Financial Director

1 month ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Pink Giraffe Full time

This is a part time role - ideally 3 days per week. Remote but ideally with an occassional meeting in Oxford. You must have marketing agency experience. You must live in the UK and cannot require sponsorship to work.


The Role

We are seeking an experienced Finance Director to join the team You’re a great fit for the role if you have agency finance experience, and operate within financial best practice without getting lost in the detail.


We are looking for a self starter with a track record of commercial, operational and financial accountability within an agency environment.


You will be a leading the financial and commercial strategy for the agency and need the ability to go deep and resurface with excellent recommendations that can be presented to the 2 main shareholders. We want this role to be a confident decision maker and to operate directly with the team and advise them appropriately without needing support.


Agency Operations

Have a practical approach to agency systems and disciplines

Advise on client and supplier contract management

Support in resource planning lead based on commercial goals


Strategic Finance/Commercial Direction

Annual planning and KPI setting (scenario planning, budget and forecasting)

Lead on metrics to measure commercial success on

KPI management and Reporting (Tracking against plan)

Data analysis (take gut feels, investigate and recommend solutions)

Shareholder management (challenge thinking, advise strategically, remove data rabbit wholes, recommend key actions to take)

Team management (make other commercially accountable (recovery rates, utilisation of team)

Invoicing and Payments Management


Financial Management

Xero APIs (add time tracking, project management etc),

Seamlessly integrate systems and processes (change reporting structures, consolidate, systems, not overcomplicate)

Experience in agency finance metrics such as

Utilisation

Recovery (overstaffing, undersold or over serviced)

Experience in business finance metrics such as

EBITDA metrics,

Contract value and type

Recurring revenue

Weekly reports of spending and sign off

Create an approval process

Debtor management (who owes money)

Supplier management (who we owe money to)

Cashflow

HMRC Management

PAYE

VAT returns

Corporation Tax

Payroll (create system that doesn't rely on manual payments)


HR Support

Understanding of agency Policies

Come with a network to lean on (sponsorship etc)


Benefits

  • £70k per year F/T equivalent – ideally 3 days per week
  • 5% pension contribution
  • 4pm finish on Friday’s
  • Paid hobby membership up to value of £50 p.mo
  • Monthly 1-1 Coaching Sessions
  • 25 days + bank holidays
  • 4 wellness day per year (1x per quarter)
  • Monthly social where we go out and have fun
  • MacBook Pro or other laptop
  • Birthday day off
  • Client networking events
  • Summer party


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