Head of Commercial Finance

Contract Type: Fixed Term 18 months

Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week

Closing Date: 23:59 on Tuesday 19th May 2026

Salary: £70,000.00 to £75,000.00, dependent on your location, skills, knowledge and experience

Location: South London Centre (Flexible working - minimum of 2 days in the office) 

Interviews: Week commencing - 25th May 2026

We’re looking for a strategic and commercially minded Head of Commercial Finance to play a key role in shaping sustainable, high-impact programmes that help young people succeed.

Working across programme design, mobilisation and delivery, you’ll use financial insight and commercial expertise to influence strategic decision-making, strengthen funding propositions, and ensure our delivery models are viable, scalable and outcome-focused. This is a highly collaborative role where you’ll partner with senior leaders across the organisation to balance social impact, commercial sustainability and operational delivery.

You’ll lead commercial input into major bids and programme opportunities, helping to shape solutions that are financially robust, evidence-led and aligned to funder expectations. You’ll also develop frameworks to assess value for money, programme performance and long-term sustainability—supporting smarter decisions across the organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex challenges, influencing at a senior level and turning financial insight into meaningful impact for young people.

What you’ll bring

• Qualified accountant with strong commercial finance expertise
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and shaping strategic decisions
• Experience designing financially viable service or programme models
• Strong understanding of value for money, risk and sustainability in funded programmes
• Experience working across complex, multi-disciplinary environments
• Ability to balance commercial thinking with social impact outcomes

Why join us?

This role offers the opportunity to shape programmes that create lasting change for young people, while helping ensure our services remain commercially strong, sustainable and impactful. You’ll join a collaborative and ambitious organisation where your expertise will directly influence strategic growth and delivery.

We know not everyone will meet every requirement but if you’re excited by the role and believe you can make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

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What happens next?  

Please submit a CV, and Cover Letter that includes your experience, transferrable skills and motivation to work for The King's Trust! The Team will be in touch about the next steps shortly after the closing date.

Why do we need a Head of Commercial Finance? 

Last year, we helped more than 40,000 Young People, with three in four young people on our programmes moving into a positive outcome in work, education or training. The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues or some who have been in trouble with the law. We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us. We want to continue having a positive impact on young people’s lives and we couldn’t do this without the important work of Head of Commercial Finances!

Perks for working at The Trust! 

• Great holiday package!30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year
• Flexible working!Where operationally possible, our roles require a combination of office days and working from home (please speak to the hiring manager about this particular role)
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events– The King's Trust Awards, Pride, active events etc.
• In-house learning platform!Develop your skills for your career and your role
• Benefits platform!Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas.
• Personal development opportunities through our Networks– KT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
• Fantastic Family leave!Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• Generous life assurance cover(4 x annual salary)

For more information about our benefits, please click here. 

Equal Opportunities 

Here at The King's Trust, we're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion and sex. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives.

We are looking for people that can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation and sector, such as candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.

We’re a Stonewall Top 100 Employer and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by KT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network). For more information, please click here. 

Safeguarding 

The King's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

Req ID: 3973

London, GB, SE1 8EG

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