Trustee Treasurer to manage our financial activities

Trustee Treasurer to manage our financial activities

Trustee/Governor
J102934
At a glance

Skills

  • Accountancy / Auditing
  • Financial management
  • Governance
  • Strategic development and planning
  • Business advice / analysis

Where

Darlington, DL3 8PS
Mainly at home
Travel limit? Volunteers should live within 30 miles of Darlington

Time

Either in or out of office hours Estimate of time needed:
3-7 hours / week
Hours are flexible

Deadline

25 Aug 2025

Do you have excellent financial management skills?

Would you like to use them to support Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Darlington area?

Could you offer us 3-5 hours a week and attend 12 evening meetings per year?

What will you be doing?

  • Maintaining accurate financial records and produce regular reports and accounts
  • Implementing and monitoring financial procedures, ensuring statutory compliance
  • Manage the organisation’s bank accounts, donations and petty cash
  • Paying invoices in a timely manner
  • Ensuring consistent compliance with DAR procedures
  • Advising the Trustees on financial matters

What are we looking for?

  • Experience of managing a Finance function or operating at a senior level in a Finance capacity
  • Leadership skills gained at a senior level in a commercial business or charity
  • Systematic, organised and judicious
  • Analytical and decisive
  • Good written and spoken English
  • Collaborative, supportive and persuasive
  • The ability to influence at a high level
  • Approachable and sensitive to the feelings of others

What difference will you make?

As our Finance Manager, you will ensure that the organisation:

  • complies with our statutory and fiscal duties
  • is financially sound and able to meet its commitments
  • is careful with our hard-won funds and uses them to the best benefit of our clients
  • is able to maximise the impact of donations and funding
  • operates professionally and prudently

Before you apply

Please apply through Reach.  

Causes
  • Refugees / migrants
  • Organisation type: 
    Charity

    Being a refugee or asylum seeker means reaching a foreign land after fleeing one’s home in fear. It means leaving everything and everyone behind.

    At DAR, we want to ensure that those men,...