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Employment type: Permanent
Salary: 110k/year - 125k/year
This is such a brilliant opportunity to join a fast-growing, acquisitive and people-centric business as their new Finance Director.
If you are a strong varied finance leader looking for a new challenge or step up then please apply to find out more. This is a newly created vacancy
This would probably suit a Senior Head of Finance or Financial Controller looking for a step into a Director level position. Although this is reporting into a CFO, it’s very much responsible for the finance function which will span across FP&A, Reporting, Transactional Finance and Systems.
This organisation have a culture that is supportive, ambitious but also fast-paced.
The successful Director of Finance is likely to be a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent) and have a very varied accounting background as this is running a complete finance function cradle to grave.
A culture of wanting to be hands-on and continually make things better resonates throughout this company.
There is great progression in this role for someone who likes taking on new areas and projects!
The Role
This role sits in their London head office so would suit someone who likes being in the office at least three days a week. This is based in Central London.
We need someone who likes managing a team and has a really varied background, someone who knows how to do the accounting, but can also add value around FP&A, business partnering and build a best-in-class finance function.
The successful Finance Director will be involved in the following:
Your Profile
We are looking for an innovative people person who wants to create a best in class finance function.
Being able to work in London three days a week is critical.
If you tick the following boxes then great!
Benefits
£110,000 – £125,000 + 15% Bonus & Car Allowance.
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