Financial Controller leading finance functions for startups and SMEs at fin-house. Overseeing transformation, driving strategy, and mentoring teams across a portfolio of clients.
Responsibilities
Oversee the transformation of our clients’ finance functions into value adding machines, ensuring scalable systems and processes are built and developed.
Become a strategic and commercial partner to our clients, immersing yourself in their organisations and ultimately become an extension of their leadership team.
Be the ultimate point of contact for your clients and effectively communicate to external stakeholders
Work across a portfolio of companies, ranging from startup’s to established SMEs
Play a pivotal role in building and growing fin-house and help us continue on our exciting growth journey!
Leading on creating an agile and flexible finance team across your portfolio and navigating the challenges to ensure each organisation can operate both efficiently and effectively.
Dissecting, evaluating and articulating levels of risk that exist around commercial opportunities as well as providing strategic support to bring opportunities to life with a focus on building long-term value.
Leading the end-to-end budgeting and forecasting process ensuring alignment to strategic objectives and allowing organisations to remain agile and keep on track to long-term goals.
Leading the finance function teams across your portfolio to play a key role in messaging and driving impact.
Building strong relationships both internally and externally across your portfolio so you are a true member of the leadership team and trusted advisor to each organisation.
Networking and building external relationships to help support the growth of fin-house. Supporting fin-house with new business leads and opportunities.
Mentoring and coaching fin-managers across your portfolio and wider fin-house team.
Leading on change management projects – whether that be in the form of new software, processes, people, expansion to new territories or new commercial opportunities. You’ll be helping clients to navigate the challenges from scoping to implementation and continued evaluation after. Truly bringing strategic and growth plans to life!
Requirements
You want to lead innovative and impact-driven finance teams and help a wide range of exciting startups and SMEs on the next phase of their journey..
You’re a team player that wants to be part of a vibrant, collaborative and tight knit culture.
You live for driving business change and challenging the status quo. Picking up new technologies is a breeze and you can seamlessly adapt to new situations.
You have intellectual curiosity and a passion for continuous learning and development.
You are an excellent communicator and have great people skills with high levels of self-awareness and ready to take the next step in creating and leading best-in-class finance teams
You have impeccable time-management and organisation skills.
An accountancy qualification is desirable but we’re willing to consider relevant alternative paths
Minimum of 7 years’ experience working in accountancy/finance
Experience with Xero and/or Quickbooks is ideal
Expert at Excel and/or Google Sheets
Experience of working with a portfolio of clients is highly desirable
Benefits
💰 Competitive salary of £70,000-£80,000 based on experience
💸 Company-wide performance-related bonus scheme
🌳 Tailored personal development plan, to help you grow
✈️ 23 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
🎂 Birthday day off - celebrate another year older and wiser however you like!
🎄 Office closed between Christmas and New Year
💝 Monthly Juno wellbeing credits to spend your way
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