Part Time Head of Finance (Interior Design)

Association of International Certified Professional Accountants; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A high-end design business in London seeks a qualified professional to lead their finance function part-time. You will oversee a transactional team, partner with the CEO, and manage budgeting and forecasting. This role offers senior responsibilities with a competitive salary pro rata based on 3 days of work per week.

Qualifications

• Experience or interest in working in a small to mid-sized business.
• Preferably experience in a design or consumer business.
• Looking for a part-time role (3 days per week).

Responsibilities

• Lead a transactional team in accounting.
• Develop a first-class finance function.
• Partner with the CEO on strategic direction.

Skills

Growth mindset

Financial reporting

Team development

Education

Qualified professional

Job description

Your new company

A really well-respected, privately owned, ultra high-end design business. The business delivers bespoke furniture and design services to high net worth individuals and has grown on a global scale in the last few years.

Your new role

This role will report to the Managing Director, leading a very capable transactional team of 3 and will be bringing a large amount of the accounting in house. The role will be the right-hand person to the MD and operations, and has the key priority to develop a first-class finance function. You will be working 3 days per week, ideally in office, with a flexible approach to working days and hours.

Duties

• Financial ownership for delivery of reporting processes and KPIs - ensuring experienced team continues to improve
• Partnering with the CEO on strategic direction and working to support her ambitions become reality
• Budgets and forecasts
• Management of external providers including accounting and tax
• Working closely with business operations
• Mentor, train and develop accounting team

What you'll need to succeed

You will need to be a qualified professional with experience or interest in working in a small to mid-sized business, preferably a design or consumer business. You will ideally be looking for a part-time / fractional role (3 days per week). In order to succeed in this role, you will need a growth mind set, always looking to improve how things are being done!

What you'll get in return

You will get to join a business at an important time in the organisations development, where you will be given senior level responsibility as a company look to improve processes in their operation. Salary would be circa 80k full-time equivalent, paid on a pro rata basis depending on contracted hours.

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