Head of Finance
Job Description
Job title: Head of Finance
Company: Vanti
Job description: Head of Finance
About Vanti
At Vanti, we’re not satisfied with how buildings work. We’re on a mission to drive positive change in how buildings are designed, built and operated for the benefit of people who interact with them and for the betterment of our planet.
This isn’t some vaporous claim or goal, either. We’re now an accredited B-Corp with a legal commitment to driving systems change.
We don’t put the shackles on creativity. We actively encourage inclusive, outside-the-box thinking to deliver innovative solutions to complex challenges. We’re striving to lead the way in educating the industries we serve on best practice for future generations.
At Vanti, no one day is the same. We don’t work on projects which require templated, one-size fits all cookie-cutter solutions which inhibit positive systems change.
You could be delivering fully integrated smart buildings for blue-chip clients such as Informa, Citi Group or Allianz or conducting critical research on the future of electric flying vehicles and the security and consumption of the energy grid for electric cars.
We realise that to achieve our ambitions we need talented people and a first-class working environment which contributes to everyone’s success. As well as a range of company-wide benefits we provide flexibility for individuals via our agile working policy, so you can reach your potential and deliver your best work around the challenges of everyday life.
We’d love you to join our mission and help us on our journey.
About the role
What you’ll be doing
We are looking for an intelligent, passionate and caring Finance ‘person’, (we don’t place emphasis on titles and hope you don’t either) to help Vanti scale and grow in line with our client and industry demands.
You will be at the very centre of our business working directly with the Governance and Finance team to oversee and provide effective strategic advice and hands-on financial support to the whole business. We’re looking for a keen self-starter with a hands-on approach and an eagle-eye for detail. You will be accountable for everything within our Finance function from management and financial accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, our regulatory returns, and strategy. You’ll have full responsibility for overall financial forecasting, reporting and analysis; ensuring our internal Project and Service delivery teams operate within their budgets. You will play a pivotal role in leveraging our recently implemented state-of-the-art ERP system.
It will be key that you have the passion, care and drive to help Vanti grow and develop in the long term.
About you
We’re a complex business operating within complex industries, and we recognise that it might not suit everyone. That’s why we look for the right personality and culture fit before we look at skills and experience, and we try not to put too much importance on qualifications (unless they’re absolutely essential for the role, like an electrician for example). We’ve highlighted below what we think would be the ideal skills and experience for this role, but if you think you’ve got relevant transferrable skills and experience feel free to apply and make sure this is highlighted in your application.
The ideal candidate will have all the below technical abilities:
- Experience operating finance around projects and service agreements. Some of our projects operate on an ‘application for payment’ basis. As such, a working knowledge of the associated process and its potential issues or experience in an industry reliant on it would be desirable, but not essential.
- Experience working on ERP Systems
- Experience working with a manager-owned businesses and/or high growth SMEs (desirable)
We also think you should be/have:
- You LOVE finance and even more than that, helping others to love and understand it too.
- You love helping businesses to grow and shape strategic decisions, but you’ll happily roll your sleeves up to ‘get the job done’ – including necessary but mundane tasks.
- You don’t need a clear set of frameworks, rules, goals and guidelines to be successful – you’re happy to work in a developing culture and business and take ownership of developing these yourself.
- You want to have the chance to impact the company’s growth and evolution.
Benefits and compensation
Salary
Because we know how important it is to give people an idea of what they’d be earning in this role, the salary range we’ve got in mind is £50,000-£60,000 If that sounds ok to you (or even if it doesn’t), we’d like to say a bit more about salaries, so please read on…
We have a rough idea in mind of what salaries we pay for certain types of roles based on current team members and market rate (hence the range we’ve advertised for this role), but we prefer to have conversations with candidates and discuss what they’re looking for. We would hate to say, “we will only pay up to £60,000” and for that to put someone off who could add huge value to our growth journey.
We’re transparent and happy to chat about all things finance and money very openly, so feel free to ask us if you’d like to know more!
Additional benefits
- Agile working policy – giving you the ability to work at the location, and at the times, that work best for you (where your role allows this)
- Life assurance scheme (4x annual salary)
- Critical illness cover
- Company discounts/vouchers – earned through creating healthy lifestyle habits
- Annual Christmas party, and an annual Team Day
- Bespoke training & development opportunities, both internally and externally (on Technology, Systems, Soft Skills, Team Building, Construction – whatever you feel might add value to your role)
- 25 days holiday + statutory holiday (33 total)
- Statutory Pension Contributions
- Eyecare vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
Expected salary: £50000 – 60000 per year
Location: Birmingham
