DEPUTY HEAD OF UK FAMILY OFFICE – Art, Film & TV Production & Property Development

A London and Sussex-based Family Office with varied interests that currently include Art and Film production and Property Development, is looking for an ACA-qualified Deputy Head of UK Family Office, with strong experience of tax and legal matters.

Due to increasing growth and complexity of the group, there is a need for direct support for the Head of Family Office overseeing multiple projects and a diverse portfolio of companies for the Principals, strengthening the existing finance team and helping to guide the financial activities of the business.

Accounting experience is a pre-requisite and familiarity with Xero, extremely useful. The successful candidate will likely have a practice background and understanding of legal and tax implications and structures will be helpful, enabling rigorous review and discussion of documents and proposals.

As this is a new position the successful applicant will be expected to be pro-active in seeking ways that they might get involved to lighten the workload of the Head of the Family Office and to carve out a meaningful role for themselves. An audit background may be useful as this will be somewhat of a roving role with involvement in many aspects of the Principals’ activities, offering support, asking questions and getting hands-on knowledge and involvement in the multifarious projects with which they are engaged.

This is an extremely busy and fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will also likely have previous Family Office experience and thus understand the need to be flexible (both in range of duties and hours), autonomous and very “hands-on”, rather than relying on a support team.

This will be a senior role that will report directly to the Head of the Family Office.

Hours:                  Full time

Location:              London and Sussex

Salary:                  Dependant on experience

Start Date:            ASAP

Interviewing:        ASAP

Driver:                  Preferable

Special notes:      ACA Qualified

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Provide high standard and efficient support to the Head of UK Family Office in operational, administration, legal and finance matters
• Project management across corporate and personal activities
• Monitoring costs and expenditure across all projects and entities and development of new financial analysis to add to a growing suite of comprehensive reporting
• Development and maintenance of strong financial systems
• Financial modelling
• Development of annual budgets and forecasts
• Handling personal and corporate tax matters
• Corporate structuring
• Company secretarial and other compliance matters
• Insurance
• Engagement with professional advisers
• HR
• Act as a proxy for the Head of the UK Family Office as necessary

The successful candidate will be a crucial part of a small and focussed team working across a large number of businesses and projects. The following are considered essential attributes:

• Graduate
• Fully qualified ACA
• Experience of developing and maintaining financial analyses
• Extensive experience of financial modelling
• Proven track record of systems implementation and maintenance
• Excellent IT skills, demonstrable proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Extensive management and statutory accounts experience
• Excellent written and verbal English
• Strong attention to detail
• High level of personal integrity and discretion
• Enquiring mind
• Experience of Xero
• Self-motivating and solutions driven
• Flexible, professional, and personable
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and be able to successfully communicate with people at all levels within and outside of the organization

Positive but not essential attributes include: 

• Driving Licence and access to own vehicle
• French 

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