Chief Financial Officer

Competitive base salary of £150,000 - £200,000 (DoE) Hi, we’re Northern Gas and Power Northern Gas and Power (a subsidiary of Global Procurement Group) is an international energy procurement specialist and is the largest energy consultancy in Europe. We guide businesses of all sizes ranging from SMEs to global organisations in purchasing their energy contracts. We set up comprehensive strategies for organisations to procure their energy contracts; negotiate contracts with energy suppliers; introduce and operate risk management frameworks; collect, check, and analyse invoices; and calculate organisations’ GHG emissions and carbon footprints. Our consultancy is supported by our unique ClearVUE platform that brings together and visualises information from a global energy portfolio down to the last detail – helping our clients work towards their Net Zero goals and ensuring compliance with climate-related legislation. Join our global family, with modern and vibrant offices in the UK, France, Malta, India, and Italy. Be part of a team that’s leading the way in energy consultancy and helping businesses make informed decisions about their energy consumption. What is the job about? Reporting to the CEO, the purpose of this role is to lead the core finance teams across the Group. The role is responsible for all reporting requirements and ensuring a robust financial control framework and systems are in place. You will manage audit, VAT & Tax matters along with international cross border transactions, stakeholder liaison, and driving world class performance from the team. What exactly will you do?

• Perform risk management by analysing the organisations liabilities and investments.
• Decide on investment strategies by considering cash and liquidity risks.
• Control and evaluate the organisations fundraising plans and capital structure.
• Responsible for ensuring accountability of Senior Finance leaders ensuring performance of the team is managed.
• Efficient and proactive cash management including strong invoice collection and optimising cash holdings across the holding company and subsidiaries.
• Manage vendor relationships.
• Champion compliance with the law and company’s policies
• Ensure team performance is achieved.
• Managing financial control, risk, and group reporting
• Developing financial strategy (ideally with private equity experience) to drive the company’s financial planning.
• Reviewing, condensing, and presenting business finance reports to the CEO
• Monitoring the business’ financial plans
• Building and maintaining compliance
• Managing group tax planning and accounting
• Implement and manage budgets.
• Management of investment and fundraising
• Cash flow management

• Excellent knowledge of international tax policies across multiple tax jurisdictions
• Transfer pricing experience
• Experience of cross border transactions
• Experience/knowledge of UK and French GAAP
• Previous experience in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
• In depth knowledge of corporate financial law and risk management practices
• Excellent knowledge of data analysis and forecasting methods
• Proficient in the use of MS Office and financial management software (e.g. SAP)
• Energy Sales Industry experience is preferred but not essential.

• Must be agile and perform well under pressure in a fast-growing global company.
• Ability to transform the global finance function.
• Strong leadership and organisational skills
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Confident to challenge with a robust attitude.

• Highly competitive base salary between £150,000 - £200,000 DoE
• Private Health Care
• Company Car Allowance
• 23 days of annual leave + bank holidays, with an additional fully-paid month off in December (incentivised)
• Opportunities for international travel and work in our offices across the globe
• Unrivalled perks(including but not limited to):
• Additional time off in December (incentivised)
• Company getaways and retreats abroad!
• Exclusive discounts on dining at selected restaurants!
• Cinema society membership
• Festival and Event tickets (including Silverstone, Wimbledon, Tomorrowland, Lost & Found, Champions League and many more!!)