Finance & Partnership Director

Job description

About the role

Brown&Co is seeking an experienced and commercially minded Finance & Partnership Director to lead the Firm’s financial strategy, oversee all financial operations, and provide governance and administrative support to the Partnership. This is a senior leadership role sitting on the Management Board and working closely with the Managing Partner and Divisional Heads.

You will lead the Finance Team, deliver high quality financial insight, ensure strong financial controls, and support long term planning, modelling and decision making across the Firm. The role also carries responsibility for LLP governance, Partner administration and the smooth running of Partnership meetings.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Brown&Co’s financial strategy, long term planning and financial modelling
• Provide commercial insight and strategic advice to the Managing Partner and Partnership
• Oversee financial management, reporting, controls, cashflow and liquidity
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax regulations and statutory requirements
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and multi year financial planning
• Manage external audit, banking relationships and treasury
• Support Partner drawings, capital accounts, profit allocations and governance processes
• Produce clear, concise Board and Partnership papers
• Maintain LLP governance documents, policies and compliance returns
• Coordinate Partnership meetings, agendas, papers, voting and confidential matters
• Lead, develop and manage the Finance Team

Requirements

• ACA/ACCA qualified
• Significant senior finance leadership experience (FD, Head of Finance or equivalent)
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and financial modelling capability
• Strategic thinker with excellent commercial judgement
• High integrity, discretion and organisational awareness
• Strong communicator able to influence senior stakeholders
• Experienced leader with a proactive, solutions focused approach
  

Why Join Brown&Co?

This is a high impact role at the centre of the Firm’s strategic and financial decision making. You will work closely with Partners, shape long term financial direction, and play a key part in the governance and future growth of Brown&Co.

How to Apply
For a private and confidential discussion, please call Charles Whitaker on 07768 465 731 or to apply send your CV and covering letter to hr@brown-co.com

Our Benefits

• A holiday scheme starting at 25 days holiday increasing by 1 day each year to 28 days after 3 years of service
• Life Assurance of four times your basic salary
• Private Medical Cover including Westfield Health cashplan (After passed probationary period)
• Travel Insurance (After passed probationary period)
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, adoption and shared parental leave benefits
• Holiday Buy Back Scheme
• Long Service Awards
• One Volunteering Day for your chosen charity each year.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not tolerate discriminatory behaviour of any kind, in line with the Equality Act 2010. 

Core working hours are Monday – Friday 9.00am – 17.30pm.

This is a permanent full-time position based on 37.5 hours (Monday – Friday). We also operate a ‘Smart Working’ policy, enabling our employees to enjoy a work/life balance.

Important Notice to Recruitment Agencies

Brown&Co does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruitment agencies. We will only pay agency fees where a signed Terms of Business agreement is in place, and the agency has been formally instructed by our HR team.

Any CVs submitted to Brown&Co - including to employees or Partners - without prior HR authorisation will be considered unsolicited, and no fees will be payable.