Job Description
Head of Finance, Urban Food Fest - London
SALARY £70,000 - £90,000 per annum plus bonus & career progression
This is a fantastic opportunity to join Urban Food Fest, an exciting, trendy and fun street food and events business. The role includes a bonus with long-term career opportunities at the Company.
We are looking to appoint a highly collaborative, qualified accountant with experience in leading and managing a finance department. This is a unique opportunity to join a high growth business, which will provide an exceptional opportunity for career progression.
Ideally, you will have worked in a senior finance capacity in a fast-paced financial environment dealing with financial planning & analysis and have the ability to manage all financial transactions with a hand on approach to management accounts. You should be able to make key decisions that will affect the business in both Ireland and UK companies.
This is a strategic role, which covers financial, and management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, working capital management and transactional processing, along with providing commercial information on job costing, margin, revenue analysis, project productivity and profitability.
Duties will include:
- Team management
- Business forecasting and financial planning
- Driving financial & operational performance
- Cash flow and cost analysis
- Preparing and delivering monthly reports and financial forecasts
- Day to day management of a team of 14 employees
- Management of long term business plans and drive improvements where necessary
- Monthly budgeting and cost allocation
- Accurate and timely completion of month end processes
- Ongoing development of financial systems and processes
- Supporting commercial, investment and strategic decisions
The ideal candidate will be:
- Qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) ideally with strong financial experience
- Pragmatic and commercially focused
- Strategically and analytically minded
- Possess strong technical reporting skills
- Ability to work under pressure and adaptable to change
- Ability to lead, influence and develop
- Strong team management and leadership
- Excellent communication and rapport building skills
- Strong relationship building skills and the ability to manage numerous stakeholders
- Advanced Excel skills
Urban Food Fest is a very innovative and contemporary street food and events company based in central London. Urban Food Fest is at the forefront of the latest trends in design, food and experiences. The team is comprised of passionate, dedicated and like-minded individuals who are encouraged to be open-minded and bring ideas to grow the business. Your role will include managing team members and growing the business, with ideas, innovations alongside sales.
The Urban Food Fest events team has created events for global brands including Apple, Manchester United, Nike, De Beers, Warner Bros, Sony, Samsung, Tate and Lyle, Superman actor Henry Cavill, Innocent Smoothies, EBay, Unilever, BMW, Adidas, Lexus, River Island, Peroni, Volkswagen, UBS, Accenture, GAP and Superdry.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £70,000.00-£90,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: JT/HOF