Ceo jobs in United Kingdom

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 driven people? Are you curious or passionate about finance? If so, you might be our Controller.

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.

As our Controller, you will have the unique opportunity to be a key player in building one of our portfolio companies. By providing ownership of our finances, we aim to push you out of your comfort zone. You’ll work out of our HQ in London, and to support ongoing growth, we offer:

1. An opportunity to gain operational experience in a start-up or scale-up, where your work and results are highly tangible and impactful.
2. Close collaboration with our CEO on finances and budgets, reporting to investors monthly, and participating in board meetings.
3. Unlimited growth potential within our company, with a strong track record of internal promotions.

Your responsibilities may vary, but will include:

• Preparing annual budgets for effective financial planning.
• Providing weekly cash flow updates.
• Conducting monthly P&L and cash flow analyses for comprehensive financial insights.
• Evaluating and implementing cost optimization programs.
• Reviewing intercompany and external loans to ensure financial health.
• Supporting sales and operations teams.
• Leading working capital management.
• Managing human resources financial planning.

You should possess an exceptional work ethic with a high sense of urgency, a relentless drive to excel, and ownership of your responsibilities. You are proactive, dependable, humble, and share our passion for building and executing new businesses. Additionally, we expect that you have:

• An accounting background, ideally with more than two years of experience at a Big Four firm.
• Experience as CFO, Head of Finance, or Finance Director in a small or medium-sized business.
• A UK work permit.
• Experience in the media and conferences industry is preferred but not mandatory.

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