Finance Team Lead

**Finance Team Leader**
**Location**: Cadogan Clinic, Sloane Street, Chelsea, London
**Contract**: Permanent, Full-time
**Salary**: £50,000 DOE
**Shifts**: Standard office hours with hybrid working (minimum 4 days in office)

**About Us**

At the Cadogan Clinic, we are the UK’s most decorated private aesthetic clinic, winners of all three Best Clinic awards across the industry in 2024. Our state-of-the-art facility in Chelsea is home to some of the most experienced surgeons and dermatologists in the country.

We are a growing, ambitious healthcare business committed to patient-centred care, professionalism, and operational excellence. Our team values clarity, care, and commitment, and we are dedicated to developing and supporting our people.

**The Opportunity**

We are seeking a proactive **Finance Team Leader** to join our high-performing finance department. In this pivotal role, you will supervise and support the finance team, ensuring day-to-day operations run smoothly, financial data is accurate, and reporting deadlines are met.

Working closely with the Finance Director, you’ll take ownership of operational finance tasks, provide mentorship to junior staff, and act as a point of escalation for financial queries across the business. This role offers exposure to leadership responsibilities while maintaining hands-on involvement with finance operations.

**What You’ll Bring**

**Essential**
- ACA, ACCA, CIMA qualified or working towards full qualification
- Experience in a senior finance or team leadership role
- Strong knowledge of Xero and financial reporting systems
- Proven ability to manage, mentor, and motivate a small team
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Proactive, accountable, and detail-focused mindset
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

**Desirable**
- Previous experience in healthcare or private clinic finance
- Experience with payroll, consultant payments, stock management, and VAT reporting
- Exposure to management accounts and KPI reporting
- Commercial awareness and ability to identify cost-saving and revenue opportunities

**Why Join Us?**
- **Salary & Benefits**: £50,000 with employee benefits including staff discounts
- **Holiday Allowance**: 31 days annual leave (including public holidays), rising to 33 days after 2 years
- **Flexible Working**: Hybrid working opportunity, minimum 4 days in office
- **Career Development**: Opportunity to progress into Finance Manager or broader leadership roles
- **Team Environment**: Collaborative, ambitious, and supportive workplace culture

**Perks and Benefits**
- Pension scheme via NEST
- Staff discounts and wellbeing initiatives
- Recognition schemes and referral bonuses
- Learning and development opportunities, including mentorship and protected training time
- Social events and team-building activities

**Learning and Development**
- Structured professional development in finance operations and leadership
- Hands-on exposure to management accounts, reporting, and commercial finance processes
- Mentorship and support from the Finance Director
- Opportunities to broaden responsibilities across finance operations, reporting, and strategic initiatives

**Ready to Make a Difference?**

Join a high-performing finance function where your leadership, expertise, and hands-on approach will directly contribute to the success and growth of one of the UK’s leading private healthcare organisations. If you’re motivated by responsibility and impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Pay: From £50,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Referral programme

Work Location: In person