Operations Director - Exeter, United Kingdom - Lloyd Barnes

Lloyd Barnes

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Exeter, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Operations Director/Chief Operating Officer

Exeter

Salary:
Exceptional Market Rate
Our client is a highly innovative Tech Startup located in Exeter. They are seeking to appoint a dynamic & proactive Operations Director/Chief Operating Officer.

This exceptional opportunity is both a strategic & leadership role, in which the successful appointee will be responsible for championing a culture of innovative thinking, scientific excellence, entrepreneurship, and strategic execution.

The core areas of responsibility will include:

Supporting negotiations on external contracts, creating & strengthening a wide network of partnerships as required to support the business.
Overseeing all Investor liaison and quarterly updates.
Researching similar company valuations, and setting strategy for seed/series A funding rounds, to cover cash runway and programme funding.
New Venture Capital Fund introductions and research.
Overseeing due diligence investor queries.
Be the main point of contact for all corporate legal work, including equity rounds.
Overseeing production of all investorrelated documents.
Overseeing external communication agencies.
Setting the annual R&D operating budget and commercial business plan.
Overseeing an Executive Assistant.
Signing off monthly payroll services with the external payroll provider.
Be the main contact point for external auditors and accountants who prepare the year end accounts.
Preparing / reviewing quarterly management accounts.
Preparing quarterly Executive summary report and main board report for board meetings.
Organising and attending regular quarterly board meetings.
Overseeing and approving supplier payments.
Helping to guide the creation of employee remuneration packages.
Be a key contact point for supporting HR agency who oversee all HR issues as needed.
Be key decision maker and budget holder for all staffonly related events.
Assisting the Executive Assistant to organise all investor or employee meetings or events.
Overseeing preparation of new employee contracts and offer documents.

If you have extensive experience within Startup environments and are looking for a rewarding new challenge, please contact our Commercial Director, Jamie Wall for a confidential discussion.