Finance Director

Location
Lancashire
Salary
£80000 - £90000 per annum, Benefits: bonus + benefits
Posted
21 Sep 2021
Closes
19 Oct 2021
Ref
50656989
Job Title
Finance Director
Category
Accountancy
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Axon Moore have been retained to support a high-flying D2C / e-commerce business based in Lancashire with the search of a new Finance Director. This is an excellent opportunity to join an SME that has created this role to help support their accelerating growth and drive their future investment/exit plan. This new hands-on Finance Director role will be involved in all areas of the business including commercial, operations and creating a best in practice finance function. You would be working very closely with a high calibre CEO and will play a crucial part of the future of the business.

The role will include:
  • To bring in the full finance function by setting up the management reporting, systems, controls and processes
  • To implement, maintain and design a suitable financial system for the business to grow
  • Lead on internal and external reporting, production of monthly accounts, year-end and management information
  • Looking at stock levels, FX, managing cash, costings and building new cashflow models
  • Manage working capital cycle, WIP and budgeting and forecasting
  • Build relationship with banks, insurers, solicitors and other external stakeholder relations including possible investors
  • Have full ownership of the P&L, balance sheet reconciliations and commercial projects
  • Supporting the CEO and other stakeholders with any financial and commercial support
  • Ad hoc commercial/operational projects including analysing new skews, logistics and warehousing costs
You will be a fully qualified accountant from either a ACA, CIMA or ACCA background and ideally have a wholesale or e-commerce background. You will need to have a solid level of accounting background, excellent commercial experience and use to a SME environment. Setting up a finance function would be beneficial.

Salary is £80k - £90k + bonus + benefits

For further information or for immediate consideration then please contact Perran Cooke at Axon Moore

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