{"id":14,"date":"2025-01-23T12:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T12:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/bre\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:15:15","slug":"person-specification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/diocese-europe\/person-specification\/","title":{"rendered":"Person Specification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/diocese-europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2025\/01\/dine-banner-4.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"title\">\n\t<div class=\"title__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"title__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"title__content\">\n\t\t<h1>\n\t\t  Person Specification \u2013 Head of Finance and Operations\t  <\/h1>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"content\">\n\t<div class=\"content__container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content__column\">\n\t\t  \t\t\t\t<h3>Essential<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience.<\/li>\n<li>Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).<\/li>\n<li>Proven leadership experience in finance and operations in a complex multi jurisdiction organisation.<\/li>\n<li>Experience in the administration of complex governance.<\/li>\n<li>Experience in financial planning, investment management, and compliance.<\/li>\n<li>Experience of managing IT systems to provide relevant and accurate business intelligence including management of systems change.<\/li>\n<li>Track record of delivering to a consistent high-quality working both independently and as part of a team.<\/li>\n<li>Experience of working with remote dispersed teams and cross-functional collaboration.<\/li>\n<li>Strategic financial acumen and analytical capability.<\/li>\n<li>Excellent communication skills across diverse stakeholders.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to manage complexity and ambiguity with resilience and clarity.<\/li>\n<li>Commitment to the values and ethos of the Church of England and the Diocese.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Personal Qualities<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Fully aligned with the vision and ministry of the Diocese in Europe, and comfortable in an environment where meetings begin with prayer.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work and communicate with fairness and clarity across a diverse range of stakeholders and skillsets.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to exercise excellent judgment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Desirable<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>An understanding of the structures and governance of the Church of England.<\/li>\n<li>Experience across multiple European jurisdictions, eg on GDPR compliance.<\/li>\n<li>Charity finance and reporting expertise including a strong knowledge of the UK GAAP, Financial Reporting Standards (FRS)and the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP).<\/li>\n<li>Experience of working in within a charity or public sector context.<\/li>\n<li>Experience in acting as data controller.<\/li>\n<li>Experience of managing complex issues of property.<\/li>\n<li>An active Christian faith.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/diocese-europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/diocese-europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/diocese-europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/diocese-europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/diocese-europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/diocese-europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/diocese-europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micro.green-park.co.uk\/diocese-europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}