Interim Finance Director

Interim Finance Director

Posted 4 days ago by Global Accounting Network

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Brighton, England, United Kingdom
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Accounting Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Annual Budget Preparation Balance Sheet Budgeting Finance Financial Analytics Financial Controls Financial Planning Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Forecasting General Ledger Ledgers (Accounting) Management Month-End Closing Receivables Sensitivity Analysis

Summary: The role of Interim Finance Director involves leading a finance team within a prominent energy provider and trading business for an initial period of three months, with the possibility of extension. The position requires overseeing financial control, statutory and management reporting, as well as financial planning and analysis. The successful candidate will partner with the CEO and leadership team to translate strategic goals into actionable financial plans. Key responsibilities include ensuring accurate financial planning, managing reporting, and driving cash collection processes.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the Finance function, taking accountability for financial control, statutory and management reporting
  • Own the FP&A and transactional finance, including Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
  • Ensure robust planning, forecasting, controls, and cash collection
  • Partner with the CEO and wider leadership team, translating strategy into financially robust plans and actions
  • Ensure the financial planning is accurate for the 5-Year Plan, Annual budget & Rolling forecasts
  • Develop FP&A models covering volumes, margin, opex and profitability
  • Drive scenario and sensitivity analysis to support decision-making
  • Ensure integrity of the general ledger, balance sheet and month-end close
  • Own the statutory and management reporting, and act as the point of contact for external auditors
  • Ensure a robust controls environment
  • Oversee the AP & AR functions, driving cash collection and clearing of aged debt
  • Provide the CEO with commercial insight on pricing & margin decisions, product performance and customer profitability
  • Ad hoc finance tasks & continuous improvements of the existing function/controls

Key Skills:

  • Fully qualified accountant with significant post qualified experience leading a finance function
  • Proven background owning the budget, forecast and long term planning processes
  • Prior experience partnering with C-Suite and influencing commercial decisions
  • Strong controllership background
  • Ideally consumer, retail, energy or subscription-based business background
  • Workday knowledge would be beneficial

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Brighton

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Energy

Detailed Description From Employer:

Global Accounting Network are exclusively partnering with a leading energy provider & trading business who are looking for an interim Finance Director to lead a lean team of 10 covering controllership, FP&A and finance operations. The initial interim period will be for 3 months, but potential to extend. As interim Finance Director, this is a key member of the leadership team and will:

  • Lead the Finance function, taking accountability for financial control, statutory and management reporting
  • Own the FP&A and transactional finance, including Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, ensuring robust planning, forecasting, controls and cash collection
  • Partner the CEO and wider leadership team, translating strategy into financially robust plans and actions

Main Responsibilities:

  • Ensure the financial planning is accurate for the 5-Year Plan, Annual budget & Rolling forecasts
  • Develop FP&A models covering volumes, margin, opex and profitability
  • Drive scenario and sensitivity analysis to support decision-making
  • Ensure integrity of the general ledger, balance sheet and month-end close
  • Own the statutory and management reporting, and act as the point of contact for external auditors
  • Ensure a robust controls environment
  • Oversee the AP & AR functions, driving cash collection and clearing of aged debt
  • Provide the CEO with commercial insight on pricing & margin decisions, product performance and customer profitability
  • Ad hoc finance tasks & continuous improvements of the existing function/controls

Ideal Candidate:

  • Fully qualified accountant with significant post qualified experience leading a finance function
  • Proven background owning the budget, forecast and long term planning processes
  • Prior experience partnering with C-Suite and influencing commercial decisions
  • Strong controllership background
  • Ideally consumer, retail, energy or subscription-based business background
  • Workday knowledge would be beneficial
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