Head of Finance

2 months ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Matter Full time

Do you want to help build a company with the capacity to disrupt whole industries and take on environmental issues on a global scale?

Matter. is a Venture Capital backed CleanTech scale-up and we have an opportunity for a Head of Finance who is passionate about business transformation and will develop the controls, processes and systems we need to scale our business, whilst improving commercial understanding across the business through education of non-finance staff and actionable data.

**Job Title: Head of Finance (reporting to CFO)**

**Location: Central Bristol / Hybrid**

**Salary Range: from £70k to £90k**

Matter. is a microplastics capture technology company focused on sustainable design and the circular economy. You will be part of a team that are working on some of the biggest challenges of our time; removing microplastics and micropollutants from the world’s waterways and airways.

Through brilliant design thinking, powerful partners, and an impatience to make what we do matter, our mission is to develop and scale products that are the hard line between the biological and technical cycle.

We pride ourselves on our amazing technology and passion for wanting to change things, but fundamentally what we are most proud of is our people.

For us, people are everything. It’s what makes a company, not the mission written on the wall or the fancy building we work in. Our people represent us, our values and why we do what we do.

**The Opportunity**

As the Head of Finance, you will be the key Finance point of contact at Matter, where you will own the efficient running of the function. With business transformation at the heart of everything that you do, one of your main priorities will be streamlining finance processes, whilst designing and rolling out an effective and efficient control framework, which will enable us to make quick and data-driven decisions.

In this influential role, you will be working with stakeholders across the business to build awareness of project costing and profitability. With your commercial acumen, you will be developing our project accounting processes to provide practical and timely insights to our project teams, and support budget holders understanding of their actuals and forecasts.

You will have control from top to bottom, with responsibility for everything from forecasting, statutory reporting, maintenance and reporting of management and project accounts, and running the day-to-day financial operations including processing invoices, managing payments, and dealing with tax processes such as PAYE and VAT reconciliations and reporting.

But it’s not just about doing the day-to-day..

You will be working with a truly collaborative team, in a large and unique workspace in central Bristol, and will be supported by the CFO, Operations Manager and Administration Assistant, plus various external partners.

This is an opportunity to become an integral part of a company that takes pride in its inclusive company culture and commitment to sustainability as a proud B Corp (pending) micro pollution pioneering organisation.

This role will suit somebody who is environmentally aware and feels plugged-in to our mission and values and enjoys leading transformational change in a scale-up.

**So, what are your responsibilities?**
- Effective and efficient running of the Finance function.
- Support the CFO with mid and long-term forecasting and maintenance of the Budget.
- Helping to build a finance function and putting in place scalable systems and processes that will support the company’s scale-up ambitions.
- Preparing and presenting monthly Management Accounts and annual Statutory accounts.
- Manage the annual audit process and any audit process from grant or finance providers.
- Managing short and mid-term cashflow requirements.
- Preparing and reporting financial and operational information as required by our investors.
- Preparing and reporting financial information for our Budget holders.
- Manage project accounts, including control of budget and spending approvals, monthly analysis and insight and reporting.
- Managing all key operational finance processes, including sales ledger, grant claims, purchase ledger, payments and bank reconciliations and payroll.
- Manage tax accounts, including monthly PAYE, VAT, CT incl. RDEC ensuring our statutory obligations are met.
- Maintain insurance policies and schedules, and regular updates with business stakeholders and insurance brokers.
- Ensure smooth administration of our options schemes.
- Manage the payroll process incl. payrolling of benefits in kind.
- Manage and foster collaborative relationships with our bankers, insurers, accountants, and auditors.

**How you will make an Impact**

In this communication focused role, you will be able to make a significant impact by developing financial understanding across the business, supporting budget holders and business unit leadership to optimise results.

In your first year, you wil

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