Finance Director at Private Equity Insights

Private Equity Insights; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing financial services company in London is searching for a Finance Director to lead financial planning and reporting. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with senior leadership, implement cost optimization, and manage financial operations. Candidates should have significant accounting experience, ideally from a Big Four firm, along with a UK working permit.

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.
• Evaluate and implement cost optimization programs.
• Review intercompany and external loans.
• Offer support to sales and operations teams.
• Lead the Working Capital responsibilities.
• Manage the Human Resources Financial Planning responsibilities.

Skills

Accounting background

Experience in financial planning

Knowledge of cash flow management

Cost optimization

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 Finance Director.

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

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

• 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.