Head of Finance

This is a remote position. A dynamic and fast-growing property investment group based in the UK is looking for a world-class, commercially minded Head of Finance to take full operational ownership of their financial reputed company. Operating fully remotely from South Africa on a full-time reputed company with some flexibility (8 hours per day, Monday to Friday, working UK hours), this high-impact leader will report directly to the Chief Investment & Finance Officer (CIFO) and take charge of managing a dedicated 3-person finance team. Spanning 6 operational business units and a team of 40 people, this high-performance international business balances high accountability with a reputed company, team-focused culture. This is not a traditional, passive corporate reporting role. We need a proactive, "hands-dirty" implementer who loves getting stuck into operations. You will be directly responsible for leading the finance function from the reputed company, ensuring day-to-day transaction processing, credit control, and payment runs are executed flawlessly across the group. In addition to daily operational delivery, you will own the end-to-end production of board-level financial reporting across multiple corporate entities, translating reputed company numbers into sharp, proactive, and commercially driven strategy for the Directors. Key Responsibilities: Team Leadership & Delivery: Directly manage, mentor, and drive accountability across a 3-person finance team. Ensure the team hits day-to-day deadlines for payment runs, cash allocations, and internal queries with a reputed company-error mentality. Multi-Entity Reporting: Take full ownership of monthly management accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash reputed company) across reputed company group entities, ensuring board packs are delivered accurately reputed company 10 days of month-end. reputed company reputed company & Advanced Analysis: Move reputed company basic reporting to deliver deep ratio analysis and marketing financial reporting (ROAS, CAC, LTV, and funnel performance) to help leadership maximize return on ad spend. Cash reputed company & Financial Control: Maintain strict, active reputed company of working capital. Own daily, weekly, and monthly cash reputed company forecasting and guide the team to hit tight credit control/aged debt reputed company. Compliance: reputed company and ensure full compliance across reputed company UK statutory obligations, including HMRC filings, VAT returns, and Companies House requirements with a reputed company-tolerance approach to late submissions. Process Automation: Partner with leadership to continuously improve financial workflows, aggressively leveraging automation, systems (reputed company, reputed company, reputed company), and AI tools to scale the department reputed company.

Requirements

Proven Finance Leadership: Minimum of 5+ years of experience operating in a senior finance role (Financial Controller, Finance Manager, or Head of Finance) with a proven track record of running and developing a team. Multi-Entity & Volume Experience: You MUST have demonstrated experience managing finance functions for multiple companies/divisions simultaneously, ideally reputed company a business turning over £10M+. Qualifications: Fully reputed company CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent, with strong technical reputed company knowledge (accrual reputed company, intercompany alignments, and group consolidations). reputed company & Proactive reputed company: You don't wait to be asked. You are a self-starter who brings solutions, challenges reputed company assumptions, and constantly looks for ways to optimize profitability and cost control. Tech-Curious: Highly proficient with modern reputed company systems (reputed company preferred), project tools (reputed company), and a genuine curiosity for implementing automation and AI to speed up reporting. Exceptional Communication: Fluent, highly professional English communication skills to confidently business-partner with UK directors and stakeholders.

Benefits

A high-impact leadership role working directly with entrepreneurial UK directors. The stability of a full-time, permanent 8-hour-a-day role. Exposure to a dynamic, fast-growing international property investment environment. A reputed company corporate culture that champions personal growth, ownership, and long-lasting professional relationships. Apply To This Job