Interim Head of Finance
- Recruiter
- Finatal
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- £500 per day
- Posted
- 14 Nov 2018
- Closes
- 21 Nov 2018
- Ref
- MS3983
- Job Title
- Head of Finance
- Category
- IT/ Telecoms
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
Here at Finatal we place the highest calibre finance professionals into Private Equity-backed businesses and we pride ourselves on delivering our candidates the best opportunities for their career progression.
I am currently looking to speak to top quality Financial Controllers who are looking to engage with a new and exciting opportunity.
The Opportunity:
This is a fantastic opportunity for an Interim Head of Finance to join a fast-paced, Private Equity-backed FinTech business in Central London. You will hit the ground running, providing interim support for the CFO during a crucial period of business. Over 3-6 months you will be part of an ambitious, enthusiastic and innovative company, taking on a broad, hands-on role that will play an important part in providing a sounding board for the Group CFO and Management Team.
The Role:
- Management and delivery of all internal management reporting, including monthly management accounts and reforecasts, KPI measures, cash forecasts, budgets and long-term plans.
- Leadership, direction and performance management across a small central finance team of seven with four direct reports.
- Drive rigour in balance sheet and working capital management to optimise cash-flow performance.
- Process improvement and development across all accounting, cash collection and reporting functions, leveraging functionality from the Access accounting platform.
- Establish and maintain robust controls, accounting policies and best practice across the finance team.
- Development of strong commercial partnerships across the events management and commercial teams.
- Management of compliance requirements including year-end audit process, taxation and insurance.
- Preparing reports and ad-hoc analysis for the PE investor
The Requirements:
- The ideal candidate will be ACA (or equivalent) qualified.
- You must have SME experience.
- Experience within a high growth business will put you at a significant advantage.
- Excellent communication and team management skills.
- Experience within Private Equity backed businesses
- You must be immediately available or on a 1 week notice period, max.
I will endeavor to reply to all candidates who apply but please do appreciate that it is sometimes not possible. I look forward to hearing from you!