Head of Finance

• Hands on "Number one" role
• Growing business

Job purpose

The post holder is a member of our clients Management Team, fulfilling a crucial role with
responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the company's finances. Responsibility
extends to all accounting functions.

The post holder maintains operational and financial internal controls and performance, acting as a
Business Partner to the departmental heads to provide reporting, insight, and analysis. The role
supports business growth plans and processes.

The position is part of the group matrix, with a disciplinary reporting line to the
Managing Director and functional reporting to Group.

Main duties

Primary responsibilities underpin the group Vision 2030 and will include, but not be limited to:
· Ensure resilient day-to-day finance operations with the utmost integrity and accuracy (e.g.
Invoicing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Cost Accounting and
Revenue Recognition).
· Monitoring and controlling employee expenses, ensuring correct treatment and recovery of VAT
· Manage cashflow processes, optimise profits and minimise losses.
· Cash (including bank)/debt management.
· Preparation of financial statements and management accounts.
· Statutory reporting, including VAT and HMRC returns.
· Liaise with suppliers and outsourced partners (e.g. payroll bureau).
· Coordinate the preparation of the budget and financial forecasting.
· Summarise budget trends, analyse issues and report variances to support early intervention.
· Establish and maintain financial processes and controls, managing risks in compliance with
regulations.
· Fulfil the Business Partner role, collaborating actively with operational units and stakeholders.
· Project Analysis on all aspects of the business.
· Actively develop innovative solutions for management information reporting.
· Play an active role in audit processes and provide necessary documentation and support.
· Provide executive management with accurate and comprehensive financial information to guide
effective decision-making and commercial strategy.
· Develop operational KPIs, ensuring accuracy, usefulness and understanding of all KPIs and
work closely with the management team to help them improve operational performance.

Secondary responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

· Actively contribute to the smooth running of the business.
· Undertake such other duties, training and hours of work as reasonably required and consistent
with this role's general level of responsibility.


Qualifications

· Educated to Bachelor's degree level in a relevant field. · ACCA, CIMA qualified or equivalent
Knowledge

Experience

· Experience working in a fast-paced finance environment
· Experience in implementing or having responsibility for ERP Systems
· Proven ability to manage project analysis
· A willingness to travel and work in a global team of professionals
· Strong attention to detail, numeric and grammatical skills
· Experience in business financial control processes, including invoicing, purchase order processing, expense processing
· Experience in managing the finances of an SME

Skills

· Strong IT skills. Good knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 products
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
· Ability to work within a fast-paced, dynamic environment
· A creative problem-solver
· Self-motivated and driven; able to act on own initiative
· Excellent time management skills
· Persuasive and credible with a consultative approach
· Ability to think laterally
· Numerical skills to manage budgets
· Experience with a group reporting regime, and consolidating financial performance

Attitude

· Highly trustworthy and reliable
· Self-motivated with an emphatic "can do" attitude
· Ability to take ownership of tasks and work under own initiative and under pressure to meet customer and company deadlines
· Confident in setting and working with targets
· Tenacious with a mindset to see projects through to fruition
· Able to develop novel solutions
· Positive communication style and excellent presentation skills, with the ability to influence across cultures, colleagues, cross-functional teams and senior managers
· Articulate, confident communicator and presenter
· Thrive in a pressurised environment
· Strong team player, but equally good at taking the initiative