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- Key Leadership role for a scale-up, growth business
- Commercially focused CFO role
About Our Client
Our client is looking to become a leading house builder. With an impressive sustainability agenda and innovative design - This is a compelling opportunity to join a collaborative new team.
Job Description
- The CFO role will initially be need to be 'hands on' as we seek to establish the business as a leading house builder that can operate at scale and across a wider geography
- Take control of the financial management, accounting, budgeting and forecasting of the business and implement improved systems and processes
Producing high quality and accurate management information, budgets and forecasts
- Production of monthly management information and board reports (with assistance from the finance team)
- Oversight of all budgeting and reporting against those budgets
Introducing and controlling first rate financial accounting systems and software
- Implementation of a new accounting/MI system fit for the future growth
- Development and implementation of an MI framework that facilitates robust profit and cash flow management, including at the project/site level, working with other departments as required
Building a finance team
Recruiting / managing and developing a new team representing the internal finance function of the business (currently all outsourced)
Group funding arrangements
- Taking control of all banking and funder relationships
- Identify and source new funding opportunities as required
- Manage all joint venture funding or grant funding relationships
Strategic executive role
- Involvement in new site acquisitions as part of the Executive team
- Full Executive responsibilities including strategic input to the future direction
- Assistance in setting up regional divisions in the future with appropriate financial management
The Successful Applicant
- Experience at CFO level or track record that demonstrates the ability to step up to a CFO role from FD level
- House building, construction or manufacturing experience is highly desired
- Experience of managing and building a successful team within an SME environment
- An ability to take a hands on approach to the role initially
- A confident personality with the ability to engage with senior people and investors both internally and externally and work collaboratively across the company
- The desire and ability to make a valuable contribution to the wider strategic thinking of the Executive team
- Track record in systems and MI implementation.
What's on Offer
Highly competitive basic and executive benefits
Job summary
- Function
- CFO & Financial Management
- Subsector
- CFO & Financial Management Subsector
- Industry
- Property & Construction
- Location
- Oxfordshire
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Consultant name
- Luisa Diamant
- Job reference
- JN-122022-5878533