Description:
Ignata Finance (a ZRG Company) have been exclusively retained by this international consumer brands business to hire their Director of Finance, reporting to the CFO.
This is a hybrid opportunity, based in London. The business is at a fascinating stage, growing across all channels with a diverse customer base across the world.
You will be responsible for a large, highly skilled team of c20. Additionally, your remit will include:
- Leading the financial reporting team, year end process and relationship with the auditors, ensuring a "no surprises" year end, a smooth process and a high-quality set of accounts.
- Ensure effective year-round balance sheet management and high quality on-time month end close.
- Manage Group and intercompany cash, maximising cash availability through effective working capital improvements.
- Minimise and track FX exposure through effective hedging strategies.
- Own debt collection from UK and international Franchise/Subsidiary partners, Marketplaces and Concessions.
- Drive visibility of aged debt and improve cash collection days.
- Working with the CTO and Finance Systems team, plan the Group Finance IT roadmap, ensuring continual improvement of processes and functionality and ensuring reporting and IT risks are mitigated.
- Lead the tax planning and compliance work for the global business supported by the tax team.
- Ensure transfer pricing strategy is up to date, manage sound SAO processes, and pro-actively maximise global profits and cash.
- Manage relationships with key 3rd parties; banks, auditors, merchant acquirers, international outsource providers, insurance brokers including renewal/tenders on contracts if required, pro-actively reducing/minimizing cost and cash outlay.
- Set the direction of Loss Prevention activities, leading the field-based team. Reduce financial loss through developing reporting and targets with retail team.
- Lead on business insurance strategy and renewals.
- Develop and coach team, ensuring cohesion across the function. Maintain a happy and motivated team, leading on the Finance people agenda alongside the Head of FP&A/Commercial Finance.
- Lead any ad-hoc business projects.
Candidate Requirements:
- ACA/ACCA Qualified with a strong technical background.
- Retail, Multi-Site, Consumer sector knowledge & experience
- Large company as well as smaller company background (in order to appreciate the nuances outside of large corporates)
- Tax and International transfer pricing knowledge
- Large team management (this is a team of 20 with managers reporting into you)
- International experience