Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer £66K pro-rata (4 days per week) Hybrid working considered with at least 50% onsite Deadline for applications: Monday 27 January ’25, 5pm This is a pivotal time for The Crichton Trust as we continue to grow, innovate, and trade our way out of a period of highly volatile and global financial impacts. As a purpose-led enterprise and registered charity, we have a clear vision of how, as the custodians of The Crichton Estate, we must take the long view, 100 years forward and back, to harness the heritage of our home and connect people, place and the past to shape the future. This is no ordinary strategic financial role; we will need you to live our values: to be brave, agile, ambitious, and compassionate as you deliver a critical strategic leadership role that will be at the foundation of our future sustainability and success. As our Chief Financial Officer, you will be responsible for providing strategic leadership across finance and the broader strategic growth of The Crichton Trust, including financial planning in year, as well as taking responsibility for planning the financial sustainability of the Charity’s future strategy, taking into consideration any economic changes, the commitments of the Charity including capital developments and the diversification of income generation. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, you will be responsible for the development of all necessary financial policies and procedures to ensure sound financial management and the financial compliance and reporting demanded by regulatory authorities and the Board. This role will manage the charity’s finance and admin team and take overall responsibility for the financial management of the charity’s financial reporting and management accountancy, administration, and HR, as well as communication with relevant stakeholders such as The Crichton Trust Board of Trustees. First round Interviews: 21 February 2025 Second round interviews: 28 February 2025 To arrange an informal conversation about the role, please contact Gwilym Gibbons, Chief Executive at

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