Chief Financial Officer
Salary/Rate:c.£150,000 per annum
Type of work desired:Perm
Desired work region:London
Sector:Real Estate
Post Date:22. 05. 2026
Ref:179558
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- Highly strategic financial leader with over 22 years of experience, specialising in the real estate sector.
- Directed the comprehensive consolidation of financial and governance structures across multiple international real estate entities following a major corporate merger.
- Integrated post-acquisition finance teams to achieve a significantly leaner department structure through extensive process automation and controls consolidation.
- Reduced substantial corporate tax liabilities by successfully managing complex research and development tax credit analyses and submissions.
- Optimised corporate cash positions by significantly increasing value-added tax (VAT) recoverability percentages through a new partial-exemption scheme.
- Delivered exceptional net profit margins on property sales and high net income yields on commercial and residential rentals through selective asset acquisition and strict cost controls.
- Managed end-to-end financial, legal, and compliance processes for property ventures, maintaining continuous liquidity and smooth transaction execution.
- Spearheaded global internal reporting architectures and successfully reduced corporate operational cost bases by nearly half through process simplification and location rationalisation.
- Implemented advanced process improvement methodologies to streamline reporting workflows, significantly enhancing internal audit clarity and stakeholder transparency.
- Acted as the operational lead on high-value client pitches, contract negotiations, and service level agreements, generating substantial incremental revenues.
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