Head of Finance (Chief Financial Officer)
- Recruiter
- Louis Hampshire
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- To £80k plus Bonus, Benefits and possible Equity Participation
- Posted
- 07 Jul 2021
- Closes
- 04 Aug 2021
- Job Title
- Financial Controller
- Category
- Digital
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Head of Finance (Chief Financial Officer)
To £80k plus Bonus, Benefits and Possible Equity Participation
The client is an expanding Digital technology company whose platform enables Global Brands to bring their content and events to university campuses and student populations, thereby providing a valuable and highly targeted channel to market for Brands, and an important value-add offering to students from Universities. Their technology and software is already embedded into a large number of UK Universities. The business has recently raised significant funding, and further growth through acquisition is expected. They are looking to recruit a Head of Finance to support and enable this development and expansion.
Reporting to the CEO, the role will be hands on, involved in all aspects of commercial and business operations, and will take responsibility for the day to day management of the finance function and financial risk. This includes:
- Financial Planning and Budgetary Control
- All regular reporting; Year End Statutory Accounts, Monthly Management, and weekly analysis, product analysis, commercial management and financial analysis.
- Cash management, forecasting and Bank relationships.
- Liaising with third party advisors, Clients and other Authorities. This includes overseeing all tax affairs and Returns.
- Manage the administrative and financial IT function, overseeing change, upgrades and developments.
- Manage the external accounting services.
- Be an active member of the Senior Management Team, assisting the growth strategy, in commercial decision making, and operational projects.
- Business Analysis, and assessing acquisition targets. Liaising with all third party advisors.
- Fund raising options and Investor Relations
We need an ambitious, qualified accountant, with some commercial experience, looking to participate in a successful and growing business. We are looking for a qualified ACA, ACCA or ACMA. You must be technically confident, a good communicator, and enjoy interaction with internal teams and clients. A CFO can add value to a business if they engage with the business development, operation and administration teams, giving guidance and assisting with decision making that improves the performance of the business. Equity participation is likely.