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    Director of Finance - United Kingdom - Wine & Spirit Education Trust

    Wine & Spirit Education Trust
    Wine & Spirit Education Trust United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Description

    Role:
    Director of Finance and Operations
    Flexible with 2 day per week
    Finance Manager, Head of Operations and Office Manager
    North South Wines is a young at heart, dynamic, forward thinking wine distributor.

    Set up in 2014 with a view to 'do things differently', North South Wines has become more than just your average wine distributor.

    It was the first wine distributor to gain B Corp Certification in 2023 and its tenacious team is determined to drive change for good.

    As a company that is part owned by three wineries it is also set up to directly supply better quality and better value products.


    Role Summary:

    The Director of Finance and Operations will act as co-pilot to the Managing Director, shaping future strategy whilst leading and developing Finance, Customer Services, Logistics, Legal, Office management, IT, and Sustainable Business Development to improve operational efficiency, increase profitability and manage risk.

    Provide investment appraisal to all areas of the business
    Lead the Sustainable Business Development for North South Wines along side the Sustainability Manager
    Financial Management
    Ensuring the robustness of all financial controls, processes, and systems, creating effective solutions, and implementing value adding change.
    Manage Foreign Exchange risk.
    Develop financial and tax strategies.
    Manage supplier credit limits and work with credit insurers to maximize cover.
    Implementing a "no surprises" reporting environment to provide business performance analysis.
    Manage relationships with banking providers, leveraging assets to maintain working capital whilst minimising costs.
    Lead the relationship with & evaluation of external auditors, including production of annual statutory accounts.
    Commercial Finance

    Drive a cultural change, embedding commercial finance business partnering into the organisation so all departments feel supported in making the most appropriate financial decision for the business.

    Delivery of robust budgeting, forecasting, and planning activities.
    Lead the management reporting process to deliver monthly accounts and quarterly board reports in a timely manner.
    Implement projects to increase profitability.
    Undertake competitor analysis to track trend and relative performance in the trade.
    Researching and reporting on factors influencing business performance.
    Sustainable Business Development
    Ensure governance of the business is in line with best sustainable practice.
    Reinforce a sustainable business culture across the teams.

    Partner with HR to review policies, processes, and benefits to ensure they keep up to date with best practices.

    Business Operations

    Create and lead the implementation of new processes and systems to enhance business operations systems, organisational procedures, information flow, planning and business processes.

    Office Management
    Management of Office Manager
    Manage Insurance providers to minimize risk and ensure appropriate cover at competitive cost.
    Legal and Company Secretary

    Manage all legal matters, support the contract negotiation process, and manage the contract approval process, participating directly in contract negotiation.

    Ensure that the regulatory requirements of all statutory bodies are met.
    Oversee the Company Secretary activities to manage compliance with Articles.
    Implementation of IT systems and software to improve communication, effective working and maximize efficiency.

    Oversee the financial system upgrade from existing MS Dynamics NAV platform to MS Dynamics 365 Business Central, with support from 3 rd party vendor.

    Leadership — leading all teams within the business to achieve organisational goals.
    Broad base of financial experience covering management, financial and statutory accounting
    Demonstrable track record of embedding business partnering culture into organisations, including acting as 2ic to MD.
    Creative. Financial acumen and a track record in delivering regular board information whilst leading a small team.
    Ability to work with a variety of external customers including banks, landlords, environmental representatives, suppliers, and customers.
    I am adventurous and creative.
    ~ Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

    At North South Wines we believe in building more value together, we see diversity in all forms as a source of enrichment.

    Our employment policies and practices ensure that we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment without regard to any individual's race, religion, creed, colour, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or characteristics or expression, political affiliation or activity, age, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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