The Organisation
YMCA Dublin is a community-based charity dedicated to supporting young people, individuals, and families across Dublin.
For more than 175 years, we've been creating safe spaces, providing essential services, and empowering people to reach their full potential. Through youth and community services and affordable, accessible, high-quality childcare, we bring vital resources to the communities that need them most, helping people thrive and fostering stronger, more sustainable communities.
Built on a social enterprise model, all income generated goes directly back into funding local community projects and initiatives, such as youth work, Plus One mentoring, community work, community childcare and community employment.
Our vision is that we believe everyone should have the opportunity to belong to healthy, confident, secure and connected communities.
We have recently opened a new Northside Cluster and will continue to grow our services in other new locations over the next number of years. Staff and trustees continue to work towards an ambitious 5-year plan of sustained and quality growth as outlined in the Strategic Plan.
Website: YMCA Dublin Home | Youth & Community Services Charity
The Role
YMCA Dublin is seeking a new board member with considerable Finance experience. You will also chair the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee (FARC).
Responsibilities Include The Following
Input to the strategic direction, contributing with insight, oversight, and experience.
Advise and guide the board on all financial matters.
Evaluate and monitor the adequacy of Finance and Governance policies and procedures and ensure the organisation is compliant with best practice principles.
Skills And Experience Required
An understanding of not-for-profit financial operations is important, enabling the Finance Board Member to guide the organisation's financial sustainability while ensuring compliance with sector-specific requirements.
Financial expertise: A qualified accountant with an extensive professional background in finance.
Familiarity of SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice) standards, Charities Regulator requirements to ensure best practice and good governance.
Financial management and oversight: ability to interpret financial reports, budgets, and forecasts.
Audit and risk management: understanding of internal controls, risk frameworks, and compliance.
Strategic planning: experience aligning financial decisions with long-term organisational goals.
Previous charity board experience in Ireland is preferable.
Excellent communication skills to engage effectively with a range of stakeholders, including the CEO, Chairperson, and fellow Board members.
The successful candidate must be able to dedicate sufficient time for board meetings and to carry out their duties as a board member.
Charities Regulator's General Duties Of a Charity Trustee
Comply with the charity's governing document.
Ensure the charity is complying with its charitable purpose for the public benefit.
Act in the best interest of the charity
Act with reasonable care and skill
Manage the assets of your charity.
Board Meetings
The board meets eight times a year on Tuesday evenings between 6pm and 8pm. Four of the meetings are in person in Dublin city centre, and four are online.
Committee Meetings
There are five sub-committees, the Finance, Audit, Risk Committee (FARC), Development, Impact, Governance, People and Culture/HR.
The successful candidate will chair the Finance, Audit & Risk Committee.
All sub-committee meetings are online and last one hour.
Additional Board Commitments
Annual attendance at the board away day.