Finance Director

Finance Director Central London/ Hybrid Permanent £80,000 - £100,000

Overview An excellent opportunity has arisen for a technically strong Finance Director to join a long-established family-owned investment group with interests spanning infrastructure investments, property and financial assets. This is a rare opportunity to join a stable and highly successful private organisation in a broad, hands‑on leadership role, working closely with family shareholders and taking ownership of the Group's financial affairs.

• Reporting directly to the owners, you will be the Group's senior finance professional with responsibility for all financial reporting, tax compliance, treasury and governance activities.
• Leading the Group's financial management and reporting across multiple entities.
• Preparing and overseeing annual statutory accounts and group reporting.
• Managing corporation tax compliance, including consortium relief returns.
• Overseeing the remittance of dividends, directors' fees, subordinated debt interest and loan repayments from infrastructure investments.
• Maintaining and developing the Group's complex financial models used for pension trustee reporting.
• Producing annual financial reporting and quarterly Net Asset Value (NAV) reports for pension trustees.
• Managing quarterly VAT submissions to HMRC.
• Overseeing treasury activities, investment accounting and multi‑currency banking.
• Managing and developing a small remote finance support team.
• Acting as a trusted adviser to the family owners on financial and commercial matters.

• ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification, ideally gained through public practice.
• Around 5-7 years' post-qualified experience.
• A background in Group Finance with experience in statutory reporting, corporate tax compliance, treasury and stakeholder or investor reporting.
• Strong technical accounting skills with experience of group structures and consolidated reporting.
• Previous experience working closely with business owners or family shareholders, with the confidence and credibility to build trusted relationships.
• Experience with in infrastructure, property, construction or other asset-intensive sectors where complex long-term contracts are common.
• The ability to understand and maintain sophisticated financial models.
• Knowledge of corporation tax and defined benefit pension schemes would be advantageous.
• Strong IT and financial systems skills, with experience of Yardi considered beneficial but not essential.