Head of Finance and HR (Part Time)

We have an amazing opportunity available for an experienced Head of Finance to join a small, dynamic, fun and fast-growing Creative Agency based in Shoreditch, London. This will be a hands-on role, pivotal in helping the company grow by being a brilliant advisor and linking the director’s, clients, suppliers and staff.

To be considered you will need to have considerable experience in small to medium sized businesses, ideally media/consultancy firms, where turnover has been between 2 and 10 million. You’ll be comfortable with having a prominent and wide remit within a business. Primarily in finance but also with HR.

Key Responsibilities:

• Report into the MD and board
• Line management of management accountant
• Cashflow forecast
• Cash management – juggling cashflow
• Review of monthly management accounts and consolidation across the group
• Variance analysis and reporting to budget and earlier years
• Manage relationship with banks, auditors & other third parties
• Some IT oversight (i.e., ensure new joiners are set up on systems)
• Office rent, equipment & space oversight
• Monthly payroll and pensions for London and Singapore
• Manage VAT/GST quarterly returns
• Oversight of recruitment processes for all new hires, working with relevant team heads UK & APAC
• Sole charge of annual & 6 monthly staff appraisals
• Staff training & CPD development
• Assist Creative Director with GDPR Consultant
• Approve all production budgets
• Arrange social staff events & build staff committee
• Implement company values
• Overseeing student placements & providing training & support with management accountant for them

You will be:

• A brilliant communicator and able to explain finance matters in simple terms to non-finance staff
• Able to build rapport with multiple stakeholders and personalities (i.e., creative and production staff)
• Flexible in your approach to work, ready to swap between tasks as and when required
• Hands on with more mundane tasks when required
• Super organised in managing your own workload
• Calm under pressure
• Used to preparing financial information with accuracy and attention to detail
• Not afraid to ask questions & suggest improvement to processes
• Able to handle tight cash flows and HR matters

Benefits

• Flexible working hours (3 days a week, one working from home if needed)
• £90,000 – 100,000 per annum before pro rata
• The company is open to both a 9-month contract with the view to going permanent or taking someone permanent straight away.