This new role has been created as a fixed term post to provide additional capacity to the Head of Finance at Quartet, who is returning to work after a period of absence. You will join a small, experienced and supportive team who run Quartet’s financial systems which include our investments and grants payments. The Head of Finance manages the Senior Finance Officer and the Finance Officer who are 1.4 FTE and long serving staff members, who know the systems of Quartet well.
We need an experienced and self-starting finance professional to join our team, learn our systems, work alongside the Head of Finance and with the CEO, to ensure the board and Leadership Team have up to date financial information from our investors and through our management accounts. We also want to bring about efficiencies in our systems which are long established but not recently updated and take a fresh look at ways to make some of our information more digestible to non-finance professionals. As well as understanding charitable reporting requirements and processes, you will need to understand and include our investment income which is vital to our grant giving processes. We have three main investors and hold over 300 funds.
The work will include producing monthly management accounts, ensuring investment income is included in our financial updates, regular report and Management Information to our quarterly board meetings. Quartet has a supportive staff team of 23 full and part time staff. We also have a skilled board with two former accountants who provide regular support to the team. You will be included in training and development opportunities and given a clear induction and ongoing support to fulfil your duties.
Key Features:
Contract: Fixed term 1-year post
Hours: Part time 21 hours per week – opportunity for flexible working for this post
Salary: Circa £45,000-£55,000 per annum (pro rata), dependant on experience
Location: Royal Oak House, Bristol, BS1 4GB and opportunity for some home working.
Benefits: Quartet offers a staff health benefits scheme, 6% Employer contribution to Stakeholder Pension Scheme, an Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work scheme, and 29 days holiday entitlement (plus public holidays).
Person Specification: Essential criteria for this role includes a professional accounting qualification, strong knowledge of charity accounting, proven experience in financial management in the not-for-profit sector, experience with fund accounting and managing restricted/unrestricted funds, strong financial systems and Excel skills, ability to present complex financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders, and the ability to present accurate work to given timescales. For full details, please see the full Person Specification criteria within the Recruitment Pack (available to download below).
How To Apply:
First please download and read the Recruitment Pack (below) for full details. Also download the Application Form and Equality and Diversity Monitoring From.
To apply you will need to send the following documents via email to recruitment@quartet.org.uk, referencing ‘Financial Controller Application’ in the email subject line by 5pm on Wednesday 21 January 2026:
- A completed Quartet job Application Formwhich includes your basic details and detailing the ways in which you meet the essential and desirable criteria.
- An up-to-date CV(max. 2 sides of A4)
- A completed anonymous Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form(this is voluntary)
Please note: any applications received which do not meet the requirements outlined above will not be accepted.