Head of Finance
- Recruiter
- Cavill Robinson
- Location
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Salary
- £70,000 - £80,000 + bonus + benefits
- Posted
- 25 Apr 2018
- Closes
- 02 May 2018
- Ref
- PJ1915
- Job Title
- Head of Finance
- Category
- Banking and Financial Services
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
My client operates in a fast-paced environment and is a national provider of civil engineering to some of the largest household names within the UK. Over the last two years, they have experienced exceptional growth, which is ongoing. They are now looking to recruit an outstanding all-round Head of Finance to strengthen and develop their finance function.
Key responsibilities of this Head of Finance role include the following:
- Managing and developing the finance team
- Developing systems and procedures as the business continues to experience rapid change
- Redesigning the financial model
- Cost control including monitoring expenditure on high volume, low value jobs of which up to 50% is labour
- Controlling stock and WIP, which are both critical to the business
- Monthly management accounts including analysis and commentary
- Budgets, forecasts and cashflows
Key personal attributes for this Head of Finance role include:
- You must be a qualified accountant with significant post qualification experience in a similar role
- Process driven and highly analytical with the ability to resolve issues and find key trends driving performance
- Very commercially astute
- The ability to communicate finance matters clearly to non-finance people
- First class Excel skills
- Strong people management skills in a fast growth, rapidly changing environment
- Hands on with a good understanding of accounting practices including AP, AR, payroll and reporting.
Excellent benefits attached to this Head of Finance role include a twenty per cent bonus based on performance objectives and company profit, health insurance for the successful individual and their immediate family, pension and 25 days holiday.