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Fractional Finance Director
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The Role
Fractional Finance Director (3 days per Week)
Reporting to the OOU CEO, London and Group CFO of Basilic Fly Studio, India
This is a hands-on, strategic role supporting our London and Paris operations. As a core member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will act as a trusted advisor, bridging commercial strategy with operational depth to drive business growth.
Responsibilities
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Drive Financial Intelligence & Reporting
- Deliver monthly financials including P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow for London, Paris, and consolidated views.
- Provide detailed variance analyses comparing actuals against the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), forecasts, and historical periods.
- Present granular financial insights to Executive Leadership and parent company stakeholders in India.
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Lead Global Teams & Compliance
- Manage a global finance team distributed across London, Paris, and India supporting line management and statutory reporting.
- Support team members, acting as an escalation point and maintaining a team structure and skillset to ensure optimal delivery.
- Lead quarterly limited reviews strictly aligned with Indian public listing norms for the parent entity.
- Coordinate annual statutory audits and manage relationships with auditors, accountants, and banking partners.
- Oversee regional legal functions ensuring full tax compliance and corporate governance across jurisdictions.
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Partner with Business Strategy
- Collaborate directly with the CEO, Global Board Directors, and CXOs to execute key business initiatives. Acting as a trusted advisor, and working closely with the Group CFO to safeguard the Company’s financial position.
- Develop robust pricing strategies and complex costing models to track project delivery performance metrics.
- Build financial scenario models and forward-looking forecasts to guide investor and executive decisions.
- Optimize financial oversight across high-value projects and provide ad-hoc guidance on UK/international tax credits and R&D claims.
- Partner with the CEO to provide a finance presence and guidance at relevant client meetings.
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Skills and Attributes
- Commercially astute - Excellent analytical and financial modelling capability
- Ability to flex - Comfortable operating at both board and operational levels
- Strong decision-making and accountability - Confident, decisive, and comfortable taking ownership, able to judge the right next move for the studio while balancing wider global priorities.
- Project management - Ability to proactively move tasks along to completion resolving any barriers before they become problematic.
- Communication - Confident and strong communicator. Ensures clear communication across the team, adapting methods to support understanding and alignment.
- Collaboration - Ability to work effectively with others. Builds an inclusive team environment where diverse perspectives are actively sought and valued.
- Problem solving - Leads the team in identifying and resolving issues, considering broader impact and company priorities. Creates an environment where challenges and conflicts are addressed constructively using clear, agreed approaches.
- Adaptability - Ability to adapt to direction or process changes. Flexible and open approach to adapt and improve ways of working maintaining a positive energy.
- Openness to Feedback - Seeks and responds constructively to feedback from team members and colleagues. Creates a culture where feedback is clear, actionable, and regularly exchanged to support growth and performance.
- Leadership - Sets a clear vision and direction for the team. Leads by example to create a positive and supportive working environment. Encourages personal growth and establishes a culture of learning and professionalism, raising standards across the team.
- Self-awareness - Ability to resolve and diffuse problems, treating colleagues with kindness and respect, navigating different personalities to get the best out of everyone.
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Experience
- Experience in the VFX industry or similar creative environment would be highly advantageous
- Experience managing multi-location or international finance functions is beneficial
- Proven experience as a FD or senior financial lead with business strategy and operations focus, ideally in growth, turnaround, or project-based environments
- Knowledge of UK and France Film & TV Tax Rebates would be advantageous
- Strong audit, R&D tax claim, and statutory reporting experience
- ACCA or ICAEW with 8–10 years of senior financial leadership experience in growth or project-based environments
- Strong international accounting expertise with multi-location oversight and statutory reporting.
- Expert financial modelling skills with a commercially astute mindset focused on business scalability.
- Proven leadership capability with experience managing remote or cross-border teams.
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