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Finance Director - VC backed SaaS

Talentedge
Posted 13 hours ago, valid for 12 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£45,000 - £54,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Finance Director position is for a VC-backed SaaS company located in Central London, offering a salary of £110,000 to £130,000 plus options.
  • This role is newly created due to the company's rapid global expansion and requires a qualified accountant with experience in a Finance Lead or Director position.
  • The successful candidate will oversee the entire finance function, including FP&A, commercial finance, reporting, and FinOps, while working closely with the CFOO.
  • Key responsibilities include improving processes, leading company-wide FP&A, and performing KPI analysis to drive business decisions.
  • Candidates should possess strong people management skills and ideally have experience in a rapid-scale tech environment, with international expansion exposure being beneficial.

Finance Director – VC backed SaaS

Central London City office (4-5 days)

£110/130k + options

Talentedge are exclusively partnering with a global SaaS scaleup on a newly created Finance Director opportunity owing to rapid, global expansion.

Working closely with the CFOO who was the third employee into the business (after the 2 founders), you will have complete ownership over the finance function (FP&A, commercial finance, reporting & FinOps) whilst they focus on the wider operational landscape.

The business currently has 200 permanent members of staff and is anticipating this number to be at least 300+ by the end of 2025, with a big push on the US market. They offer all the benefits of working within a leading tech scaleup including a broad, challenging & diverse role; excellent working environment; strong team culture and an A* Founding and C Suite team.

Key responsibilities to include:

  • Own the day-to-day finance function, including overseeing monthly management & annual financial reporting as well as transational areas
  • Continually improve processes and controls, utilising technology for automation purposes
  • Lead on company-wide FP&A
  • Own KPI analysis (both financial and non financial), generating meaningful insights to drive forward business decision making
  • Partner CFOO on commercial projects including geographical expansion, new product launches and future funding rounds
  • Operate as a trusted business partner to the CFOO, Founders, Board, Investors and wider business
  • Develop, mentor and in time grow the finance function further (currently consisting of 4 team members)

Profile essentials:

  • Qualified accountant with strong academics
  • Rapid-scale tech scaleup experience (SaaS is advantageous) in a Finance Lead / Director position
  • Experienced with building & developing an elite finance function, including people/systems/processes
  • Commercial / data / strategic / automation-led mindset
  • Strong people management skills, including advising, challenging and influencing stakeholders (CEO/Founder, Board etc) as well as mentoring an ambitious finance team
  • International expansion exposure is beneficial

Please get in touch ASAP.

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