Head of Finance

Reporting to the Director of Finance & Operations, this role will be to develop a highly capable and motivated team that supports operational managers, provides proactive insights, enables effective use of resources and develops flexible and effective processes and systems.

• Providing proactive insights, and enable the effective use of resources whilst developing flexible and efficient processes and systems.
• Responsible for a finance team of c 6 delivering a comprehensive finance service within an agreed timetable to include: statutory accounting, monthly management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, fixed assets, credit control, purchase ledger, banking and payroll. 
• Compliance with all necessary obligations in respect of payroll, VAT, tax.
• Key driving force in leading a programme of finance change management that will deliver significant benefits in eliminating waste in the processing of financial transactions, freeing up financial staff to provide better quality services to the organisation on a day to day basis.
• Undertake a review of all finance systems.
• Enable the company to exercise tight control over its finances through the rigorous management of its working capital, treasury function and capital expenditure processes.
• Lead on the development of the budgeting process that will not just ensure finances are controlled, but will allow managers to understand and communicate the implications and trade-offs for the choices they are recommending.

The ideal candidate for this role must have:

• Qualified ACCA/ACA/CIMA
• Degree level or equivalent
• Advanced Excel Skills
• Able to work as a team
• Experience of leading and developing a Finance team
• Advanced Excel
• Sound knowledge and experience of statutory accounts preparation including audit schedules
• Experience of working with budgets and budget holders
• Experience of implementing new systems and processes

We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive, if you have not heard from us within 10 days, your application has not been successful on this occasion. However, please do continue to apply for jobs advertised by Walker Dendle