Head of Finance, humm group
2+ days a week in office
BNPL product ecosystem
Job no longer available
BNPL product ecosystem
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
2+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To revolutionise the way people pay.
Role
Who you are
- You are someone who believes in the strength of good relationships. You are flexible, driven, and passionate about customers; you can operate in and contribute to a fast paced and dynamic environment, and you bring excellent multi-tasking skills and a focus on delivering outcomes
- You behave with integrity and trust; you understand ethical behaviour and business practices and ensure your behaviour and that of others is consistent with these standards and aligns with both the values of the firm and with the fitness and probity standards of the CBI
- Qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA)
- 5+ years at a senior level in the finance function of a regulated financial services firm in Ireland, with previous PCF 11 experience preferred
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, and appropriate tailoring to the audience with ability to develop and deliver Board presentations and papers
- Strong numeracy skills
- Good strategic judgement, business acumen and dealing with ambiguity; and demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and manage stakeholder engagement and expectations
What the job involves
- Reporting to our CEO - Ireland, the purpose of this role is to lead the Finance function of Flexifi Europe Limited (trading as humm) part of ASX listed hummgroup (Group)
- As the Head of Finance, you will be responsible for the financial planning and reporting, treasury and tax obligations of the firm working closely with internal and external stakeholders ensure compliance with all accounting, legal and regulatory obligations
- Financial planning, budgeting and forecasting, including the preparation and presentation of monthly financial and management accounts to all relevant stakeholders
- Preparation and filing of all statutory returns, including interim and year-end financial statements
- Planning, co-ordinating and managing internal and external audits
- Liaising with external tax advisors to ensure the firms’ tax arrangements are appropriately structured and managed, including ensuring timely filing of all tax returns
- Ensuring appropriate levels of relevant insurances are always in place for the firm
- Reviewing and negotiating financial terms in third party agreements and maintaining oversight of all outsourced services relating to the Finance function
- Managing key commercial, banking and relevant regulatory relationships
- Advising the CEO on the financial performance of the firm and the identification and management of financial risk, including stress testing where required
- Driving and supporting data and reporting transformation on the firms’ portfolio, including reporting benchmarking and improvements
- Contributing to broader transformation initiatives in a leadership capacity
- Collaborating closely with the Group’s finance, tax and treasury teams to ensure delivery of all requirements for the Irish business are to a consistently high standard
Our take
In 2020 Humm, previously FlexiGroup, went all in on the emerging consumer trend towards buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) financing. The sector has seen a boom recently thanks to cash-strapped post-covid consumers looking, in particular, to help finance a growing number of ecommerce purchases. Humm has applied this principle to an extensive ecosystem of financial products, including leasing and credit cards, and extending their services also to retailers and SMEs.
It’s helped Humm become a leading BNPL player across Australasia, Canada, Ireland, and the UK - and this global reach may prove critical going forwards. The BNPL bubble on Humm’s Australian home turf is beginning to burst, with an increasingly reluctant consumer market, regulatory crackdowns on the way, the combined market capitalisation of BNPL companies tumbling, and many competitors merging in order to shoulder business costs.
Analysts predict that only a few of the dozen Australian competitors will weather the storm. This could be good news for Humm, although they will still face close competition from rivals Zip and Sezzle. If Humm can shore up its international presence in more stable BNPL territories, it could stand to win a larger market share as smaller competitors fold.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Flexibility - You’ve got a life, we get it! At hummgroup we offer a blended approach to working that gives you the flexibility to work at home or in the office depending what you have on. We just ask that you keep our customers front of mind at all times and that you get together with your team in-person at least twice a week to connect and collaborate (and attend our #instaworthy events). The rest is open for discussion
- Health Fitness - We run initiatives to create a balanced work environment for our people. Events include winter flu jabs, yoga, bootcamps, paint vine, on site ice cream trucks, quiz nights and meditation to name a few – all managed by Vibes, our employee social & engagement committee
- Discount - Our people who are our also our customers receive special discounts on humm products as well as discounts with our Retail merchant network across NZ and AU
- No Dress Code - Our dress code is flexible. It acknowledges that our people are professional adults who can make the choices appropriate to their day
- Referral bonuses - We believe our people are our biggest advocates - employees who refer someone that successfully is employed by hummgroup receive a bonus of up to 1k
- Paid Volunteer Leave - We value our communities and want to give you the opportunity to give back
- Employee assistance programme - Mental health and wellbeing are important to us. You will have access to EAP providers
- Purchase extra annual leave - 4 weeks annual leave with the opportunity to purchase additional leave during the year
Company HQ
The Rocks, NSW
Leadership
Rebecca James
(CEO, not Founder)A Stanford graduate who originally worked in marketing at American Express, before moving between various senior managerial roles at CX Lavender. Subsequently served as CMO at ME, and then Prospa.
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