Finance Director
Remote with occasional travel to our St Ives, Cambridgeshire office
Salary: A GBP 70,000 to A GBP 80,000 per annum + Benefits
Job Type: Full time / Permanent
About us
Software, Risk and Compliance division, is a successful SaaS, Consultancy and regulatory intelligence business who provide a platform to enhance visibility, increase productivity and reduce risk to its clients. Our integrated products and services cover every aspect of compliance risk assessment to supply chain management.
Reporting to the Divisions Chief Finance Officer, working alongside the local Divisional Leadership Team and Finance Controllers to deliver requirements of our Parent Company and Private Equity Investors, including accurate and timely management reports, maintenance of finance services and meeting legislative requirements.
You will also be required to provide a lead role on Integration of new businesses, processes and systems within the Software Risk and Compliance division.
Key Responsibilities
* Liaising with Head Office, Private Equity Investors and their third parties with information and data requests are requirements
* Preparation of financial reports for head office, the division, departments, working groups and business units. These reports will cover KPIs monitoring of reserves, budget monitoring, forecasting, cash balances, financial reporting requirements, and other relevant current matters
* Working alongside the department and business units to prepare consolidated budgets. When approved these will form the annual budget monitoring during the year
* Assisting the Financial Controllers with the preparation and consolidation of the divisional financial reports and supporting paperwork for approval by Divisional Leaders and submission to Parent Company
* Ensuring compliance with international reporting standards and requirements
* Carry out liaison with auditors for annual auditing and reporting requirements
* Maintaining appropriate banking arrangements and requirements
* Ensuring all sales lead to cash processes are followed and fees invoiced correctly and on time; collected promptly
* Ensure all required VAT/CIS and other government submissions are accurate and submitted in line with current legislation.
* Maintain the register of property and assets in accordance with best practice and regulation. Ensure this is reviewed in line with policy.
* Enforce best practices and suitable systems, procedures and controls are in place to minimise risk and ensure financial affairs are well managed
* Support and motivate the finance team to deliver best in class finance services and support
* Developing our cash forecasting and managing cash flow against budget and forecast.
* Control payments in line with policy and approval requirements.
* Maintain a record of leases and licences to meet auditors requirements and to ensure they are reviewed / renewed at appropriate times. (e.g. rent reviews etc)
* Assist when necessary to financially assure the procurement of goods and services as specified by the Division including to prepare appropriate specifications for works, to seek appropriate quotations and to ensure value for money, to quality assure and to monitor contracts as appropriate,
* Ensure compliance with General Data Protection Regulations
* Any other duties commensurate with the post and salary as requested from time to time
About you
* Experience of M and A and leading finance integration and change programmes is desirable
* Collaborative and assertive, comfortable challenging as well as supporting the leadership team. Command respect through experience and ability
* Analyses financial data/issues and break information down into their component parts
* Makes systematic and rational judgements based on relevant information. Identifies root causes of problems.
* Experienced in retrieving and absorbing information quickly
* Ability to present complex financial information simply