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Job Title: Head of Finance

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Location: Farnborough

LetsGoCover has ambitious plans to transform itself into a key leader in the protection market. To support these ambitions, we are seeking an experienced commercial financial leader to join the leadership team.

Job Description Summary

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team lead the commercial financial function for LetsGoCover in delivering its organisational objectives. The role is essential to the future growth of the company ensuring we achieve our targets by developing a first class commercially focussed business underpinned with robust financial management, controls, quality and governance. This will be a hands on role involved with all aspects of financial reporting and analysis at all levels of the organisation.

To lead and manage a high performing Commercial financial management function.

• Develop financial management strategies to reduce financial risk, providing relevant recommendations to maximise profits and assisting executives in decision making.
• Monitoring reporting systems, preparing accurate financial reports and statements, interpreting data, preparing and publishing all financial documents and ensuring adherence to industry regulations.
• Managing accounting, budget, cash flow and reviewing growth and efficiency strategies
• To ensure all sales, operations and retention targets are exceeded.
• Maintain key relationships with the Management Team and colleagues at all levels, embedding a commercial focus to achieve financial targets.
• Lead Sales forecasting, trend analysis, conversion insight and develop solutions to improve performance.
• Work as a collegiate member of leadership team in driving the growth of LetsGoCover.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of P&L, including all budgets, forecasting and management reporting
• Produce management accounts, board & business reporting.
• Identify and implement appropriate commercial initiatives which will improve Sales & Marketing performance.
• Produce weekly and monthly Sales MI, provide trend analysis and insight for improvement in performance.
• Produce forecasting and capacity plans to ensure resources sufficient to drive profitability.
• Be a true Business Partner to the commercial teams, providing accurate and timely financial analysis of key commercial initiatives providing joint business planning support.
• Develop individual agent and function profitability scorecards.
• Manage provider economics reporting on Market share with recommendations to maximise revenue and cash generation.
• Support Marketing campaign management and forecasting to establish best allocation of marketing spend, further investment, and optimum conversion and profitability per channel.
• Provide commercially sound financial analysis for ad hoc projects, including cost effectiveness, commercial viability, operational capability and financial audit/ controls.
• Daily bookkeeping and banking, weekly commission reconciliation of payments, clawbacks and trail revenue streams
• Monthly generation of bonus packs and self-employed earnings statements & Monthly preparing and submitting of payroll and pensions

The Individual

Capability, Knowledge and Experience:

• Proven track record at driving commercial and financial outcomes.
• Understanding of scaling businesses in the financial service sector
• Deep understanding of the commercial drivers for a protection sales and marketing business
• Well versed in financial reporting.
• Proven track record of building effective relationships with Board, Senior Management and all levels of the organisation.
• Understanding of developing digital strategies for growth
• Understanding of regulated advice businesses

Education and Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level / relevant Professional accountancy qualifications.

Personal Characteristics:

• Ambitious and forward thinking
• Focused, clear, strategic thinker.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Flexible and committed team player.
• Good negotiation and influencing skills with a persuasive and supportive approach.
• Ability to be proactive, use initiative and deliver results.
• Strong commercial focus combined with a pragmatic approach.
• Driven to succeed.
• Confident, positive attitude and approach
• Ability to work with and report into Company Senior Officers
• Self-Motivated

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £40,000.00-£50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Gym membership
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 19/12/2024