Head of Capital Finance

Venture Recruitment Partners; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Head of Capital Finance in Basingstoke. This senior role involves driving multi-year capital investment strategies and collaborating with senior leaders. Candidates must be CCAB-qualified with extensive experience in capital accounting, statutory reporting, and audit. The position requires strong leadership skills, a strategic mindset, and the ability to provide commercial insights to the Board. Competitive salary and significant impact on organizational finance await the right candidate.

Qualifications

• CCAB-qualified accountant with significant experience in capital accounting and audit.
• Proven success in capital planning and reporting within large organizations.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex financial insights to Executives.

Responsibilities

• Shape and lead 3–5-year capital plans at Board level.
• Own capital policies and deliver monthly capital reporting.
• Strengthen financial controls and audit processes through effective leadership.

Skills

Capital planning

Financial reporting

Audit management

Team leadership

VAT expertise

Education

CCAB qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA)

Job description

Venture Recruitment Partners is excited to partner with a fast-growing, high-profile organisation in Basingstoke to recruit a Head of Capital Finance. This senior leadership role puts you at the heart of major investment decisions, managing hundreds of millions of pounds and shaping the organisation’s strategic future.

Reporting to the Director of Finance, you’ll lead a specialist team and become the trusted expert on capital, VAT, and subsidiary finance. You’ll drive multi-year investment strategies, asset planning, monthly reporting, audits, and governance, while providing Boards with the insight they need to grow, perform, and deliver value.

This is a role with visibility, autonomy, and impact, collaborating with senior leaders across estates, IT, operations, and commercial teams. If you’re a strategic, solutions-driven finance professional ready to own the numbers that shape the future, this is the role for you.

What you’ll be driving

Capital & investment

• Shape and lead 3–5-year capital plans at Board level
• Partner with estates, IT and operations to prioritise major investments
• Deliver clear, insightful monthly capital reporting
• Own and embed capital policies across the Group
• Lead monthly and year-end accounts under UK GAAP and IFRS
• Run statutory accounts, audits and financial governance for subsidiaries
• Support subsidiary Boards with forecasts, business plans and commercial decisions
• Manage transfer pricing and intercompany charging
• Keep the Group balance sheet strong, accurate and well-controlled

VAT, tax & technical leadership

• Be the Group’s VAT authority, maximising recovery and ensuring compliance
• Manage external tax and VAT advisers
• Oversee statutory filings and payments
• Advise on leases, depreciation and complex accounting matters

Leadership & governance

• Strengthen financial controls and audit processes
• Act as a key contact for internal and external auditors
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing finance team

Who this is for

You’ll be a CCAB-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) with strong experience in capital accounting, statutory reporting and audit in a large, complex organisation. You’re comfortable in senior rooms, able to influence Executives and Boards, and confident translating technical finance into clear, commercial insight.

You’ll bring:

• Proven success in capital planning, forecasting and reporting
• A strong financial accounting and audit background
• Experience supporting Boards and senior leaders
• Knowledge of VAT, leases and technical accounting
• The ability to lead, develop and motivate a team
• A strategic, proactive, solutions-driven mindset

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

We will consider all qualified applications for this position. Venture Recruitment Partners does not discriminate against disability, sex, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other status protected under the Equality Act 2010.

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