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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in financial planning, forecasting, and performance reporting, with a strong focus on automation and AI integration in finance processes. Proven ability to communicate financial insights effectively to senior leadership and support strategic decision-making.
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Financial PlanningBudgetingForecastingAdvanced ExcelAI Tools Experience
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Hard Skills
BudgetingForecastingFinancial ReportingData AnalysisDriver-Based ModellingCohort AnalysisCost AnalysisReporting AutomationPerformance ReportingScenario Analysis
Soft Skills
CommunicationJudgmentProblem-SolvingCollaborationLeadership
Tools & Technologies
XeroSpendeskStripePower BISQLPythonAI ToolsERP SystemsFinance Data WarehouseReporting Systems
Certifications & Qualifications
ACAACCACIMA
Industry Keywords
Multi-Entity ReportingGroup ReportingRegulated Sector ExperienceStock ManagementSupply Chain Experience
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesERPFlashPythonSQL
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Own financial planning, forecasting and performance reporting across the group
- Develop and prepare the annual budget and quarterly re-forecast using business drivers
- Prepare and report the rolling three-month revenue and gross margin forecast
- Prepare the group cashflow forecast, including working capital, stock purchasing and intercompany flows
- Support target-setting and report performance against budget and target
- Build scenario and sensitivity analysis for Board decision-making
- Produce monthly performance reporting packs covering revenue, gross margin, cost of sales, overheads, cash and operational KPIs
- Prepare monthly Board packs and slide decks with commentary
- Own cost of sales analysis and margin bridge
- Report on commercial performance of international entities
- Issue mid-month revenue, gross margin and cash flash reports
- Support investor updates with consistent, reconciled numbers and clear narrative
- Design, develop and maintain a governed finance data warehouse integrating Xero, Spendesk, Stripe and Releaf's ERP
- Implement and manage AI initiatives, workflows, prompts, training and measurement across finance
- Lead reporting automation and replace manual consolidation
- Establish AI guardrails, audit trails, data controls and documented planning/reporting workflows
- Own unit economics and cohort analysis, including CAC, LTV and retention
- Translate financial results for and challenge non-finance leaders
- Support departmental cost analysis, budgeting, business cases and investment appraisal
- Help colleagues outside finance use AI for reporting and analysis
- Report to the Finance & Commercial Director and work directly with the CFO and Board
Requirements
What you’ll need- Fully qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA with at least three years post-qualification experience
- Demonstrable ownership of budgeting, forecasting and management or Board reporting — not support of someone else's
- Demonstrable production of Board packs and presentation of financial performance to senior leadership, with clear, decision-focused commentary
- Advanced Excel: driver-based modelling, including with large datasets; ability to build a three-statement or driver model from scratch
- Hands-on, current experience of using AI tools such as Claude, ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot in finance work
- Sound judgement on AI output; ability to check outputs before relying on them
- Track record of building or materially improving a reporting process, ideally through automation and AI
- Experience structuring and managing finance data for reporting or analytics
- Evidence that analysis has changed a decision, with the number attached
- Confident communicating with and challenging senior non-finance stakeholders
- Comfortable with incomplete data and imperfect systems, and inclined to go and fix them
- Desirable: repeatable AI workflows, SME or scale-up experience, multi-entity or group reporting, Xero, Spendesk, Stripe, Power BI or equivalent, SQL or Python, stock/cost of sales/supply-chain experience, regulated-sector experience, and ERP or reporting system implementation experience
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive salary, reviewed annually, plus a performance-related bonus
- Private health insurance and pension
- Funded professional subscription (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) and a personalised development budget
- Full access to Claude and the finance teams AI tooling from day one, and the time and backing to build with it
- Remote working with occasional UK travel, and the flexibility to structure your own week
- Employee Assistance Programme, employee perks and Releaf staff patient benefits
- Direct exposure to the CFO and the Board from month one
- The chance to build an AI-enabled function rather than inherit a manual one
