Global Head of Finance & Operations

Skills Builder Partnership; Malaysia; Hybrid; MYR 273,000 - 328,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization for skill development, based in Malaysia, is looking for a Global Head of Finance & Operations. The ideal candidate will have strong financial accounting expertise and experience in HR and compliance. This role involves leading finance functions, managing HR, and ensuring legal compliance across global operations. The position offers a salary range of £50,000 - £60,000 and follows a hybrid working model, requiring in-person meetings in either Oxford or London several times a year.

Benefits

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Potential to buy back up to 5 days

Hybrid working

Free fruit, tea, and coffee

Salary range £50,000 - £60,000

Qualifications

• Proven financial accounting expertise from qualifications like ACCA or CIMA.
• Aptitude or experience in legal and compliance matters.
• Experience in recruitment and management of high-performing teams.
• Familiarity with the latest technology and ability to create prototypes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the finance function for both Global and UK divisions.
• Manage HR and people functions across global operations.
• Support commercial pursuits and ensure compliance with laws.
• Oversee provision of hardware and software.

Skills

Financial accounting expertise

Legal / compliance experience

People & HR experience

Early adopter of tech

Job description

What it’s like working at Skills Builder Partnership

Joining Skills Builder is not like working anywhere else. Our team consistently say they have never worked anywhere as collaborative, supportive or mission oriented. We combine the fun and dynamism of a start-up, the professional development opportunities of a corporate, the innovation of a digital native and the social impact focus of a charity.

We are serious about delivering social mobility through our vision that one day everyone builds the essential skills to succeed. That means we are ambitious and set high standards for ourselves. We are reflective, inclusive and supportive. In practice this means that everyone makes time for others in the team, we get stuck in to solve problems together, we have regular employee surveys where leadership.

About the role

This is a role for someone with a hands-on, “builder” mindset who wants to apply their technical skills in an agile environment. Someone who is obsessed with optimising and innovating while consistently delivering high quality outputs.

You’ll be a spreadsheet pro, but see the huge potential in solving problems with code and software. You’ll also get on top of technical subject matter like employment law and data protection.

As the Global Head of Finance & Operations, you’ll be leading our strategic financial planning as well as our end-to-end finance operations and accounting. Alongside that, you’ll run our people and HR function and be responsible for legal and compliance.

Skills Builder’s Global Division provides services and support to the UK division and to partners across the world, so it’ll be important that you enjoy working with others, creating and maintaining positive working relationships.

We have big ambitions and your scope to grow, learn and achieve matches that. If you want to benefit from working with an inspiring team, with huge potential for learning, growth and development, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

Finance

• Run the finance function, which serves both the Global and UK divisions
• Responsible for timely, accurate accounts (from bookkeeping and management accounts through to audit)
• Lead on financial strategy including budgeting, financial modelling and insights

Human Resources

• Run HR and people management for the Global and UK divisions
• Ensure that we have the right people with the right skills to deliver our strategy
• Responsible for recruitment, retention, policies and employment law matters

Commercial, Legal & compliance

• Support the team to pursue different commercial models and secure favourable terms
• Ensure compliance with laws in the UK and across our global operations
• Lead on legal matters, identifying risk, analysing positions and efficiently engaging with external counsel when appropriate

Internal tech and IT

• Oversee the provision of hardware and software to the Global and UK divisions.

Technical Skills and Experience

• Financial accounting expertise, gained either through qualifications (e.g. ACCA CIMA), investment or business modelling experience.
• Legal / compliance experience or aptitude. Either with legal experience and qualifications, or the desire and ability to think like a lawyer.
• People & HR experience or aptitude. Ideally having recruited and managed high performing teams, or the desire and ability to learn how to deliver a best-in-class function.
• Early adopter of tech. Adept at discovering and using the latest tech and prototyping solutions.

Benefits

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 per annum

Term

Permanent

Start Date

As soon as possible

Working hours

Full-time (40 hours per week) although some flexibility may be possible

Team days

We get together in person in Oxford or London 6 times a year for strategy, fun and food.

Holidays

25 days per year, plus bank holidays & potential to buy back up to 5 days.

Location

UK remote allowing for regular travel or London (hybrid working with 1+ days in the office per week, free fruit, tea and coffee, ‘pastry socials’ and £600 London weighting).

Application Process

Applications should be made via our online form - on completion of the online application please also send your CV by email to [e-mail].

The application deadline is 0900 on 12th January, with first round interviews weeks commencing 12th & 19th January.

Applicants are encouraged to explore our work at www.skillsbuilder.org before applying.