Artisan People Group
Head of Finance
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A fast-growing, biotech-first skin health and devices brand is looking for a commercially sharp Head of Finance to lead its financial function from London.
The role
As Head of Finance, you will take ownership of the financial engine behind an ambitious, founder-led business. This is a role for someone who wants to shape financial strategy, not just report on it. You will build the structures, controls and insight that let leadership make fast, confident decisions in a high-growth environment.
Key responsibilities include:
- Directing accounts payable and receivable, invoicing, collections and supplier payment processes
- Overseeing bank reconciliations, cash tracking and end-to-end cash flow visibility
- Leading month-end close, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting to leadership
- Maintaining a clean general ledger and robust financial documentation standards
- Delivering monthly management accounts, balance sheet and cash flow reporting
- Managing the relationship with external accountants on VAT, statutory filings, audits and year-end accounts
- Building and embedding scalable financial processes, controls and governance
- Owning real-time visibility of cash position, burn rate and runway
- Tracking spend against budget and flagging risks, overruns or variances before they land
- Leading annual budgeting and rolling forecasts with a practical, commercially grounded approach
- Analysing product margins, COGS and SKU-level profitability to inform commercial strategy
- Partnering on pricing, promotions, new launches and channel performance
- Building KPI dashboards across DTC, retail, clinical and wholesale channels
- Providing financial modelling and analysis that directly shapes senior leadership decisions
- Leading fundraising support, including financial analysis and diligence materials
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You are a finance leader who combines strategic judgement with genuine command of the detail. With 8 plus years’ experience spanning finance management, financial control, FP&A or accounting, you have led a finance function end to end and know how to build structure into a fast-moving business.
You are highly organised, Excel-confident, comfortable being the senior financial voice in the room and energised by founder-led environments where your input carries weight. Experience within beauty, consumer goods, biotech or hardware-enabled businesses is welcome but not essential.
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