At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead finance functions and drive growth at Pact Coffee, ensuring financial accuracy and insights.
- Company: Join Pact Coffee, a B Corp dedicated to exceptional coffee and ethical practices.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, generous holiday, and a monthly coffee allowance.
- Other info: Embrace a collaborative culture with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a passionate team while enjoying great coffee every day.
- Qualifications: Strong accounting knowledge and experience in inventory-intensive businesses required.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 75000 £ per year.
About Pact Coffee
At Pact, we're obsessed with incredible coffee. We seek out the world's best coffee growers - farmers whose skill and dedication produce coffees of rare quality. They deserve more than a fair price: they deserve to see their coffee relished... savoured... talked about. Our role is to honour that work - by roasting with precision, making every step effortless for our customers, and holding ourselves to the same uncompromising standards. We want every cup to reflect the care of the grower, the rigour of our team, and the unmistakable pleasure of coffee at its best.
As a proud B Corp, we're committed to doing business the right way. That means we're held to account - for how we trade, how we treat people, and how we treat the land we use. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do, from working closely with growers to working as a team to improve how we bring quality coffee to our customers. If you share our infectious enthusiasm for exceptional coffee and want to make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.
The Role
We are looking for a hands-on, commercially minded Head of Finance to lead the day-to-day finance function and support Pact Coffee's next phase of growth. Reporting directly to the CFO, the Head of Finance will also have the support of a Management Accountant. Together, we aim to strengthen financial control, improve management information and provide greater commercial insight across the business.
What You'll Be Doing
- Owning responsibility for the day-to-day finance functions
- Improving the month-end process, without compromising accuracy
- Building monthly profitability reporting to support better commercial decisions
- Strengthening stock controls, stock reconciliations and COGS reporting
- Establishing business partnering relationships with D2C, B2B, Grocery, Coffee and Operations, providing financial insights to improve decision-making
- Developing a joined-up demand planning process to support purchasing, production and labour planning
- Maintaining a weekly 13-week cash flow forecast and improving short-term cash visibility
- Improving credit control processes, escalation routes and management of overdue customers
- Identifying opportunities to improve and automate finance processes
- Mentor and develop the Management Accountant
We're looking for:
- Demonstrable technical accounting knowledge, including balance sheet controls, VAT and statutory reporting
- Recent experience in an inventory-intensive business, ideally manufacturing, production or FMCG
- Strong understanding of stock, COGS and margin accounting
- Experience in forecasting, financial modelling and data analysis
- Track record of improving and automating finance processes
- Strong commercial curiosity and the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders
- A proactive approach to solving problems and taking ownership
Benefits
Here are some of the perks we currently offer:
- Salary bracket: £70k to £75k
- 23 days holiday (increasing annually up to 27 days) plus 3 days extra between Christmas & New Year, plus a day off for your birthday!
- Hybrid working model (everyone is in the office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)
- Flexible working, with core hours (10-4)
- Monthly at-home coffee allowance
- Income Protection
- Group Life Assurance
- Enhanced Workplace Pension
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Workplace Nursery Benefit
- Employee Assistance Program (inc. counselling)
Equality Statement
Pact Coffee is an equal opportunities employer, and we are committed to improving the diversity of our workforce. We encourage candidates from all minority groups and will consider your application regardless of age, gender, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability, marital status, pregnancy or socio-economic background. If you don't meet all the key requirements for this role, but you'd really like to be a part of the Pact team why not drop us an email to establish whether we can support your application with any reasonable adjustments.
Head of Finance employer: Pact Coffee | B Corp™
Pact Coffee is an exceptional employer that champions a collaborative and inclusive work culture, where every team member is valued for their contributions to our mission of delivering outstanding coffee. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we offer a range of benefits including flexible working hours, generous holiday allowances, and opportunities for professional development, all while being part of a B Corp that prioritises ethical business practices. Join us in making a meaningful impact in the coffee industry, where your passion for quality and sustainability can thrive.
