Executive Director of Finance, Operations and Growth
We are seeking an outstanding Executive Director of Finance, Operations \& Growth to join our Executive Leadership Team. This is a high\-profile, mission\-critical role that combines strategic financial leadership with operational excellence and commercial growth. You will play a central role in ensuring the Hospice’s future sustainability, driving income diversification, and enabling transformational change that supports the delivery of exceptional care. You will be delivering an ambitious new strategy working closely with an inspiring CEO, collaborative and forward thinking SLT and Board of Trustees. Keech Hospice is in the top 25 of 100 Best Companies to work for.
Key Duties \& Responsibilities
- Strategic Financial Leadership: Shape and deliver the organisation’s financial strategy, providing insightful analysis and robust planning to ensure long\-term sustainability, effective risk management, and strong financial governance.
- Finance Function Excellence: Lead a high\-performing finance function, ensuring accurate, timely reporting, strong financial controls, and continuous improvement in systems, processes, and business partnering across the organisation.
- Growth \& Commercial Strategy: Lead and support the development and performance of trading and commercial income streams, including working with our excellent Ass. Director of Trading and Commercial , identifying new opportunities and forging strategic partnerships to diversify income.
- Operations, Estates \& Sustainability: Provide strategic oversight of procurement, estates, facilities, and sustainability, ensuring efficient, compliant, and forward\-thinking operations aligned to net zero and environmental goals.
- Transformation \& Major Projects: Lead and sponsor strategic initiatives and capital programmes, developing robust business cases and ensuring effective delivery, governance, and realisation of benefits.
- Executive Leadership \& Governance: Act as a key member of the Executive Team, building strong relationships with the Board and Audit and Risk committee, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high performance.
- Organisational Stewardship: Ensure effective use of resources, robust risk management, and strong organisational performance, while acting as an ambassador for Keech Hospice and upholding its values at all times
Second stage interview date: 7th \& 8th July 2026
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Keech provide free, specialist care for Adults in Luton and South Bedfordshire, and children from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes living with a life limiting illness. Keech supports adults and children to live pain and symptom free, to spend untroubled time with their loved one, to understand what’s happening to them, to stay out of hospital and to make the most of the time they have.
Contact: Recruitment@keech.org.uk
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