Senior Financial Controller & Founders Associate, Code First Girls
£80-95k
Senior and Expert level
London
Coding courses for women & non-binary people
Be an early applicant
Coding courses for women & non-binary people
201-500 employees
B2BEnterpriseEducationRecruitmentTrainingSocial Impact
Be an early applicant
£80-95k
Senior and Expert level
London
201-500 employees
B2BEnterpriseEducationRecruitmentTrainingSocial Impact
Company mission
To close the gender gap in tech by providing employment through free education.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 5-7+ years of experience in financial control, accounting, or finance management, ideally within a scale-up or high-growth B2B business. Experience in developing strategy and supporting business growth at a senior level is essential
- Qualifications: ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent accounting qualification
- Strategic Thinking: Strong business acumen and ability to think strategically. Must be able to develop and execute financial strategies that align with and drive the company’s overall business goals
- Dynamic & Adaptable: The ideal candidate will be comfortable in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment. You must be adaptable, proactive, and able to manage competing priorities with a high degree of flexibility
- Financial Reporting & Analysis: Experience in creating reliable forecasting tools for company growth and cash management, to help ensure going concern and enable the board to make timely decisions, as well as presenting financial information in a way that is clear, concise, and actionable for non-financial audiences, especially at the board level
- Process Improvement: Demonstrated passion for continuous improvement in financial processes, reporting systems, and internal controls to enhance operational efficiency
- External Reporting Knowledge: A strong understanding of external company reporting requirements, such as tax regulations, FRS102 and UK GAAP standards, and compliance matters. Experience with CRM’s like Hubspot is highly valued
- Leadership: Proven leadership skills with experience managing and mentoring teams. A hands-on leader who will actively engage with and support team members
- Communication Skills: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and advise senior leaders and cross-functional teams
- Attention to Detail: A keen eye for detail with an unwavering commitment to accuracy in financial reporting and analysis
What the job involves
- Financial Leadership: Oversee the preparation and management of monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting, ensuring accuracy and compliance with applicable regulations and accounting standards
- Strategic Planning: Collaborate closely with senior leadership to drive strategic planning and goal setting. You will think proactively to identify areas for growth and improvement, while shaping financial strategies to meet the company’s ambitious goals
- Board Reporting and Presenting: Present reliable, clear, and concise financial information to the board of directors and other key stakeholders, ensuring that complex financial data is translated into actionable insights for non-financial leaders
- Growth Strategy: Work closely with senior leadership and the CEO to develop and execute financial strategies that support the company's scale-up objectives. Provide data-driven recommendations that promote sustainable, profitable growth
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Develop and manage comprehensive budgets, forecasts, and long-term financial plans. Provide variance analysis and recommend adjustments to ensure financial goals are met
- Process & Reporting Improvements: Bring a strong desire for continuous improvement by optimising financial processes, reporting methods, and internal controls. Drive efficiency and effectiveness across the finance function
- Cash Flow & Treasury Management: Monitor and manage cash flow, ensuring that the company has the tools / models to assess liquidity to support its growth ambitions while maintaining a strong financial position
- Compliance & Reporting Requirements: Ensure compliance with external reporting requirements (e.g., regulatory filings, tax filings, audit requirements) and stay up-to-date with changes in regulations and industry best practices
- Internal Controls & Compliance: Establish and maintain robust internal controls and ensure that financial operations are compliant with both company policies and legal/regulatory requirements
- Team Leadership & Development: As a senior leader, you’ll be in a position to shape and grow the finance team. You’ll be responsible for mentoring, developing, and empowering team members to drive high performance
- Cross-Department Collaboration: Work closely with other departments, guiding them with financial insights and support as company strategy is executed from the top down. Ensure that financial data is integrated seamlessly into all business functions
- Ad-hoc Projects: Take the lead in ad-hoc projects including facilitating new product launches, or other strategic initiatives
Application process
- 1. Apply with your profile
- 2. Video call with internal recruiter (30 mins)
- 3. Video call with Finance Business Partner (45 mins)
- 4. Video call with CEO (45 mins)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Only roughly 10% of the world’s web and software developers are women, with the tech industry remaining dominantly male despite efforts to close this gender gap. Since 2014, Code First Girls has been on a mission to tackle this issue, providing coding courses at no personal cost that connect underrepresented talent to job openings.
By partnering with companies, Code First Girls enables them to access female and non-binary talent, covering training costs through their existing diversity initiatives. In this way, the company has grown into the UK’s largest provider of free coding courses for women and non-binary people, used by a number of huge industry names including Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, Rolls Royce, and GCHQ.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Led by a woman
Company
Funding (1 round)
Sep 2022
$5.7m
SERIES A
Total funding: $5.7m
Company benefits
- Annual leave: 20 days + 7 days over Christmas + 1 Special Occasion Day (+ 8 bank holiday days). Optional: Buy or sell 3 days of holiday, 1 Giving back day, option to work 2 days over the festive period and get additional days back.
- Parental leave: 16 weeks full pay for the primary caregiver, 6 weeks full pay for the secondary caregiver. Phased return to the office for the primary caregiver (work for 4 days at full pay for 2 months).
- Flexible working: Our working hours are 9.30am - 5.30pm Opportunity to work from abroad for up to 90 days a year.
- Free CFGdegree education: After working at CFG for 6 months you are able to take our 16 week CFGdegree, worth £10,000 of education!
- 6% matched pension: CFG will match your pension contribution up to 6%
- Length of service: After 3 years you get an extra day of annual leave, 2 extra days at 4 years and 3 extra days at 5 years (and 5+ years). After 5 years a 2-month sabbatical, first month paid, 2nd month unpaid is available.
- Mental health support: Free access to Spill, which offers employees free workplace support therapy sessions.
Company values
- Our community is our Ride or Die – We serve our community first. Everything we do is for them and we are their biggest advocates. We cheer them along on their journey into tech, support their needs and help them succeed
- We’re here to Drive Change – Driving global change is a big job, but we are here for it. We’ll be bold, relentless, strong, and muster up all the courage in the face of adversity. We are proud and passionate about this cause and we’re here to drive real change. We’re all about less talk and more action
- We’ll be Straight Up & Kind – We’ll say it how it is and always choose honesty, truth and transparency. We choose kindness and empathy, and treat everyone how we want to be treated personally. You won’t find big egos here, there’s only room for good people
- We’re Stand Out & Authentic – We are not like the rest. We are different, we challenge the norm, we are bold, fierce and authentic and definitely not stiff or stodgy. We take risks, we adapt and innovate; we look disruption in the face and give it a cheeky wink
- Teamwork makes the Dream work – Our team is empowered to make it happen. We bring the hustle, the fire, the determination every.single.day. Passion and collaboration fill our cups and we aim to deliver the best in everything we do together
- We have Fun and celebrate the Wins – It will be a journey, but we will make damn sure we’ll have fun along the way. We celebrate the wins, no matter how big or small and recognise the many, many, many individual contributions everyone has made each step of the way on this big journey
Company HQ
Finsbury, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Anna Brailsford
(CEO)Board Member for Inclusion and Diversity at the Institute of Coding. Founded and was CEO of performance management solution Frisbee. Previously LinkedIn's Commercial Director for EMEA.
Matt Clifford
(Non-Executive Director)Co-founder and Executive Chair of Entrepreneur First. Founding Chair of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA). Former Council Member and Non-Executive Director at Innovate UK.
Alice Bentinck
(Non-Executive Director)Co-founder and CEO at Entrepreneur First. Board Trustee at employment-focused nonprofit Generation. Has been a member of Imperial College London's Computer Science Department Industrial Liaison Board since 2015.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Code First Girls
- Inclusivity & Equal Opportunities: we are committed to attracting and recruiting diverse candidates as the CFG team continues to grow. We actively welcome applications from people of colour, applicants with disabilities and from minority groups.
- Community Language: we use an inclusive definition of the word ‘women’ when talking about the Code First Girls community, which includes cisgender and transgender women.
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