Head of Finance
- Recruiter
- Marc Daniels
- Location
-
London
South East EnglandUnited Kingdom
- Salary
- 75000.00 - 80000.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 27 Jan 2022
- Closes
- 31 Jan 2022
- Job Title
- Accountant
- Category
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
A listed global market leading business are looking for a senior finance professional for a period of 12 months to take full responsibility for managing a team of 5 and act as the key business partner for Directors across the business and their teams. This role will take responsibility for the commercial planning and decision making discussions with senior internal and external stakeholders. The person in this role will oversee a team of 5 accountants responsible for controls across the month end close, reporting, budgeting & forecasting, AP/AR, VAT & tax filings and audit queries.
Key Responsibilities:
- Be the owner of the entire business unit finance function
- Manage the team to provide support to Directors and other budget holders through tracking, review and reconciliation of budgets on a continuous basis, enabling accurate reporting at all times
- Ownership of the division's cash flows, working with the AR function in the management and collection of AR balances and appropriately managing the outflow of cash in relation to AP balances
- Ownership of month/quarter/year end process and reporting for the division
- Maintain a reconciled and accurate balance sheet
- Supply relevant information to Corporate Controllers throughout audit process and preparation of statutory accounts
- Provide regular and ad hoc management reporting for decision–making – trend, variance & sensitivity analysis
- Ownership of the full budgeting and forecasting process for the division
- Own and maintain various relationships across the broader business, including Company Directors, Transactional Finance, Legal and HR
- Business partnering the business unit lead, building and maintaining a trusted relationship in order to provide support and insight for business/commercial decision making
- Support the wider finance team in the development and implementation of improved finance processes and controls
Person Requirements:
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
- Proven experience of managing a finance team
- Strong finance business partnering skills
- Commercially astute
- Proven financial accounting and controls skills
- Excellent communication skills
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