Controller at Retail Insights

Retailinsights; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Start-up exposure

Investor reporting to board

Internal promotion track

Job summary

Retail Insights, based in London, seeks a Controller to own the company’s finances from day one. You will manage budgeting, cash flow reporting, and monthly P&L reviews, while steering cost optimization and intercompany financing discussions.

You will work closely with leadership and investors, supporting sales and operations and leading capital planning and human resources financial processes as the business scales.

Qualifications

• Accounting background with 2+ years at a Big Four or equivalent preferred.
• Experience as CFO, Head of Finance, or Finance Director in a SME.
• Must have UK work permit.

Responsibilities

• Prepare annual budgets for financial planning.
• Provide weekly cash flow updates.

Skills

Accounting background

CFO/Head of Finance experience

UK work permit

Education

Finance/Accounting degree or professional qualification (ACCA/CIMA)

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

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.
• Offer support to sales and operations teams.

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.

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