Job Ref: 213268544

Date: 2021-03-01 14:03:38

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THE SILVERSTONE EXPERIENCE – FINANCE DIRECTOR – PERMANENT – 1 Day per week

Retained Assignment:

Warner Recruitment are so excited to be working on a retained with THE SILVERSTON EXPERIENCE.

This will be working at the brand-new Interactive Motorsport Museum on the grounds of and the iconic F1 Silverstone Circuit. The Silverstone Experience is owned by Silverstone Heritage Limited and located in South Northamptonshire.

If you are a Qualified ACCA/ ACA/ CIMA Accountant, have operated at a Senior Director/ C-Suit level and you are a petrol head….this is the job for you!

If you have experience of working within: Entertainment, Hospitality, Retail, Charity, Schools……we want to hear from you.

This is a brand-new role and really needs the experience of someone who has worked within an industry which is dependent on foot flow through the front door.

The team are friendly, welcoming and hardworking; they are so excited about having the support from an Experienced Finance Director. You will have 1 direct report the Finance Manager who will look after all the day to day running’s of the Finance Function, the Finance Manager has an Accounts Administrator reporting into them. You will report directly to the CEO of the Group.

Hours will be 8 hours per week, this could be spread across 5 week days or 1 full day per week depending on your availability and the business requirements each week.

Duties include:

* Attendance at board meetings

* Provider of strategic decision-making support to the senior management team

* Review of capital expenditure proposals

* Talk to lenders

* Attend council meetings

* Dealing with formal affairs

* Ticketing

* Forecasting

* Annual Budgets

* Talk confidently through the Management Accounts

* Liaising with auditors

* Liaising with councils

* Support the CEO in ensuring compliance with regulations governing charitable organisations

* Line management of the Finance Manager

* Review of the month-end management accounts

* Review of the month-end balance sheet reconciliations

* Maintenance of the P&L and cash flow forecast model

* Preparation of board slides re the financials (including historic actuals and the latest forecast)

* Ownership of the annual budget-setting process and presentation to board

* Support for the CEO in negotiating loans with third parties

* Support for the CEO in submitting new grant applications

* Review of the monthly payroll figures and support for the CEO in headcount / recruitment planning

* Co-ordination of the annual statutory audit process, including the preparation of the annual accounts

* Responsibility for the accurate & timely submission of tax returns, including VAT

Person:

* ACCA/ CIMA/ACA Qualified (or equivalent)

* Able to operate at board level and have gravitas in senior meetings

* Excellent communicator

* Able to work on your own initiative

* Assertive, as you will need to speak with many non-accounts managers across the business to gather information which will be essential for this role

Benefits:

Parking on site, Flexible hours, Ability to work from home, Easy location to get to via car, Pension

If you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to contact Julie at Warner Recruitment. We very much look forward to hearing from you

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