* Specialist Telecoms & Cyber Security Technologies
* Products, Services, Certification & Training
* Attractive Basic Salary + Bonus + Benefits
* Bath, Somerset, UK
Business
Our client is a growth business in rapid Scale-up. It has established itself as the leading global provider of its highly specialised products and services, and of accredited certification and training courses for technicians. Customers include an increasingly large number of the world’s biggest commercial enterprises, governments and public sector organisations that are responsible for the delivery and maintenance of reliable and dependable telecoms services and critical communications infrastructure. Our client employs numerous engineers and technical experts in the UK, to work on consultation and implementation projects all over the world. All revenue streams are profitable and expanding fast, backed by systematic innovation and new product development allied to strong relationship-led sales and an actively managed supply chain. This business is still owned and led by its founders, who wish to make this key appointment to secure the long-term future of the company as it grows into a significantly larger entity.
Role
* Be the financial leadership of the business
* Provide accurate financial and management reporting and accounting
* Deliver robust FP&A, forecasting and budgeting
* Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and best practice
* Impose rigorous finance processes in a fast-paced growing company
* Identify financial risks to the company and mitigate them
* Control cash & credit management
* Manage a small team of high-performing finance professionals
* Contribute to strategic direction and decision support as a Board Director
* Own external financial relationships, including JVs, M&A, investors
* Support bid and contract pricing and negotiation
* Instruct auditors, lawyers, bankers, insurers, consultants and other advisers
* Advise and support MD and senior management
* Run other business support functions (HR, IT, Legal, Compliance, CoSec)
* Manage IT, implement and upgrade ERP / MIS
Candidate
* Qualified Accountant ICAS / ICAEW / CIMA / ACCA / CAI
* Ambitious, entrepreneurial and determined
* Deal orientation, with transaction mindset
* Proactive, energetic and collaborative
* Highly numerate, with commercial instincts
* Relevant degree in finance, accounting or STEM subject
* Prior financial leadership role in a Scale-up / high-growth SME / business unit
* Experience in providing strategic advice and financial direction
* Data driven, willing to challenge assumptions
* Strong organisational skills, with attention to detail
* Team player, but able to work autonomously
* Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
* Willing to work on-site, remotely, internationally, as required
* Unimpeachable integrity
* Prepared to undergo and confident of obtaining security clearance
Seniority level: Director
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Finance and Sales
Industries: Executive Search Services
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