Head of Finance

CMA Recruitment Group are currently exclusively supporting a rapidly expanding property group with a portfolio valued at over £300m. Based at the company’s Fareham head office, this Head of Finance role offers a unique chance to lead the finance team during a key period of growth. The business is well-known for its ambitious expansion plans and dynamic approach, offering a fast-paced and innovative environment for a motivated finance professional to thrive.

What will the Head of Finance role involve?

• Leading the finance department, overseeing month-end, real-time financial reporting, and budgeting for multiple entities.
• Implementing and refining group-wide reporting frameworks, ensuring accurate real-time KPIs, cash reporting, and board presentations.
• Managing the treasury function and ensuring compliance with VAT and CIS regulations.
• Supporting the Group Financial Controller (GFC) and Group Finance Director (GFD) on corporate transactions, asset acquisition modelling, and other strategic projects.
• Overseeing day-to-day financial operations, including supplier and subcontractor management, sales invoicing, reconciliations, and cash forecasting.
• Leading the preparation of annual financial statements and liaising with auditors for UK and international entities.
• Driving internal initiatives to enhance processes, improve financial modelling, and optimize KPIs and management information.
• Continually evolving and managing financial systems, procedures, and controls, including the development of the Financial Procedures & Controls Manual across the group.

Suitable Candidate for the Head of Finance vacancy:

• ACA/ACCA qualified, with extensive experience in a senior finance role, ideally within the property or real estate sectors.
• Strong experience in management accounts, statutory reporting, and leading month-end processes.
• Proven leadership skills, with the ability to manage and develop a team.
• Commercially astute, capable of balancing strategic and operational responsibilities, and providing insightful financial advice to senior leadership.
• Proactive, persistent, and able to independently drive projects forward.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and able to engage with stakeholders at all levels.
• IT proficient, particularly with advanced Excel skills, and experience with integrated accounting systems (experience with Microsoft Dynamics is advantageous).

Additional benefits and information for the Head of Finance role:

• Company pension scheme and life insurance.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
• Bereavement leave and sick pay.
• Health & wellbeing programme.
• Free on-site parking and referral programme.
• Opportunity to participate in company events and benefit from a supportive workplace culture.

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