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Join the Social Sports Society as a Finance Leader and shape the future of a purpose-driven startup
Overview
Salary
£57000 - £70000
Location
Hybrid: London office and venues plus home/remote working
Expires
Expires at anytime
At Social Sports Society, we're on a quest to make a positive impact on communities through engaging in active leisure. Our startup is a hub of innovation, growth, and multidisciplinary collaboration, offering a dynamic work environment for entrepreneurial spirits. By joining us, you embark on a mission that aligns passion with purpose, integrating business models that serve both people and the planet.
- Lead our financial department, shaping strategy and driving financial success.
- Build and manage a robust finance function, optimizing for growth.
- Engage in financial forecasting, planning, and investment strategies.
- Contribute to senior leadership with your expertise and growth.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant leadership experience in finance.
- Expertise in corporate finance, financial risk management, and planning & analysis.
- Proven ability in designing and implementing financial systems and procedures.
- Strong skills in building financial models and conducting stress tests.
- Comprehensive knowledge of statutory compliance and performance reporting.
- Recognized UK accountancy qualifications are required.
- Proficiency in enterprise resource systems, especially Xero, Dext, and Access.
- Familiarity with MS Excel, MS 365 applications, and collaboration tools like Monday.com.
- An overall understanding of corporate functions and finance business partnering is essential.
Are you…?
· Looking for a new entrepreneurial leadership challenge?
· Able to lead in a dynamic startup environment?
· Passionate about people, planet & business models to positively impact communities through active leisure?
· Keen to shape an exciting role in a flexible, fast growth and multi-disciplinary organisation?
If so, read on because Social Sports Society is on a mission!
- Be the finance manager or director (dependent on experience) in our purpose-driven start-up, accountable for the companies financial success.
- Design and build our streamlined finance function for efficient growth.
- Be our financial forecasting and investment planning guru.
- With the right attitude, values and abilities we will support you to grow move into a senior leadership position.
Interested?
You must have a minimum 5 years’ experience in a comparable role(s) with responsibility for leading a finance department or significant function.
Responsibilities
· Work with investors, our fractional, non-exec to shape overall strategy and organisational roadmap from financial perspective
· Lead financial strategy, corporate finance, structuring and new business models
· Manage financial risk, and financial planning & analysis.
· Build our finance function (including our existing bookkeeper, accountants, multi-skilled core team, and finance systems).
· Design, implement and refine our financial systems, processes and procedures as we launch and scale up.
· Build financial models for new venues, and aggregate portfolio model. Lead multivariate stress testing, and make recommendations incl. treasury planning and investments.
· Lead viability and profitability assessments
· Develop a suite of corporate performance dashboard reporting
· Collaborate in wider company functions such as HR, development projects and operations scheduling.
· Oversee compliance: including. statutory submissions e.g. HMRC, pension providers and Companies House.
Required qualities and experience
· Natural and personable leadership and management
· Comfortable hiring, training and developing new employees
· Experience of a dynamic and fast-moving environment;
. Highly skilled in budgeting - organisation, operations, & projects.
· Business planning and multivariate stress testing.
· Modelling business diversification, projects and scenarios
· Building and maintaining excellent partner and supplier relationships.
· Advising on HR policy and process (e.g. reward, talent, capacity).
· Risk management
Skills, qualifications and expertise required
· Relevant, recognised UK accountancy qualifications.
· Proficient in administering enterprise resource
systems particularly accounting, cash management and workforce management, ideally including Xero, Dext and Access
· Legal and financial regulatory matters
· Intermediate to advanced user of MS Excel and proficient in MS 365 applications.
· Collaboration tools and information managemnt (incl. Monday.com and MS 365).
· Strong understanding of all corporate functions
