Kenny Recruit are seeking an ambitious and experienced finance professional to join one of our clients at a pivotal time in their group's journey. This highly visible, varied, and challenging role offers the opportunity to contribute across several high-growth businesses within the group and you will work directly with both the CFO and Founder. This company are a consultancy business who specialise in business strategy, investment support, and risk management.

This is a newly created role offering significant scope for impact and professional growth within a dynamic, expanding group. They are a high-growth group of companies and therefore it will be challenging but highly rewarding opportunity.

* Pay: £60,000 - £65,000 per annum (dependent on experience) + benefits + study support if needed

* Location: Clapham Junction - 3/4 days in the office required.

* Working hours: 9:00am - 5.30pm

Key Responsibilities:

* Provide strategic analysis and deliver accurate, insightful, and actionable information to the group, driving improvements across the board.

* Execute day-to-day finance tasks, including posting to Xero, payment runs, budget and cash flow management, and financial modelling to better understand the business.

* Ensure financial compliance and help shape the future structure, strategy, and direction of the group.

Main Duties:

* Ensure all reporting deadlines for the business are met.

* Oversee all financial control activities, including the month-end close process, preparation and review of management accounts, comprehensive balance sheet substantiation, and VAT and other tax reporting and submissions.

* Ensure timely delivery of KPIs for financial covenant reporting purposes.

* Build effective working relationships with cross-functional business partners to drive process improvements, enhance financial performance, and deliver key business metrics and insights for informed decision-making.

* Design and implement financial process changes to drive efficiency by leveraging the latest technologies.

* Review, develop, and enforce financial policies and procedures to control and manage group assets.

* Continuously improve analytical processes to facilitate commercial insights.

* Review and monitor completion of all annual financial statements, including liaison with external accountants.

* Perform other ad-hoc finance-related duties as required.

* Ensure financial reporting and legal compliance (e.g., VAT, CT, P11d, PSA, PAYE & NI, ONS, HMRC surveys).

Requirements:

* Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) is preferable. If not you MUST only have a couple of exams remaining

* Legal industry experience is an advantage but not essential

* Exceptional system skills

* Advanced MS Office skills, particularly Excel

* Enjoys challenge and change

Next Steps…

Shortlisted candidates will obviously be contacted for this specific role and if you haven't heard from us within a week, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We'd love to give feedback to every applicant but due to the sheer volume of applications we receive, unfortunately this just isn't possible.

We will keep your CV on file to contact you with regards to future roles and any other advice to help you. Alternatively, feel free to contact us for a chat