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This role is a once in a career opportunity

Our clients business is scaling 100% year on year in revenue and people. That can be a lot of change to handle and means there is no real 'business as usual’.

You will be required to build a world-class business management function and take ownership of operational enablement and control of the business including finances, operational processes, forecasting, risk management, and legal. You will manage the expansion of the business from 150 to 300+ personnel, and from £20m to £60m revenue in the next 24 to 36 months.

You will be a core part of our leadership team supporting and working with them to make the right decisions. This role is an interim step to a scaled COO function and so the ideal candidate will see themselves driving towards a COO career path.


Key skills and experience

Our client want people who will grow with the business, so we don’t necessarily expect you to have experience in every area highlighted in this specification. So long as you are willing to challenge yourself and grow. That said however, our experience in this space tells us there is a few areas you will absolutely need experience in to make a rapid impact in our business.

  • Have experience in running a consulting business
  • Have a compelling vision for what a world-class, data-led business management function looks like
  • Have experience in a high growth business
  • A focus on detail and propensity for action.

Although we don’t expect you to do everything yourself, we are a growing business and that means you’ll commonly be involved in the detail. We need someone who can quickly move from strategic discussions and supporting the leadership team in decision making, to understanding trends in data. We’re a data business, we need an operations manager who loves data, understands how to use it and sees the right MI as the core of business optimisation.


Responsibilities

Business MI and Leadership Decision Making
You will work proactively with the leadership team to drive effective decision making. You will drive an agenda of managing the business using the right information and proactively raise trends. You will also be the key decision maker for driving operational efficiency and financial optimisation.

Forecasting and Budgeting
You will own forecasting and budgeting across the business, working closely with the CEO to align this to the overall business strategy. You will design and run an efficient, responsive, accurate and data led forecast, optimising budgets and work with our data insights team to build the data visualisations required to analyse performance and optimise performance.

Finance Control, Optimisation and Tax
Working with our in house management accountant and external partners, you will own all aspects of finance, ensuring cashflow, invoicing, funding and tax management are optimised for continued growth.

Strategic Planning Support
You will own the key business performance information and be a significant voice in strategic planning based on your deep insight into the business’ current performance. Combined with our strategy team, you will drive decision making around the strategy and investment decisions of the business.

Business Operations Management
You will run all enabling aspects of the business to ensure the optimal performance of the entire team. This will cover all operational aspects of the business including supplier management, operational processes and facilities.

Legal
You will proactively work with external parties to ensure our legal, IP and contractual compliance and ensure we have appropriate legal cover across the business.


Benefits and compensation

  • Salary between £80k and £120k based on experience and skills
  • Comprehensive benefits package including private medical, wellbeing cover, discounted gym membership, and group life insurance
  • 33 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays)
  • Pension scheme with employer contribution
  • Entry into our company stock option scheme
  • Generous personal training budget for your professional development
  • Comprehensive coaching programme
  • Good work/life integration

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