Head of Finance at Private Equity Insights

Private Equity Insights; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in London is seeking a Head of Finance. This role offers the opportunity to manage financial operations, including budgets and cash flow, while working closely with CEOs and participating in board meetings. Candidates should have an accounting background with experience in finance leadership roles, preferably from a small or medium-sized business. A UK working permit is necessary.

Benefits

Operational experience in a start-up or scale-up

Unlimited growth potential

Work closely with CEO on finances

Qualifications

• More than two years of experience from a Big Four accounting firm.
• Experience as CFO, Head of Finance, or Finance Director from a small or medium-sized business.
• UK working permit is required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare annual budgets for financial planning.
• Provide weekly cash flow updates.
• Conduct monthly financial insights updates.
• Evaluate cost optimisation programs.
• Review loans for financial health.
• Support sales and operations teams.
• Lead working capital responsibilities.
• Manage human resources financial planning.

Skills

Strong work ethic

Proactive ownership

Financial planning

Cash flow management

Cost optimisation

Education

Accounting background

Experience from a Big Four firm

Job description

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with young, motivated and extremely driven people? And are you curious or passionate about finance? If so, you might be our Head of Finance.

About us

Private Equity Insights is part of United Media (https://www.united-media.com/) which focuses on building large-scale industry media and conference products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc.

What we offer you

As our Head of Finance you get the unique opportunity to be a key player in building one of our portfolio companies. By providing you with the ownership of our finances, we want to constantly push you out of your comfort zone. You'll be working out of our HQ in London and to ensure a never ending growth curve, we provide you with:

• An opportunity for getting operational experience in a start-up or scale-up where both your work and the results are highly tangible and matter to the business.
• A chance to work closely together with one of our CEO's on our finances and budgets as well as report to investors on a monthly basis and participate in board meetings.
• Unlimited growth potential in our company – we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally.

Your responsibilities

• Prepare annual budgets for effective financial planning.
• Provide weekly updates on cash flow.
• Conduct monthly P&L and cash updates for comprehensive financial insights.
• Evaluate and implement cost optimisation programs.
• Review intercompany and external loans to ensure optimal financial health.
• Offer support to sales and operations teams.
• Lead the Working Capital responsibilities.
• Manage the Human Resources Financial Planning responsibilities.

What we expect from you

You possess an unparalleled work ethic with a high sense of urgency. You have a relentless drive and desire to be the very best at what you do. You take ownership of everything you do, are proactive and follow through on commitments. Moreover, you are humble and share our passion for building and executing new businesses. Furthermore, we expect that you have:

• Accounting background. Ideally, more than two years of experience from a Big Four firm.
• Experience as CFO, Head of finance or Finance Director from a small or medium-sized business.
• UK working permit.
• Media and Conferences industry background preferred but not mandatory.