Commercial Finance Manager

This Private Equity & VC invested start-up AdTech business is rapidly establishing and has already gained an enviable reputation within data intelligence & analytics market place. Having secured funding from leading global P/E & Venture Capitalists, the company has already grown from 10 to 30 in the UK & US over 12 months and is achieving ambitious global expansion plans. Supporting a portfolio of instantly recognisable branded clients including publishers, marketers and digital product managers, building & delivering smarter business platforms across multiple devices and maximise intelligent commercial insights supporting real-time data driven decision making. As a result, the group is seeking a qualified or qualified by experience accountant undertake a newly created Finance Manager (Finance Business Partner) role to “own” the finance function” and allow the Finance Director to focus on legal, HR and IT matters during a critical growth programme. Your brief includes:

•Finance Business Partner leading the day-to-day financial management, control, balance sheet & Profit & Loss accounting
•Preparation financial analysis, leading the monthly management reporting delivering Kpi's, commentary for the FD & Board review
•Orchestrating & leading FP&A planning, budgeting & forecasting processes
•Management of weekly cash flow & working capital projections
•Lead & Manage the year end process & reporting, liaising with the auditors
•Manage a small team providing day-to-day bookkeeping & transactions
•Driving improvements in financial systems & processes to ensure robust commercial financial controls are in place alongside value-added work

As a qualified accountant or qualified by experience, you will demonstrate excellent technical accounting skills, experience of delivering against financial and management reporting deadlines and evidence of improving accounting processes, systems and controls, gained within a fast-paced start-up enterprise. The role demands a professional, proactive approach, the ability to develop a finance team and the gravitas to challenge the status quo. Interest in technology or ad-tech would be advantageous but not essential. The role is expected to quickly become a Group Financial Controller role as the business expands to different markets, so an ability to work in a fast paced, ever-changing environment is critical.

Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Our divisions include Accounting & Finance; HR – Human Resources & Personnel; IT – Information Technology; Pfi/PPP & FM; Procurement & Purchasing; Project Management & PMO; Sales & Marketing.