Head of Finance

Resi

  • London
  • £75,000-95,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
We are Resi, the UK's number one home extension company, and we are looking to hire a Head of Finance to join our management team on a full-time permanent basis. If you are looking to accelerate your career and work with full accountability alongside the founders and leadership then this role is for you.At Resi, we help everyday homeowners design, finance, and build their dream homes without the stress and, most importantly, without breaking the bank. The innovations that we are bringing to market have genuinely never been seen in this industry before - we are at the forefront of changing a highly inefficient, costly, and frustrating customer experience by delivering high-quality projects quickly, affordably, and in a climate-considerate way. Our north star is to provide Happy Homes on a national scale.Are you a rare breed, a risk-taker in a risk-averse financial world? This is your chance to jump several years ahead of the curve. At Resi, we value technical excellence, but we are looking for a Head of Finance with more than traditional years-on-paper. We’re searching for someone with sharp commercial instincts, confident technical grounding, and the ambition to lead the finance function at the UK’s #1 home extension platform.This is a pivotal role, not just in keeping the numbers tight, but in actively shaping the strategic future of the business. The real value add? Your FP&A leadership. You’ll guide our leadership team on where to invest, when to pivot, and how to use cash as a true growth engine. If you’re ready to move fast, think big, and own both the foundations and the forecast, we’d love to hear from you.Key Responsibilities:Reporting
  • Preparation and design of management accounts
  • Preparation of design of board packs alongside co-founders
  • Working closely with the founders and Exec team on data and analytics and how that supports decision-making across the business
Forecasting
  • Short-term cash flow forecasting (13-week rolling tactical cashflow)
  • 2-year monthly forecast model - including running scenarios
  • 5-year yearly forecast model
Financial controls and policies
  • Financial controls in place to make sure, including coordinating with Ops teams on collections
  • Payroll
  • Support the annual Audit process
  • End-of-year submissions
Financial Strategy
  • Preparation of materials to support fundraising and involvement in pitching as required
  • Recommendations to increase the profitability of the business to commercial stakeholders within the team
Accounting and Bookkeeping
  • Ownership and delivery of accounting processes that support the Management of Accounting
  • Point of contact for external accountants
  • Reconciliations, including demonstrating a strong understanding of the makeup of the balance sheet
  • VAT returns
  • HMRC / Companies House submissions, including those for share options schemes
  • Pension administration
  • Oversight of the Cap Table and management of insurance policies
About You - You will ideally have:
  • 4-5 years of business and finance experience, ideally with some audit background
  • Preferably with experience from one of the UKs Top 30 Accountancy Firms
  • Chartered accountant
  • Experience managing a small finance team
  • Ability to interact with the board and investors
  • Has worked within a start-up or scale-up environment
  • Ideally working at a head of finance level, financial controller, or as a senior finance manager
  • Articulate and commercially astute
  • A passion for technology innovation and driven by new ideas
You might be an even better fit if you have:
  • Previous knowledge or experience working within the property, architecture, or construction sectors
  • An interest in architecture/home improvement
  • An understanding of the lifecycle of a house extension project - maybe you have renovated your own home?
What We Can Offer You:Resi are a team of ~80 people based in the heart of Oval, South London. We have a hybrid work set up where we operate three days in the office (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday) and two days from home (Wednesday and Friday).At Resi, you will have the opportunity to work differently, take control of, and really accelerate your career. Our success is all down to our wonderful people and their talent, and that’s why we treat our employees with the same respect and care as our customers. We pride ourselves in not just aiming to be the best in the industry, but also the best place to work - our collaborative, transparent and diverse culture, with a heavy focus on personal development, means that we don’t just grow homes, we grow people too. We have an ideas-led innovation culture and we really care about creating a diverse and inclusive team - so we welcome people from all backgrounds with different perspectives, ideas and experiences to work with us. Because, at Resi, everyone has a voice, and we each know our part in shifting the needle.We offer our employees...
  • A competitive salary
  • Hybrid working & flexi-hours
  • On the job mentoring, coaching and learning & development
  • Private health & dental insurance via Bupa
  • Access to mental health, therapy and coaching support via Plumm
  • Access to Health Assured (EAP)
  • 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) within your first year, increasing to 34 with an additional day of Birthday Leave after a year of employment
  • Equipment and software that will enable you to do your best work
  • 10% discount on a PureGym membership (which is on-site!)
  • The opportunity to learn from a range of industry experts you typically wouldn’t work with in a regular architecture practice
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Regular company-wide socials organised by the Resi social committee, and paid for by Resi
  • Free mortgage advice for you, friends and family
  • Office and wider Workspace perks including snacks, fruit and refreshments in the office plus an on-site cafe
  • The opportunity to work in a team of super friendly, talented and passionate people! You can check out our team here -

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