Interim Commercial Finance Director - 3/6 months - ??650/??850 per day LTD - London/Bedford/Birmingham

My client has an immediate requirement for an Interim Commercial Finance Director to join their business to to support the permanent hire or potentially join the business on a permanent basis. You will need experience of SaaS.

Role Responsibilities:

• Strategic financial management of a group of software businesses with annual turnover circa ??150mn
• Key member of the Board and business partner to the MD
• Highlight business and process improvement opportunities
• Ownership for the integrity and accuracy for the P&L and balance sheet.
• Maintain strong financial governance over key project
• Play a key role in identifying and progressing acquisition opportunities
• Ensure adequate financial controls are in place and adhered to, including all key profit and loss and balance sheet reconciliations across the Division
• Maintain strong control over working capital and cash, providing accurate forecasts on a monthly basis and ensuring tight control of WIP & debt
• Provide pro-active support to the Divisional Finance Director on month end issues, forecasting, year-end and business planning processes and produce key analysis schedules
• Ensure strong management of the monthly forecasting and annual business planning processes
• Liaise with the Division/Group teams (consolidation, tax, audit and reporting teams) and respond to several ad-hoc and routine queries as requested
• Plan, organise and execute a number of Division wide initiatives to improve turnover, profitability and financial governance
• Maintain an accurate business risk register

Essential

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA qualified or equivalent
• Led a finance function within a SaaS business
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Good ability to work well and methodically in a demanding environment
• Team player
• Able to use initiative (and advice of others) to identify new solutions
• Ability to manage own workload and prioritise effectively
• Ability to influence decision making process through clear presentation of financials
• Ability to work to and meet deadlines

This role is private and confidential, no additional information will be released until a CV has been received and positively vetted.

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