Finance Director

Our client is a high growth, PE backed multi-site property business and they are now looking to recruit a Finance Director who will have full responsibility for Finance and IT and will be a key contributor to the achievement of the company’s business objectives. Responsible for the development and control of the company’s operating budget to ensure all financial targets are met and all financial and statutory regulations are complied with, this is a high profile role with stakeholder management being an important component. The business is seeking a true peer-level strategic partner to the CEO.

About You:

Holding a formal accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, ACMA or equivalent), and experience in a similar role in the Real Estate sector, you will have the ability/track record of communicating and reporting at a corporate level to an institutional standard. Ideally you will have experience in upgrading and streamlining reporting processes and you will have proven experience of meeting corporate deadlines and be able to demonstrate an innovative approach to changing business requirements. Importantly you will have strong track record managing the capability of teams and for effectively delegating responsibility as there is likely to be a significant amount of change within both Finance and IT. Exemplary leadership skills are therefore essential.

Core Responsibilities:

• All corporate reporting to an institutional standard following period-end closing including:
• Information supply line to corporate stakeholders,
• Production of quarterly board meeting pack, and attendance of, and quarterly information pack for third-party managed owners.
• Corporate debt structuring and monitoring.
• Capital funding & cash flow forecasting, to ensure funds and liquidity required for acquisitions and developments.
• Asset Management Reporting.
• Responsible for IT, including systems improvements/ implementation
• VAT structuring.
• Liaise with relevant business contacts e.g. auditors, solicitors, bankers and statutory organisations such as HMRC.
• Play a lead role in assessing potential acquisition targets

This is a fantastic opportunity for an FD seeking a role in a high growth PE backed business where you’ll be partnering an industry expert CEO and top tier investors.

We are committed to encouraging and celebrating applicants from different backgrounds, whatever their gender, ethnicity, race, religious and political beliefs, education, socioeconomic background, disability, sexual orientation and geographical location to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

If you choose to email us in response to this advert please keep the data you send us to a minimum, i.e. your CV (in Word), your email address and your contact number. We will store your data for a period of 3 months and will not send it to anyone else without your explicit consent. If we have not contacted you within 3 months (an estimate of the time period that it is likely to take to fill the advertised role) we will delete your data. Here’s a link to our privacy policy. In this policy, you will find information about our compliance with Data Protection Laws. You can find how to send us a request to access your data, request a deletion of your data, correct any inaccuracies or restrict our processing of your data. You have the right to lodge a complaint about the way we handle your data with the Information Commissioner’s Office or you can contact Sarah Hunt for more information or concerns.