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Finance Director & Company Secretary

Employer
Palmers Brewery
Location
West Dorset (DT6)
Salary
Attractive + Benefits
Closing date
13 Nov 2020

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Job Sector
Accountancy
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Finance Director & Company Secretary
West Dorset

Palmers is looking for a high calibre, highly motivated Finance Director & Company Secretary to form part of an award-winning independent pub and brewing company situated on the Jurassic Coast.

The of Finance Director & Company Secretary:

This position offers the right candidate a rare opportunity to be a senior member of an experienced and passionate management team within a successful independent pub and brewing company and to be deeply involved in the day-to day running of the business as well as in strategic decision-making.

The role will report to the Chairman and Managing Director. As a Director on the Board, Company Secretary and a senior member of the management team the candidate will have a valued voice around the table and be expected to offer constructive support and challenge to the team, having responsibility for a high standard of professionalism across the business and driving positive change.

The Finance Director and Company Secretary responsibilities and duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Proactively manage the Company Finances, controlling the day to day operation of Head Office, whilst taking a hands-on approach to all aspects of operational finance, including timely production of monthly finance statements, statutory statements, VAT returns and executive payroll.
  • Manage, with support from the administration team, the company’s portfolio of property, leases, negotiations, disputes, and associated legal aspects.
  • Act as Company Secretary for the business.
  • Support the Board of Directors whilst overseeing financial budgets, forecasts, and cash.
  • Encourage a continuous improvement ethic within the team, working with the wider business to identify and implement change.
  • Manage the administration, reception, and front of house tasks, including negotiation of utility and insurance contracts.
  • Manage & support the HR function, including input into the creation of policies and procedures, issuing contracts of employment, staff handbooks, recruitment, payroll, pensions, and private health.
  • Responsible for Health and Safety throughout the organisation (training and development in this area can be provided).
  • Responsible, alongside the IT manager, for the procurement of IT equipment along with tele/comms contracts.  

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Professional Chartered/Certified accountant.
  • Company Secretary qualification, preferably from the Institute for Chartered Secretaries and Administrator’s (ICSA)
  • Minimum five years’ experience running a finance function, leading a team, and working with multiple functions across a business.
  • Independent, pragmatic character willing to provide challenge to the Board and management team.
  • Highly analytical, critical thinker, high attention to detail and ability to prioritise effectively.
  • Dependable, team player, good communicator.
  • Competent legal and commercial knowledge with the following skills being highly beneficial: buying and selling of properties, property VAT rules, TUPE and Partial Exemption, import rules and duty deferment.
  • Working knowledge of Health & Safety laws and regulations are desired, but not essential.
  • Experience of intellectual property and trademark registration would be beneficial, but not essential.

About Palmers:

Palmers is a family owned business with 53 award-winning pubs in the South West of England and is one of the UK’s leading small independent brewers. Our pubs are scattered along the beautiful Jurassic Coast and are all run by tenants, giving each pub its own individual character. Our ales are brewed in one of Britain’s oldest and prettiest breweries and have been since 1794. We branched into cider in 2015, setting up Dorset Orchards, under which we now have three premium, Dorset-grown ciders. Our products and our imported wines and spirits are sold through our tenanted pubs, free trade customers and through Palmers Wine Store.

We are proud our talented team and licensees have won a number of national awards over the years, including a win at the 2018 Publican Awards for Best Tenanted/Leased Pub Company up to 500 sites and, very recently, a Silver medal for Pub of the Year in the Visit England Awards and SIBA National Gold for Palmers 200 and National Bronze for Tally Ho! in the bottled/canned beers category.

Aside from the customer-facing business we also have a commercial and domestic property estate, situated in our Dorset heartland.

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