Job Description

• Lead the Finance Operations team
• Oversee day-to-day finance processes, including Billing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger and Payroll
• Oversee the preparation of annual statutory accounts and audit process
• Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards, the Companies Act and other relevant legislation, and adopt appropriate accounting policies for the business
• Drive the improvement of processes within the finance department and across the business, ensuring that processes are appropriately documented and automated where possible
• Adopt good practice financial controls to reduce the risk of fraud and error, and continually review the control environment for opportunities for improvement
• Be the primary point of contact within the business for company secretarial, equity, growth shares & share options, whilst making cost-effective use of external advisors
• Lead budgeting and forecasting processes for the annual budget and regular (at least quarterly) reforecasting
• Own the financial model of the company ensuring that it
  • Accurately models the financial drivers of the business
  • Contains appropriate assumptions, validated by stakeholders across the business
  • Models P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash flow for the next 5 years
  • Meets the needs of management, investors and potential investors
• Manage banking, liquidity and forex exposure
• Ensure that all tax reporting is accurate and on time (Corporation Tax, VAT, PAYE, P11D, PAYE Settlement Agreement, Tax Credits)
• Business Partner with key stakeholders across the business to ensure that they have sufficient awareness of the financial performance of the business and their departments, and that they are upholding strong budget management of devolved budgets
• Build and maintain the data room for investment rounds or exit, and respond to financial due diligence requests on a timely basis
• Respond to ad hoc information requests in a timely manner

Benefits

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
• Performance-related bonus
• Employee pension plan
• Learning & Development budget for you to grow professionally
• 34 days of holiday a year (26 days + Bank holidays)
• Work from anywhere; we're a fully remote company

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport with a variety of stakeholders whilst retaining the independence to offer challenge
• Sound knowledge of accounting, management reporting, processes, controls and compliance developed through 5+ years experience in varied finance roles
• Able to balance attention to detail with understanding of context and the “big picture”
• Exceptional analytical skills, including the ability to glean fresh insights from an existing data set, and identify data collection needs to deliver new insights
• Organized, conscientious and proactive
• Experience in tech business and/or startup environment advantageous
• Strong systems knowledge including Excel, Xero and other leading finance systems - PowerBI experience advantageous
• Able to quickly learn other business systems and be able to run reports to obtain the information required
• Experience driving process improvements within finance and across the business
• Experience in selecting and implementing new systems
• Ability to work in a truly collaborative fashion, sharing ideas and ways of working.