Finance Director at United Media

United Media; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Operational experience in a start-up

Close collaboration with CEOs

Unlimited growth potential

Job summary

United Media in Greater London is seeking a Finance Director to be a key player in building one of their portfolio companies. You will manage financial planning, prepare annual budgets, and provide regular cash flow updates. The ideal candidate has a strong accounting background and experience as a CFO or Finance Director in a small to medium-sized business.

We offer unlimited growth potential within the company and the opportunity to work closely with our CEOs. A UK working permit is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years experience from a Big Four firm.
• Experience as CFO or Finance Director in small or medium businesses.
• UK working permit required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare annual budgets for financial planning.
• Provide weekly cash flow updates.
• Conduct monthly P&L and cash updates.

Skills

Financial planning

Cash flow management

Cost optimization

Leadership in finance

Education

Accounting background

Big Four firm 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 Finance Director.

About us

United Media focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one (Insurtech Insights, Presidents Summit, Private Equity Insights, HRtechX, CFO insights, Retail Insights and SetSales).

What we offer you

As our Finance Director 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

• 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

• 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.