CFO/ Finance Director
29 days ago
Saint Albans
A highly regarded and established business within its sector is seeking an all-encompassing Finance Director to join its senior leadership team. This is a pivotal, hands-on role offering broad responsibility across finance, commercial operations, legal oversight, HR administration and property matters. Reporting directly to the Board, the Finance Director will have end-to-end responsibility for financial management and business administration, while also leading the development of systems and processes to support emerging commercial themes and future growth. This is an in-person role requiring strong leadership presence, commercial judgement, and the ability to operate confidently across multiple disciplines. Key Responsibilities • Full responsibility for financial and management accounting, • Budgeting, forecasting and cashflow management, • Audit lead and primary contact with external auditors, • Oversight of payroll (interface with external bureau), • Leading a teamOffice Duties, • Dispute resolution, • Employment matters, • Oversight of sales agents, • Licensing agreements, • Leaseholder and landlord liaison, • Lead on construction and property-related projectsCandidate Specification, • Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), • Proven experience in a senior or lead finance role with hands-on commercial responsibility, • Comfortable operating across finance, legal, HR and operational mattersReward, • Salary up to £90,000, dependent on experience