Requirements: English
Company: Roly Recruitment
Region: Lille , Hauts-de-France
Our client is a dynamic, global asset management and hedge fund group with representation in Europe and North America. Due to a long-term succession plan, they are now looking to appoint a new Chief Financial Officer to oversee their finance department and play a key role in business strategy.
This role will work directly with the CEO and the founders of the business. As a small to mid-sized company, they are ideally seeking a less experienced Deputy Head of Finance or junior CFO who is looking to make the next step in their career and whom they can invest in for the long-term.
You should ideally have at least 7-10 years of experience within a senior finance or internal audit role within an asset management, hedge fund, or private equity firm. Exposure to both equity and fixed income funds is an advantage.
Main Responsibilities
- Responsible for all administrative, accounting, financial, and tax functions across the group.
- Leading the finance and administration department, including staff oversight of 2 finance professionals.
- Advising executive management on financial, tax, and accounting matters.
- Ensuring compliance with tax regulations, particularly transfer pricing.
- Managing relationships with third parties such as accounting firms, statutory auditors, and advisors.
- Managing cash flow: daily monitoring, forecasting, and investments.
- Handling all corporate administrative and legal secretarial duties, including articles of association, general meetings, minutes, statutory records, and regulatory compliance.
- Managing relationships with service providers such as lawyers, insurers, office managers, and suppliers.
- Producing regulatory financial reports for authorities like the AMF in France, FCA, and SEC, in collaboration with the Compliance department, and responding to Due Diligence Questionnaires.
- Overseeing management control and accounting information systems.
- Conducting financial and strategic analysis, including modeling, profitability and risk simulations, and decision support.
Skills Required
- 7-10 years of experience within a senior finance function, ideally including time at an audit or accounting firm and then in a similar role within asset management, hedge fund, or private equity firm.
- Higher education in finance, accounting, or management, such as a business school or equivalent Masters degree.
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken, in an international context.
- Strong command of IT tools including office software, accounting software, and ERP systems.
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