Head of Finance
Location: [Location: Office]
Reporting to: CEO
Salary: £50k - £60k
Benefits: 9% company contribution pension, 26 days annual plus statutory bank holidays, (including a day for your birthday) free parking
Working Hours: Thirty seven, (37) hours a week. Flexibility to work additional hours is required and may need to travel and attend events out of hours. A degree of flexible working is permitted.
About PSP
Plymouth Science Park (PSP) exists to support the growth of innovative businesses in our core strategic sectors of Defence and Health-Tech, as well as Science, Technology, Research and business support services, helping to create high quality jobs and drive economic impact across the region.
We’re growing, evolving, and investing, and we’re looking for someone to help us do that in a way that is financially sound, commercially smart, and built for the long term.
PSP is considered an exciting environment in which to work, not for profit, set up to support local and regional growth and create job opportunities.
PSP Website: www.plymouthsciencepark.com
Why Plymouth?
Plymouth is Britains Ocean City, offering an exceptional quality of life; combining the energy of a thriving city with the calm of coastal living. From its stunning waterfront, easy access to beautiful beaches and Dartmoor National Park, you will have a lifestyle that naturally blends outdoor activity with culture and entertainment. Alongside this, Plymouth has a supportive and well connected business community, with a growing economy and increasing investment creating real momentum and opportunity for all.
Find our more here: Visit Plymouth www.visitplymouth.co.uk
The Role
This is not just a typical “sit behind the numbers” finance role.
Questions:
1. Do you believe that finance should do more than just report upon the past?
2. Do you enjoy turning numbers into better decisions?
3. Are you looking for a genuine seat at the SLT table?
If you answered yes, to all 3 questions, then please read on.
As Head of Finance, you will own and lead the finance function, ensuring strong financial control, clear and trusted reporting, and a solid platform for sustainable growth.
You’ll be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, contributing to strategy, challenging thinking where needed, and helping the business make well informed, data supported decisions.
You’ll also act as Company Secretary, playing a central role in governance, Board and Finance Committee processes, and ensuring everything runs as it should.
Put simply:
You’ll combine doing, leading, and partnering, and you’ll be expected to add real value.
What You’ll Be Doing
· Owning financial performance, reporting, and control across the organisation
· Delivering clear, accurate, and timely management information that the business can actually use
· Leading budgeting, forecasting, and forward financial planning
· Managing cashflow, risk, and financial stability
· Partnering with the SLT and wider team to support decision making, investment, and growth
· Leading and developing a small finance team (with support from an Assistant Management Accountant)
· Overseeing outsourced payroll to ensure accuracy, compliance, and control
· Acting as Company Secretary, supporting governance, Board reporting, and compliance
· Building strong relationships across the business, treating colleagues as your customers
About You
You’re not just technically strong, you’re commercially aware, pragmatic, and comfortable taking ownership.
You’re likely to be:
- A qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA or equivalent)
- Experienced in a role with real accountability, where you’ve had to both deliver and think
- Used to working in a fast-moving, SME or commercial real estate environment / science park
- Confident challenging assumptions and explaining numbers in plain English
- Comfortable managing and nurturing a small team
- Calm, structured and solutions focused under pressure
- Someone who follows things through and takes responsibility for outcomes
- Having NetSuite experience is desirable, but not essential
Most importantly:You care about doing things properly, building a trusted relationship with your colleagues, and helping people make better decisions.
Our Values (and why they matter here)
At PSP, our core values guide how we work with each other and with our clients. We’re looking for someone who genuinely lives these values:
Innovation with purpose, we create environments that are a catalyst for real impact in science, health, defence and innovation
· Growth
Nurturing sustainable growth is at the heart of everything we do, supporting people and organisations to innovate and exceed their goals
We champion a culture where wellbeing, inclusion and opportunity are central to every decision we make.
Integrity through accountability, as a team we act with transparency and a sense of shared accountability that balances the interest of our stakeholders at all times
We co create successful solutions with our stakeholder’s driving innovation and developing shared outcomes
This role is central to embedding those values in how the business operates.
Why Join PSP?
- A senior role with genuine influence over how the business operates
- A seat at the table, not just reporting after the fact
- Exposure to both operational and strategic decision making
- The opportunity to shape and improve how finance supports the business
- A supportive, professional environment with strong leadership
- A role you can grow from, with potential to step into a wider leadership position over time
- We are in the first year of delivering on our exciting 5 year growth strategy
Interested?
If you’re a Head of Finance who wants to add value, not just produce reports, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply with your CV and a short note telling us what excites you about this role and what your super power is.
No agencies at this time please.
Pay: £50,000.00-£60,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- On-site parking
Licence/Certification:
- Qualified Accountant (required)
Work Location: In person
