The recent dramatic surge in the cost of living means more people are asking charities for help and support, while at the same time the number of donations to good causes is declining as people are hit by the cost of living crisis.
According to the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), almost five million fewer people gave money to charity in the first four months of 2022. At the same time, high inflation is devaluing existing monthly donations which may have been set up several years ago. All of this, combined with increased business costs, means not-for-profit financial leaders need to make their operations more streamlined and efficient to keep the cash flowing and become more resilient.
In this webinar, brought to you by Third Sector Insight and Sage Intacct, our industry experts discuss why we need to elevate the role of the not-for-profit financial leader to be more strategy-driven and how this will help them guide charities through turbulent economic times.
We explore:
- What are the biggest operational challenges facing non-profit finance leaders and teams?
- How can streamlining financial operations help leaders to increase organisational efficiency and save money?
- What impact can demonstrating your ‘mission impact’ have on your charity’s success?
- How have charities transformed by becoming more data-driven? How does reliable real-time data help to show how charities are performing and where income gaps lie?
- How can leaders take action to increase or maximise their income?
- How will the role of the not-for-profit finance leader continue to evolve through digitalisation?
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I'm Grant Gevers, dedicated husband and dad to 1 (aged 10). I started my career in finance technology nearly 18 years ago in sunny South Africa. I currently work as a Senior Solution Consultant for the Sage Intacct team, dedicated to the Not-for-profit and Healthcare sectors for customers across the UK and Ireland.
I am experienced in a broad range of functions having started out supporting Sage Finance and CRM systems in Customer Support. My role grew to delivering User Training and delivering systems to Sage customers as an Implementation Consultant. Where I really developed my skills in helping customers use technology to help solve complex business problems.
Drawing from my past experience. I am delighted to be able to guide our prospective customers through a range of financial solutions for charities. Using a modern True cloud Financial solution like Sage Intacct for Nonprofit’s. Helping finance departments achieve efficiencies and improve productivity through digital transformations using tailored solutions fit for their individual organisational needs.
I’m Louise Harris, mother of 2 wee ones (aged 9 and 5). After starting my career as an accountant in the private sector, I have been a senior leader in the non-profit sector for the last 13 years. My most recent roles have been Director of Corporate Services/COO roles (having worked at Tony Blair Institute, WAGGGS and Amnesty International).
Currently I am interim Director of Finance and Operations at the Centre for Ageing Better, alongside delivering consultancy work through Sonala Consulting. Throughout my career, I’ve had led and implemented strategy and operational reviews, managed organisational change and restructure programmes and supported Boards and leadership teams to develop their effectiveness and ways of working.
My passion lies with supporting organisations to be more effective at achieving their mission, and my career has been focused on supporting both strategic and operational change within organisations. This is even more important at the moment, as it is such a challenging time for the non-profit sector, and organisations being able to adapt to these challenges is so critical as need from our beneficiaries is growing in so many areas.