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Finance Director (Family Office)

Hays Senior Finance

London

On-site

GBP 60,000 - 100,000

Full time

30+ days ago

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An established industry player is seeking a highly skilled chartered accountant to lead financial processes within a UHNW family office. This unique role offers the chance to work directly with senior leadership and influence strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate will have a strong investment background and experience in managing group accounts and performance analysis. This position promises a rewarding career path in a friendly business culture, allowing you to grow alongside the organization during an exciting period of change. If you're ready to step into a number one role in a small private business, this is the opportunity for you.

Experience in preparing and delivering group accounts.
Background in investment and business leadership is essential.

Ownership of all financial processes and improvement.
Advisory role to investment business leaders.
Management of outsourced firms and complex transactions.

Chartered Accountant

Investment Analysis

Financial Reporting

Performance Analysis

Professional Accounting Qualification

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting

Your new company
A headquarters function of a UHNW's family office. The investment portfolio includes direct investments in businesses/sectors and this role will be involved in accounting processes for each business. The investment strategy is to find industries the family can passionately support and use their businesses investment teams expertise to maximise returns and drive growth.

Your new role
Reporting directly to the Principle, this role is acting as advisory to the group businesses, including MDs of investment companies. The duties and responsibilities are broad and the role would suit a professional, chartered accountant, with investment background, currently with business leadership experience.

Duties:

Overall ownership of all financial processes and improvement
Advisory to investment business leaders
Management and liaison of outsourced firms
Provide Investment reporting and analysis
Oversee complex transactions on a global scale
Overall ownership of audit liaison process
Reporting to the UHNW himself, providing support to strategic decision-making

What you'll need to succeed
You will need to come from an accountant background with experience preparing and taking ownership of the delivery of group accounts as well as performance analysis for the portfolio. The role would be perfectly suited to a well-educated professional who now wants a number 1 role in a small private business. It would be desirable to come from a regulated / investment / small business background.

What you'll get in return
You will get the opportunity to manage an overall function, but from a unique perspective and have very senior level exposure. You will be rewarded with a friendly, long-term business culture where you can see your career growing with the business operations. This role works directly with the Principle and global investment businesses during an exciting period of change.

What you need to do now
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