Group Finance Director

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PrecisionLife is helping transform the delivery of healthcare by building the next generation of precision medicine solutions and mechanostic^® tests to improve disease detection, treatment, and prevention - benefiting patient outcomes and reducing the cost of delivering effective care.

We’re a precision medicine company with global ambition and partnerships with some of the largest international healthcare companies and research institutes. We’re headquartered near Oxford, UK, with offices in London, Copenhagen, Warsaw, and Boston, MA.

The Group Finance Director will take over the day-to-day responsibility for the financial management of the company and its three subsidiaries. This is an exciting opportunity to create and grow a finance department in an international expansion phase business.

Responsibilities

Preparation of periodically consolidated financial statements, including profit & loss, balance sheet, budgets, cash flows, variance analysis, and commentaries
Prepare financial reports for the CFO for presentation at the Board Meetings
Responsible for all financial and statutory compliance. Including assisting statutory year-end audit and filing of all appropriate documentation to Companies House (Capital (SH01), Directors, Confirmation Statements, and Accounts) and HMRC (PAYE, VAT, P11Ds, P600, EIS, ERS, EMI, etc.)
Managing accounts receivable/payable, banking and payroll
Financial management with multiple currencies
Support to the Senior Management and Board on funding, fundraising and corporate transactions (CAP table management, share options, Series A/B, EIS, grants)
Analysing financial performance and contributing to medium- and long-term business planning and financial planning
Working with the CFO/CEO to design and implement an appropriate level of corporate governance procedures and management policies
Managing external financial and corporate resources, consultants (Legal counsel, bookkeeping, payroll, taxes, auditor, R&D consultant, equity management platform and Forex management partner)
Other duties as required from time to time by the Management team

Requirements

Qualified finance professional to at least CIMA/ACCA qualified with substantial experience (expected equivalent of minimum three years)
Successful track record of financial management and reporting
Team player with the willingness to do a broad range of tasks
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with strong technical, analytical and problem-solving abilities
Able to work effectively to tight deadlines within a collaborative team-orientated environment using sound judgement in decision-making
Organised and detail-oriented, being able to prioritise and perform multiple tasks effectively and concurrently
In depth knowledge of Xero

What we're looking for

Good communication and presentation skills in English
Experience with Microsoft Office, especially Excel
Confidence to make suggestions and influence change
Ability to work well under pressure, while paying attention to detail and accuracy
Strong collaboration focus and the ability to build strong relationships

What we offer

Competitive salary with performance related bonuses
Stock Options (subject to qualifying)
Company pension scheme
Life Assurance/Death in Service Insurance
Private Healthcare Scheme (subject to qualifying)
Flexible-Hybrid working pattern model to allow for flexibly between remote and office working
25 days annual leave (pro rata) (increasing to equivalent of 28 days holiday per annum on completion 3 years of service)
Access to substantial number of courses and training events
Excellent career development opportunities in a fast-growing international organization

Legal information

We follow the HMG’s right to work employment checks, and you will therefore need to satisfy basic eligibility criteria/certain conditions of employment (e.g. nationality rules/right to work); and provide appropriate original documentation to verify ID, nationality, employment and/or academic history.

PrecisionLife is an ISO27001 and ISO27701 accredited business, fully committed to equal opportunities and operating a carbon neutral business.

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You have the right to lodge a complaint about the way we handle your data with supervisory authority or you can contact our DPO at GDPR@precisionlife.com for more information or concerns. We process this data for recruitment purposes only. We store all candidate data in secured file with restricted access, and we will not share it with anyone else.

Note: We are not working with recruitment agencies or third-party recruiters for this role. Any unsolicited CVs submitted will not be considered or responded to.