Head Of Finance

Head of Finance, well established and successful SME, St Albans, to £85,000 An exciting new opening for a qualified Head of Finance to take the lead finance role with a well established and successful privately owned SME Financial Service business. As the Head of Finance, you will have day to day responsibility for all aspects of Financial Control, leading a sizeable accounts team and working closely with the CEO in the development and execution of business strategy. Your key areas of focus as the Head of Finance will include: * Producing the monthly management accounts and provide insight on key variances * Supporting the CEO with preparing the Quarterly Forecasts and Annual Budget * Optimising cashflow by ensuring payments and collections are completed on time, maximising interest on corporate monies * Maintenance of the Fixed Asset register and update the prepayments and accruals schedules monthly * Ensuring all transaction processing (AP, AR, , Client/Customer Payments, Payroll etc) is completed on time and accurately reflected within the ledgers * Maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the ledgers by raising and posting journals * Completing reconciliations of all accounts and clear down any reconciling items swiftly * Adhering to all measures within the ISO27001 standard, ensuring Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability at all times * Working in accordance with ISO 27001, Data Protection and TCF policies and practices With ambitious business plans in place, the CEO is looking for a commercially minded qualified accountant with a proven track record leading and developing teams within a FCA regulated Financial Services company. You will need to be exceptionally motivated and possess the dynamism and high levels of integrity and gravitas to present credibly to the Board and shareholders, as well as buying your team into the goals and visions of the organisation. Possibility of Hybrid work afer the qualifying period. If this Head of Finance opportunity is of interest, please apply without delay for a more detailed conversation about the role and business, and the possibility of an early interview with the client