Monday, October 27, 2025
Alexander Charles

Head of Finance Private Office £120,000 plus bonus

Posted: 2 days ago

Job Description

Head of Finance Private Office £120,000 plus bonus My client is a Billion pound family office based in Central London with a new requirement for a Head of finance who will report to the CFO and eventually succeed him.The family office acts as the centre of everything with other satellite teams/offices reporting in.Team of 5 (Investment Director, CFO, Head of Finance, Management Accountant and Assistant Accountant)Around 30 active multi-jurisdictional entities (UK, US, Turks & Caicos, St Lucia, BVI, France, Isle of Man).5* hotels in development in Turks & Caicos and St Vincent & The Grenadines (due to open Nov 2025 and Nov 2026)A number of residential and commercial property interests in the UK, France, USA, Caribbean.Variety of Private Equity investments. A significant and important art collection and of course a Private Jet.Experience of the following:Confident in presenting to and going face to face with Principals.Confident in audit, UK statutory accounts, UK corporation tax.Exposure to Offshore structures, US personal tax, US company tax very helpful.Exposure to creating and collapsing structures.Our accounts software is Xero and we use Syft for consolidations. Very helpful if individual has used before but not absolutely necessary.International travel likely and must be able to do so at short notice.Bright, technically good, eye for detail, likely big firm qualified who aspires to work in Private Office environment.Background of top 10 accounting firm10 years mixed experience in industryClever and can think on their feet. Capable.Able to lead and manage a small teamSomeone who can ultimately take on the CFO role in 3-5 years maxPlease note.At Alexander Charles we take the protection of your data very seriously and I would draw your attention to our GDPR statement which can be found on our website under the heading “legal”By sending us your details, you will have deemed to have considered and accepted these terms.

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