Head Of Finance

Glue Resourcing; Attlebridge; On-site; GBP 135,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Glue Resourcing is seeking a Part Time Head of Finance in Norwich. The role involves leading finance, forecasting, budgeting and commercial insight for a growing SME transitioning from LLP to an incorporated company.

You will partner with the senior leadership team, review and strengthen processes, and drive profitability and efficiency across the business. This is a hands-on, collaborative role requiring strong technical finance capability.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified with proven technical finance capability and commercial awareness.
• Experience in SME or entrepreneurial growth environments.
• Strong budgeting and forecasting experience with ability to turn data into meaningful commercial insight.
• Experience improving finance processes, controls and reporting.
• Hands-on, collaborative and proactive approach.
• Ability to work across functions and challenge constructively.

Responsibilities

• Support Finance Manager and senior leadership with financial management.
• Provide meaningful financial analysis and commercial insight to support decision-making.
• Support management accounts and ensure timely, accurate financial information.
• Collaborate with external tax accountants.
• Assist transition from LLP to incorporated company.
• Identify financial risks, opportunities and profitability improvements.
• Work with other departments to drive performance and efficiency.
• Contribute to business projects with financial input.
• Develop the finance team.

Skills

Fully qualified finance professional

Commercial awareness

Budgeting and forecasting

Education

Accounting qualification (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)

Job description

Part Time Head of Finance

Salary £150k pro rata

Location: Norwich

Working Pattern: Part time - 3 days a week in office

The Opportunity

Exciting opportunity for an experienced, commercially minded finance professional to join a growing and ambitious business at an important stage of its development.

With current turnover of approximately £12 million and a clear ambition to continue scaling towards £15 million and beyond, it is currently structured as an LLP.

This role will suit someone who enjoys working closely with senior leadership team, understanding the wider business and using financial information to influence commercial decision-making.

The successful candidate will play an important role in strengthening the existing finance function, improving processes and controls, and providing the forecasting, budgeting and commercial insight required to support the continued strategic growth.

About the Role

Working closely with the Finance Manager and wider management team, you will provide strong financial leadership and commercial support across the business.

Existing financial processes and controls are already in place, but there is a requirement to review, improve and ensure they are more robust for continued growth.

A key focus of the role will be forecasting, budgeting and financial planning & ensuring accurate, timely and meaningful financial information is accessible to support both short-term operational decisions and longer-term strategic planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the Finance Manager and senior leadership team with the financial management of the business.
• Providing meaningful financial analysis and commercial insight to support.
• Supporting management accounts and ensuring financial information is accurate, timely and commercially useful.
• Working alongside the Finance Manager and external tax accountants.
• Providing financial guidance and support to non-finance colleagues across the business, through its planned transition from an LLP to an incorporated company.
• Identifying financial risks, opportunities and areas for improved profitability and efficiency.
• Working collaboratively with wider areas of the business to improve performance and operational efficiency.
• Contributing to wider business projects and initiatives where your commercial and financial expertise can add value.
• Supporting the development and capability of the finance team.

Wider Business Responsibility

• Supply Chain & procurement
• IT, AI, automation and business transformation
• Compliance & process improvement
• Operational efficiency

About You

• Fully qualified with proven technical finance capability, coupled with commercial awareness, curiosity and a practical approach.
• Experience of working within a growing SME or entrepreneurial environment where you have supported a business through a scaling process.
• Strong experience of budgeting and forecasting and the ability to analyse financial information and turn it into meaningful commercial insight.
• Experience improving finance processes, controls and reporting.
• A hands-on, collaborative, proactive approach.
• The ability to work across functions and understand the wider commercial operation and challenge constructively