Head of Finance
- Employer
- Hays Senior Finance
- Location
- London, England
- Salary
- GBP90000.0 - GBP100000.0 per annum + bonus and benefits
- Closing date
- 4 Mar 2025
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- Sector
- Legal
- Salary band
- £90,000 - £100,000, £100,000 - £125,000
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Where will they be working
- Hybrid - mostly office
Job Details

Your new company
I am working with a growing London Law Firm who are looking for a Head of Finance to join the team. This is an innovative, forward-thinking business with a strong focus on investing in its people and making it a great place to work. This is a newly created role offering the chance for you to mould and shape the role into your own.
Your new role
Reporting to the CFO, this is a broad and varied role with key duties and responsibilities including:
- Ownership for monthly MI and commentary
- Monitor KPI's and provide financial insights to support business performance
- Ownership of financial processes and controls across the firm
- Ownership of financial and statutory reporting
- Cashflow management
- Audit management
- Partnering with internal and external stakeholders including banks/
What you'll need to succeed
You will need to be a qualified accountant with a background in accounting practice preferred. You will have relevant industry experience within the legal or professional services sectors as well as a broad skill set capable of covering reporting, controls and analytical responsibilities. You will need strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities and a desire to innovate and drive change.
What you'll get in return
You will be rewarded with a competitive salary package and the opportunity to work in a progressive firm with a good work-life balance. This is a broad role with scope to make it your own and shape and drive the role moving forwards.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
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Company
At Hays we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. With over 50 years’ success under our belts and a workforce of 10,000+ people across 32 countries, we’ve evolved to put our customers at the heart of everything we do.
From CFO to Newly Qualified, we work with talented finance professionals and match them with organisations where they can achieve a lasting impact.
So much more than specialist recruiters in accounting and finance, what really sets us apart is our knowledge through scale, deep understanding and our ability to meaningfully innovate for our customers. All our consultants have strong relationships across the industry and the support of our extensive global network. That’s why organisations of all types and sizes – from international blue chips to SMEs – trust us to find the people who can help transform their business.
So, whether you want something local or international, permanent, or interim, we have the breadth of coverage and the depth of understanding to help you find it.
We have specialist recruitment teams in the following areas:
- Corporate Governance
- Credit Control
- Part-Qualified Accountant
- Payroll
- Public Practice Accounting
- Public Services Accounting
- Senior Finance – Qualified
- Support, Ledgers & Bookkeeping
- Tax & Treasury
You can rely on us to deliver today and help you plan for tomorrow
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