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CareFlex Limited the leading manufacturer of specialist seating designed to make a difference in people’s lives. We offer a wide range of services, including in-depth seating assessments, clinical support, justification for specialist chair equipment, training, and education.
CareFlex Limited is a part of Clinimed Holding Limited, a leading name in Healthcare and Medical Equipment industry. We are a group of companies founded in 1982 following the acquisition and formation of a number of additional companies within the group.
Job Summary:
To support our continued growth, the Head of Finance will lead and manage the Finance and Customer Support Team, ensuring they deliver a comprehensive service aligned with the strategic objectives of the business. As a key member of the CareFlex Senior Leadership Team (SLT), the Head of Finance will collaborate with the Managing Director and Group Director of Finance to develop and implement strategies and initiatives that address the future needs of the business.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
Governance
1. Leadership responsibility for the performance and development of the Finance Team (2 direct reports) and Customer Support team (4 direct reports).
2. Ensure adequate governance through effective policies, procedures, and controls to safeguard company assets.
3. Undertake review and approval of key process outputs to ensure compliance and accuracy.
4. Preparation for and attendance at Leadership and Board meetings to assist with and report on discharge of strategic plans.
5. Work with Parent Company and Insurance brokers to ensure adequate transfer of risk through insurance.
Leadership
1. Develop financial strategy and best practice, be a leader of change within the business providing sound financial analysis to support/challenge decision making.
2. Business partnering with budget holders; disseminating and promoting Group policy and ensuring heads of departments have a clear picture of the impact of decisions.
3. Create and maintain effective business relations with Holdings and the wider Group.
4. Promote a growth and continuous improvement mindset, supporting Company initiatives.
5. Development of team through PDRs, training, mentoring and good management.
6. Lead the annual budget & reforecast process in conjunction with department heads/budget holders.
Management
1. Supervise monthly management account preparation to meet agreed deadlines, ensuring data accuracy, integrity & completeness.
2. Ensure additional reports (control accounts, stock reconciliation, payment practices, cashflow forecast, GM analysis, etc.) are completed satisfactorily to provide robust information for Holdings & Senior Leadership Team.
3. Provide value-added business analysis & narrative along with recommendations (analysis of trends, forecasts, margins, etc., highlighting areas of concern and potential opportunities).
4. Lead the annual audit process, including preparation of information and interaction with audit personnel and ultimately review of statutory Financial Statements.
5. Partner with Operations to ensure accurate stock data is maintained (Bills of Material, product costing, variance investigation, and traceability).
6. Management of existing relationship with external IT partner, including IT security & back-ups, identification of improvement opportunities and negotiation of contracts.
7. Oversee submission of returns for Office of National Statistics, WEEE & EPR reporting.
8. Interact with outside agencies as required regarding developing and submitting R&D tax Credit claims.
Commercial
1. In conjunction with SLT support assessment of new and/or existing sales & product strategy, pricing, margin, and ROI analysis.
2. Provide data sets and reports for analysis of monthly and annual sales channel performance.
3. Ensure robust credit and debt control, ensuring risk exposure is minimised.
4. Interaction with the company’s bankers as required.
5. Assessment of Capital expenditure requests using modelling/sensitivity analysis and collaboration with project stakeholders to identify costs, benefits, risks and payback.
Person Specification:
Qualifications
1. Fully qualified CIMA ACA/ACCA or equivalent.
Experience
1. Prior experience in a senior financial leadership role within a relevant sector (essential).
2. Track record of developing finance teams and processes (essential).
3. Cost accounting, inventory control and contemporary integrated MRP/ERP systems (including selection and implementation of systems). (essential).
4. Multi-site or multi-brand operations (desirable).
5. Strategic assessment of potential acquisition targets (desirable).
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
1. A strategic thinker with the ability to align goals with the company’s overall objectives.
2. Strong financial and analytical skills with the ability to interpret and interrogate complex financial data.
3. Strong problem solving and decision-making abilities.
4. Commercially minded, with ability to support, challenge and influence decision making using data.
Quality
1. Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
2. High level of attention to detail.
3. Advocate of data integrity and variance resolution.
Personal
1. Authentic, acts with integrity.
2. Resilient and resourceful.
3. Ability to lead and work well under pressure.
4. Able to build strong working relationships with all stakeholders.
5. Ability to prioritise and adapt to business needs.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Finance and Accounting/Auditing
Industries
Medical Equipment Manufacturing, Hospitals and Health Care, and Manufacturing
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