People & Performance Director
Twinings
Head of Finance and HR Operations
Acorn Training Ltd
full-time
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Origin: • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £42,000 - £48,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Lead and oversee the Finance function including payroll, management accounts, cashflow forecasting and budget monitoring
- Ensure monthly and year-end reconciliations, journals and statutory returns are accurate and timely
- Manage the Finance Assistant and day-to-day transactions, payments and reconciliations
- Prepare management accounts and financial reports for the COO and EMT, highlighting risks, trends and opportunities
- Support the COO with budgeting, forecasting and financial models for tenders and contracts
- Liaise with external accountants and auditors to ensure compliance and audit-readiness
- Monitor expenditure, drive value for money and ensure costs align with budgets
- Ensure compliance with HMRC requirements (PAYE, VAT, P11D, company returns)
- Lead automation and digitisation of finance processes to improve efficiency and reporting
- Oversee HR administration: contracts, absence, recruitment paperwork and policy compliance
- Line-manage HR staff, provide first-line HR advice and escalate complex issues to COO or HR legal team
- Coordinate wellbeing and engagement initiatives and act as link to external employment law/legal advisors
- Provide accurate and timely HR and Finance data to the COO and EMT to support decision making
- Promote continuous improvement across finance and HR systems, policies and reporting and champion EDI and wellbeing priorities
Requirements
- AAT Level 4 (essential)
- Strong IT literacy including Microsoft Office, Excel, HRIS and financial systems (Sage or equivalent) (essential)
- Working towards or achieved a professional accounting qualification (CIMA or ACCA) or willingness to work towards
- CIPD Level 5 or equivalent professional HR qualification
- Management or leadership qualification (desirable)
- Leadership experience across Finance and/or HR functions (essential)
- Proven track record of delivering financial stability, accurate reporting and robust compliance (essential)
- HR experience including employee relations, organisational development, cultural change and TUPE (essential)
- Experience within education, employability, or skills sectors (desirable)
- Excellent understanding of UK employment law, HR best practice and workforce planning (essential)
- Strong financial acumen and commercial awareness; ability to analyse complex data (essential)
- Ability to identify opportunities to automate and digitise finance processes (essential)
- Ability to check information accurately and identify trends in financial information (essential)
- Ability to work flexibly within a team; proactive, innovative and forward-thinking
- High integrity, resilience and discretion handling sensitive/confidential matters
- Exceptional leadership, communication and influencing skills
- Skilled in presenting complex information clearly to financial and non-financial stakeholders
