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Financial Controller

Witney Permanent £82,500 - £95,000 per year View Job Description
An exciting opportunity to join Gresham House, a world-leading business driving the green agenda as a Financial Controller. Be part of the green sustainable revolution and be in a role that can really make an impact. It's a broad all-round role with both technical and commercial elements. The successful candidate will be key in driving financial decisions and strategies.
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  • Help drive the Sustainability/Green agenda
  • Finance Director potential as business grows

About Our Client

Gresham House is a PE-backed specialist alternative asset manager providing funds, direct investments and tailored investment solutions, including co-investment across a range of highly differentiated alternative investment strategies. Our expertise includes strategic public, private equity (private assets), timber, renewable energy, housing and infrastructure. We aim to deliver sustainable financial returns, and we are committed to building long-term partnerships with our clients to help them achieve their financial goals.

From a standing start in December 2014, through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth, the Gresham House business has grown exponentially, with assets under management now at c.£8.6 billion (31 December 2023), providing a strong and scalable platform from which to continue to grow. The team is delivering on its objectives and now has c.220 employees working in London, Oxford, Dumfries, Edinburgh and Dublin.

Job Description

The Financial Controller role has been created by substantial business growth within the Real Assets division. This has created the requirement for a Financial Controller to deliver commercial thinking and business partnership to many of our leading Fund Management teams.

The role will be to take responsibility for a mixture of Forestry funds, individually managed Forestry client accounts, and Renewable and New Energy funds clients in the Real Assets Division. This role will work closely with the other Financial Controller in Real Assets to ensure a coordinated approach.

Gresham House is an Investment Manager but these investments are not just numbers to us as passive shareholders. We establish these businesses, manage and operate them on a daily basis as operational businesses on behalf of our fund clients. We are in this for the long term: usually 10-20 year timescales.

Each business has an operational management team: and you will be a crucial part of this. You will therefore be the effective Finance Director of a portfolio of exciting businesses. These will include the financial management of your own clients/funds and the supervision and review of the work of both internal and external fund administrators and internal Finance Managers producing management and statutory accounts. The role will ensure that all reporting to internal Boards and external investors is completed accurately and promptly. You will be curious and seek to "get under the skin" of these businesses and find solutions to deliver processes and best practices. You will be a role model to the rest of the team and develop the skill set of the Finance Managers who will work with you.

The Successful Applicant

We are looking for a motivated, self-starter who excels in an entrepreneurially-minded business and is happy with managing a portfolio. The ideal candidate loves diving into the details to maximise financial performance and can give added value insight to the business on the numbers being reported and issues facing the businesses.

  • ACA / ACCA / CIMA (or equivalent)
  • PQE in a multi-business environment which operates at a pace
  • Finance business partnering is key
  • Statutory accounting knowledge and good knowledge of VAT and tax
  • Strong aptitude for numbers but also able to deal with sometimes complex legal structures and governance arrangements
  • Able to communicate effectively, build relationships and adapt to anyone within the broader team and business leaders
  • Ability to take ownership and deliver with a "can-do" attitude.
  • Excellent attention to detail combined with strong organisational and time management skills
  • An efficient, reliable and thorough approach
  • Drive and initiative - the desire to add value, a proactive approach
  • Demonstrate confidence and gravitas when presenting and dealing with senior people (including external boards and investors)
  • Commitment to the business and the team - the ability and wish to contribute over and above and, most importantly, have fun while doing it!

What's on Offer

Gresham is excited to offer a generous salary for this role, an excellent bonus scheme, alongside the rare opportunity for your role to progress into the FD role as the business is rapidly growing. You will work alongside a high-performing and ambitious Senior Management team and have an opportunity to add value to this already successful and growing business. A high-trust working culture is offered, with a hybrid model in place with an expectation that you will have the flexibility to work from home around two days per week.

Contact
Richard Hailey
Quote job ref
JN-072024-6472820
Phone number
+44 779 080 3655

Job summary

Job function
Accounting
Subsector
Financial Controller
Sector
Financial Services
Location
Witney
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Richard Hailey
Consultant phone
+44 779 080 3655
Job reference
JN-072024-6472820