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CogX Hiring for Head of Finance (£85,000 – £95,000) Job at London, England Full Time

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Description

The Head of Finance is responsible for all management accounting, financial reporting, tax reporting and other statutory requirements across the CogX group of companies. This includes developing accounting principles, practices, procedures & controls to ensure accurate, timely financial activities and reporting.


Key Responsibilities



Role responsibilities:

  • Responsible for the timely preparation of management accounts
  • Lead the budget process for the annual cycle and all new initiatives
  • Liaise with the CogX Finance Manager to manage the processing invoices and payments
  • Responsible for cashflow reporting (actual and forecasting)
  • Management of intercompany agreements and transactions
  • Preparing statutory accounts
  • Led the R&D tax credit application process
  • Responsible for share options (including grant paperwork, tax reporting, HMRC valuation and accounting)
  • Responsibility for all Company Secretarial Matters including board minutes, cap table, SEIS/EIS filings and Companies House filings
  • Maintain robust internal controls and strong corporate governance required to minimise risks and suggest improvements to controls and processes
  • Responsible for insurance policies for the Group and the annual Festival
  • Manage and work closely with external auditors, tax advisors, bankers, corporate secretaries and other service providers to ensure compliance
  • Manage and coach the CogX Finance Manager

Skills Knowledge and Expertise


The preferred candidate MUST have
  • 5+ years of management accounting experience including working in a fast paced start-up environment
  • Hands on experience of using accounting software, preferably Xero
  • UK statutory accounts and share option accounting experience
  • Qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA or Equivalent
The preferred candidate SHOULD have
  • Solid accounting/finance background with exposure to process documentation and improvements
  • Experience of tax filings include EIS share schemes
  • Experience of Company Secretarial matters
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skill

Benefits

Competitive Salary
Generous share options
Hybrid working
Pension


About CogX

CogX’s mission is to provide the fastest way to learn from the experts that matter to you, so that we can work together and ensure we get the next 10 years right.

CogX is a community bringing together global leaders, the technology industry and the public at scale to explore the biggest transformation opportunities of our time to discuss the challenges along the way and to address the question, “How do we get the next 10 years right?”.

There are 2 parts to the business. The CogX Festival which in 2022 is hosting its 6th edition, and the revolutionary CogX knowledge app and platform, which enables you to learn from the experts that matter to you.

For its inaugural event in 2017 the CogX Festival had over 1000 attendees and has scaled exponentially to an audience of over 840,000 unique viewers in 2021. The 2022 CogX Festival and Leadership Summit will return to Kings Cross and bring together 35,000 people to hear from 1,000 speakers across 20 topics and 11 stages. All exploring AI, Blockchain, the Metaverse, Transformational Technologies and Leadership. The Festival has always had a strong Impact focus and has been referred to as “combining the polish of Davos with the heart of a meet up”.

The knowledge App and Platform: with a Beta app release already in the store and supporting real world users, the CogX app provides a simple way to learn from curated content created by the world’s best organisations and experts. With a focus on learning through assimilation, we leverage the latest machine learning techniques to present the most timely and relevant content, communities, and discussion for a user to achieve their learning goals.
There’s an exciting roadmap of features ahead which continue to leverage the latest in Machine Learning to continuously improve the experience for each type of user.
Co-founded by trailblazing serial tech entrepreneur Charlie Muirhead (Orchestream, Nexagent & Rightster) and Tabitha Goldstaub, MBE – Chair of the UK Government’s AI Council and Creator of How To Talk To Robots; CogX aims to seek top talent from all industries and diverse backgrounds to join our team. People who succeed at CogX have something in common—they are tenacious, energetic and they strive to change the world and create positive impact.
The company is backed by many of the UK’s most successful Angel Investors and has a pipeline of over 100 enterprise clients for its unique “always on” learning solution.

Job Overview

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  • Job Title: CogX Hiring for Head of Finance (£85,000 – £95,000) Job at London, England