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You will be working on all things financial at Founders Factory. This will be a varied role with plenty of opportunity to contribute across different areas, including but not limited to:

• Working directly with our outsourced finance function (BDO) to assist with finance operations across the organisation.
• Working directly with interim-CFO to maintain a robust control environment and driving lean and effective transactional processes
• Supporting our annual audit process across multiple entities
• Providing timely, accurate and insightful financial and management reporting to help drive effective and informed decision making
• Business partnering with key stakeholders across the business across financial operations, budget reporting and cost analysis
• Analysis and reporting of information for our 200+ portfolio companies
• Ad-hoc support and engagement to the founders of our portfolio start-ups, to support their business’ financial wellbeing

Candidate profile:

• Be a recently qualified accountant - c. 2 years PQE (ACA/CIMA/ICAS/ACCA)
• Have 1-2 years of industry experience in a fast-growth start-up or SME environment
• Demonstrated experience of the nuts-and-bolts of financial management: transactional processing, accounting, taxation, reporting, planning and analysis. International experience across these areas is a plus.
• Comfortable embracing a rapidly changing environment. We need someone who is able to work accurately, efficiently and effectively under pressure, and manage multiple demands from different stakeholders
• Have a hands-on and proactive approach. Be both a curious and creative thinker, and also a results-oriented executor
• Team-orientated with excellent communication and relationship building skills to effectively work with with our operations team, founders and investors
• Must embody our Founders Factory values

Characteristics:

• Entrepreneurial and empathetic: you have an understanding of the challenges faced by both corporates and founders and are able to build strong relationships
• Commercially-minded: you are able to understand corporate pain points and conceptualise solutions from within our portfolio
• Diligent and dynamic: You maintain a rigorous attention to detail, yet understand the need for momentum in a fast-paced, ever changing environment.
• Creative and data-driven: you think big and execute fast on ideas you have to test efficacy
• Ambitious and curious: you have a drive to find solutions, and a curiosity for disruptive business models and ways of working
• Flexible and collaborative: not precious about roles, you’re a team player who does what it takes to get things done
• Organised and energetic: you are great at prioritising and managing workloads, and you love galvanising others to work with you