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The Company

MA Executive is pleased to be exclusively retained by this leading specialist private coach hire company servicing London and surrounding counties such as Kent, Sussex and Surrey. The company has an outstanding reputation for coach hire and commuter coach services and is renowned for its ability to provide the very best luxury coach hire services. The company is committed to a strategy focusing on volume and revenue growth, which has to date been achieved through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Recent acquisitions have significantly strengthened the brand and service delivery within both the private hire and commuter markets enabling the business to achieve and be on track with its long-term growth objectives, which includes expanding its operation and reach nationally.

The Opportunity

The business has reached a key stage of its growth and development, with work to be done bedding in and fully integrating recent acquisitions to consolidate their base and leverage the commercial and strategic gains. The business continues to seek opportunities for growth that complement the brand and is committed to adding further to the fold. It is important that the business identify an individual to help shape and drive the growth agenda and continue to build and execute strategic plans that deliver against the Groups Operating objectives and revenue growth targets to realise its long-term aspirations.

The Board therefore wishes to appoint an energetic, highly motivated and driven FD to act as “business partner” to the MD/Board and provide financial subject matter expertise to a high quality Senior Management Team and play a key role in supporting and influencing the profitable development and proactive expansion of the business. This will entail improving on and developing further a high quality robust financial and operational infrastructure within the business to support and facilitate the growth strategy. The FD will also be the financial driving force in the development of the company strategy across all areas of the business, challenging assumptions and decision-making as appropriate and providing financial analysis and guidance on all activities, plans, targets and business drivers.

About You

Ideally you will hold a Bachelor degree in business, economics, accountancy, maths or equivalent and be a qualified accountant. You will be an energetic, highly motivated and driven FD with existing experience of a similar type of role within another high growth business, ideally with experience of working within the transportation sector or a business where the principle activities are designed around maximising the utilisation of assets.

You must be able to demonstrate confidence, surety, high integrity, honesty and openness combined with a strong commitment to good governance. The role, culture and values would suit an individual with an enquiring mind and passion for excellence and innovation in pursuit of business growth and success.

Overall, you will be a technically strong and commercially astute FD with excellent business acumen to be capable of truly “making a difference” in achieving this challenging and exciting growth strategy.

The Company
MA Executive is pleased to be exclusively retained by this Venture Capital backed, high growth, digital logistics SAAS business which manages the entire Sales & Distribution wholesale value chain within the Gaming sector. The Company’s unique proposition and data platform is an industry disruptor and has enabled the business to attract investment permitting them to build out its resources, infrastructure, further enhance its platform and solidify key relationships with multi-national partners across the gaming industry. The business is now poised to embark on the next stage of its growth trajectory and has targeted International markets in the Americas and Asia.

The Opportunity
The business has reached a key stage of its growth and development that now requires financial stewardship and support to realise the next phase of its exciting growth strategy.
The Board therefore wishes to appoint an energetic, higly motivated and driven FD to act as “business partner” to the CEO/Board and provide financial subject matter expertise to a high quality Senior Management Team and play a key role in supporting and influencing the profitable development and proactive International expansion of the business. This will entail improving on and developing further a high quality robust financial and operational infrastructure within the business to support and facilitate the ongoing fast paced growth journey. The FD will also be the financial driving force in the development of the company strategy across all areas of the business, challenging assumptions and decision-making as appropriate and providing financial analysis and guidance on all activities, plans, targets and business drivers.

About You
Ideally you will hold a Bachelor degree in business, economics, accountancy, maths or equivalent and be a qualified accountant. You will be an energetic, higly motivated and driven FD with existing experience of a similar type of role within another high growth Start-Up or SME, ideally with experience of working with a SAAS, Digital or IT/Software Services business. Alternatively, you have experience in leading a high growth business at early stage funding and understand the commercial and strategic challenges.
You must be able to demonstrate confidence, surety, high integrity, honesty and openness combined with a strong commitment to good governance. The role, culture and values would suit an individual with an enquiring mind and passion for excellence and innovation in pursuit of business growth and success.
Overall, you will be a technically strong and commercially astute FD with excellent business acumen to be capable of truly “making a difference” in achieving this challenging and exciting growth strategy.

MA Executive are partnering a high growth, ethical bank based in Birmingham who have recently embarked on a change plan to enhance and expand the Risk Function to support continued growth of the bank. Part of this plan is to strengthen its Senior Leadership Team and recruit Senior Managers responsible for functional disciplines across the Risk function.
Reporting to the Head of Conduct, Regulatory and Operational Risk, this role will provide senior leadership to the Financial Crime and KYC teams within the second line of defence. The role holder will develop, implement and embed fit for purpose frameworks and disciplines and will partner the business and be the go to subject matter expert on all Financial Crime matters including high net worth individuals.
The incumbent will support the enhancement of risk culture and will be directly responsible for the enhancement of controls and the identification, reporting and remediation of risk in respect of KYC and Financial Crime.
The role holder will be appointed and maintain the role of the Bank’s Money Laundering Reporting Officer. They will deputise for the Head of Conduct, Regulatory and Operational Risk both internally and externally in respect of KYC and Financial Crime.

Key responsibilities and tasks:

• Develop, implement, lead and report on end to end Financial Crime and KYC Frameworks, ensuring that they are fit for purpose for the size, nature and complexity of the Bank and comply with regulatory and legislative requirements.
• Direct leadership and management of the Financial Crime Unit, minimising loss through Fraud from the effective design, implementation and maintenance of appropriate controls, policies, procedures, monitoring systems and compliance monitoring assessments.
• Pro-actively oversight the business to provide review, challenge and effective integrated assurance to ensure the integrity of budgets, policies (inc. AML), controls, risk assessments, identification and remediation’s. Provide forward looking dash boards and strong qualitative reporting on current, emerging and thematic risks or issues.

MA Executive are partnering a high growth, ethical bank based in Birmingham who have recently embarked on a change plan to enhance and expand the Risk Function to support continued growth of the bank. Part of this plan is to strengthen its Executive Leadership Team and recruit ‘Heads Of’ responsible for functional disciplines across the Risk function.
Reporting directly to the Chief Risk Officer, this new role will provide Executive leadership to the Enterprise Wide Risk Management and Prudential Risk Teams. The role holder will maintain a strong knowledge of the Bank and its regulations and is accountable for the development, implementation and embedding of fit for purposes frameworks and solutions across both disciplines, alongside the provision of robust and proactive composite risk reporting. The incumbent will own ICAAP and RRP delivery and partner the business and other risk functions to enhance risk culture, controls and the identification, reporting and remediation of risk.
The role holder will deputise for the CRO both internally and externally and support regulatory engagement.

Key responsibilities and tasks:

• Develop, implement, lead and report on end to end Enterprise Wide Risk Management and Prudential risk frameworks, ensuring they are fit for purpose for the size, nature and complexity of the Bank and comply with regulatory and legislative requirements.
• Own, develop, implement and lead the Banks Risk Appetite and Risk Strategy, ensuring both are fully cascaded and implemented across the business.
• Provide robust oversight of the ILAAP and co-ordinate the delivery of the ICAAP and RRP including alignment of the three documents.
• Develop and own the Level 1 and 2 risk policy suite, ensuring policies are implemented and a fit for purpose control regime is in place to highlight and solve policy gaps and exceptions.
• Own and maintain the Banks Risk Management Framework.
• Accountable for rolling out robust Material Risk Assessments, risk integration, governance and impact assessments enhancing organisational awareness of material risk, impact and remediation’s alongside embedding and improving the Bank’s Risk Culture.
• Driving the prudential framework and oversight of funding, liquidity and capital management.
• Responsible for standing up a fit for purpose Enterprise and Prudential Risk function. Recruit, lead, manage, develop and retain/motivate people in line with the Bank’s Management Charter to ensure they know what is expected of them, maximise their performance and develop their potential
• Effectively manage and influence internal, secondee and third party resources and budgets to provide an efficient and proportionate risk based approach ensuring strong subject matter expertise to advise, challenge and where necessary train/educate at all levels across the organisation. Assist with ad-hoc investigations, external reporting and the regular provision of regulatory horizon scanning and associated impact assessments.

MA Executive are partnering a high growth, ethical bank based in Birmingham who have recently embarked on a change plan to enhance and expand the Risk Function to support continued growth of the bank. Part of this plan is to strengthen its Executive Leadership Team and recruit ‘Heads Of’ responsible for functional disciplines across Risk.
Reporting directly to the Chief Risk Officer, this new role will provide Executive leadership to the combined 2nd Line Conduct and Operational Risk Teams, encompassing Financial Crime and KYC. The role holder will maintain a strong knowledge of the Bank and its regulations and is accountable for the development, implementation and embedding of fit for purposes frameworks and solutions across both disciplines. The incumbent will partner the business to enhance risk culture, controls and the identification, reporting and remediation of risk.
The role holder will maintain SMF 16 and 17 responsibilities and will chair Conduct and Op Risk Ctee, alongside being a member of the Banks Executive Risk Ctee. They will deputise for the CRO both internally and externally and support both regulatory relations and management of the SMF&CR framework.

Key responsibilities and tasks:

• Develop, implement, lead and report on end to end Conduct Risk (inc. Compliance and Financial Crime) and Operational Risk Frameworks, ensuring that they are fit for purpose for the size, nature and complexity of the Bank and comply with regulatory and legislative requirements (e.g. FCA/PRA Handbook, AML, JMLSG, Complaints etc.).
• Direct oversight of the Financial Crime Unit, minimising loss through Fraud from the effective design, implementation and maintenance of appropriate controls, policies, procedures, monitoring systems and compliance monitoring assessments.
• Deploy appropriate Operational risk control (e.g. RCSA) and Conduct assessment tools partnering key business stakeholders to provide proactive advice and challenge to ensure the effective deployment of appropriate controls and processes across the Bank including demonstrating that it acts with integrity in its dealings with customers and the markets it engages in and that Conduct Risk culture is embedded throughout the organisation.
• Pro-actively oversight the business to provide oversight and effective integrated assurance to ensure the integrity of policies (inc. AML), controls, risk assessments, identification and remediation’s., providing forward looking dash boards and strong qualitative reporting to the Executive Management on current, emerging and thematic risks or issues.

A well-established media/communications business with a strong client portfolio and body of work require a passionate and professional Interim Finance Director to join their leadership team for a 3-6 month contract to support them through a transitional phase.

Based in the West Midlands, our client requires an Interim FD with strong operational experience as well as a strategic mind to support the CEO on a variety of projects.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an Interim FD who is looking for their next contract and possesses either finance experience from within media/communications and/or the aptitude and enthusiasm to ensure their transferable finance skills will make an impact on the business.

The Company