Group Finance Director

Our client is a rapidly growing, PE backed technology business with an impressive, blue-chip client base.  They are now seeking a Group Finance Director who is seeking a high profile role in an international, exit driven business.  With the exit likely to be within 2 years, it is essential that the successful candidate is comfortable working at pace in a business going through significant change.   

Corporate Reporting

• Develop an effective and accurate financial reporting function ensuring full alignment with management, segmental and business unit reporting in a timely manner
• Develop and implement an effective group financial control and consolidation process
• Ensure all local regulatory financial reporting matters are met by jurisdiction
• Ensure that monthly balance sheets and cash flows are produced and reconciled with management information
• Develop an effective reporting platform to meet the expectations and requirements
• Develop a revenue growth, EBITDA and cash conversion culture across the group ensuring accuracy and relevance of the primary financial KPls
• Understand significance of any variances on income statements and KPIs to budget and forecasts
• Manage the external audit process across all group companies, ensuring adherence to group standards of reporting
• Ensure business accurately reports its quarterly covenant position
• Develop a corporate governance and risk framework for effective financial control across the business

Specialist Services - Treasury, Taxation and other functions

• Ensure group cash flow forecasting is embedded in the business and liquidity and funding are monitored
• Understand reasons for movement in working capital
• Work with external advisers, treasury, taxation, procurement, HR, IT to ensure there is an effective, professional and connected group finance function
• Develop the objectives for group treasury matters, ensuring alignment with the business objectives - to include policies, procedures, banking, risk management and controls and compliance
• Make sure all tax returns are accurately prepared and submitted in a timely manner and that payments are made by due dates
• Reconcile financial information relevant for all sales commissions
• Manage the group procurement function

Transaction Services

• Develop for the group a single transaction services platform to ensure that systems and processes are effective and fit for purpose
• Manage billing and revenue assurance function
• Ensure the appropriate authorisations and controls are in place across the business to meet corporate governance standards without compromising ability of business to make decisions
• Develop the team and ensure the business is adequately resourced in terms of finance support services
• Build an effective central finance team and function and build effective relationships with Business Unit Finance Directors and with the operational finance teams

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified Accountant.
• Ideally TMT sector experience.
• Hands-on knowledge of finance processes and a great idea of what “excellent” looks like.
• The ability to work autonomously.
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal), and an ability to communicate/influence/negotiate easily and effectively across stakeholders from team members to executive management.
• A positive, collaborative, and engaging approach to working with colleagues.
• Managed a substantial and complicated finance team.
• Become a key player in the leadership team respected and trusted by the CEO, CFO, executive, board of directors, business unit management and shareholders
• Private Equity experience advantageous.

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