Chief Financial Officer
Requirements
Candidates must possess 8-10 years of senior financial leadership experience, ideally with ACCA or ICAEW qualifications. Strong expertise in international accounting, financial modelling, and experience within the VFX or creative industry is highly preferred.
Job Description
This is a hands-on, strategic role supporting our London and Paris operations. As a core member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will act as a trusted advisor, bridging commercial strategy with operational depth to drive business growth.
Responsibilities
Drive Financial Intelligence & Reporting
- Deliver monthly financials including P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow for London, Paris, and consolidated views
- Provide detailed variance analyses comparing actuals against the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), forecasts, and historical periods
- Present granular financial insights to Executive Leadership and parent company stakeholders in India
- Manage a global finance team distributed across London, Paris, and India supporting line management and statutory reporting
- Support team members, acting as an escalation point and maintaining a team structure and skillset to ensure optimal delivery.
- Lead quarterly limited reviews strictly aligned with Indian public listing norms for the parent entity
- Coordinate annual statutory audits and manage relationships with auditors, accountants, and banking partners
- Oversee regional legal functions ensuring full tax compliance and corporate governance across jurisdictions
- Collaborate directly with the CEO, Global Board Directors, and CXOs to execute key business initiatives. Acting as a trusted advisor, and working closely with the Group CFO to safeguard the Company's financial position.
- Develop robust pricing strategies and complex costing models to track project delivery performance metrics
- Build financial scenario models and forward-looking forecasts to guide investor and executive decisions
- Optimize financial oversight across high-value projects and provide ad-hoc guidance on UK/international tax credits and R&D claims
- Partner with the CEO to provide a finance presence and guidance at relevant client meetings.
- Commercially astute - Excellent analytical and financial modelling capability
- Ability to flex - Comfortable operating at both board and operational levels
- Strong decision - making and accountability- Confident, decisive, and comfortable taking ownership, able to judge the right next move for the studio while balancing wider global priorities
- Project management - Ability to proactively move tasks along to completion resolving any barriers before they become problematic.
- Communication - Confident and strong communicator. Ensures clear communication across the team, adapting methods to support understanding and alignment.
- Collaboration - Ability to work effectively with others. Builds an inclusive team environment where diverse perspectives are actively sought and valued.
- Problem solving - Leads the team in identifying and resolving issues, considering broader impact and company priorities. Creates an environment where challenges and conflicts are addressed constructively using clear, agreed approaches
- Adaptability - Ability to adapt to direction or process changes. Flexible and open approach to adapt and improve ways of working maintaining a positive energy
- Openness to Feedback - Seeks and responds constructively to feedback from team members and colleagues. Creates a culture where feedback is clear, actionable, and regularly exchanged to support growth and performance
- Leadership - Sets a clear vision and direction for the team. Leads by example to create a positive and supportive working environment. Encourages personal growth and establishes a culture of learning and professionalism, raising standards across the team.
- Self-awareness - Ability to resolve and diffuse problems, treating colleagues with kindness and respect, navigating different personalities to get the best out of everyone
- Experience in the VFX industry or similar creative environment would be highly advantageous
- Experience managing multi-location or international finance functions is beneficial
- Proven experience as a FD or senior financial lead with business strategy and operations focus, ideally in growth, turnaround, or project-based environments
- Knowledge of UK and France Film & TV Tax Rebates would be advantageous
- Strong audit, R&D tax claim, and statutory reporting experience
- ACCA or ICAEW with 8-10 years of senior financial leadership experience in growth or project-based environments
- Strong international accounting expertise with multi-location oversight and statutory reporting
- Expert financial modelling skills with a commercially astute mindset focused on business scalability
- Proven leadership capability with experience managing remote or cross-border teams
Education
Skills
About One of Us
One of Us was founded in London in 2004 with a clear vision: to build a creative, design-led studio. Our reputation has been earned through creative excellence and close collaborative partnerships with visionary filmmakers. That founding ethos has never changed. It runs through every studio, every project, every collaboration, from intimate indie films to the most ambitious large-scale productions. Following the opening of Paris in 2021, One of Us has continued to expand its global network, with a new studio opened in Bangalore and a presence established in Los Angeles. These moves reflect One of Us’s commitment to international collaboration, talent development, and creative excellence. In July 2024, Basilic Fly Studio invested in One of Us, marking the beginning of a partnership that brings significant mutual benefits. The partnership enables the sharing of resources, fostering greater efficiency and a more agile, scalable VFX offering. While both companies will continue to operate under their own brand identities, this partnership offers new opportunities for growth and development, while building on individual reputations.
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