Head of Finance
Harper May is collaborating with a prominent educational group, actively searching for a proactive Head of Finance to bolster their finance team and elevate financial standards across the organisation.
As the Head of Finance, you will assume a central role in monitoring the financial well-being of the group.
With a direct line to the CFO, your duties will encompass spearheading all facets of financial planning, analysis, and reporting, aimed at facilitating strategic choices and enhancing profitability.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
- Oversee the preparation and review of the Group monthly management accounts
- Support the Finance team analysis of monthly management accounts vs budget and assist in reviewing with operational managers
- Review of monthly and quarterly Balance Sheet reconciliations
- Review and approve quarterly VAT return preparation and lodgement
- Working with external accounting firm to prepare Annual Financial Statements
- Assist the Group CFO in the preparation of Board and Audit Committee presentations
- Implement, audit and maintain appropriate financial controls and processes to ensure good governance and risk mitigation
- Manage the working capital and treasury processes of the Group
- Manage the Group’s annual budget process and re-forecasting process end-to-end
- Manage the Group’s financial reporting system to ensure it delivers the Group’s statutory reporting and management information requirements
- Responsibility for FP&A including production of the Group's management accounts on a monthly, quarterly and half-yearly basis and participate in the communication of monthly management information to members of Executive team
- Communicating with and managing external auditors
- Develop and manage supplier, Trading Partner and internal colleague relationships
Criteria:
- ACA / ACCA / CIMA Qualified or equivalent
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Strong technical accounting skills including experience of reporting under IFRS
- Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills and ability to convey financial matters to non-financial stakeholders
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Ability to manage complex, changing and high-volume workload effectively
- Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders at a senior level
- Ability to work well under pressure, working accurately with attention to detail and able to meet deadlines
- Excellent communication skills, approachable and confident
- Rate: £75,000 per annum
- Location: South Kensington, Greater London, England
- Type: Permanent
- Industry: Accountancy
- Recruiter: Harper May
- Tel: 000
- Email: to view click here
- Reference: 39331-2
- Posted: 2024-04-05 17:09:31 -
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