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Head of Finance

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£70,000

per year

Job 30694

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Ben Love

Talent Acquisition Director
Finance

East Midlands

Specialises in senior finance and accountancy recruitment, permanent | £55k - £200k

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The role, Head of Finance… a role where you will be at the heart of an extremely successful business based in West Bridgford, Nottingham.

You’ll be driving process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and compliance. This role requires strong financial modelling expertise and advanced system skills to optimise reporting and provide actionable insights. As a key business partner to non-financial stakeholders, the Head of Finance ensures clarity in financial communication, enabling informed decision-making across the organisation.

Key responsibilities include managing cashflow, producing accurate weekly and monthly cash reports and forecasts, reviewing management accounts, and board packs. The Head of Finance is tasked with improving reporting systems, providing financial insights, and supporting decision-making to achieve organisational goals.
Why Them?

  • The business is set to grow significantly within the next 2 years so plenty of opportunity for progression in the short to medium term to get involved with a number of change management programmes & systems upgrades
  • A broad role working with an exceptional CFO, an established team with plenty of autonomy as well
  • There’s some great benefits on offer as well; 38 days holiday plus your Birthday off! 6% Matched Pension, Healthcare, Bonus and the … the list goes on
  • A voice! They welcome and value everyone’s opinion and encourage you to tell them how they can improve what they do and how they do it, both as a team and as a business
  • You have the option to condense your hours to 4 days (Friday OR Monday off), or work 5 shorter days.

The Opportunity…

  • Ensure accurate financial reporting and drive improvements across accounts, board packs, and statutory statements.
  • Deliver timely cash flow forecasts to support liquidity and business objectives.
  • Oversee payroll operations, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and process efficiencies.
  • Provide financial reporting, budgets, and analysis to support strategic decision-making.
  • Drive process improvements and optimise accounting systems for efficiency and growth.
  • Partner with stakeholders to deliver insights and enhance performance.
  • Lead and develop the finance team, promoting a culture of learning and collaboration.

Be a strong advocate of analytics, developing a deep understanding of the business to make sure that analysis is embedded in everyday decision making. Draw meaningful insights and ideas from large data sets to support and improve business performance.

Your Experience…

  • ACCA / CIMA / ACA Qualified
  • Excellent excel and modelling skills
  • Developing the collation and reporting of data
  • Able to demonstrate evidence of working in a growing organisation with the ability to bridge the gap between finance and commercial teams

What’s on offer…

  • Offering between £60,000 to £70,000 basic
  • 30 days of annual leave + Bank holidays + Birthday Off
  • BUPA Healthcare
  • 6% Employer Pension Contribution
  • Option to condense hours to a 4 day week
  • Clear progression opportunities for the future

For further information on this opportunity or to request a job description then please contact me directly and we can go from there.

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