Job Description

This role will be responsible for leading on all aspects of financial planning, feeding directly to the Board as well as the wider business.

Responsibilities include:

• General oversight of all financials across the business- Financial reporting and administration, regulatory reporting and oversight, managing cash flow
• Overseeing the expansion of the business- Helping to structure JVs or franchises and working with the founder to set up new businesses
• Managing and developing the finance team- Serving as a point person for existing staff at the company
• Overseeing purchasing and vendors- Negotiating the best deals, approving company expenditure and ensuring appropriate insurances are in place company-wide
• Budgeting- Creating and maintaining company budgets, forecasting revenue streams and managing cost base
• Payroll and HR- Managing payroll across the company, issuing new employee contracts and overseeing any visa issues
• Investment- Working with the founder on securing investment for the company, shepherding investments to closure and managing share structure within the company

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Entrepreneurial with the energy and self-motivation to work within a small, rapidly growing team
• Enjoys solving commercial and corporate problems
• Strong ability to pull together numbers with agility to frame a commercial discussion
• Proven ability to negotiate and enforce commercial terms in tandem with the founder and team
• Ability to foresee business implications of decisions to foster discussion within the senior team
• Experience of putting in place robust financial controls and approvals while still allowing business to flow naturally
• Experience in the hospitality industry