Responsibilities include:

• Develop, implement, or improve processes and share best practices throughout the organization.  Regularly report on process performance with key stakeholders and provide/gather service feedback.
• Support Business Leaders with the preparation of the annual business unit plan in conjunction with relevant commercial leaders.
• Prepare management accounts and related KPI documentation for your business unit, including monthly profit & loss accounts with analysis and commentary, balance sheet extracts, and reconciliations.
• Continually review, maintain, and improve processes, cash collection, purchase orders, and ledger postings against budget/forecasts.
• Identify and resolve any areas of financial weakness within the business unit promptly.
• Collate challenging, realistic, rolling, three-monthly Profit & Loss forecasts together with annual expectations based on the latest available management information.
• Prepare cost-benefit reports and pro-active analytical works to facilitate continuous improvement of the business unit’s performance.
• Fully comprehend the financial and commercial details of the business unit’s activities to ensure optimal performance and risk management.

Candidate requirements:

• You’re a proven leader with 10+ years of building scaled finance organizations and leading world-class finance teams
• Advanced finance, accounting, and operations experience
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth industry with a history of leveraging technology to scale with the business
• Demonstrated knowledge of financial reporting, key business financial metrics, providing metrics inputs to various reporting venues, and communicating key performance indicators to stakeholders in support of business objectives
• Proficient in obtaining, organizing, and analyzing data to challenge conventional wisdom, make fact-based decisions, drive root cause analysis, and evaluate outcomes
• You are passionate about building teams, developing people, and creating a strong identity and culture
• Ability to set goals, and financial plans and effectively influence leaders across the organization
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math); MBA preferred
• Qualified accountant with a management accounting background (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, ICAN, etc)