Fractional CFO

flinder; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

A finance consultancy in London is seeking a fractional CFO to lead a portfolio of clients in the Tech, SaaS, and e-commerce sectors. The role involves delivering consulting solutions, developing client relationships, and overseeing financial systems and data analytics. Candidates should hold an accountancy qualification and have over 7 years of relevant experience. Competitive salary ranging from £63,000 to £84,000 with additional benefits such as unlimited holidays and medical care.

Benefits

Discretionary performance-related bonus

Pension contributions

Unlimited holidays

Private medical care

Flexible working

Mobile phone or BYOD allowance

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant post-qualification experience.
• Extensive experience in bookkeeping and finance processes.
• Strong attention to detail and quality review.

Responsibilities

• Lead the portfolio of clients and provide financial consultations.
• Design and build finance systems and dashboards.
• Liaise with clients to develop strong working relationships.

Skills

Relationship management

Financial analysis

Project management

Data analytics

Cloud accounting systems (e.g., Xero)

Excellent Excel skills

Education

Accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

Xero

Job description

LondonFinOpsFull-time

Fractional CFO

London

We're looking for a fractional CFO to join our growing FinOps team. You will be responsible for leading your own portfolio of clients predominantly in the London and South East region delivering our Smart Finance Function and Data Analytics solutions along with other propositions that support your clients' journey in our key sectors: Tech, SaaS and e-commerce.

You will also be responsible for developing and nurturing new opportunities leveraging your existing networks, as well as developing new networks in order to approach prospective clients and target new work.

What you’ll be doing

You will have responsibility for

• Senior and ultimate relationship owner for your portfolio of clients.
• Delivering one-off consulting solutions to non-portfolio clients e.g. systems implementations, investor readiness and forecasting.
• Holding client meetings with senior client staff and attending Board meetings on a selection of clients, providing insight and analysis on business-wide matters.
• Discussing broader client business issues and how to manage them.
• Supporting clients in their cashflow and business plan development and monitoring needs.
• Designing & building finance (and non finance)systems and working with data structures.
• Improving processes for new clients to leading practice, leveraging technology where possible and streamlining them.
• Leading the design of data analytics dashboards for your clients.
• Oversight and supporting managers with day to day training and development.
• Reviewing and coaching junior members of the team, including period-end close activities, executive commentaries, technical accounting questions.
• Overall responsibility of technical accounting queries.
• Liaising with the client and developing strong working relationships.
• Reporting internally and providing regular status updates on client deliverables.
• Developing a pipeline of opportunities and targeting new clients.
• Driving a sector or propositions.

Who we’re looking for

• An accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent.
• At least 7 years of relevant post qualification experience.
• Extensive experience and working knowledge of bookkeeping, management accounts, consolidations and finance processes.
• The ability to establish, build and maintain a good working relationship with key client decision makers.
• An enjoyment of working for different clients whilst understanding their individual needs.
• Experience in managing multiple, and senior, stakeholders.
• Strong project management and multi-tasking skills.
• Strong computer skills, with particular experience in Excel and management information / data analytics.
• Experience with cloud accounting systems e.g. Xero.
• Excellent attention to detail, quality review and time management skills.
• The ability to proactively question everything to improve quality and processes.
• An approach that quality and value are second to none.

Package

• £63,000 – £84,000 (experience dependent).
• Discretionary performance related bonus.
• Pension contributions.

Holidays

• Unlimited holidays.

Other benefits

• Private medical care.
• Fully paid strategy trip each year.
• Flexible working.
• Mobile phone or BYOD allowance.

You will predominantly be based in London and travel to client sites will be required at times. From time to time you may work from home depending on business and client needs. Your skills and experience will determine the entry level and progression within flinder will be dependent on performance.

EU candidates must also demonstrate they are eligible to take up UK employment post-Brexit.