Job Description
The Financial Controller role has been created by substantial business growth within the Real Assets division. This has created the requirement for a Financial Controller to deliver commercial thinking and business partnership to many of our leading Fund Management teams.
The role will be to take responsibility for a mixture of Forestry funds, individually managed Forestry client accounts, and Renewable and New Energy funds clients in the Real Assets Division. This role will work closely with the other Financial Controller in Real Assets to ensure a coordinated approach.
Gresham House is an Investment Manager but these investments are not just numbers to us as passive shareholders. We establish these businesses, manage and operate them on a daily basis as operational businesses on behalf of our fund clients. We are in this for the long term: usually 10-20 year timescales.
Each business has an operational management team: and you will be a crucial part of this. You will therefore be the effective Finance Director of a portfolio of exciting businesses. These will include the financial management of your own clients/funds and the supervision and review of the work of both internal and external fund administrators and internal Finance Managers producing management and statutory accounts. The role will ensure that all reporting to internal Boards and external investors is completed accurately and promptly. You will be curious and seek to "get under the skin" of these businesses and find solutions to deliver processes and best practices. You will be a role model to the rest of the team and develop the skill set of the Finance Managers who will work with you.
The Successful Applicant
We are looking for a motivated, self-starter who excels in an entrepreneurially-minded business and is happy with managing a portfolio. The ideal candidate loves diving into the details to maximise financial performance and can give added value insight to the business on the numbers being reported and issues facing the businesses.
* ACA / ACCA / CIMA (or equivalent)
* PQE in a multi-business environment which operates at a pace
* Finance business partnering is key
* Statutory accounting knowledge and good knowledge of VAT and tax
* Strong aptitude for numbers but also able to deal with sometimes complex legal structures and governance arrangements
* Able to communicate effectively, build relationships and adapt to anyone within the broader team and business leaders
* Ability to take ownership and deliver with a "can-do" attitude.
* Excellent attention to detail combined with strong organisational and time management skills
* An efficient, reliable and thorough approach
* Drive and initiative - the desire to add value, a proactive approach
* Demonstrate confidence and gravitas when presenting and dealing with senior people (including external boards and investors)
* Commitment to the business and the team - the ability and wish to contribute over and above and, most importantly, have fun while doing it!
What's on Offer
Gresham is excited to offer a generous salary for this role, an excellent bonus scheme, alongside the rare opportunity for your role to progress into the FD role as the business is rapidly growing. You will work alongside a high-performing and ambitious Senior Management team and have an opportunity to add value to this already successful and growing business. A high-trust working culture is offered, with a hybrid model in place with an expectation that you will have the flexibility to work from home around two days per week.
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