Group Finance Director
PrecisionLife Ltd
PrecisionLife is helping transform the delivery of healthcare by building the next generation of precision medicine solutions and mechanostic® tests to improve disease detection, treatment, and prevention - benefiting patient outcomes and reducing the cost of delivering effective care.
We’re a precision medicine company with global ambition and partnerships with some of the largest international healthcare companies and research institutes. We’re headquartered near Oxford, UK, with offices in London, Copenhagen, Warsaw, and Boston, MA.
The Group Finance Director will take over the day-to-day responsibility for the financial management of the company and its three subsidiaries. This is an exciting opportunity to create and grow a finance department in an international expansion phase business.
Responsibilities
- Preparation of periodically consolidated financial statements, including profit & loss, balance sheet, budgets, cash flows, variance analysis, and commentaries
- Prepare financial reports for the CFO for presentation at the Board Meetings
- Responsible for all financial and statutory compliance. Including assisting statutory year-end audit and filing of all appropriate documentation to Companies House (Capital (SH01), Directors, Confirmation Statements, and Accounts) and HMRC (PAYE, VAT, P11Ds, P600, EIS, ERS, EMI, etc.)
- Managing accounts receivable/payable, banking and payroll
- Financial management with multiple currencies
- Support to the Senior Management and Board on funding, fundraising and corporate transactions (CAP table management, share options, Series A/B, EIS, grants)
- Analysing financial performance and contributing to medium- and long-term business planning and financial planning
- Working with the CFO/CEO to design and implement an appropriate level of corporate governance procedures and management policies
- Managing external financial and corporate resources, consultants (Legal counsel, bookkeeping, payroll, taxes, auditor, R&D consultant, equity management platform and Forex management partner)
- Other duties as required from time to time by the Management team
Requirements
- Qualified finance professional to at least CIMA/ACCA qualified with substantial experience (expected equivalent of minimum three years)
- Successful track record of financial management and reporting
- Team player with the willingness to do a broad range of tasks
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with strong technical, analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Able to work effectively to tight deadlines within a collaborative team-orientated environment using sound judgement in decision-making
- Organised and detail-oriented, being able to prioritise and perform multiple tasks effectively and concurrently
- In depth knowledge of Xero
What we're looking for
- Good communication and presentation skills in English
- Experience with Microsoft Office, especially Excel
- Confidence to make suggestions and influence change
- Ability to work well under pressure, while paying attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong collaboration focus and the ability to build strong relationships
What we offer
- Competitive salary with performance related bonuses
- Stock Options (subject to qualifying)
- Company pension scheme
- Life Assurance/Death in Service Insurance
- Private Healthcare Scheme (subject to qualifying)
- Flexible-Hybrid working pattern model to allow for flexibly between remote and office working
- 25 days annual leave (pro rata) (increasing to equivalent of 28 days holiday per annum on completion 3 years of service)
- Access to substantial number of courses and training events
- Excellent career development opportunities in a fast-growing international organization