Finance Director

Our client, a high-growth scale-up business is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Finance Director to lead the build-out of their complete finance function. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a scale-up atmosphere with a flat management structure and meritocratic working conditions. The successful candidate will be instrumental in growing the business, driving excellence, and implementing robust financial control policies, systems, and processes.

• Develop, implement and improve internal financial control policies, systems and processes.
• Prepare and present timely monthly financial statements, with appropriate financial analysis.
• Enhance reporting and KPIs to provide valuable insight to external stakeholders and senior management.
• Ensure the Finance team is scaling to meet the requirements of a fast-growing company.
• Manage the month-end and year-end close process, ensuring accuracy of the financial information.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to drive understanding of financial impacts.
• Lead budget and forecast processing by maintaining financial models and standard templates supporting planning processes.
• Ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting.
• Manage and comply with international tax reporting requirements and tax filings.

• Recognised accounting qualification (ACA or ACCA) with thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures.
• Experience implementing and improving finance systems and processes in-house.
• High growth or SaaS experience considered favourably.
• Detail oriented and organised with the ability to manage multiple deliverables and competing priorities.
• Commercially minded with genuine interest to be involved in a rapidly scaling early-stage technology-lead (SaaS) company.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates