Interim Finance Director (Maternity leave), Financial Services W2

Core purpose of the role:

Reporting directly to the CFO, the Finance Director will oversee day-to-day financial operations of Record Financial Group.

This role is instrumental in ensuring financial management and operational efficiency of the company. We are seeking an experienced senior accountant to cover a period of maternity leave from July 2025 for 15 months to ensure the smooth running of the financial control function and the team in this period.

This is an excellent opportunity to work for a unique and well established business in the investment management sector.

About Record Financial Group: Record is a leading specialist currency and asset manager with $100.9 billion (as at end March 2025) in Assets Under Management. Record’s services include currency management, sustainable finance, and asset management. Our clients are largely institutions, including pension funds, charities, foundations and endowments Record’s offices are in London, Zürich, New York, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt. We are listed on the London Stock Exchange. The finance team are based in London.

Key areas of responsibility and activities:

The successful candidate will manage the following on a domestic and international basis

• Daily accounting operations

• Monthly, quarterly and annual reports

• Regulatory compliance working with key internal stakeholders

• Ensure appropriate corporate tax compliance

• Oversight of the monthly payroll processes, including annual payroll related returns and share based payments

• Ensure compliance with statutory laws and regulations

• Coordinate the audit process with colleagues

•Assist with budgets and forecasts where required

• Support the CFO in presenting reports to senior leadership and the board

• Lead, coach and develop the finance team

• Conduct regular 1-2-1s

• Direction and involvement in related ad hoc projects

• Responsible for maintaining and improving current processes, procedures and formats, including the generation of ideas to the implementation of new methods of working and the maintenance of accurate system, policies and procedural notes.

Requirements

• Educated to Degree standard

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified with at least 10 – 15 years post qualification experience focused on financial control and management accounting. Important to have a detailed knowledge of UK accounting and corporate taxation rules from a major commercial sector.

• Willingness to learn and input on our international business

• Highly numerate with an advanced proficiency in Excel, and a developed skill in financial modelling perhaps developed through FP&A work

• Professional with high energy an ability to learn quickly and master a new brief

• Flexible to the changing requirements of a fast moving company in the global financial services sector

• Open to learning the business and culture of Record Financial Group plc, our sector and our regulatory context to ensure compliance with relevant standards

• Good communicator; careful listener.

Confident of leading a team of highly motivated finance professionals

• Ability to work autonomously as well as manage multiple projects and to tight deadline (s)

• Confidence and ability to work with senior colleagues across the Group

• Commitment to meaningful continuous improvement with the proactivity to drive ideas forward to improve efficiencies

• Confident of using different technologies in the finance function for example knowledge of SAP Business ByDesign would be useful

• Be available from mid July 2025 for full time work.

Benefits:

• Bonus scheme – paid twice a year (usually November & June)

• Pension – defined contribution scheme: 11% employer contribution plus may elect for additional personal contributions. Some cash flexibility allowed

• Study support for further qualifications. Full support and training from the company and the team

• Private medical (BUPA) employee cover – option to purchase cover for partner and family

• Dental insurance – employee cover and option to purchase cover for partner and family

• Life insurance

• Permanent health insurance

• Medical health assessments

• Ride2Work cycle scheme

• Salary sacrifice car scheme

• Train travel season ticket loan

• Subsidised gym membership

• Share Incentive Plan (SIP) with Record matching

• 20 Days minimum holiday, discretional additional holiday may be taken

Equal Opportunities Statement

Record is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.

For our employees to reach their full potential they need to feel valued, included and respected. This is the culture that Record works towards and, as part of this, we celebrate individual differences and aim to promote a sense of belonging.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we have an inclusive recruitment process and will hire anyone from any background. Where there are barriers to applying, we are committed to discussing options with you to make the process more accessible and provide reasonable adjustments.