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Chief Financial Officer
London
£200k – £250k/yr
Posted about 15 hours ago
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Overview
The CFO is an ExCo member and a key voice in the business’s most consequential decisions. You will report directly to the CEO and work closely with the senior leadership team on everything from day-to-day financial management to fundraising, product economics and Board-level strategy.
Treasury and Data Insight report into the CFO. This is a hands-on leadership role.
Strategic & Commercial
- Be a genuine partner to the CEO and wider Executive team on commercial strategy
- Own the financial model end-to-end: multi-stream revenue forecasting, unit economics, cohort LTV, terminal customer value and scenario planning
- Shape capital allocation decisions — where to invest, where to hold back and how to sequence growth against the EBITDA trajectory
- Lead investor relations: prepare and present financial reporting to the Board and existing investors, and support fundraising processes as required
- Develop and stress-test new commercial models as the product suite expands
Financial Management & Reporting
- Take overall control of the company’s accounting, management reporting and financial control environment
- Own the annual budgeting and quarterly re-forecasting cycle; drive accountability across the business against budget
- Deliver monthly Board and ExCo financial packs with sharp, insightful commentary, not just data
- Ensure robust financial systems and controls that scale with growth and satisfy FCA expectations
- Manage year-end, statutory accounts, audit and tax, including partial VAT exemption requirements
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Treasury & Client Money
- Own the treasury function, which manages significant customer assets across the company’s regulated products
- Ensure full compliance with CASS client money and custody rules; lead the CASS oversight framework
- Manage interest rate and margin dynamics, including pricing strategy and bank counterparty relationships
- Maintain and evolve cash management policies appropriate for an FCA-regulated firm of scale
Regulatory & Governance
- Hold or be capable of holding a Senior Management Function (SMF) designation under the FCA’s Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR)
- Ensure FCA regulatory filings are accurate, timely and well-evidenced
- Maintain and communicate up-to-date financial policies; provide proactive regulatory horizon-scanning on financial matters
- Support the Board and Audit Committee with governance requirements as the business scales
Data Insight
- Own the Data Insight team, ensuring a deep, commercially sharp understanding of customer behaviour, product pricing and business performance
- Translate data into decisions: cohort analysis, retention curves, channel economics and forward-looking revenue modelling
What We’re Looking For
We will be specific about what matters, and equally specific about what doesn’t.
Essential
- Meaningful experience in a consumer fintech, retail investment platform or digital wealth management business — you understand how consumer financial products work at scale, how customers behave and what drives lifetime value
- Deep FP&A and commercial finance capability: multi-stream revenue modelling, unit economics, cohort LTV, terminal customer value, CAC and payback period analysis — this is the analytical engine of the role
- Experience in FCA-regulated environments with direct accountability, ideally as a Material Risk Taker (MRT) or holder of an SMF designation under SM&CR
- Hands-on experience running or overseeing a CASS-compliant client money or custody function. You understand the operational and regulatory obligations of holding customer assets
- A strong grip on treasury: interest rate dynamics, margin management, bank counterparty relationships and liquidity management
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with a genuinely commercial orientation — the finance fundamentals are table stakes; it is your business instinct that will set you apart
- Experience as a CFO or FD in a VC or PE-backed growth business, comfortable with the pace and ambiguity of a scaling company
- London-based and able to work from the company’s London office three days a week
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Highly Valued
- Experience in wealth management, investment platforms or regulated consumer financial products — you understand customer asset economics, rate dynamics and the regulatory overlay
- Active interest in fintech — you read the space, have opinions on it and are genuinely excited about where it is going
- Comfort using AI tools in a professional context to accelerate analysis, modelling and reporting
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Skills
Financial Management
Investor Relations
Treasury Management
Regulatory Compliance
Data Analysis
Commercial Strategy
Budgeting
Forecasting
CASS Compliance
Accounting
Financial Reporting
Risk Management
Customer Behavior Analysis
Product Economics
Capital Allocation
Team Leadership
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