Head of Finance

Pact Coffee | B Corp™; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Flexible hours

Coffee allowance

Income protection

Group life assurance

Pension

Cycle to work

Workplace nursery

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Pact Coffee is seeking a hands-on Head of Finance to lead daily finance operations and guide the company through its next growth phase. Reporting to the CFO, you’ll strengthen financial controls, deliver actionable management information, and drive commercial insight across D2C, B2B, Grocery and Operations.

You’ll build robust profitability reporting, improve stock controls and cash visibility, and mentor the management accountant while partnering with leaders to shape financial strategy.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable technical accounting knowledge, including balance sheet controls, VAT and statutory reporting.
• Recent experience in an inventory-intensive business, ideally manufacturing, production or FMCG.
• Strong understanding of stock, COGS and margin accounting.
• Experience in forecasting, financial modelling and data analysis.
• Track record of improving and automating finance processes.
• Strong commercial curiosity and the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to solving problems and taking ownership.

Responsibilities

• Owning responsibility for the day-to-day finance functions.
• Improving the month-end process, without compromising accuracy.
• Building monthly profitability reporting to support better commercial decisions.
• Strengthening stock controls, stock reconciliations and COGS reporting.
• Establishing business partnering relationships with D2C, B2B, Grocery, Coffee and Operations, providing financial insights to improve decision-making.
• Developing a joined-up demand planning process to support purchasing, production and labour planning.
• Maintaining a weekly 13-week cash flow forecast and improving short-term cash visibility.
• Improving credit control processes, escalation routes and management of overdue customers.
• Identifying opportunities to improve and automate finance processes.
• Mentor and develop the Management Accountant.

Skills

Technical accounting

Inventory management

Financial modelling

Forecasting

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Job description

About Pact Coffee

At Pact, we're obsessed with incredible coffee. We seek out the world's best coffee growers - farmers whose skill and dedication produce coffees of rare quality. They deserve more than a fair price: they deserve to see their coffee relished... savoured... talked about. Our role is to honour that work - by roasting with precision, making every step effortless for our customers, and holding ourselves to the same uncompromising standards. We want every cup to reflect the care of the grower, the rigour of our team, and the unmistakable pleasure of coffee at its best.

About Pact Coffee

At Pact, we're obsessed with incredible coffee. We seek out the world's best coffee growers - farmers whose skill and dedication produce coffees of rare quality. They deserve more than a fair price: they deserve to see their coffee relished... savoured... talked about. Our role is to honour that work - by roasting with precision, making every step effortless for our customers, and holding ourselves to the same uncompromising standards. We want every cup to reflect the care of the grower, the rigour of our team, and the unmistakable pleasure of coffee at its best. As a proud B Corp, we're committed to doing business the right way. That means we're held to account - for how we trade, how we treat people, and how we treat the land we use. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do, from working closely with growers to working as a team to improve how we bring quality coffee to our customers. If you share our infectious enthusiasm for exceptional coffee and want to make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

The Role

We are looking for a hands-on, commercially minded Head of Finance to lead the day-to-day finance function and support Pact Coffee's next phase of growth. Reporting directly to the CFO, the Head of Finance will also have the support of a Management Accountant. Together, we aim to strengthen financial control, improve management information and provide greater commercial insight across the business.

What You'll Be Doing

• Owning responsibility for the day-to-day finance functions
• Improving the month-end process, without compromising accuracy
• Building monthly profitability reporting to support better commercial decisions
• Strengthening stock controls, stock reconciliations and COGS reporting
• Establishing business partnering relationships with D2C, B2B, Grocery, Coffee and Operations, providing financial insights to improve decision-making
• Developing a joined-up demand planning process to support purchasing, production and labour planning
• Maintaining a weekly 13-week cash flow forecast and improving short-term cash visibility
• Improving credit control processes, escalation routes and management of overdue customers
• Identifying opportunities to improve and automate finance processes
• Mentor and develop the Management Accountant

We're looking for:

• Demonstrable technical accounting knowledge, including balance sheet controls, VAT and statutory reporting
• Recent experience in an inventory-intensive business, ideally manufacturing, production or FMCG
• Strong understanding of stock, COGS and margin accounting
• Experience in forecasting, financial modelling and data analysis
• Track record of improving and automating finance processes
• Strong commercial curiosity and the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders
• A proactive approach to solving problems and taking ownership

Benefits

Here are some of the perks we currently offer:

Salary bracket: £70k to £75k

• 23 days holiday (increasing annually up to 27 days) plus 3 days extra between Christmas & New Year, plus a day off for your birthday!
• Hybrid working model (everyone is in the office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)
• Flexible working, with core hours (10-4)
• Monthly at-home coffee allowance
• Income Protection
• Group Life Assurance
• Enhanced Workplace Pension
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Workplace Nursery Benefit
• Employee Assistance Program (inc. counselling)

Equality Statement

Pact Coffee is an equal opportunities employer, and we are committed to improving the diversity of our workforce. We encourage candidates from all minority groups and will consider your application regardless of age, gender, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability, marital status, pregnancy or socio-economic background. If you don't meet all the key requirements for this role, but you'd really like to be a part of the Pact team why not drop us an email to establish whether we can support your application with any reasonable adjustments.