Organisation: The Booker Prize Foundation

Role: Director of Finance and Operations

Location: Largely London-based, with flexible remote working

Salary: £90,000 per annum

The Booker Prize Foundation is seeking an exceptional Director of Finance and Operations to join its senior leadership team. This is a pivotal role, combining strategic financial oversight with operational leadership, ensuring the Foundation continues to thrive at the heart of the literary world.

About the role:

Reporting to the CEO and working closely with the Directors of Prizes, Content, and Development, you will play a central role in the smooth running of the Foundation. This hands-on position encompasses finance, operations, HR, governance, compliance, and risk management, and offers the chance to directly influence the organisation’s long-term strategy and operational effectiveness.

You will oversee an Administrative Assistant and collaborate across teams to strengthen workflows, systems, and culture, contributing to a dynamic, high-profile organisation at a pivotal moment in its evolution. Regular on-site presence is required, fostering strong relationships with colleagues and partners.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the finance function, including budgeting, reporting, financial planning, and liaison with auditors.
• Ensure operational excellence through effective systems, processes, and policies.
• Oversee HR practice and policies, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and wellbeing.
• Manage governance, compliance, legal matters, and risk frameworks.
• Support technology, digital, and infrastructure planning to meet current and future needs.

About you:

• Chartered or Certified Accountant (or equivalent) with post-qualification experience.
• Proven experience in finance leadership, ideally within a charity or not-for-profit environment.
• Strong operational, organisational, and people management skills.
• Strategic thinker with an eye for detail, able to balance planning and hands-on execution.
• Excellent communicator and stakeholder manager, comfortable working with senior trustees and external advisers.
• Familiarity with charity law, regulatory frameworks, HR, and organisational compliance.

This is an outstanding opportunity to shape the future of one of the UK’s most prestigious literary organisations. You will join a supportive, high-performing team and play a key role in ensuring the Foundation’s sustainability, efficiency, and continued success.

How to apply:

If you would like to know more about the role or selection process, please visit the microsite https://micro.green-park.co.uk/bookerprize/ or contact Emma Law or Rebecca Hopkinson from our Executive Search partners, Green Park by emailing emma.law@green-park.co.uk or Rebecca.Hopkinson@green-park.co.uk

Please submit your application by 11:59 Sunday 16th November 2025.