The Place:
Xpress are delighted to be working with one of our Scottish based Visitor Attractions clients who own and operating an expanding a range of Attractions based across all leading Cities and Towns with the Scottish marketplace. Over the last 2 years the company has continued to push forward with their business model and although the last 2 years have been extremely difficult trading time the company is now starting to see great returns as the business and the economy start to emerge out of this current period.
As part of the next stage in the company’s development they are now looking to attract ideally from a Visitor Attraction or Hospitality / leisure sector a qualified Accountant to initially come on board as Group Head of Finance with the opportunity grow and develop into the future Finance Director as the company expand out of Scotland and into the UK.
The Job:
As Group Head of Finance, you will be part of the senior management team and you will report into the CEO you will have responsibility for the following You will be responsible for setting up the finance systems for compiling, analysing, reporting, and presenting P&L figures for all departments and coordination of year end budget reports. You will need to create and implement systems and procedures to record and analyse costs and can communicate these effectively around the business. You will ensure the appropriate control and review processes are in place and being performed across all outlets .
A complete understanding of funding and the ability to interact and manage the relationship with Owners and banks are essential to this role. The ability to motivate and lead a motivated team of professionals is critical to the success of this position.
The Person:
You will need to be able to demonstrate a solid track record of operating in a large Visitor Attraction or experience gained in dealing with small multi-site venues where you might have be responsible for being an Area financial manager or / director experience, preferably be qualified to ACCA or CIMA with strong numerical and literacy skills and be computer literate. You will be a good communicator, team leader and motivator who can produce results.
You should have a dynamic personality with the ability to adapt to change.
The Rewards:
For the role of Group Head of Finance, our client is offering a competitive circa starting basic circa £70,000 to circa a £100k package to secure the right candidate for this exciting new role that is being created to strengthen the senior management team as the business grows and expands over the next 5 years Xpress Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy all candidates registering with Xpress Recruitment will need to provide proof of identity, eligibility to work in UK and any relevant qualifications and references.