Finance Director

Accountabilities

Financial Control & Systems

• Identify core processes and appropriate systems and advisers
• Ensure suitable systems, processes, controls, reporting, audit and compliance are in place, taking into account anticipated growth
• Review and update accounting policies and ensure they are implemented appropriately
• Ensure management, consolidated and audited accounts are produced in a timely manner
• Evolve and maintain appropriate financial planning and analysis for budgeting, rolling forecasts, KPls, trends and value creation

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Build and maintain a robust multi-year budgeting/financial planning tool
• Lead the annual budgeting exercise, including the update of the multi-year strategic plan
• Develop and produce a monthly board pack incorporating the tracking of the value creation plan and Key Performance Indicators (KPls)

Commercial Performance Management

• Support commercial performance management with input on pricing, recurring revenues, optimising resources and costs, as well as analysis of new market opportunities with customers and suppliers and partners.

Strategic Planning & Development

• Implement a strategic planning and development framework including Return on Investment tools for strategic and R&D opportunities
• Lead Investor reporting

Experience & Skills

• Strong track record as Senior Finance Controller or Head of Finance
• Preferably in B2B SaaS
• Likely to have worked with Founders in a similar growth journey
• Experience of technology business and revenue models
• Know how to bring best practice to Finance
• A sleeves rolled up approach with attention to detail to ensure robust processes, analysis and debate
• Determined and focussed on bringing improvement and sustainable results/outcomes.
• Gravitas to interact with the Board and investors as well as sensitivity to fit into the entrepreneurial culture

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