Head of Finance

2 weeks ago

High Wycombe, United Kingdom Think Specialist Recruitment Full time

Think Accountancy and Finance are excited to be supporting a young, rapidly growing electrical wholesale business who are looking to hire their first Head of Finance/Finance Director for their High Wycombe office. This position requires someone who can bring all the accounts in house from the external accountants and help the business during its next period of growth.

They opened their doors in 2020 with a single location in Hemel Hempstead and have since grown to having 4 locations with the addition of their High Wycombe HQ branch (where this role will be based), North Finchley and Oxford.

Turnover is projected to just over £13million.

The finance team consists of 2 full time and 2 part time transactional staff. Their external accountants currently cover payroll, management accounts and year end accounts.

The business is ready to bring on board a hands-on commercial Number 1 in Finance. The position will work directly with the owner/MD of the business and help to focus on strategy for the business as well as bringing in house all outsourced work. There is plenty of opportunity to look at current processes and bring in a new accounting system.

You will be joining a fast growing and profitable business at a really exciting time.

The candidate would be responsible for:

Strategic work with MD to build and grow the business
Management of the back-office team
Production of monthly management accounts
Financial reporting
Production of end of year accounts
Transition to Group reporting
Ensure that all financial statements, tax returns, and other financial documents are accurate and submitted on time.
Manage HMRC submissions for PAYE and VAT.
Manage relationships with external auditors, banks, and other financial institutions.
Bringing Payroll in house
Budgets and Forecasting
Financial strategy
Cashflow
Analysis of potential expansion opportunities
Management of customer credit
Management of credit insurance
Seeking opportunities to streamline the business and enhance profitability
Ideally, we are looking for a candidate who has worked within a wholesale business, perhaps within retail or distribution as well as experience in a high growth business. This is a number one role in Finance and is a newly created position, so the successful candidate needs to be able to manage the full cycle of accounts including management of transactional staff through to year end accounts.

There will be opportunity to get involved with other business ventures supporting the MD in future plans. They are looking for someone they can trust and someone who wants to be 100% invested in the business whilst offering sound commercial advice.

We are seeking a qualified Accountant with year end experience and exposure in a high-growth SME business.

The company offer a competitive salary DOE and have flexibility to suit. You will be required onsite in High Wycombe.

Think Accountancy and Finance is the finance division of Think Specialist Recruitment, an independent recruitment agency based in Hemel Hempstead and working across the Herts, Beds and Bucks area. We specialise in permanent, temporary and contract recruitment with areas of expertise including: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Finance Admin, Part Qualified Finance, Credit Control and Bookkeepers

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