Finance Transformation Manager, Blenheim Chalcot
+ Discretionary Bonus
5+ days a week in office
Digital venture builders
Open for applications
Digital venture builders
1001+ employees
Open for applications
+ Discretionary Bonus
5+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To support digital startups with funding and business operations, allowing them to focus on becoming industry disruptors.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have a track-record in delivering Finance transformation or process improvements in a fast-moving business
- Excellent stakeholder management experience is essential to being successful in this role
- Self-motivated and intellectually curious
- Excellent at improving processes
- Motivated to identify opportunities to contribute towards achieving a ‘gold standard’ Finance function
- Good organisation, accuracy and attention to detail to effectively meet deadlines
- Financial services accounting experience (ideally including IFRS 9)
- Ability to work in high pressure environments with an aptitude for problem-solving
- A team-player with good stakeholder management and communication skills
- Good level of competence in MS Office (excellent Excel skills required) and computerised systems; experience with PowerBI desirable but not essential
- Microsoft Business Central and/or Xero experience is desirable but not essential
- CIMA / ACCA / ACA or qualified by experience
What the job involves
- We are looking to hire high-energy, entrepreneurial and value-adding talent at Blenheim Chalcot, the UK’s most successful venture builder to support the transformation and growth of one of our portfolio companies
- This is a pivotal role within in a small, agile Finance function with exposure to Senior Management, Funding Partners and BC Partners with a fundamental impact on our development and growth
- This role offers an excellent opportunity for a motivated and technically strong Finance Transformation Manager to take full ownership of transforming key areas in the Finance function within one of the BC portfolio businesses
- This is a newly created role and so will have some scope to be shaped as you embed into the role. You will be responsible for driving improvements across the Finance team to continue progress made to date in achieving a ‘gold standard’ Finance function
- The Finance Transformation Manager is a vital role within the Blenheim Chalcot portfolio business and will require excellent attention to detail and a drive for continuous improvement
- The successful Finance Transformation Manager will play a key role in leading and shaping our Finance function and will have full responsibility for improving the processes, controls, structure and culture that make a ‘gold standard’ Finance function
- Transform processes and outputs of the Finance team to improve accuracy and efficiency, including automation wherever possible
- Implement and maintain internal controls to safeguard financial assets (including, but not limited to, reconciliations and leading on fixing any data or definition discrepancies)
- Implement best practices in financial reporting, processes and accounting
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements
- Ensuring sound cost management and controls within Finance and the wider business
- Leverage technology, including AI, to enhance financial reporting and analysis processes
- There is also scope to get involved in a range of other activities across the team, according to your own goals, interests and skills – including, but not limited to:
- Prepare and oversee the generation of statutory financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements
- Lead preparation of monthly management information
- Coordinate and manage external audits, liaising closely with auditors to provide necessary documentation and explanations
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations and reporting requirements, including tax filings (such as corporation tax and R&D claims)
- Conduct financial risk assessments and develop strategies for risk mitigation
- Financial information provides an accurate view of business performance and involves strict controls to ensure accuracy and reduce risk
- Processes are efficient, as automated as possible and minimise risk of errors
- Senior management have confidence that reported performance is accurate, supported by data and rigorous accounting
- Senior management and stakeholder financial reporting is submitted accurately and on time
- Providing required information for and leading on smooth delivery of financial audits, funding audits and taxation
- This role is an excellent platform for experienced professionals to take their career to the next level and an opportunity unlikely to be found anywhere else
- It offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced Treasury and Finance professional to make a meaningful contribution to delivering commercial and financial insight across various lines of business and to develop within an ambitious and exciting company
Application process
- We have a rigorous recruitment process which we use for all our roles to ensure we attract the very best and diverse talent
- This will involve an initial telephone conversation, followed by a panel interview and a case study where you will meet with that businesses management team and the Chief Operating team over 2 stages
- We aspire for every person invited into an interview to find the process as interesting and engaging as we no doubt will
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Blenheim Chalcot is a digital startup venture builder. It raises funding and provides operational support for fledgling companies to allow them to focus on building an exceptional product to take to market. Blenheim Chalcot takes a different approach than its more traditional competitors by investing knowledge, experience, ideas, infrastructure, and funds. Companies are started in-house and given everything they need to become a successful tech firm.
Blenheim Chalcot specialises in SaaS and generative AI startups and more recently has branched into healthcare tech, a rapidly expanding sector. Companies in their portfolio include financial services, education, media and marketing, public services and health as well as sports market companies, with over 60 businesses amounting to more than $500 million in annual revenues.
Blenheim Chalcot has had a number of significant exits in the past few years – just 3 years after its launch, ClearScore was acquired by Experian for £275m in 2018. Its portfolio has been responsible for employing over 3000 people and investment raises surpassing $600 million. Its laurels then, indicate a savvy and successful business investment venture.
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Company benefits
- Be part of the UK’s leading digital venture builder and have the opportunity to be a part of and learn from the incredible talent in BC
- A fun and open, if a little cricket-obsessed, atmosphere
- Discretionary bonus
- 25 days of paid holidays
- Life Assurance – 4 x annual salary. Pension Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme
- Flexible Benefits: Private Medical and Dental, Gym Subsidiaries
Company values
- Never stop looking for a better way of doing things; be curious
- Building businesses is fast-paced and fluid; be nimble
- Sharing knowledge and networks builds better businesses; be generous
- The best ideas aren’t always your own; seek diversity
- Decisions should be driven by analytics and customer insight; embrace data
Company HQ
Shepherd's Bush, London, UK
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Leadership
Charles Mindenhall
(Co-Founder)Oxford graduate and serial entrepreneur. Previously founded Liberis (small business finance). Currently Board Member at Modulr, trustee of The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Youth Zone.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Blenheim Chalcot
Ashni Gandesha (Early Careers Manager)
- At Blenheim Chalcot, we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are fundamental to our success as a business builder. Our commitment to fostering an inclusive culture ensures that everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute to their fullest potential. Individuals seeking employment at Blenheim Chalcot must note we see diversity as a really positive thing that creates a better workplace and delivers better outcomes; we are keen to maximize the diversity of our workforce and actively encourage applications from anyone and everyone.
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