Interim Finance Director, Beryl
3+ days a week in office
Micromobility for hire
Job no longer available
Micromobility for hire
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
3+ days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To remove the barriers that exist to cycling in cities.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate should fulfil most of the list below, we know that ideal candidates rarely exist, so we will consider all applications from people keen on learning to fill in any gaps
- Able to hit the ground running and with a trouble shooting attitude
- Skilled at making wise accounting judgement and keen to deliver to regular financial deadlines
- Previous reporting and cash flow management experience within a vibrant and varied working environment
- Collaborative and skilled in gaining trust across multiple fast-moving non-financial departments and projects
- Well organised, resourceful and effective in your working & communication style
- An eye for process and the desire to discover and implement improvements using
- Appropriate project and implementation methodology
- Excellent Xero, MS Office and GSuite skills – we have them all!
- Bachelor’s Degree in finance, accounting, or equivalent experience in prior role
What the job involves
- Contract: Fixed-term contract - 6 months
- The Finance Director reports into the CEO at Beryl and will act as one of the Senior Leadership team. You will be the primary contact supporting the business for financial affairs and be responsible for providing a great service
- You will have ambition to drive the strategy of the business from the role of the Finance Director, including contribution and leadership to strategies that improve growth, profitability and access to sources of funding including revenue and capital markets
- You will act as a business partner for the CEO and the Senior Leadership team providing advice and guidance on ways to grow the business, manage cash flows, costs and improve processes. In addition, you will help maintain the relationships already in place with key stakeholders, investors, supply chain and customers
- Provide critical financial insights and analysis to support strategic decision-making -
- Playing a key role in shaping the business objectives
- Preparation of material for prospective investors, shareholders, finance providers
- Including long term business plans, due diligence and/or integration activities
- Overall responsibility for the Finance, HR and ESG functions
- Prepare and present the annual budget, forecasts and rolling forecasts
- Provide financial guidance and support for new tenders and bids
- Responsible for the external annual audit process including R&D claims submissions
- Manage cash balances, forecasts and any fundraising processes
- Oversee all areas of financial management and reporting including monthly
- Management accounts, billing, credit control, company payroll, quarterly VAT returns
- Implement internal controls and processes to ensure financial accuracy for achieving company wide goals
- Business partner to CEO and COO to benchmark and ensure operational efficiency
- Leadership and guidance for 3 teams; Finance, HR & ESG - total team 6 with 3 direct reports
Application process
- Start Date: ASAP
Salary benchmarks
Our take
There is a big trend towards cycling and urban mobility solutions in general, with many bike and scooter sharing brands coming to market over the last few years. Beryl started out by producing a bike light, seeing early success when London's fleet of sharing bikes ran by TFL adopted the lights.
They have now produced a bike of their own and have expanded their mission from bike lights to providing infrastructure for cities to run shared bike schemes. Beryl is working closely with cities rather than pursuing hyper-aggressive expansion (like bike-sharing companies Mobike or Ofo in London, who have either pulled out of the city or dramatically reduced their coverage), which has given them the edge in building a more sustainable business in the space.
Beryl is strategically extending its services in locations across the UK where it has seen popularity, such as in Hereford. Further, recent e-scooter legislation from the UK government means that e-scooters could become legal on the roads. If this goes ahead, the market for the company will significantly widen and Beryl's customers will have another sustainable way to get around cities.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- 32 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
- Free use Beryl bikes and e-scooters in multiple locations
- Personal annual learning and development budget
- Company paid sick leave
- Offices regularly stocked with fresh fruit, snacks and drinks
- Tech scheme - discounted tech and furniture
- Work from anywhere policy (2 weeks per year)
- Birthdays off
- Employee Assistance Program (mental health, wellbeing support and counselling)
- Employer pension contributions
- Discounted gym memberships across the UK
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Emily Brooke
(NEC)Studied Physics at Oxford then Product Design at Brighton. Joined the first cohort of Entrepreneur First where she founded Beryl.
Philip Ellis
(CEO)Previously worked for Deloitte for 3 years in Strategy & Operations.
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