A SME consulting client of ours providing Climate Change policy and strategic advice to corporates and asset owners are working exclusively with us in helping us find a person to take on this broad role of Finance Manager. The person will report to the company's Managing Partners. You will be expected to work on a hybrid basis.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring consistent corporate financial strategy through a range of avenues such as managing and allocating accounts, financial statements, and tax data. The candidate will also be the point of contact for banks, auditors, and tax authorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day company accounts.
• Assist with financial planning and analysis.
• Oversee Budget forecasting and cash flow management.
• Ensure government compliance in all tasks.
• Coordinating bookkeeping and outside accountants in the UK and overseas - (Two current bookkeepers will report into this person)
• Working closely with Advisory Partners to ensure pipeline revenue is robust and correctly accounted for.
• Reviewing monthly burn / utilisation and appraising the Management Committee of any opportunities for improvement.
• Overseeing client costing models, reviewing fee proposals, and offering pitch support.
• Group cashflow reporting.
• Overseeing the month end process across all Group entities.
• Creating the monthly management information pack with commentary.
• Delivering the draft annual budget and quarterly forecast.
• Managing the annual Group and subsidiaries audit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• Proficiency with current financial software
• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified.

Essential

• Previous experience in a commercially focused role with a professional services firm (consulting, advertising, etc.).
• Have worked in a similar stand-alone role and can work autonomously.
• Technically astute across a range of topics including tax and accounting compliance, financing, and corporate structuring.
• You are super organised, methodical, and always seeking new and innovative ways to solve problems.
• Thrive in a high-paced, small, and growing environment.
• Happy operating remotely, taking ownership and comfortable with ambiguity.
• Care passionately about Climate change and want to work with a mission.

Inventum is passionate about equity, diversity and inclusion. We seek individuals from the widest talent pool and encourage diverse and underrepresented talent to apply for vacancies with us. Inventum is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fair to all applicants, regardless of background and personal characteristics.

Inventum Group is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.