Chief Financial Officer, Unleash Group
Global digital media and events business
Open for applications
Global digital media and events business
21-100 employees
Open for applications
21-100 employees
Company mission
To inspire, connect and empower HR leaders worldwide to navigate the fast-changing world of work.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive experience leading financial operations
- Strong background in managing financial operations in the events, media, or tech industries, particularly across international markets (UK preferred but candidates with adjacent industry experience will also be considered)
- In-depth knowledge of financial regulations and has experience managing multi-region financial accounts
- Expertise in managing P&L, forecasting, budgeting, and financial reporting in high-growth companies
- Advanced degree (MBA, CPA, or equivalent) is preferred
What the job involves
- As the CFO, you will take responsibility for managing the financial operations of our UK and Hungarian entities, ensuring robust financial performance and compliance with local regulations
- You will oversee all aspects of financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting while using key platforms to optimise workflows and financial management processes
- You will report directly to the CEO and work closely with key stakeholders to align financial strategies with the company’s business objectives, including long-term growth and profitability
- Define and execute the financial vision for our UK and Hungarian entities, aligning with long-term business objectives and growth targets
- Drive the financial planning cycle, including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis, to provide actionable insights to the leadership team
- Ensure readiness for potential investor relations, including due diligence, valuation optimization, and external stakeholder communications
- Digital Transformation: The CFO will play a key role in driving digital and operational transformation
- Operational Excellence: Implement best-in-class financial systems and processes to streamline operations and enhance accuracy across regions
- Managing year end and Interim UK Audit
- Develop and implement risk management frameworks to identify, assess, and mitigate financial and operational risks across both regions
- Establish strong internal controls to safeguard company assets and reduce financial exposure, particularly in the UK and Hungary
- Advise the leadership team on financial risks and help implement strategies to mitigate potential issues
- Act as the key financial liaison for both internal and external stakeholders, including investors, auditors, and financial partners
- Provide regular financial insights and updates to the CEO and leadership team, ensuring alignment between financial strategy and business goals
- Align financial operations with the broader company goals, such as growth, scalability, and investor relations
- Ensure that financial decisions and strategies support the company’s expansion plans and strategic initiatives across both regions
- Provide insights into how the business can optimise revenue, streamline costs, and improve financial efficiencies
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The workplace has changed radically in recent years. The rise of remote and hybrid working has radically shifted the way businesses operate. UNLEASH aims to help HR leaders stay ahead of the curve, with digital media and events detailing the latest trends in HR technology.
It hosts HR tech expos worldwide, showcasing the newest thinking in the HR space and boasting former celebrity speakers such as Sir Bob Geldof, Stephen Fry and Esther Perel. As well as this, it puts on hundreds of smaller events and webinars each year, as its online platform publishes news about everything happening in HR as well as in-house research and studies to help your business optimise.
It’s one of the first points of call for news in the HR tech space. And its events are just getting bigger year on year with over 5,000 attendees and much greater online readership.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company benefits
- Flexible working environment
- Open vacation policy
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Private healthcare
- Gym discount
- Life assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme (UK)
- Long service award
- Sabbatical leave opportunities
- Paid time off for volunteering
- Attractive bonus scheme
- Company Socials
- Opportunities to travel internationally to our events
- Referral Scheme
Company values
- Seek to understand and …
- Assume good intent
- Diagnose first, decide second, but …
- … be biased to action
- Build cadence and ritual …
- … be consistent
- Take risks, fail fast, forward
- Give context, don’t control
- Give transparency
- Be candid
- Bring disruption and scrappiness
- Prioritisation
Company HQ
Soho, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Marc Coleman
(CEO)Former Configuration Manager at Microsoft, and Quality Control and Configuration Analyst at Philips.
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