Finance Director

The Pure Cold Group is a group of companies that supplies commercial refrigeration products and services in the UK and American markets. The Group has a turnover of around £20 million and comprises 2 UK based trading subsidiaries and overseas subsidiary companies in the USA and China. The business has an established blue chip customer base including, Tesco, Waitrose, Ladbrokes, Whitbread and several Co-operative societies. The company has been very successful over many years and is now majority owned by Kaplanlar, a Turkish group that has a focus on growth and it is anticipated that both turnover and profit will see a significant increase to around £40 - £50 million over the next 3 years. The UK offices are headquartered at Stanford in the Vale in Oxfordshire and there would be some travel to Telford, where the service business is located, as well as occasional travel overseas.

As Finance Director you will support and assist the Directors as the business expands through growth in the UK and North America with input into the strategic business planning. You will lead a small team and have the responsibility for all accounting functions including monthly management accounts, production of year end accounts, company tax and VAT planning and preparation of annual budgets. This hands on but broad role will include overseeing payroll in the UK as well as the pension scheme and all company insurance arrangements. As a Director, you will manage the relationship with the bank and appropriately mitigate any FX risks as well as being responsible for all legal, tax and compliance issues in USA. You will hold responsibility for all accounting and IT systems, ensuring that they provide control of the business and allow it to continue to grow.

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with considerable experience in the SME sector, working at all levels from top to bottom of the business. Notwithstanding the senior level and strategic importance of the role the candidate will be expected to be “hands-on” in terms of daily operations and management of the accounts team. Good people skills, IT skills and attention to detail are pre-requisites.

It is anticipated that a number of systems improvements and implementations will be needed as the company continues its integration with Kaplanlar and so a previous background and aptitude for process and IT improvements is required.

In return you will join a growing company that is entering an exciting growth phase to which you can bring commercial and strategic support.