Head of Finance

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated professional. Position Overview:

• The Head of Finance role is critical to stabilising cash flow, improving capital efficiency, strengthening reporting and accountability, and supporting sustainable, profitable growth.

Role Purpose

• The Head of Finance will be the senior Manager responsible for financial stewardship, performance management, and capital discipline across the business units. The role combines hands-on financial control with strategic leadership, ensuring that Bature Brewery operates within clear financial parameters while building the systems, reporting, and governance required for scale.

The HOF will play a central role in:

• Embedding KPI-led management and scorecard discipline

• Supporting a structured monthly performance and board reporting cycle

• Managing liquidity, working capital, and creditor exposure

• Supporting equity and debt investment processes

• Leading the receivable management process

• Enabling informed, data-driven decision-making across the executive team

Key Responsibilities Financial Strategy & Executive Partnership:

• Act as a core strategic partner to the CEO, contributing to business strategy, capital planning, and long-term sustainability.

• Translate strategic objectives into clear financial plans, constraints, and performance targets.

• Provide independent financial judgement and challenge to executive and operational decisions.

• Support scenario planning and stress-testing to guide decisions under different growth and liquidity conditions.

Governance, Reporting & Performance Management:

• Own the financial component of the company’s governance framework, ensuring clarity, discipline, and transparency.

Lead the development and maintenance of:

• Executive scorecards

• Departmental KPIs

• Monthly performance dashboards covering financial and operational metrics

Drive a robust monthly performance meeting cadence, ensuring:

• Accurate, timely reporting

• Clear variance analysis versus budget, prior periods, and targets

• Action-oriented insights rather than backward-looking reporting

• Prepare board-level and shareholder-level financial reporting aligned to agreed governance standards.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Cash Management:

• Lead annual budgeting and rolling forecasting processes, aligned to agreed strategic priorities and capacity constraints.

Maintain tight control over:

• Cash flow and liquidity

• Working capital (receivables, payables, inventory)

• Short-term and medium-term cash runway