Financial Director

4 weeks ago

Marlborough, United Kingdom Sarah Raven Full time

Finance Director for Sarah Raven 

 

Reporting to the CEO 

 

Sarah Raven is the premium ecommerce gardening brand in the UK, our vision is to bring beauty, colour and joy to every garden.  We offer carefully tried and tested plants, seeds, bulbs and gardening kit as well as lovely things for your home, all personally selected by Sarah Raven, the well-known author and broadcaster. 

 

After a period of digital transformation and acquisitions we are looking for a Finance Director to join our executive team, supporting the business growth plans. 

 

Main Duties 

 

  • You will take the lead in developing & driving the financial and commercial strategy to assist Sarah Raven’s growth ambitions 
  • You will take ownership over the profitability of the business both at a total and a unit level providing insights and developing strategies for continuous improvement with other teams 
  • Take ownerships of tax, compliance and corporate structuring  
  • You will be responsible for the financial processes, performance reporting and analysis, cash management, strategic planning, legal and risk management operations of the business. 
  • The successful candidate will also be responsible for ensuring that the business has in place adequate processes, controls and systems to enable it to scale, through setting and monitoring KPIs across the business, supporting across departments to deliver on performance goals  
  • Own the relationship with our bank, accountants, auditors, lawyers and other professional advisors, ensuring the highest degree of transparency and controls 
  • Play an active role in discussions with current and potential future shareholders, including the preparation for and management of any DD process 
  • Lead, motivate and develop a small finance team  

 

In this role you will be responsible for: 

 

Commercial Analysis & Unit Economics 

 

  • Prepare the management accounts, develop budgets and forecasts for the business (taking inputs from other stakeholders) and monitor performance against plans whilst keeping a strong handle on the unit economics of business ensuring that future growth is profitable and ultimately increases shareholder value. 
  • Lead the analysis of unit economics working with the key areas of the business to continually identify areas for improvement and ensure controls are in place to avoid overspends 
  • Ensure the continuous improvement of unit economics through consistent performance analysis and reporting to the executive team and the Board, identifying issues and corrective actions as appropriate. 
  • Providing commercial support & modelling for future growth plans and projects across the business 

 

Finance, Compliance & Planning 

 

  • Responsible for financial modelling and analysis, formulating data-led strategy and insight 
  • Manage Payroll and payments 
  • Develop and apply finance policies, ensure high accounting standards and consistent governance and drive improvement in finance processes across the business. 
  • Determine the financial and business KPIs working alongside the CEO and executive team to ensure departments are delivering consistently against their goals 
  • Preparation of management accounts, budgets and forecasts for the business and monitoring performance against plans.  
  • Ensure cash flow is appropriate and sustainable, preparing and communicating regular cash updates to the board and other stakeholders 
  • Ensure compliance with statutory law and financial regulations, full responsibility for ensuring correct financial controls and processes are in place and that financial management and statutory reporting are carried out in an efficient, accurate and timely manner.   
  • Ensure the effective reporting to the CEO and the Board of all financial and legal matters, financial performance and recommending corrective action where appropriate. 

 

Skills required: 

 

  • A strong leader, ideally with proven experience in an online consumer business 
  • Demonstrable experience of having operated as a business partner, as well as financial controller, working as a value add partner with other teams, leaders and functions 
  • A qualified accountant with excellent analytical & modelling skills 
  • An operational business builder who combines strong change management skills with a track record of improving operational efficiencies. 
  • Experience of building and operating within a highly analytical and data-driven environment, able to extrapolate and interpret numbers to really understand how the business is operating/performing and therefore support the organisation in making data-based decisions. 
  • Ideally experience in working with institutional investors  
  • Experience in setting up and managing scalable financial systems and processes for forecasting, budgeting and reporting 
  • Hands on approach & good fit with our values 

 

Remuneration package based on experience 

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