Head of Finance

Michael Page Finance

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Maidstone, Kent ME15 8ED, England

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

The Head of Finance / Financial Controller will manage the finance function for a rapidly growing construction and engineering company.
This role requires strong experience in Contract Accounting, ideally within the construction or engineering sector, and candidates should have a proven track record of progression and stability.
The position reports to the CFO and Managing Director, with responsibilities including financial reporting, budgeting, and managing key external stakeholders.
The role offers a competitive salary of up to £90,000, along with benefits such as a bonus scheme and a company pension.
Candidates are expected to have a significant amount of relevant experience, ideally several years, to ensure effective leadership and support for the business.

The Head of Finance / Financial Controller will oversee the finance function for an exciting and growing construction / engineering sector company. Reporting to the CFO and Managing Director, you will take a hands on role to leading the department and providing key support to the business decision making process and financial reporting.

Client Details

Our exclusively retained Mid Kent client is widely recognised as a fantastic employer, which is growing rapidly and has ambitious plans to continue that development. They have developed and excellent reputation internally and externally, and have been successful in winning and delivering upon a broad range of contracts across the country.

Description

As the Head of Finance you will be required to manage the finance department as well as taking responsibility for the HR and IT departments of this growing business.

Key duties will include:

Overseeing the Production of the Annual Statutory Accounts
Preparing the Monthly Management Accounts
Preparing Key Performance Indicators
Providing Commercial Analysis and Commercial Support across all areas of the business
Creating Budgets, Forecasts and Strategic Plans
Reviewing and Implementing and IT and HR strategy to help the business grow.
Managing key external stakeholders such as Auditors, Banks, Insurance Broker
Ensure robust Financial Control Procedures are in place and adhered to
Managing the cash-flow and Treasury
Managing of Asset Financing / Loans as appropriate

Profile

The Head of Finance role must have strong experience of Contract Accounting including CVRs, Sub-contractors, reverse charge VAT, CIS etc, ideally gained within a construction or engineering environment

You will be commercially astute, and an excellent communicator, able to analyse data, and present to the business in a value added fashion.

Your CV will show progression, development and stability,, giving confidence that you are suitable for a long term stay with the company as it continues on its sharp growth curve.

Job Offer

A competitive salary range of up to £90,000 + benefits including:

Bonus scheme
huge potential growth of the company and role
Company pension scheme

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