Who we are
Tearfund is a Christ-centred INGO, founded over fifty years ago. We have a huge vision: to see all people freed from poverty, living transformed lives and reaching their God-given potential. Tearfund’s role is to be a hugely effective, servant-hearted partner of local churches. We currently support 25,000 churches in more than 50 of the world’s poorest countries, and our aspiration is to equip 250,000 churches to be centres of transformation for their communities and countries.
The role
The Treasurer is a crucial role on Tearfund’s Board at a time of significant financial challenge across the sector, and significant opportunity for Tearfund. In this context, the Treasurer, on behalf of the Board, will ensure that the organisation’s financial obligations are met, and will also support the Board in consideration and action on risk and risk management. The Treasurer will Chair the Audit, Risk and Finance Committee, and is expected to sit on one other Board Committee.
The successful candidate will have significant experience in financial management in a senior role in one or more large and complex and international organisations, and have appropriate formal qualifications such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA. They will have significant experience overseeing risk management. They will also have a reasonable understanding of financial management and accounting in a charity context, and be able to demonstrate a good understanding of effective governance, preferably in a charity context, with experience of a governance role.
The Treasurer will be a committed Christian, actively involved in their local church and willing to affirm Tearfund’s statement of faith, with some understanding of the evangelical constituency of the churches in the UK and Ireland. They will also have a reasonable understanding of the developmental and theological issues relating to Tearfund, and a strong commitment to justice for poor people.
For more information please contact the Chair, Anna Laszlo, on anna.laszlo@tearfund.org
Supporting document(s)
- tearfund-treasurer---role-description.pdf - Download
