualifications, the postholder will need to be confident in financial analysis, both on a day-today and strategic basis.
• The Treasurer prepares the annual accounts, using Quickbooks.
• A strategic thinker with an ability to balance risk and opportunity.
• Clear communicator with the ability to bring the financial information alive to non-finance specialists.
• Willing to play an active role in areas such as forecasting, setting budgets, liaising with auditors.