Non-Executive Director (Finance)

As our Non-Executive Director for Finance, you'll join our Board and play an influential role in strengthening our financial governance, guiding us through a period of growth and change, and ensuring the company's financial strategy supports our long-term sustainability and mission.

You will ideally have: 

• a recognised professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with current or recent experience in a senior finance role.
• a proven track record in financial governance, including oversight of budgets, cashflow management, audit processes, and financial reporting at board level.
• experience as a Non-Executive Director for a commercial organisation.
• experience of working with a Board of Directors, and/or chairing a Finance or Audit Committee, with the ability to challenge constructively and support sound financial decision making.

The successful candidate will be able to commit 14 days per year to attend meetings at, or near, our Coventry head office and serve a minimum of three years on the board. In return, we offer a competitive compensation package. 

The detailed person specification for the role can be downloaded here.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We actively encourage applications from individuals with diverse gender and/or ethnic backgrounds, as they are under-represented within Middlemarch at these levels and within the ecology sector more broadly. We believe diverse perspectives are key in driving innovation and achieving our mission.

With a legacy of over 30 years, we stand at the forefront as one of the UK’s leading consultancies specialising in the natural environment. Our commitment lies in supporting businesses across diverse industries to protect the natural environment, champion and restore biodiversity, and combat the climate emergency.

With our innovative and bespoke solutions, we empower our clients to meet their environmental obligations, achieve positive and sustainable project outcomes, and embrace opportunities to connect with the natural world.

What we do:

• Biodiversity Net Gain
• Nature-based Solutions
• Corporate ESG advice
• Protected species surveying, monitoring, licensing, and mitigation
• Habitat and botanical assessments
• Major projects and large infrastructure ecology support
• Tree surveys, strategies, and all aspects of professional advice
• GIS, drones, and mapping

From pioneering approaches to ensure a flourishing ecosystem, assisting industry leaders to shape and uphold their environmental commitments, and safeguarding vulnerable inhabitants of our natural habitats, we work on a variety of projects delivering nature positive outcomes.         

We are a proud Wildlife Trust Consultancy, so every year, our profits go back into our local Wildlife Trust. Our investment supports the valuable work the Trust undertakes, to bring wildlife back, and to help people act for nature.

• Compensation for the role is £660 per month.
• Time commitment for the role is 14 days per annum for attendance of meetings (5 full-day board meetings, 3 half-day committee meetings, and 2-4 away days), with the requisite preparatory work on top of this.
• Meetings mostly occur face to face within close proximity to Middlemarch’s Coventry HQ, so the successful candidate will need to be able to travel to these meetings.
• The minimum term of the appointment is 3 years.
• To apply, please submit a short cover letter explaining your suitability for this position and your CV outlining your career history.