Head of Finance

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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HyperGrowth Recruitment

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2020

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

🎯 Recruiter

Consulting • Marketing • Recruitment

HyperGrowth Recruitment is a dedicated search firm specializing in the e-commerce and consumer goods sectors. They work closely with clients in a retained partnership model to attract high-performing talent tailored to their partners’ needs. With expertise in headhunting, they focus on understanding the intricacies of each business to deliver candidates from C-Suite to entry-level positions, ensuring a successful and effective recruitment process.

📋 Description

• Own the day-to-day finance function and build financial infrastructure for continued growth • Work directly with the founders, Fractional CFO and senior leadership team • Provide financial clarity, challenge and actionable commercial insight • Establish finance as a proactive commercial partner • Lead migration from Xero to a fully integrated ERP platform • Define finance system requirements and drive automation, standardisation and AI adoption • Own the monthly close process across all entities • Produce monthly management accounts, board reporting, KPI dashboards and commercial commentary • Improve reporting packs using Xero and Fathom • Maintain reconciliations, accounting policies and a robust financial control environment • Lead annual audit preparation and manage external auditor relationships • Lead monthly consolidation across the UK, UAE, Netherlands and US businesses • Manage intercompany accounting, reconciliations, eliminations, foreign currency accounting and multi-currency reporting • Coordinate statutory accounts and international tax adviser relationships • Ensure VAT, corporation tax and other statutory filings are completed accurately and on time • Analyse performance, profitability and margins and support budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning • Build financial models and scenario analyses for strategic initiatives • Partner with operational leaders and identify cost-saving opportunities • Monitor and optimise cash flow, working capital, liquidity and inventory performance • Oversee inventory accounting and stock reconciliations • Support credit control and supplier payment processes • Build, develop and lead a scalable finance function • Recruit and develop team members, manage and coach the overseas bookkeeper, and establish accountability

🎯 Requirements

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified • 5+ years’ post-qualified experience as a Head of Finance or in a similar senior finance role • Experience within eCommerce, retail, consumer goods, FMCG or another fast-growing, multi-entity business • Strong technical accounting knowledge • Experience preparing consolidated management accounts across international, multi-currency group structures • Proven experience improving financial reporting, controls and processes • Experience managing audits, statutory reporting and tax compliance • Strong commercial acumen and business-partnering skills • Confidence influencing both finance and non-finance stakeholders • Advanced Excel skills and experience analysing large data sets • Experience managing and developing finance team members • Comfortable operating within a fast-paced, founder-led environment • Able to balance technical accuracy with the wider commercial picture • Hands-on, proactive and accountable • Comfortable managing multiple priorities as the business evolves • Experience implementing an ERP system (bonus) • Experience introducing AI and automation across finance (bonus) • Previous exposure to fast-scaling DTC or eCommerce brands (bonus) • Experience using Xero and Fathom (bonus) • Experience supporting a business through rapid international expansion (bonus) • Exposure to inventory accounting within a product-led business (bonus)

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary + bonus • Remote-first working with a future London office • Direct exposure to the Founder/CEO, Fractional CFO and senior leadership team • Opportunity to lead high-impact ERP, automation and business intelligence projects • Genuine ownership over the development of the finance function • International exposure across the UK, US, Europe and other global markets • Strong career progression within a rapidly scaling business • Diverse and inclusive workplace • Support for adjustments during the recruitment process