Interim Commercial Finance Director
- Recruiter
- Gleeson Recruitment Ltd
- Location
- England, London
- Salary
- £550 - £750 per day + LTD
- Posted
- 15 Jul 2019
- Closes
- 22 Jul 2019
- Ref
- BBBH16094
- Contact
- Dan Edwards
- Job Title
- Finance Director
- Category
- IT/ Telecoms
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Interim Commercial Finance Director - 3/6 Months - £650/£850 per day LTD - London/Bedford/Birmingham
My client has an immediate requirement for an Interim Commercial Finance Director to join their business to to support the permanent hire or potentially join the business on a permanent basis. You will need experience of SaaS.
Role Responsibilities:
- Strategic financial management of a group of software businesses with annual turnover circa £150mn
- Key member of the Board and business partner to the MD
- Highlight business and process improvement opportunities
- Ownership for the integrity and accuracy for the P&L and balance sheet.
- Maintain strong financial governance over key project
- Play a key role in identifying and progressing acquisition opportunities
- Ensure adequate financial controls are in place and adhered to, including all key profit and loss and balance sheet reconciliations across the Division
- Maintain strong control over working capital and cash, providing accurate forecasts on a monthly basis and ensuring tight control of WIP & debt
- Provide pro-active support to the Divisional Finance Director on month end issues, forecasting, year-end and business planning processes and produce key analysis schedules
- Ensure strong management of the monthly forecasting and annual business planning processes
- Liaise with the Division / Group teams (consolidation, tax, audit and reporting teams) and respond to several ad-hoc and routine queries as requested
- Plan, organise and execute a number of Division wide initiatives to improve turnover, profitability and financial governance
- Maintain an accurate business risk register
Essential
- ACA, ACCA, CIMA qualified or equivalent
- Led a finance function within a SaaS business
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Good ability to work well and methodically in a demanding environment
- Team player
- Able to use initiative (and advice of others) to identify new solutions
- Ability to manage own workload and prioritise effectively
- Ability to influence decision making process through clear presentation of financials
- Ability to work to and meet deadlines
This role is private and confidential, no additional information will be released until a CV has been received and positively vetted.
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