Strategic Financial Leader

4 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom flinder Full time
Job Title: Strategic Financial Leader

We are seeking a highly skilled Strategic Financial Leader to join our team at flinder. As a key member of our FinOps team, you will be responsible for leading your own portfolio of clients in the London and South East region, delivering our Smart Finance Function and Data Analytics solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

* Senior and ultimate relationship owner for your portfolio of clients.
* Delivering one-off consulting solutions to non-portfolio clients, including systems implementations, investor readiness, and forecasting.
* Holding client meetings with senior client staff and attending Board meetings on a selection of clients, providing insight and analysis on business-wide matters.
* Discussing broader client business issues and how to manage them.
* Supporting clients in their cashflow and business plan development and monitoring needs.
* Designing and building finance and non-finance systems, working with data structures.
* Improving processes for new clients to leading practice, leveraging technology where possible and streamlining them.
* Leading the design of data analytics dashboards for your clients.
* Oversight and supporting managers with day-to-day training and development.
* Reviewing and coaching junior members of the team, including period-end close activities, executive commentaries, and technical accounting questions.
* Overall responsibility for technical accounting queries.
* Liaising with the client and developing strong working relationships.
* Reporting internally and providing regular status updates on client deliverables.

Requirements:

* An accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent.
* At least 10 years of relevant post-qualification experience.
* Extensive experience and working knowledge of bookkeeping, management accounts, consolidations, and finance processes.
* The ability to establish, build, and maintain a good working relationship with key client decision-makers.
* An enjoyment of working for different clients while understanding their individual needs.
* Experience in managing multiple and senior stakeholders.
* Strong project management and multi-tasking skills.
* Strong computer skills, with particular experience in Excel and management information/data analytics.
* Experience with cloud accounting systems, such as Xero.
* Excellent attention to detail, quality review, and time management skills.
* The ability to proactively question everything to improve quality and processes.

Package:

* £84,000 - £105,000 (experience-dependent).
* Discretionary performance-related bonus.
* Pension contributions.

Holidays:

* Unlimited holidays.

Other benefits:

* Private medical care.
* Fully paid strategy trip each year.
* Flexible working.
* Mobile phone or BYOD allowance.

Additional information:

You will predominantly be based in London and travel to client sites will be required at times. From time to time, you may work from home depending on business and client needs. Your skills and experience will determine the entry level and progression within flinder will be dependent on performance.

EU candidates must also demonstrate they are eligible to take up UK employment post-Brexit.

As a Strategic Financial Leader at flinder, you will have the opportunity to work with a variety of clients, developing and implementing financial strategies to drive business growth. If you are a motivated and experienced financial professional looking for a new challenge, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

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