Finance Director

Trial Balance; Phillack; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology business in West Cornwall is seeking a Finance Director. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in commercial accounting and team management. Responsibilities include advising on financial strategy, managing internal financial controls, and mentoring a growing finance team. This full-time role offers a generous salary, performance-related bonus, and extensive benefits, including share options.

Benefits

Competitive pension

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Health insurance

Future share options

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of commercial accounting experience.
• Proven track record in a number-one or number-two position.
• Experience in managing a finance team.

Responsibilities

• Advise on long-term financial strategy.
• Organise and structure capital investments.
• Develop and streamline financial controls.
• Mentor and develop a finance team.

Skills

Commercial accounting

Team management

IT aptitude

Financial analysis

Strategic planning

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Finance Director - West Cornwall - Circa: £80,000 base + Enhanced benefits + Company performance related bonus + Future share options

Not every Finance Director is cut from the same cloth. Technical skills, general management experience and future aspirations vary wildly with some maintaining an operational focus whilst others pursue a more strategic path. A career opportunity with longevity requires careful consideration and it can be difficult to achieve a complete ideal. We think our current project breaks that mould; read on and we’ll tell you why.

Trial Balance Consulting are delighted to have formed an exclusive recruitment partnership with a particularly interesting technology business that have tasked us with sourcing their next Finance Director, a position of pivotal prominence and one that carries a most unique and interesting remit. The post is offered as a full time, permanent contract to be principally based from the company’s headquarters in West Cornwall.

The recruiting company: An innovative tech business with a core focus in one of the UK's most relevant and exciting sectors. The business is helmed by a passionate, entrepreneurial and highly experienced C‑Suite team and has caught the attention of a number of high profile external investors. It is financially secure and with an ambitious but realistic business plan, is likely to grow at an exponential speed.

The opportunity: The Finance Director will assume the finance‑number‑one role. The successful candidate, working closely with the board of directors and SMT, will not only assume the lead on managing the company’s internal financial controls and operations, they will also deliver high quality commercial input to include commentary on financial performance and strategic direction. This will be a broad and hands‑on opportunity that features an interesting variety of scope; operational accounting, team management, analysis and strategic planning.

Key areas of responsibility to include:

• Play a lead role in advising on long‑term financial strategy in line with business plans
• Play a lead role in organising and structuring capital investments, liaising closely with board members and external shareholders
• Develop, implement and streamline efficient financial controls and operational finance processes
• Production and presentation of high quality management accounts with commentary
• Assume a lead role in the production of statutory accounts, VAT and HMRC reporting
• Develop working budgets and cashflow forecasts
• Mentor and develop a small but growing finance team

The successful candidate: Almost certainly a professionally qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA), possessing no less than 5 years of commercial accounting experience and probably operating in a number‑one or number‑two capacity at present. The position calls for a candidate with a high level of commercial awareness and entrepreneurial flair, possessing the ability to work closely with major clients and decision makers (often outside of finance), as well as managing a team of colleagues. The company is technology focussed and the successful candidate will require sharp IT aptitude using both MS Excel and other digital accounting tools to produce detailed cashflow, capital expenditure, rate‑of‑return, yields valuation and equity multiples. The incoming FD should possess a strong awareness of audit, compliance and internal controls. Applicants should have experience of or ambitions to operate as a key decision maker at board level.

The benefits: A generous base salary, generous performance related bonus to be discussed with shortlisted candidates, competitive pension, private healthcare, life assurance and health insurance. Future share options are anticipated.

To learn more: For further details of this interesting and unique opportunity, please contact Steve Roach or Alex Callister quoting reference SR/AC10332. All enquiries will be handled in the strictest of confidence.