East the East London Pub Co is looking for an experienced director of finance to take over the reigns of this growing business. The business currently has 6 high volume sites in central London with a further two in the pipeline, this is an exciting opportunity to join a growing boutique pub and restaurant group and help to shape the next stage of growth.
You will have a finance team of 3 and be based in our Spitalfields Head Office in Central London.
Management and responsibility for the finance function, and a team of 3
Lead business planning from an annual to 5-year basis and helping to drive strategic choices to maximise growth and profitability
Lead the company’s future fundraising, and assist in site acquisition
Responsibility for the preparation and issuing of monthly management accounts, Year End Reports, audit process and other ad hoc requirements to the relevant teams
Ensuring timely and accurate management and financial reporting to the Board
Business Partnering across Ops teams to maximise performance
High quality commercial analysis across the business to assist in business making decisions and to be proactively involved in margin improvements across all functions of the business
Manage KPIs and ensure the business is engaged in achieving the best possible financial performance with continual review of performance vs targets
Maintain tight controls and cash management
Manage the end to end payroll process
Manage insurance, legal agreements, tax, audit, and banking
Ensure that the company financial systems are robust, compliant and support current activities and can support future business growth