Director, Finance - 6 Month FTC

Who are we?

We are the originators of influencer marketing.

Influencer is an agency built at the intersection of creativity, data, and technology with a unique 'people power & platform power' approach.

From big brand launches to shifting perceptions and from riding fast trends to driving footfall, Influencer builds ideas with impact to deliver outcomes that drive your business forward via an unmatched client experience.

Campaigns are underpinned by Influencer's game-changing proprietary technologies, which are supercharged by official partnerships and data integrations with the world's leading social platforms for real-time and accurate reporting. Influencer is an Official Global Marketing Partner of both TikTok and Meta.

We believe the more tangible, scaled outcomes that creators produce drive impact beyond just likes and impressions. Influencer is championing the 'True Human Influence' movement; on a mission for creator campaigns to be judged in the same way as other media activations.

Founded by OG YouTube creator Caspar Lee & entrepreneur Ben Jeffries, Influencer has been helping brands navigate the ever-evolving influencer marketing landscape since 2015. In that time they have developed valuable knowledge, experience, and technology that have enabled them to deliver thousands of campaigns, for hundreds of brands in markets across the world. Today, Influencer has a team of 120+ of the best talent in the industry, working across Europe, North America, and the Middle East. From Google to Coca-Cola, from Amazon to Microsoft, and from TikTok to Meta - they work with companies, brands, and agencies across every vertical, building meaningful relationships between brands, creators, and their audiences.

Job Title

Director, Finance

Reporting of the role

This role reports to the CFO

Overview of the job

As the Director, Finance you will be a qualified Accountant with strong Management and Financial Accounting skills, along with finance systems skills, advanced Excel skills with a great ability to analyze, manipulate and interpret data. Experience within a fast-paced, high growth environment and multi-country subsidiaries is essential. With a high degree of flexibility to get involved and help to get things done.

3 best things about the job

1. You will be working across the Senior Teams of the business, supporting various financial and non-financial stakeholders with key decision making.
2. This role will be instrumental in driving global business support due to the increased global activity driven by the growth of the business.
3. This role can have a direct impact on driving business success and cash management.

Measures of success -
In the first few months, you would have:

1. Built strong relationships with Key Senior personnel across the global business, including our external back office support teams.
2. Reviewed and revised the roles and responsibilities of your Team for optimum financial operations.
3. Be leading our reporting (and ideas for improvement).
4. Have a full understanding of our requirements around cash repatriation and the most cost-effective way to achieve this.
5. Embedded yourself in the broader Finance and Business Affairs Team and feel a part of Influencer.

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Leadership of the Financial Reporting Team.
2. Full ownership of preparing and publishing monthly financial statements for management accounts and revenue reporting (P&L, balance sheet and statutory cash flow analysis with commentary). Currently five legal entities with different operating currencies, along with full ownership of consolidation.
3. Manage all accounting operations including Billing, AR, AP, Treasury, Cost Accounting and Revenue Recognition. Work with the People Team to support on local and international payroll checking.
4. Cash focused, responsible for working capital management both the immediate term 13 week cash flow and the needs across the full year and rolling 12 months. Including Tax efficient repatriation of cash.
5. Manage compliance of government/statutory reporting requirements and tax filing across our territories with the use of advisors. Covering Corporation Tax, Transfer pricing, Withholding tax and VAT.
6. Research technical accounting issues for compliance with the assistance of advisors when required.
7. Business partnering with budget holders on a regular basis, ensuring your Team support budget holders with cost management (spend to date) and reforecasting against the annual budget.
8. Work closely with the Director, FP&A in the production of the annual budget and 3 year plan.
9. Drive improvements and efficiencies in financial processes, improving efficiency and reduce preparation time.
10. Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls across the business.
11. Ownership of Annual Statutory Reporting, taking the Audit lead, ensure the preparation of audit files and associated schedules.
12. Constant improvement mindset, identifying areas of weakness and suggest improvements.
13. Additional finance duties as necessary.

What you will need:

1. Qualified CIMA, ACCA or ACA c. 4 years post qualified experience.
2. Minimum 3 years Financial reporting experience within commerce.
3. Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
4. Experience in fast paced business environment with international subsidiaries, working to tight deadlines.
5. Experience in consolidating accounts or ability to demonstrate the skill.
6. Multi-currency exposure.
7. Advanced Excel skills.
8. Analytical thinking - ability to manage, simplify, interpret and analyse large amounts of data.
9. Accuracy and attention to detail.
10. Be able to adapt and keep pace with a fast-moving environment that changes and flexes to meet business needs.

Desirable:

1. Knowledge of Hubspot.
2. Knowledge of Xero and Joiin Accounting Systems.
3. International and specifically US experience.

A few of our core benefits:

1. Private Healthcare through Vitality.
2. Wellbeing support through Vitality including EAP & Mental Health cover.
3. 25 days of Annual Leave (+ Bank Holidays which can be flexed to your needs).

For more information on our benefits, perks and what makes us unique, please visit our website here .

At Influencer, we're committed to cultivating an environment that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion. We promote DEI in our workplace and are a global community who believe our unique qualities should be celebrated. We want everyone at Influencer to bring their authentic selves to work every day, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We are committed to embedding Diversity, Equity & Inclusion into everything we do at Influencer, making it part of our culture. All we ask is that you have a passion for Influencer Marketing and a desire to be a part of one of the fastest growing companies within this exciting industry.