Wonderful opportunity to join the Board of a leading communications agency as CFO.
Reporting to and partnering with the Chief Executive you will also support the MDs of the various practices that together employ over 200 people and generate almost £50m revenue.
The role of the CFO is broad, taking full responsibility for the complete financial output of the business; all the regular finance tasks, some of which the CFO will need to be fairly closely involved in, in addition to more ad hoc duties:
* Managing the 6 strong finance team
* Overseeing the budgeting, forecasting and planning processes
* Contributing to monthly management information, analysis and associated commentary
* Annual statutory accounts
* Commercial assistance to business managers – pitching for new business and fee negotiations
* M&A – the business made two acquisitions in the last 12 months and that is forecast to continue – the CFO will play a crucial role
* Using in depth knowledge of the industry to contribute to strategic discussions at the Board
Applications are invited from Commercial Finance Professionals who must have senior management experience from within the communications sector.
Candidates will need to be highly adaptable as they will partner with both the CEO and the MDs of a number of semi autonomous practices serving a full range of clients.
You will need to be an excellent communicator, developing the finance team, building relationships throughout the Group and presenting numbers to the board and investors.
Experience of M&A is not vital but would certainly be advantageous, however experience of classic agency client / commercial finance is going to be important.
This is a super opportunity to work alongside one of the most respected CEOs in the industry to shape one of the best known UK communications brands as it navigates an exciting next chapter.