Salary: £54,000–£60,000 per annum, plus excellent benefits 

Location: Remote (UK based), with monthly team days in London and occasional travel to Ghana 

Contract: Permanent, full time (4 days considered) 

Closing date: 23:59 on 1 March 2026

 

 

AfriKids is an award winning, locally led charity supporting children’s rights in northern Ghana. As we launch our ambitious new Rise Up programme, we’re recruiting a solutions driven Head of Finance to help us strengthen our impact.

You’ll combine strategic leadership with hands on financial management, improving systems, ensuring strong stewardship of our funds, and supporting our growth as a high impact, community led organisation.

 

 

As our Head of Finance, you will lead AfriKids financial operations and play a key role in shaping financial practice across AfriKids Global. You’ll work closely with colleagues in the UK and Ghana to ensure strong, transparent, and proportionate financial management that supports confident decision making and long term sustainability.

Your early focus will include improving the quality of financial data and management reporting, strengthening controls, and supporting the transition to more aligned, cloud based systems across the organisation. 

This role is perfect for someone who enjoys both strategic thinking and practical delivery someone who thrives on improving systems, building capability, and making finance accessible and meaningful for colleagues at all levels.

 

• Lead financial strategy, planning, budgeting and forecasting across AfriKids UK, working collaboratively with colleagues in Ghana.

• Ensure smooth, compliant financial operations, including statutory reporting, audit management (FRS 102 and SORP), and continuous improvement of systems and processes.

• Strengthen financial controls, risk management, due diligence and assurance across programmes.

• Support the development of cloud based financial systems and improved data quality in Ghana.

• Oversee multi currency management (£/$/GHS), including FX risk, forecasting and cashflow planning.

• Produce timely, accurate and insightful management accounts and financial reports for senior leadership and the Board.

• Provide financial modelling, full cost recovery guidance, and budgeting support for fundraising and donor reporting.

• Build strong relationships across teams, offering training, mentoring and accessible financial insight.

 

 

 

We’re looking for someone who brings both technical excellence and a collaborative, can do approach.

 

• A recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA).

• At least five years’ senior financial management experience, within the charity or international development sector.

• Strong knowledge of UK charity finance, audits, compliance and multi currency operations.

• Experience improving financial processes, systems and management reporting.

• Confidence managing FX risk and international financial flows.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to make complex information clear and relevant.

• A pragmatic, flexible mindset and a commitment to strengthening locally led systems.

• Willingness to travel monthly to London and occasionally to Ghana.

 

Above all, you’ll share our values integrity, unity and impact and our belief in the power of communities to lead change.

 

 

 

Working at AfriKids means joining a small, friendly and passionate team where you can truly make a difference. Our benefits include:

 

• Remote working as standard, with flexible hours and the option of a 9 day fortnight after probation.

• Minimum 34 days’ leave (plus additional service based days).

• Generous parental, caregiver and compassionate leave.

• Pension match up to 5%.

• Annual wellbeing and learning allowances.

• Paid sick leave, eyecare vouchers and cycle to work scheme.

• Regular team socials, away days and the chance to visit Ghana to see our work first hand.

 

 

We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and will support you with any adjustments you may need during the recruitment process.

 

 

For more information, please contact Hannah at Not For Profit People on 01234 815658.