Controller at Retail Insights

Retail Insights; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing financial firm in London is seeking a Controller to drive and manage financial operations. The ideal candidate has an accounting background with experience from a Big Four firm, ideally in a small or medium-sized business. This role offers significant responsibilities, including preparing budgets and providing financial insights, within a supportive team environment that values internal promotion.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

High sense of urgency

Proactive ownership

Education

Accounting background

Job description

Overview

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

Retail 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 CEO’s 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.