Head of Finance-West London-Hospitality and Property Group
COREcruitment
- London
- £85,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Deliver monthly management accounts for all companies, and consolidated accounts where appropriate according to set timelines, including all lender compliance.
- Deliver budgets for the same as above (3 years) + rolling forecast outturn (current year only)
- Working closely with Treasury and Business Accounting team to deliver funding plans and effective cashflow management.
- Monitor and analyse department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
- Lead, supervise, manage the team to ensure all team members excel and the department has succession planning.
- Oversee the preparation of statutory accounts for all Group companies and Group consolidation in accordance with financial reporting standards and best practice.
- In conjunction with GFD, set and manage the annual statutory audit process to hard deadlines.
- Ad-hoc analysis and projects to support the needs of the business.
- Lead the integration of new acquisitions into existing infrastructure, ensuring that tight reporting needs are delivered on time.
- Directly manage shared service centre, assessing team members who will be able to transition into the central finance team, and effectively facilitate this with senior colleagues.
- Ensure acquisitions are correctly accounted for.
- Develop financial management systems, manuals, and policies, to improve ways of working and increase efficiency.
- Drive financial control and reporting to provide greater insight into the business thereby highlighting opportunities to increase profitability and increase margins across the Group.
- Qualified accountant (ACCA, ICAEW or ICAS) is a pre-requisite preferably within a top 10 practice
- Accounting background with medium to large group of companies/complex consolidations
- Strong Communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills & Demonstrable Initiative
- Strong analytical skills & attention to detail
- Ability to deliver responsibilities with minimum supervision
- Experience of Tier 1 ERP systems