Chief of Staff

Chief of Staff

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Together Group London

Description

Together Group is a global collective of best-in-class creative consultancies, marketing agencies, technology studios, and production companies - all dedicated to shaping the future of luxury and lifestyle. With agencies such as Purple, King & Partners, Noë & Associates, Construct, Hot Pot China, North Six, and others, the Group delivers world leading expertise across brand strategy, communications, digital, e commerce, content, production, and experiential. Together Group partners with the world's most desirable luxury brands across fashion, beauty, hospitality, lifestyle, automotive, culture, and destinations.

As part of our Finance Transformation we are hiring a TG Central Chief of Staff for Finance to complement the functionally driven finance team we are building. This role will drive projects that are not delivered in the central finance functions, as well as overseeing confidential aspects of TG Group's operations. This role will form an important pillar in our London based team, ensuring cohesion across all central functions as we develop a best in class finance team for the group.

Role Purpose

The TG Central Chief of Staff for Finance will be the owner of several areas:

• Standardisation, consolidation and risk mitigation projects that do not sit in other finance functions e.g. procurement consolidation, insurance and risk management.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of Internal Control framework together with other TG central functions.
• Back up to other TG central functions where team size is small, ensuring no single points of failure e.g. Treasury and Investment Analytics.
• Custodian of key confidential matters relating to TG Central and the group.

This is a hands on role combining operational delivery with project and transformation work.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end to end project lifecycle for standardisation, consolidation and risk mitigation projects.
• Collect relevant agency data, assess the opportunity, develop consolidation or mitigation options, present options and design the project to change.
• Deliver changes in a programmatic manner and track costs incurred and benefits realised.
• Work with other functions to drive the development of a cohesive and complete internal control framework appropriate to the size and complexity of the group.
• Participate in testing and results analysis of internal control matters.
• Provide a natural back up to smaller TG Central functions e.g. Treasury and Investment Analytics.
• Participate in the development of smaller TG Central functions.
• Owner of TG Central budget and cost control.
• Manage TG Group Share portal.
• Act as second in command to the CFO on confidential matters e.g. compensation cycles.

Experience & Skills Required

• Experience in a fast paced multi entity, multi jurisdiction organisation driving change at pace.
• Strong financial modelling skills.
• Strong understanding of Treasury systems and processes.
• Strong organisational skills able to work with all levels of the organisation.
• Experience partnering with a wide variety of departments, advisers, and internal and external stakeholders.
• Meticulous attention to detail with a strong sense of accountability and ownership.
• Calm, discreet and professional when handling sensitive data.
• Self starter, pragmatic problem solver and clear communicator.