Director Finance (£85k – £100k)

CogX
Director Finance (£85k – £100k)

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London, UK

Reporting To: CEO

Compensation: £85,000 – £100,000 / year

Description About CogX:

CogX’s is building the world’s biggest platform for leadership, creativity and innovation A social media platform and festival for global change makers. This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic team and a community of the most inclusive and forward-thinking leaders, CEOs, tech entrepreneurs, scientists, policy makers, artists, and activists in the world.

At CogX we address the most critical challenges and opportunities of our time, driving and galvanising the partnerships needed to make a difference to our mission statement “How do we get the next 10 years right?”. Our community & alumni partners have an array of global organisations and include Google, Sony, Vice, Goldman Sachs, BBC, Barclays, ThoughtWorks, BT, NHS, Tesla, Warner Music Group, PWC and Microsoft. We are backed by the UK’s most successful investors.

The Role:

The Director Finance is responsible for all management accounting, financial reporting, tax reporting and other statutory requirements across the CogX group of companies. This includes developing accounting principles, practices, procedures & controls to ensure accurate, timely financial activities and reporting.
Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the timely preparation of management accounts
• Lead the budget process for the annual cycle and all new initiatives
• Liaise with the CogX Finance Manager to manage the processing invoices and payments
• Responsible for cashflow reporting (actual and forecasting)
• Management of intercompany agreements and transactions
• Preparing statutory accounts
• Led the R&D tax credit application process
• Responsible for share options (including grant paperwork, tax reporting, HMRC valuation and accounting)
• Responsibility for all Company Secretarial Matters including board minutes, cap table, SEIS/EIS filings and Companies House filings
• Maintain robust internal controls and strong corporate governance required to minimise risks and suggest improvements to controls and processes
• Responsible for insurance policies for the Group and the annual Festival
• Manage and work closely with external auditors, tax advisors, bankers, corporate secretaries and other service providers to ensure compliance
• Manage and coach the CogX Finance Manager

Skills Knowledge and Expertise The preferred candidate MUST have

• 5+ years of management accounting experience including working in a fast paced start-up environment
• Hands on experience of using accounting software, preferably Xero
• UK statutory accounts and share option accounting experience
• Qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA or Equivalent

The preferred candidate SHOULD have

• Solid accounting/finance background with exposure to process documentation and improvements
• Experience of tax filings include EIS share schemes
• Experience of Company Secretarial matters
• Strong interpersonal and communication skill

Benefits Competitive Salary
Generous share options
Hybrid working
Pension