Controller at Private Equity Insights

Private Equity Insights IVS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in London seeks a Controller to manage its finances and budgets. The role involves preparing annual budgets, offering financial insights, and supporting operations. Ideal candidates have an accounting background with significant experience and a passion for the finance sector. The firm promises significant growth potential and responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Operational experience in a start-up

Unlimited growth potential

Collaboration with CEOs

Qualifications

• Proven experience in finance roles.
• Strong understanding of cash flow management.
• Ability to prepare and analyze budgets.

Responsibilities

• Prepare annual budgets for effective financial planning.
• Provide weekly updates on cash flow.
• Conduct monthly P&L and cash updates for insights.
• Evaluate and implement cost optimization programs.
• Lead the Working Capital responsibilities.

Skills

Accounting background

Proactive and follow through on commitments

High sense of urgency

Understanding of financial planning

Education

More than two years of experience from a Big Four firm

CFO, Head of Finance or Finance Director experience

Job description

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with young, motivated and extremely driven people? And are you curious or passionate about finance? If so, you might be our Controller.

About us

Private Equity Insights is part of United Media (https://www.united-media.com/) which focuses on building large-scale industry media and conference products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc.

What we offer you

As our Controller you get the unique opportunity to be a key player in building one of our portfolio companies. By providing you with the ownership of our finances, we want to constantly push you out of your comfort zone. You’ll be working out of our HQ in London and to ensure a never ending growth curve, we provide you with:

• An opportunity for getting operational experience in a start-up or scale-up where both your work and the results are highly tangible and matters to the business.
• A chance to work closely together with one of our CEOs on our finances and budgets as well as report to investors on a monthly basis and participate in board meetings.
• Unlimited growth potential in our company - we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally.

Your responsibilities

Your responsibilities will vary; however, some of them will be to:

• Prepare annual budgets for effective financial planning.
• Provide weekly updates on cash flow.
• Conduct monthly P&L and cash updates for comprehensive financial insights.
• Evaluate and implement cost optimisation programs.
• Review intercompany and external loans to ensure optimal financial health.
• Offer support to sales and operations teams.
• Lead the Working Capital responsibilities.
• Manage the Human Resources Financial Planning responsibilities.

What we expect from you

You possess an unparalleled work ethic with a high sense of urgency. You have a relentless drive and desire to be the very best at what you do. You take ownership of everything you do, are proactive and follow through on commitments. Moreover, you’re humble and you share our passion for building and executing new businesses. Furthermore, we expect that you have:

• Accounting background. Ideally, more than two years of experience from a Big Four firm.
• Experience as CFO, Head of Finance or Finance Director from a small or medium-sized business.
• UK working permit.
• Media and Conferences industry background preferred but not mandatory.