Job Description

About usAt Environment Bank, were working together to help restore natural habitats across England. With thousands of acres of new habitat creation already underway, our projects are delivering biodiversity gains and helping vital ecosystems to recover and flourish.Our diverse team includes ecologists, land managers, habitat specialists, geospatial analysts, planning advisors, account managers, digital creatives, legal experts, and more.From our habitat specialists to our sales and marketing teams, everyone at Environment Bank is a champion for our values, working towards our goal of reversing biodiversity loss.Environment Bank is a market-leading organisation in a sector thats experiencing rapid growth. Weve already built a highly skilled team of experts and were actively looking to expand our team in the coming months.Were incredibly proud of all we achieved so far and were still growing. If you'd like to be part of a driven organisation that's making a real difference, find your next role with the team at Environment Bank.About the roleThis role is required as maternity cover for the current Head of Finance. The current role is responsible for leading both the financial control and commercial finance functions. This is a key leadership role that combines financial governance with commercial insights, ensuring robust financial reporting, business partnering, and strategic decision support whilst developing and mentoring a finance team. The successful candidate will work closely with the CFO, leadership team, and operational departments to optimise financial performance and drive commercial success.What you'll be doingFinancial Control and Reporting

• Lead all financial reporting activities, ensuring compliance with UK accounting standards and regulations
• Oversee the preparation of monthly management accounts, annual financial statements and audit processes
• Maintain and enhance financial controls, ensuring strong governance across all transactions and expenditures
• Manage cash flow, working capital and treasury functions, including oversight of debt drawdowns and bonding requirements

Commercial Finance and Business Partnering

• Work alongside the Asset Manager as a key finance business partner to sales, land and operational teams, ensuring financial insights support strategic decision making
• Assist in the development of financial models to assess the viability of habitat banks, incorporating supply and demand dynamics and pricing strategies
• Support CFO in long term financial planning
• Lead alongside FP&A manager the forecasting, budgeting cycles and input to scenario analysis as required, ensuring alignment with the businesss commercial activities and priorities
• Provide pricing analysis and input into pricing decisions across the habitat bank estate

Systems, process and reporting optimisation

• Drive improvements in financial systems and processes, ensuring efficiency, accuracy and integration with operation platforms (currently Hubspot, Sage & Clickup)
• Lead a process review to improve financial workflows, approval mechanisms and automation of reporting functions

Leadership and team development

• Lead and develop the finance team, ensuring high performance and professional growth
• Foster a collaborative culture between finance, sales and land teams to improve financial awareness and commercial acumen

EDI & BelongingAt the heart of Environment Bank are the people, who make it all possible. We employ individuals, who share the same passion to live our Environment Bank mission and values.At Environment Bank we believe that fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace makes us more innovative, dynamic, and competitive. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone is valued and respected, free from discrimination based on race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status.Requirements

• ACCA/ACA qualified
• Commercial acumen. Forward thinker who enjoys working in a dynamic, growing business
• Strong communication skills. Clear and effective communicator of financial information with the ability to build relationships across the business

BenefitsAs an organisation, we believe that work should be fulfilling, inspiring, and balanced, so were creating a space where our team can thrive, both personally and professionally providing flexible working arrangements, mental wellbeing support, and more.We offer...
xf0x9fx8ex81 Performance-based annual bonus up to 10% of salary
xf0x9fx92xb8 Pension scheme with employer-matched contributions at 6% of salaryxf0x9fx8fx96xefxb8x8f 30 days of annual leave, plus paid bank holidays, birthday, and wellbeing day
xe2x9ex95 Option to purchase 5 additional days of annual leave after probationxf0x9fx8fxa1 Remote and hybrid flexible working options
Regional and departmental team co-working daysxf0x9fx8cx9e Expenses-paid whole company meet twice a year
xf0x9fx8ex97xefxb8x8f Team fundraising and charity events
Ongoing career development with training and mentoringxf0x9fxa9xba Medical cash back scheme to cover everyday healthcare costs
xe2x80x8dxf0x9fxa7xa0 Employee assistance mental wellbeing support
xe2x9dxa4xefxb8x8fxe2x80x8dxf0x9fxa9xb9xefxb8x8f Enhanced sickness pay allowance

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