Head of Finance

Join this company on the next stage of its exciting development. They were spun out of Cambridge University over 10 years ago and have plenty of funding. They have developed fascinating products, which have a variety of applications.

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Over the last two years they have been commercialising these products and turnover has grown from £200,000 to £3 million. The business is set to grow much further and could become a £100 million company over the next few years.

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Due to the promotion of the current Head of Finance to CEO, the business is looking for an outstanding all round qualified accountant, who has worked within growing SME's and who has great communication skills coupled with a focus on having a commercial outlook.

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Key elements of the role include:

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• Mentoring and development of one member of staff
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• Implementing robust systems and processes which will weather the company growth. The company currently uses a basic Xero package.
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• Overseeing the day to day finance operations and management accounts production
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• Developing and implementing costing and forecasting processes for development projects
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• Maintaining accurate BOM costing schedules for production
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• Financial planning, forecasting and budgeting
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• Preparing and submitting financial returns for grant claims
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• Working on R+D tax credits
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• Providing financial input into customer contracts, pricing and supplier negotiations.
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• Acting as a key business partner to the wider leadership team
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In order t0 gain an interview, you must be a qualified accountant, who can give examples at interview of where you have had to think commercially and communicate with different types of people across a business, adding value. You must also demonstrate that you are used to working with growing SME's and understand what it takes to be successful within one. \n

Benefits include;

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• 25 days' holiday
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• Hybrid working (At least 3 days in the office)
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• A bonus scheme which pays up to 20% dependent on the company meeting its objectives
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• A company pension that matches your contributions up to 6%
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• There will be a chance to obtain equity in the company at a future date
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• Free parking
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• Subsidised gym membership
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We shall be interviewing for this role by Teams towards the end of next week and the client will interview the week after. If you don't want to miss out on this career enhancing opportunity, make sure that you get your CV to us as soon as possible for review. Please note that we do not ghost people but it may take a little while to work through your CV. We shall respond to you.\n

You need to have a British passport, settled status or valid work permit for the UK to apply for this role.