Finance Director

Job Title: Finance Director

Industry: Private Equity backed SaaS FinTech

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: London / Hybrid

Salary Guide: £130,000 - £150,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Our client is a high-growth SaaS business, backed by a leading global private equity fund. The Group has international operations, employs over 200 people and generates revenues of over £50m. Following a number of successful acquisitions, the business is now well placed to drive significant organic growth. This newly created role will provide close support to the CFO, acting as a deputy and driving significant process and systems transformation, managing the established finance team.

Responsibilities

• Implement best-in-class financial processes and controls to support scalability and accuracy in financial reporting
• Lead the month-end close process to ensure timely and accurate completion of financial statements, insights and variance analysis
• Drive working capital optimisation, including management of receivables, payables, and cash flow
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal financial reporting requirements, including timely and accurate production of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
• Ensure compliance with all tax requirements, including optimising of R&D tax credits
• Oversee internal and external audits, managing relationships with auditors and ensuring compliance with accounting standards (GAAP, IFRS as applicable)
• Serve as a strategic partner to the CFO and executive team in driving business performance and supporting strategic initiatives
• Support M&A activity, including valuation, due diligence, integration planning, and post-merger integration of financial operations
• Build and lead a high-performing financial control team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Implement and maintain efficient financial systems, policies and processes to build a strong governance and financial control environment

Qualifications

• Recognised accounting qualification, along with a strong record of academic achievement
• Highly developed interpersonal skills to successfull collaborate and influence across the wider Group
• Proven experience in a finance leadership role within a private-equity-backed environment
• Broad finance responsibility encompassing financial control, reporting, financial planning, analysis, and operational finance, ideally within the software or technology industry
• Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting to executive teams and investors
• Track record of process improvements and coaching a team
• Excellent technical knowledge of accounting standards, tax and reporting requirements.

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Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, we will only be able to respond to those candidates whose experience matches the requirements of our client. We are sorry, but if you have not heard from us within the next ten days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Walker Hamill has been a specialist finance and strategy recruiter for over 30 years. We have an extensive client group, including major multinational listed organisations, private equity backed businesses and privately owned companies. We recruit across all sectors and have particularly strong client relationships in media, retail, pharma/biotech, technology, property/real estate, leisure and business services. Headquartered in London, we have additional offices in continental Europe. For more information, please see the Walker Hamill website.