Finance Director

Role: Finance Director

Sector: Group Creative Agency

Location: Central London

Permanent: Full-time

Hybrid: 3 days working in the office

Salary: £130,000 - £150,000

Reporting to: CFO and Managing Partners

Ref: VFR3333

VisionFR is delighted to be working with a growing creative agency to recruit a Finance Director. This role will provide leadership, business planning, accounting and budgeting in a portfolio of agencies.

The Role of the Finance Director

• Continually improving the quality of the management packs provided to the stakeholders, including forward-looking KPIs.
• Reviewing monthly and quarterly financial reporting packs for PortCos before submitting to topco.
• Improving and strengthening accounting processes and controls across the PortCos.
• Establish and maintain appropriate internal control safeguards by understanding the full financial control environment, and ensuring that control processes are in place to mitigate all risks across agencies.
• Analyse cash flow, cost controls, and expenses to guide business leaders. Analyse financial statements to pinpoint potential weak areas.
• Ensuring compliance with local accounting standards and tax regulations in the UK and as other markets, as required.
• Working with the US advisors, ensuring compliance with local accounting standards and tax regulations in the US.
• Working with US advisors and ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal budgetary reporting requirements in the US.
• Organising and managing the annual external audit process for the PortCos, as well as acting as the main point of contact during the audit.
• Lead commercial discussions and strategy including reviewing pricing, project profitability, client proposals.
• Assist in client contract review and negotiations.
• Build, lead and develop high performing finance teams.

Skills & Experience of the Finance Director

• A proven team player with leadership skills including the ability to coach and energise others.
• Ability to flex support comfortably between the different PortCos.
• Strong interpersonal skills sufficient to support, advise and influence leaders and teams from different parts of the business whilst providing strong financial control where necessary.
• Proven experience of driving cultural change and ability to implement new processes and structures, as required.
• Strong knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• You have strong attention to detail and a rigorous approach to financial governance and control.
• You are proficient in G-suite and financial systems; experience with Paprika or similar ERP tools is a plus.
• Experience in strategic planning and execution in a fast changing environment.
• Ability to analyse financial data and prepare financial reports, statements, and projections.
• Team management experience with the ability to motivate teams to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication, and ability to adapt to different audiences.
• Hands-on approach and proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Experience of the US market is ideal, but not essential
• ACA/CIMA/ACCA qualified.
• Minimum 5 years’ recent senior level experience within the consultancy, advertising, and marketing services sector required.

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discrimination within our workforce and whilst fulfilling our Client recruitment needs.

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